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Two fics for Guardian Wishlist are written, edited and sent for beta-reading. Well ok, one fic and one short ficlet. But still, I feel so accomplished. 😊 The third fic is started, but I feel like I bit more than I can chew with this plot bunny, so I don’t know if it will get finished in time for collection reveal.


Shine episode 8

It was partially what I expected, and partially not at all. I guess I had too big expectations for that finale because I ended up feeling a bit underwhelmed. But in general it was a very good and very emotional drama, and I would absolutely recommend it if you want to watch BL that’s plotty and angsty and full of complicated, messy, and sometimes tragic relationships between complicated and messy people.

More with spoilers here.

I was a bit disappointed by their decision to make Tanwa blameless in at first keeping Trin at home while the riot happened, just because he promised Victor he would do that. It feels like they did it so Trin can forgive Tanwa with a clear conscience. But I admit that the last scene with old men Trin and Tanwa in 2025 still together was very sweet.

I also admit that I was dreading that Krailert would kill himself. He didn’t. But his fate was horrible. Trapped in that marriage, without any means of escaping. I think they wanted to make it look like him paying for that choice he made after his actor lover was killed in the past, and he decided to stay in the army and work for people who killed Win. But really what choice did Krailert have even then? Would the army even let him go if he decided he didn’t want to have anything to do with them after Win’s death?

And ok, Dhevi reveal surprised me a lot. That I didn’t expect at all. Talk about complicated and messy people. But at least thanks to her Naran is alive and safe, and she made Pracha pay with his life for what he did to Veera.

And I have a fanvid rec. Here is a lovely fanvid about Wan and Pleng from Affair:

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