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Good RL things

The 1st of May and the 3rd of May are the national holidays in Poland. So we decided to make a really looong weekend out of it and on Tuesday we arrived at my sister’s summer house in the country. And we will stay here till Sunday. It’s so green here, and quiet. The weather is very pleasant, too. And it’s been so long since we were together like that – just the three of us: me, my sister and our mom (my brother in law will join us on Saturday since he has to work till Friday).

Here have a few pics of the beautiful Polish countryside + one of a cute and pretty horse.

This is a local rural road – I usually go for walks there.

And here is out closest neighbors’ cute and very friendly horse. He always trots closer when someone comes by his pasture, and he lets you pat his head.

And here is our hanging outdoor chair perfect for some light swinging or reading, or drinking a nice cup of coffee or tea.

Good fannish things

Two beautiful new songs from my two favorite Thai singers – Jeff Satur and NuNew. NuNew's song is from OST for The Next Prince.






Two trailers for new BL dramas – one Korean and one Thai.

Sweetheart Service – Strongberry’s new drama with fake dating that of course turns into a real romance.



Mission to the Moon – a new drama with Mon and Pak. It has reincarnation, which is not really my favorite trope, but I don’t care. Because it’s enough for me that Mon and Pak are the main couple looking so cute and sexy together.



And I posted my new Klao/Warich fic.

Just like I fit into him (4158 words)
Fandom: สายรหัสเทวดา | Perfect 10 Liners (TV 2024)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Klao/Warich
Characters: Klao, Warich
Additional Tags: Pre And Post Marriage Proposal, Moving In Together, Feelings, Kissing, Smut
Summary: Klao and Warich and their love in three scenes – with a lot of feelings, a lot of kisses, and with a bit of smut, too. 😊

On Sunday I wrote five ficlets for Poetic Fic Meme. I snatched it from two people on my reading list: shipperslist and extrapenguin.

1: Pick five fandoms and list them in alphabetical order.

2: Click to receive a Random Famous Poem. Write down the 5th line (yes, even if it's an e.e. cummings poem and you wind up with an apostrophe). Repeat five times and list them in alphabetical order.

3: Write a very quick 50-word half-drabble for each fandom (try to do it all in one sitting), using the line from the poem as a prompt. (You don't have to include it in the half-drabble - it's just inspiration.)

But I ignored 50 words limit and followed extarpenguin’s example by increasing the number of words – in my case to a double drabble or a triple drabble. 😊

I was pleased with how they all came out, so yesterday I cleaned them up a little and posted them all on AO3. I chose these five fandoms: Bump Up Business, Chief Kim, Meet You At The Blossom, Perfect 10 Liners, Vincenzo.

Fics I wrote.

Rehearsal (200 words)
Fandom: 범프 업 비즈니스 | Bump up Business (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationships: Gong Jihoon/Kang Eden
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff, Kissing, Double Drabble

Comfort (300 words)
Fandom: 김과장 | Good Manager (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationships: Kim Sung Ryong/Seo Yul
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff, Kissing, Triple Drabble

Belief (200 words)
Fandom: 花开有时颓靡无声 | Meet You at the Blossom (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationships: Jin Xiaobao/Zongzheng Huai'en
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Character Study, Feelings, Double Drabble

Reconciliation (300 words)
Fandom: สายรหัสเทวดา | Perfect 10 Liners (TV 2024)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationships: Klao/Warich
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Possessive Behavior, Reconciliation, Kissing, Triple Drabble

Reunion (200 words)
Fandom: 빈센조 | Vincenzo (TV)
Rating: Mature
Relationships: Jang Han Seo/Jang Joon Woo | Jang Han Seok
Additional Tags: Unhealthy Relationships, A Little Tiny Bit Of Smut, Double Drabble

And last week I posted my Perfect 10 Liners Arc/Arm fic:

Boy who knew how to love me (1347 words)
Fandom: สายรหัสเทวดา | Perfect 10 Liners (TV 2024)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Arc Anol Paraminphisan/Arm Anon Phuwakomol
Characters: Arm Anon Phuwakomol, Arc Anol Paraminphisan
Additional Tags: Boys In Love, Warm and Fuzzy Feelings, Fluff and Smut
Summary:

One of many, many things Arm loved about Arc was his ability to pick Arm up so easily and carry him wherever he wanted to carry Arm. Like their bed, for instance, which was usually a prelude to a lot of very pleasurable things you could do in a bed while being naked with your lover. Arm liked to take advantage of that amazing ability of Arc sometimes, and who could blame him for that.

Now I’m going back to writing my next Klao/Warich fic. And to deliberating if I want to sign up for Bite-Sized Fandoms Exchange. 😊

Ossan’s Love ended on Monday, my beloved Perfect 10 Liners will end next Sunday. I would love to have new GMMTV BL to watch, but neither My Golden Blood nor Sweet Tooth, Good Dentist work for me. I don’t like Gawin at all in MGB. And him and Joss have no chemistry IMO. Pity, I wanted to have cheesy vampire BL to watch. And I watched only half an episode of Sweet Tooth, Good Dentist and found its humor too cringy.

Of course I do have a to-watch list with many other BL dramas on it. But you know that mood when you have too many new shows you want to start so you’re just doing that ‘eh, choosing something new is hard, I’ll just re-watch something I already know instead’ thing? It’s me right now. So instead of choosing one of the dramas from my very, very long to-watch list I started another re-watch of My Personal Weatherman. 😊


Perfect 10 Liners

Episode 21 was good, episode 22 was amazing.

Squee with spoilers here.

They made me laugh, and they made my heart ache for Faifa. And I didn’t even want to fast-forward through the completely unnecessary song. Junior is not bad at singing. And he is an excellent actor. I’m in awe. 😊

And wow, I adored that lovely rooftop confession scene in ep 22. It was perfect. Emotional love confessions from both sides, passionate kisses, and then that interruption by the rest of the main gang. It was great, it made me laugh out loud, and it didn’t IMO take anything from Faifa and Wine’s getting together.

Oh right, I almost forgot that there was one scene that I was a bit :/ about. I’m talking about the scene with Faifa and Yotha’s horrible mother. But by now I’m used to Asian dramas doing that thing where a child forgives a horrible parent even if that parent never apologized or did anything to make up for all the horrible things they did.

But let’s not talk about that. Let’s talk about Faifa and Wine being a proper couple, so the three main couples are all official now. So only fluff and humor and sweetness in the next two eps, right? Please, show, I need this. 😊

And there was a talk about engagement in the next ep’s teaser. I wondered who’s getting married. Probably Jet and Pun. I saw rumors that it might be Klao and Warich based on one BTS vid where Warich had an engagement ring on his finger. I don’t dare to hope. But yes, I will die and go to heaven if that happens. 😉

Ossan’s Love Thailand

Episodes 11 and 12 were very disappointing. Especially the last ep.

One spoiler here.

Seriously, show? Amnesia? *sigh*

I fast-forwarded a lot during the last episode. Ah well, at least I had fun watching the previous ten episodes, and it was wonderful seeing Earth in such a typical comedic role. He was great. And it was so nice to see Thor, too, even if in a small secondary part. He looked so gorgeous in glasses.

RL sucks health-wise. Menopause is a bitch, and there are a few other annoying health problems I have to deal with at the same time. Ugh...

But fannish life is good. I wrote my second Klao/Warich fic and sent it for beta-reading. And I started a third fic. And of course I can always count on fluffy dramas to cheer me up and on not so fluffy dramas to make me think about something else than RL problems.

Call Me By No-Name

That was so good, but so dark. These last two episodes... Damn... They were very dark and depressing. I had to take a break for a few days after watching episode 7. But the ending healed me, it was such a touching and beautiful happy end.

Detailed content warning.

A mother sexually abuses her daughter.

There is one vague flashback scene when Kotoha looks like she’s maybe 12-13 years old. And that scene, despite vagueness, was still very hard to watch. And Kotoha tells Megumi that her mother abused both her and her older brother, and that she was convicted only for sexually abusing Kotoha’s brother because he was a boy, and the law didn’t recognize Kotoha’s abuse, because her mother and her were the same gender.

More with spoilers here.

Kotoha thinks she doesn’t deserve love, that she’s dirty, that she’s fundamentally unlovable. She went through hell in childhood, but she isn’t a perfect victim. She’s cold and abrasive, she’s often rude and nasty, she tramples all over Megumi’s feelings. And her trauma is absolutely no excuse for her behavior, and the drama knows it.

I love Kotoha so much with all her sharp edges and her bad behavior, and her lashing out to make people hate her, because she doesn’t believe that she’s worthy of being loved.

And Megumi is not perfect, too. She’s not some selfless angel saving Kotoha from herself. She has her own sharp edges, too, and complicated feelings about being selfless and saving someone due to events from her past.

And in the end they both choose to be together and work on their relationship. Even though it might hurt, even though it might be uncomfortable sometimes. But they also know that they love each other and that they make each other happy, and they want to have that happiness, even with potential hurt and terrible things they might face in the future. But they will face them together and that what matters to them.

Perfect 10 Liners episode 20

This is always my perfect comfort drama. I love it so much.

Spoilers here.

Faifa and Wine are adorable. And Arm found his calling as a matchmaker. And Gun is his eager apprentice. They are the cutest when they are scheming to get Faifa and Wine together. 😊

Klao and Warich had just one short scene again, but it was wonderful. And wait, are they living together now? Because it sure looked like that. And it was so sweetly domestic with Warich admonishing Klao to behave on his first day of work. And aww, Klao talking about getting rich and asking for Warich’s hand in marriage. Now I really want to see that wedding. And if not in canon then at least in fanfic. 😊

Ossan’s Love Thailand episode 10

Really, show, did you have to? I’m a bit disappointed in you.

Spoilers, of course.

So we had an obligatory 11 episode breakup at the end of episode 10. Also, wow, it was so unnecessary, so stupid, and it made Mo looked like a colossal jerk for lying to Heng’s mother despite Heng wanting to tell her the truth, and for dragging Chicha into this ridiculous charade.

But also – it gave us these funny scenes at the host club... I started smiling when Sadistic started playing while the hosts appeared. And then the hosts’ names made me laugh out loud. Also hi, Drake, nice to see you looking so fine. Also also - ThorDrake? Yes, please, I like it. 😊

My Golden Blood episode 1

It’s ridiculous and cheesy, but so entertaining. I will have so much fun watching it each Wednesday.

Spoilers here, too.

The special effects are pretty bad. But who cares about that where there were so many amusing and wonderful things in that episode. Sexy blood drinking. Vampires with mind controlling powers and vampires with healing powers. Joss looking so gorgeous and sexy, and thank you for that swimming pool scene, show, really.

And I don’t care much for Gawin, and IMO he’s a bit too old to be playing a sweet and naïve 19 years old, but I don’t mind him here. He’s okay, even though I don’t really care for his character yet. But he does one thing very well, and it is looking at half-naked Joss with visible thirst in his eyes. Yep, Tong wanted Mark hard when he saw him coming out from that pool – all muscular and wet and hot as hell. 😊

And wow, Mark almost had an orgasm after just one drop of Tong’s blood. I can already imagine fun fanfic writers will have with that piece of canon’s vampire lore. 😊

And Mond is absolutely gorgeous and properly menacing as a villain. I love Nakan already so much. I wonder if there will be a pretty boy to ship him with.

The trailer for My Golden Blood is here.

It's GMMTV's vampire BL and it looks good. I love vampires, and I’m so ready for this drama. Joss and Gawin look great together, there is Mond looking absolutely gorgeous as a villain, plus Neo, Junior and AJ. It starts airing on March 12 and I can’t wait.


Domundi 2025 Lineup

They presented it on the 20th of February. Good news first - The Next Prince will air in April 2025. Finally, yay. 😊 And they will make their first GL drama. No information what it will be about yet, but yay here, too.

And now about the presented pilot trailers. Behind the cut there are links to trailers and my short opinions about them in the order I watched them.

Read more here.

Your Third

MaxNat’s new drama – looks sweet and funny. Max is a spoiled rich guy, Nat is a cute glasses-wearing office worker tasked with bring him back after he runs away from his family. Predictably they fall in love. Also Max plays twins here. I love Max and Nat, so I’ll be checking this one out for sure.

Hug E-Lhee The Musical

ZeeNuNew’s new drama and it’s a musical with rivals-to-lovers romance. On one hand I love NuNew’s singing, so yay, but on the other hand Zee is not really a good singer, so eh. But they’re good at chemistry and kissing, so I’ll try it anyway. And hey, another drama with twins – here it’s NuNew who plays twins.

Magic Lover

Three young wizards have to go live in the human world and find true love in 30 days or they will be transformed permanently into an animal. And it’s like each one of them stars in a different genre of BL drama. One in a sweet high school BL with antagonists-to-lovers pairing, one in an office BL with boss/secretary romance, and the third one in ‘falling in love with someone you really shouldn’t fall in love with’ kind of plot.

It looks cute and cheesy in an entertaining way, but I don’t know. The only pairing I’m interested in is JimmyOhm, because I loved them in the pilot trailer of The Next Prince. That one is in my ‘maybe’ pile.

Restart

I fast-forwarded a bit at first because it didn’t look like my thing at all. A poor boy attends an elite school full of spoiled rich kids and has to endure a lot of school bullying. Also he’s in a game (I think?). Or maybe he’s reincarnated to take revenge? It wasn’t really clear.

And my opinion was a firm no, despite Max being a villain in this one (I have a craving for that after crumbs from Two Worlds), and it seems there will be a few non established pairings here, and that’s something I like in Thai BL. But it also gives me Dead Friends Forever vibes with almost everyone being assholes and awful people. And I have to be in the right mood to watch something like that. But damn, Tutor and Yim’s part of the plot looks intriguing. And Tutor looks good with silver hair. So I think that’s a maybe, too? We’ll see.

Duang With You

University BL with newbie actors I don’t know, because they were only in Your Sky earlier, and I watched one episode and dropped it, because it bored me. It’s a cliched ‘a sunshine character falls for a popular, cold and aloof guy and tries to win his heart’ plot. I didn’t like this trailer at all (and that last scene made me cringe so hard). So yeah, not watching this one.

You(r)tuber

Guy wants to become a famous youtuber because he wants to take a revenge on his cheating ex, who’s also a popular youtuber. I think. It was boring, so I didn’t even finish watching the trailer.

Mr. Fanboy

Antagonists-to-lovers romance taking place in an entertainment industry. Main character Wan is a diehard fan of rising star Nine. He manages to win the audition to star as a supporting character besides his idol in a new BL drama. Then he meets Third, a cold and rude leading actor, who’s Nine's love interest in the drama and one half of their popular official ship. Of course Wan and Third fall in love. And of course Nine who is sweet and charming in front of the cameras is a manipulative and mean jerk behind the scenes.

I think this is another BL drama who wants to be the thing and wants to be a critique of the thing. It never works well. But we’ll see, it might be interesting. I’ll probably watch at least the first two episodes.

Love Upon a Time

A modern day student Nakun travels back in time four hundred years to the Ayutthaya Kingdom. He’s mistaken for a man named Klao who just has gone missing, so he assumes his identity and tries to find a way back to his time while also solving the mystery of Klao’s disappearance. Of course he finds a grand romance, too. And there is a lovely secondary couple that I’m already in love with.

It’s time travel, so I’m obligated to check it out. 😉 And seriously, it doesn’t look half bad. I hope it will be entertaining and I’ll like it.

And last week I posted my first Klao/Warich fic. I’m still obsessed with them, so there might be more fics in the future.

Your velvet eyes enchanting me (3134 words)
Fandom: สายรหัสเทวดา | Perfect 10 Liners (TV 2024)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Klao/Warich
Additional Tags: Porn with Feelings, Possessive Behavior, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Riding
Summary:

Klao is obsessed, he admits it freely. But every time Warich looks at him with those bedroom eyes of his, Klao has to fight an irresistible urge to grab him and push him onto the nearest flat surface. And just take and take, and take.

Sometimes he does. And Warich always lets him with a seductive smile on his face, his legs spreading for Klao so easily.

Good news – mom feels much better today and they said that she should be able to go home tomorrow. Here is hoping nothing will happen to prevent that.

And now let’s talk about dramas that help me cope with sucky RL. 😊


Love Scout episode 8

I was in a constant state of 😍 through the whole episode. That was so wonderful and sweet and fluffy.

Squee with spoilers behind the cut.

I started smiling and making a lot of aww noises since the beginning of the episode when Kang Ji Yun and Yu Eun Ho have that lovely, honest talk about their mutual feelings. And they are both so giddy with their new love and radiant, and happy.

“I’ll be good to you. I like you a lot.”

Aww... ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

And our second leads started bonding, partially like I’ve predicted about having lost an older sibling. But also about both of them being in an unrequited love. The way they fight over who has it worse... LOL

And aww, there is the third super sweet couple between two employee of Ju Yun’s company – they are so adorable together. And really bad at keeping their relationship a secret. LOL again.

On a more serious note – I like how they’re bringing up the issue of single parents often being judged. Ji Yun’s friend Mi Ae is happy for Eun Ho when she hears that he found someone. But then she finds out it is her best friend, and she gets conflicted because she wants Ji Yun to date “someone without flaws.” Of course Ji Yun instantly says that being a single parent is not a flaw and I love her for that.

And, since it is a kdrama after all, I know they gave us all this cuteness and sweetness because the dark clouds are gathering. There is our second lead’s father showing his true villainous colors, and of course the reveal about their past is rapidly coming. I mean Ji Yun’s father dying while saving Eun Ho’s life. Because he did, right? There were such obvious hints earlier, and it’s a very kdrama things to do. So I expect heartbreak and suffering soon.

But apart from all that our leads behave like mature, reasonable adults, they’re communicating so well, and they are very deeply and sincerely in love with each other. I really hope that the drama won’t go in the direction of noble idiocy or other stupid tropes like that.

And Eun Ho’s daughter Byeol is my 2nd favorite child in a kdrama. She would be the 1st if not for Baek Eun Ha from Flower of Evil. Baek Eun Ha is hard to beat in that category. 😊

Perfect 10 Liners episode 14

GMMTV, give Aou and Boom drama where they are the leads now, do you hear me? They owned this episode despite being in it only for four minutes. But what glorious four minutes it was. And yes, if you couldn’t guess I have a new obsession and it’s Klao/Warich. My sexy, gorgeous, toxic boys, I love them so much.

More with spoilers and two pics (a bit NSFW) here.

First there was this scene on the couch:

“Are you tired tonight?”
“If I say I’m tired, will you let me sleep?”
“I’ll let you... lie still.”

And I saw a snippet of an interview with the cast and wow, that move of Klao picking Warich up and carrying him to the bedroom was improvised and it was Aou’s idea. Thank you Aou, thank you so much, you serve us well. 😊

And then this scene in bed:

"I'm not jealous anymore. I'm just possessive. Especially these eyes of yours.... I'm so possessive of them"
"You're crazy."
"Yes. And you're crazy."

They are both so messed up. And Warich clearly likes when his lovers are a bit younger, a bit damaged, moody, violent and when they make him their whole world.

And I don’t like smoking in real life, but damn, Aou looks hot smoking.

Link to the beginning of their four minutes on yotube. If you maybe would like to watch all that hotness in motion.

Check in Hanyang

If Sungkyunkwan Scandal and The Secret Romantic Guesthouse had a baby this drama would be that baby. There is a crossdressing heroine, a palace intrigue, a prince pretending to be a commoner, and Jung Gun Joo as the second male lead again.

I started watching it last week and I almost caught up to a newest episode. I enjoy it a lot. It’s nothing particularly original, but it’s funny and cute. Mostly. It is a sageuk, so of course there is drama and angst from time to time, and tragedy in both our main leads’ past. And as an additional plus for me there is Kim Min Jung in a secondary part being gorgeous and subtly intimidating, which she does so well. 😊

Yuletide writing

The main fic is posted, and one treat is written, edited and sent for beta-reading. I did start writing the second treat and have 300 words written, and there is a chance of me finishing it before works reveal. A very slim chance, but still. 😊


Fanfic reading

This OW fic from Fic In A Box 2024 Exchange about an IT guy and sentient printers he cares for is adorable, funny and touching.

per my last email (2407 words) by TheFlirtMeister
Fandom: Original Work
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: IT Guy & Sentient Printers He Cares For
Additional Tags: Emails, Sentient Printers, Office
Summary:

Hi Team,

Can I please remind all GlobeSearch employees that printer use must be signed off by our IT Manager Henry Shepherd.

This is due to the sentience of the printers in the London office building, who must be warned about all potential printing jobs in advance.

Many thanks,

Alice

Drama watching

Perfect 10 Liners episode 8

What a lovely, funny, and sweet episode it was. ♥

More with spoilers here.

Aww, there was a piggy back ride, crying in the rain and love confessions from both sides. Also Jimmy’s cameo in spirit if not in the flesh when Tongfah says to Arm: “My bae studies medicine.” Heh...

Marc and Poon are so lovely and hot together. I love them so much in this drama.

And I adore JJ as Po. Poor guy left alone yet again by both his friends, who are getting picked up by their hot boyfriends. Give JJ a pairing GMMTV, please.

And please give me canon Brink/A-ngun, show, please. I’ll be satisfy even with crumbs. 😉 Because Piploy and Earn look so good together and they have great chemistry.

And wow, that Arc/Arm kiss in the bathroom was so good. Might be the best Forcebook kiss for me? Maybe second best after that kiss from the 1st episode of Only Friends? Force’s hand on the nape of Book’s neck during kissing always does things to me.

Here is that scene on youtube for those who would like to see it. 😊

Watch on YouTube

And I think Arc and Arm’s part of the drama ended, and now they will be more of the side characters, and the drama will be focused on PerthSanta and JuniorMark.

The Fiery Priest 2 episode 10

Ok, that was good. I enjoyed this episode so much that I even re-watched a few of my favorite scenes twice already. Finally they found the right balance between serious drama and comedy.

Spoilers here, too.

They found another excuse to have Kim Nam Gil wear a dress and makeup as a disguise. And I’m grateful, because he looked, like the last time, absolutely gorgeous. And then the fight scene with Hong Sik was fantastic, too, with Hae Il still wearing his pretty, sexy dress. And wow, his legs are long...

Also there was Honey Lee dressed as her character in The Knight Flower. :DDD And being a badass as always.

And of course that ending, damn... Not really a cliffhanger, though, because I didn’t believe even for one second that Hae Il shot himself when there are still two episodes left.

Ossan’s Love Thailand

The official trailer is here.

And I’m very surprised because that doesn’t look half bad. I didn’t like the pilot trailer at all, but this one I find quite cute and amusing. And I like Earth and Mix a lot, so I think I’ll try watching it. It starts airing in January.

Kdramas

The Fiery Priest 2 episodes 5-6

It’s still pretty funny and I still love Kim Nam Gil a lot. But in general I’m rather meh about it. They really go hard on the wacky, OTT humor and, like I’ve said before, it doesn’t mesh well with the more serious elements.

Spoilers here.

There was a death in episode 5 that I should feel sad about, but it was hard to care when it was squeezed in between too long silly comedic scenes, which were not even that funny most of the time for me.

But, ok, I do find Kim Hong Sik a bit more interesting again. Apparently it’s enough to have him behave as if he already has a crush on Kim Hael Il. 😉 Yes, yes, it’s presented as him letting Hae Il live because Hae Il is a strong, worthy enemy and a good sparring partner. But if I want to interpret it as a crush I will. 😊

And I’m not really fond of Kim Hong Sik falling in love at first sight with Kyeong Sun. The scene itself was amusing, I admit, but as a subplot… Meh, I would prefer them not doing that at all. Is it to have a reason later for him not to kill her instantly when he finds out that she works with Hae Il? Because I guess otherwise it would be hard to believe that a cruel, merciless killer, who murders his underlings for making one mistake wouldn’t do anything to someone who wants to take him down.

Family by Choice episodes 13-14

So adorable, so touching and so heartwarming.

More with spoilers here.

Like I thought Hae Jun’s mom is getting her redemption, and a revival of her romance with Dad Yun in the next episodes based on the preview.

And I love, love, love Ju Won standing up for her boys. It was good with Hae Jun’s mom, and it was excellent with San Ha’s horrible mother. That was a fantastic scene and I cheered aloud when Ju Won told San Ha’s mother that she couldn’t borrow San Ha from Ju Won again, that she let her borrow him for ten years, but that was enough. Ju Won’s speech was brilliant, and it made me teary-eyed.

Dal was fantastic, too, in this episodes. She and Hae Jun are the cutest couple ever. And they will be officially dating in the next episode, yay. I mean this is my guess since Dal finally admitted her feelings to Hae Jun.

Rented in Finland

For the purpose of this post let’s count this as a kdrama. 😊 It’s a variety show about four Korean actors living in the northern-most region of Finland. Or to quote mydramalist:

“What unfolds when four of Korea's biggest stars swap their city lights for the raw wilds of Lapland, where even electricity and running water are a luxury? Brace yourself for a hilarious journey as the City Boys experience the self-sufficient lifestyle of local residents.”

I’m usually not interested in variety shows, they are not my kind of thing. But I kinda want to watch this one, because the four actors are: Lee Je Hoon, Kwak Dong Yeon, Cha Eunwoo and Lee Dong Hwi. And I like the first three guys a lot. I’m not familiar with Lee Dong Hwi, I don’t think I’ve seen any of his dramas.

And the teasers look hilarious. This is the first short teaser (a minute and a half long). And this is the longer one (9 minutes).


BL dramas

Spare Me Your Mercy

The official trailer is here. Unfortunately there are no English subtitles.

It looks dark and depressing, but it’s Tor Thanapob in a BL drama, so I do plan to watch it. I just hope it will be available for international audiences. But the lack of subs in the trailer doesn’t bode well. We’ll see soon since it premiers on 28th of November.


Fourever You

It’s another Thai BL that is a bit longer than usual with 16 episodes and four different couples. It’s an ensemble university BL directed by New Siwaj, and I like those as sweet mind candy I watch when I want to unwind. We Are was like that for me and I enjoyed it as my weekly dose of pretty boys being cute and falling in love with each other, with only angst being mild relationship angst. And right now Prefect 10 Liners is my lovely Sunday piece of cuteness and fluff.

But this drama doesn’t work as well for me. The main pairing is fine, a bit boring but rather lovely, and I don’t mind them. And the eight episodes that already aired were focused on them and on one other pairing for now. The third pairing had like one, short scene hinting at something more in the future. And the fourth pairing didn’t even meet for now if I remember correctly.

There are spoilers here, too.

I should enjoy Johan/North, it’s my kind of pairing. It has a handsome, aloof, hardworking guy who seems cold on the outside, but is very devoted and protective of his ray of sunshine love interest. But Johan is so controlling, telling North where he can go and what he can do, and expecting North to obey him without questions. And I would be fine with that if the show just acknowledged that behavior for what it was. But it’s like they don’t seem to realize how it comes across, and Johan’s behavior is treated as something romantic and cute that Johan’s friends tease him about. And then they have Ter teasing North about Johan’s possessiveness, too.

Right now I’m wondering if I want to continue watching it. I probably won’t, since I have so many other BL dramas on my to-watch list. Why should I stick with the one that annoys me. 😊


Perfect 10 Liners episode 5

♥ ♥ ♥ It was indeed perfect 50 minutes of fluff and cuteness and hotness.

Minor spoilers and four kissing pics here.

Marc and Poon were adorable. And so sexy, too, wow, I never expected that from them. But of course I’m all heart-eyes about my beloveds. They were so adorable, and so hot with all the kissing (see proof below 😊). And as an additional super nice surprise - Tay Tawan guest starred as a character called Tawan. Heh...

I have one problem now. But it’s a good problem to have – there are too many things I want to watch. 😊 I’m so behind on so many dramas. My to-watch list keeps getting longer and longer.

GL dramas

Pluto

I watched the 1st episode a week ago right after it aired. I loved it. Namtan is wonderful and beautiful. Her and Film have great chemistry, and I’m intrigued by the main mystery. I do plan to watch that one every week as it airs.

The Loyal Pin

I finally got around to watching Freen and Becky’s new drama. I watched four episodes for now (it goes a bit slowly, because see above about my main problem now 😊), and I like it a lot. Freen and Becky are both great actresses, and their chemistry is burning up the screen. And they’re so good at kissing, seriously so good. Currently they are my favorite GL couple.


BL dramas

Perfect 10 Liners

The first episode will air later today, and I can’t wait. ForceBook my beloveds – I missed having them on my screen every week. I don’t even care if it is good, I just want it to be entertaining.

My Damn Business

It’s a very short Korean BL drama (just seven 10 minutes long episodes) about an office romance between team leader Han Yu Jin, whose sales team gets dissolved amidst the company’s management crisis, and Yun Su An (an assistant manager from another team). Yu Jin has to wrap up all the current projects and he gets assigned Yun Su An to help. There’s just two of them in the office, and even though their relationship is a bit cold and formal at first it soon starts to change.

It airs of Youtube. Here is the playlist. Four episodes aired for now and I like it a lot. It’s cute and funny, and manages to pack quite a lot into such short episodes.

And I have to say that Korean BL dramas keep surprising me nicely lately with wonderful, hot kisses. First The Time of Fever, and now this drama. Because that kiss in episode 3 was so, so hot. Here's the link to the beginning of that kiss, if you would like to see for yourself. 😊


Kdramas

Love in the Big City

I watched six episodes, still have the last two to watch. And it’s ok, I like it well enough. And of course I’m very glad it got made, and I love that Nam Yoon Su is so unbothered by all those hate comments they got. In one interview he said “I just laughed it off when I got malicious comments. Those people were actually 1 in a 100. I got a lot of messages of support.”

But I guess I expected it to hit me harder and make me very emotional, and I have to say it left me rather cold. There were a few scenes in the middle that were hard to watch for me because of personal baggage. But in general I am a bit underwhelmed.

Family by Choice

I’m so conflicted about this drama. On one hand I’m all heart eyes about OT3 subtext with our main trio. They are all great, and especially Hwang In Youp as my sweet, broken woobie Kim San Ha. But I love the three of them – they love each other so much, and care for each other. It’s so beautiful – the way San Ha always protects the other two, and the way both boys always drop everything to protect Ju Won. And the way Ju Won and Hae Jun always know what to do to drag San Ha out of one of his dark moods. It’s so heartwarming and lovely to watch. I mean, I know what the endgame pairing is, and I’m fine with it. But that’s canon. I just really hope there will be at least a few fics about my lovely OT3 later. And I ship the dads, too. They are really good at co-parenting their three kids. 😊

At the same time I have issues with how all the women in this series (except Ju Won) are portrayed. Even Ju Won I feel isn’t as developed for now as the two boys. It still can change, just six episode aired for now, but I am a bit disappointed now.

More here with spoilers.

All the mothers are horrible here. San Ha’s mother especially or course. And she is horrible, don’t get me wrong. But for me narrative here unfairly blames her and only her for the tragedy from their past. San Ha and her sister had two parents after all, so why is only a mother blamed for leaving the children alone for two days? Where was the dad then?

And then there is Hae Jun’s mother, who abandoned her son, and Hae Jun’s aunt to some extent. And if that’s not enough there is Dal’s mother, too, constantly putting her daughter down and making her cry, even in front of her friends.

And in the background there are all those gossipy aunties from the neighborhood, who are so unkind about our three kids coming from broken homes.

I don’t know, like I’ve said it could still change, there are ten more episodes to go. I’m not disappointed enough to stop watching for now. But we’ll see.

As for fanfic writing - I posted a little SCI ficlet two weeks ago for Fandom Gift Basket 2024.

All I need is your sweet kiss (1027 words)
Fandom: S.C.I.谜案集 | S.C.I. Mystery (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yutong/Zhan Yao, Bái Chí/Zhào Zhēn
Characters: Zhan Yao, Bai Yutong, Bai Chi, Zhào Zhēn
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Banter, Teasing, Kissing
Summary: Just a little scene from their post-canon life, with banter and laughter, and kissing. :)


And I finished my second Meet You at the Blossom fic and posted it yesterday.

The sweet sound of you (3086 words)
Fandom: 花开有时颓靡无声 | Meet You at the Blossom (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jin Xiaobao/Zongzheng Huai'en
Characters: Zongzheng Huai'en, Jin Xiaobao
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Porn with Feelings, Manhandling, Possessive Behavior, Jewelry, Jin Xiaobao Jingles During Sex
Summary: At first that sweet jingling sound was an innocent sign of love and warmth, of safety and belonging. But now it will be associated with something different in Huaien’s mind, too. Because that sweet and soft ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong is heard with every slow, sensuous movement of Xiaobao’s body on top of Huaien’s.

Now I can focus fully on my Yuletide assignment, which I love a lot. And on possible treats, because there are so many great requests that I would love to write something for.