#Began Beginning

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL - The unexpected rise of cooking crush & seme bjs

Organized, in each category, with ones I'm enjoying most at the top.

Jan 2024 Wk 3

Ongoing Series - Thai

The Sign (Sat YT) ep 9 of 12 - I love this show so damn much. This may be my KinnPorsche. It’s just so endlessly entertaining in a perfectly unhinged way. I love that they looped Tharn’s dad back into the murder investigations.

You know kinksters have invented necklaces that can’t come off… right? Just saying.

Meanwhile, would it still be BL if our seme didn’t wake up from drowning and instantly go chase snake?

No. No it would not. 

Remember the one hard and fast rule of BL? When a seme gives a BJ it’s penance. Phaya is apologizing to Tharn for leaving him behind.

Heh. Hard and fast. I kill me. 

Pit Babe (Fri iQIYI) ep 10 of 14 - How is this absurd creature managing to rise in the ranks? Pavel turned in some stellar grief and ALANJEFF have my whole heart. I make Ikea puns in the... Trash watch happening here.

Cooking Crush (Sun YT) ep 7 of 12 - The make-out montage was absolutely charming and very much American rom com style - interesting (and rare) to see in a BL (not to mention from OffGun. How far we have come since Puppy Honey?)

Meanwhile, another wonderful grandma in a BL!

Next week we do an actual harken back to Puppy Honey, so obviously I’m now enjoying this whole show way more than before. I think it helped that I watched it earlier in the week, when it wasn’t competing with any other BLs. 

Last Twilight (Fri YT) ep 11 of 12 - Not gonna lie, I knew from you all that this was gonna be a rough ep. But I very clearly remember the penultimate Bad Buddy ep so I now have slightly more trust than others in GMMTV on this matter. 

That said, this was a crap episode.

You can’t set Mork’s truth and character motivation reveal up like that and then have his lover choose to dismiss him in a way that diminishes not just both character's growth AND all of Mork's actions towards Day, but also our faith in every other character. It was a shitty narrative thing to do to us, and it was a shitty thing to do to Mork. And that doesn’t even take into account the forgiveness allotted by the story to Day’s unrepentant excuse for a mother.  The doom should have been handled differently. The mom shoudl have leaned in even more evil and actively lied to split them apart.

I don't know if they can redeem this misstep in the final episode. But I'm interested to see them try. That said, this plot seem to be true to the book. 

For Him (Thurs iQIYI) ep 8 of 12 - A major trigger has landed. But also it’s clear who’s fault that incident was... and it’s not Him’s. So Blue's so-called-friend really is unhinged. This episode was a little bit more engaging than last week, but it’s only because stuff actually happened. I’m still not sure I enjoyed it. 

Twins the series (Fri GaGa) ep 12fin - Despite the fact that I’ve been annoyed by the show the last couple of episodes, I’m still sad for it to end. It was a good reveal and First had the right response. Also a very sports way to end it. Sprite is a v clingy bf. 

In brief?

A messy very Thai pulp sports romance that actually managed to involve sports in an identical twins trading-places plot. Basically Not Me meets HIStory 2 Crossing the Line (although vastly inferior to either) with an endearing main character and a good lead pair (poor things), both soapy and earnest without too much camp. It tried so hard but the plot, side couples, and extraneous characters let us down. Passable if not great. 7/10 

Time the series (Thai Gaga) ep 2 of 10 - Eh. Whatever. 

My Universe (Sun iQIYI) ep 22 of 24 - skipped this installment

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Although I Love You and You AKA Sukiyanen Kedo Do Yaro ka (Japan Gaga) ep 2 of 10 - Funny how quickly he retracted that confession and everyone called him out for doing it too soon (including me from a narrative beats perspective). It was a cute screw up - I see what your meta-arse is doing there, Japan. Also our Tokyo-boy’s serious reserved earnestness is extra adorable in the surrounded by Osaka enthusiasm context. His accidental flirting is that much more heart wrenching for our poor baby seme.  And they ended this ep with honorific negotiations!! Be still my heart. I’m really adoring this show.

Your hyung romance super fan is back in the game! 

Meanwhile the Osaka accent is beyond adorable. 

Sahara-sensei to Toki-kun (Japan Fri Gaga) ep 6 of 8 - Japan what are you doing? I do love the not-sorta-ex from the past. 

VIP Only (Taiwan Fri Gaga) ep 10fin - I loved all the young people in the hawker center supporting the campaign against the terrible mother. They make a good domestically sappy couple. But that is Taiwan's specialty.

In brief?

A sweet if aimless story about a writer and a chef finding love via noodles, fake dating, and family challenges. If it had a tighter script and a shorter run, more like a KBL this might’ve been quite special. But it didn’t and it lost me too many times. 6/10

I don’t like to be disappointed by Taiwan. 

It's done: I Need to Catch up

What Did You Eat Yesterday Season 2 AKA Kinou Nani Tabeta? Season 2 (Japan Gaga) 10 eps - will binge when I have any spare time. 2024 is crazy busy for me so far.

The Servant and the Young Master - from Vietnam so I assume it's on YouTube. I never even noticed. Anyone?

Began Beginning (Myanmar YouTube) - Is TRUST Entertainment bringing us the first ever Burmeses BL? I don't know if it's really the first, but @heretherebedork vouched for it, so I will give it a watch through.

It's Airing But...

[INTERNATIONAL] Cherry Magic (Sat YouTube) ep 3 of 12 - yeah Japan put the smack down on our boys. Sadness. You can use a VPN if you like. Read all about it here.

Beside You (Thai YouTube) - a 3 sp short that's supposed to have started but I can't find it.

Ossans Love Season 2 (Japan Gaga) - 5 years later, will anything have changed? This is Japan so… probubly not. I won't be watching this. I disliked Season one and actively hated the follow ups. No thank you.

Playboyy (Thurs Gaga) 14 eps - Dear Playboyy, it's not you, it’s me… I hate you. You’re about as deep (and as palatable) as a shot glass of cum. While I'm sure you’re someone’s kink, you're my weakest link. Goodbye. I DNFed this at ep 5. Frankly I'm impressed with myself for getting that far.

The Whisperer (Sun ????) 10 eps - Ends next week. Thai horror BL that ALSO involves cheating (what joy is mine). I don't think even the perfect single dimple can motivate me to watch. Word is... it's terrible.

7 Days Before Valentine (Weds WeTV) 10 eps - Giving me Luminous Solution vibes. I'm waiting to binge if safe.

Dead Friend Forever (Thai Sat iQIYI) - horror, meh, tell me if it's worth my time?

In Case You Missed it

All my year-end round ups:

TOP 10 BL Trends of 2023

Top 10 BL Secondary Pairs of 2023

2023 BLs Best Trope Execution Awards! TOP 10

All the BLs Announced for 2023 that didn't happen

BL 2023's Best:

Back Hugs Thailand & Elsewhere

Cute Bits of Domesticity

Boys Feeding Boys

BOOP!

Best Cuddles

Heads in Laps

Touching Head Touches

Thailand Put His Head on Your Shoulder

Put Your Head on My Shoulder (not Thailand)

BEST KISSES (not Thailand)

BEST KISSES FROM THAILAND

Next Week Looks Like This

1/23 Happy Ending is a new high school set Strongberry 20 min short staring the actor who played Milk on Choco Milk Shake, so... YES PLEASE. I'm not sure where it will air but we all have our fingers crossed for Gaga or YT. Or both.

1/24 Love For Love's Sake (Korea Gaga & iQIYI)- based on the Manhwa ‘Love Supremacy Zone’ by Hwacha. A young man is dropped into a game based off a novel he loves. His mission is to make another player, YeoWoon happy. But then the game starts unfolding completely different from the novel.

Upcoming BLs for 2024 are listed here. This list is not kept updated, so please leave a comment if you know something new or RP with additions.

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

Viva la BL grandma superiority! (Cooking Crush)

Cooking Crush casually givign us some lovely lesbians (as indeed did The Sign). GL makes for a lovely acessory BL, carry on.

Now GMMTV, give us the REVERSE.

I love this dork SO MUCH. (Pit Babe)

I love that Cherry Magic is doing this scene over. One of my favs from the original.

Yai is BEST BOY. MVP and most likely the winner for 2024's Namgoong award.

(Last week)

#the sign is the best #last twilight failed us #The Sign the series #cooking crush #offgun #thai bl #this week in bl #bl updates #Japanese BL #best bl 2023 round ups #Although I Love You and You #Sukiyanen Kedo Do Yaro ka #VIP only review #tainwaese bl #twins the series review #thai pulp #Pit Babe #began beginning #Burmese BL #BL from Myanmar

[heritageposts]

large zionist blocklist below

i've compiled a list of all the blogs positively interacting with the @/israel-palestine-bingo blog

there's more info about how the names were complied under the read more, but just to get an idea of how vile the blog is, i just want to quickly mention that the first prize offered in their pinned post, "eight hours of memi mamtera," is the song used in the viral israeli tiktok trend of kidnapping, humiliating, and torturing palestinians in the west bank.

and the "grand prize," which needs no explanation, is "all of palestine! for free!"

some quick info: all the names here have either approvingly replied to, reblogged from, or liked one or more of @/israel-palestine-bingo's posts. for likes, i've only gathered names that appear under their original posts; mostly ones that have not been reblogged, and some with 2-3 reblogs that have not left the immediate sphere of zionists. i've also made sure that these are blogs who have either liked more than one posts from them, or who frequently reblogs from other zionists.

you can also quickly look through the blog yourself (it doesn't have that many posts), or check out any of the names on the list with a quick 'israel' or 'palestine' in the search bar or their blogs.

there are more screenshots at the end of the posts, including ones showing who made the blog (ani-lo-daredevil / katenotbishop), and the bingo board itself (ashenpumpkin).

blocking tip: fastest way to mass block users (on desktop) is to go to settings -> the blog your blocking them from -> scroll all the way down to 'blocked tumblrs,' and then copy-paste the name your blocking

names listed below in alphabetical order reminder again, block don't engage

2peachy acleverforgery ani-lo-daredevil apollo-enthusiast ashenpumpkin <- credited for making the bingo board, reblogged/liked almost all of their posts. aureatecorvid avi-on-jumblr (main @/clear-what-i-was-seeing) awstheticshit bambahalva bleepiesheepie bluenorther blueredfetch bones-and-crows britneysmeanshirt cannibalism-is-my-love-language captain-navii casavanse celepito chubbybubba ciitrus--fruitz coffeelovinggayidiot da-socks davos-is-the-one-true-king dchan87 disregardenedgnostic elder-millennial-of-zion faggotry-enjoyer fdelopera flowercrownsandfairylights fluffel677 fluffy-art-moss george-lucas-is-god got-chavi icereader12 illegitimatetenenbaum inklingm8 its-hila jewishlivesmatter just-illegal karinhasdacookie

katenotbishop <- the main account of the person running the blog. her sideblog is @/ani-lo-daredevil

kelluinox kingofslush letaot-ze-magniv lingonberryjamistakenwhat lovelyhairedpianist magic-coffee marrymepadfoot marvel-ous-posts masters-puddle <- pornblog mixmangosmangoverse morganas-simp mossadspydolphin multifandermissesanakin nameless370 namiko026 nevleg32 notcrazyiswear oakstar519 perfectlynormalperson psychologeek queerius randomname3 redvodyanoi rhysaka sally006 sbinklebooper scp-1296 shinekocreator <- commented, 'but is this the 8 hour version?' on a post where someone ''won'' the song used in the tiktok torture videos. snakelung sort-of-a-demon soxiyy stuffandatherstuff tearsandice tedious-waffle thebejeweledwatercat the-library-alcove thirdmagic thisgingerhasnosoul timegirl tolaat-bli-toelet <- the person running the bingo blog. mainblog is @/katenotbishop transmascpetewentz tribulation-of-somnolence unexistencerpg viktorrotkiv wanderingmadscientist whiterose-blackrose whitesunlars why5x5

note: @/tolaat-bli-toelet changed her username to @/ani-lo-daredevil (her main is still @/katenotbishop)

and from the same post,

the last post was also reblogged by the creator of the israel-palestine-bingo blog

#zionist blocklist #block don't engage #after looking through the blog i began recognizing so many names from it among the liberal crypto-zionist crowd #which is part of why i decided to make this list to begin with #and again - if you're worried about the way i've compiled the names you can look through the blog yourself #it doesn't have that many posts and you'll get a better sense of why i'm singling out this blog and the people who interact with it #their latest bingo post rn is one where they've attached their meme game to a news article about that school-room massacre #where civilians were - including young children - were shot and murdered at point-blank by IOF soliders

[firstfullmoon]

Alex Dimitrov, “Tuesday”

#you can begin anytime like this whole world began out of nothing #w #poetry #alex dimitrov

[bernardisgross]

very early BBS sketches from 2020 ??

I'm u_u at the fact i can't put non-intrusive little comments on each pics anymore...

#it's always gonna be about them for me #bbs it's always gonna be about bbs #kh #my art #my early terrariam agenda ! ha ! how they've grown #in the beginning i kept drawing terra bumping into marluxia bc he's just chest size it's so wonderful #so much that i began asking myself some questions -_- #anyways the animal crossing and last pic were the first i ever drew of them #i'm emo :'3 #kingdom hearts #aqua #terra #ventus #eraqus #xehanort #eranort #xehaqus #whatever you prefer for the disaster two

[bakudekublogblog]

EVERY TIME I THINK OF THIS PANEL I GO A LITTLE MORE INSANE. THE BEGINNING. THE BEGINNING OF WHAT?? wonder duo era?? hero partners bakudeku?? their marriage?? their eyes meet across the battle field and something BEGINS??? HORI LET ME IN I JUST WANNA TALK

#bakudeku #bkdk #WHAT IS BEGINNING HERE WITH THEIR EYE CONTACT #THEY MEET EYES THEIR FEELINGS BECOME ONE AND THEN WHAT #WHAT IS BEGINNING WHAT IS ITTELL ME #every time I am wondering if i’m reading too much into bkdk I remember something began when their eyes met across a battle field #THE MOST TENDER LOOK ON KATSUKI’S FACE EVER TOO #SERIOUSLY WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ITS GOTTA AT LEAST BE HERO PARTNERS RIGHT AM I CRAZY #also izuku def fell in love all over again here #how can he not #and 404 he falls in love again again

[paponela]

team rwbly meeting by the beach

#rwby #rwby9 #ruby rose #weiss schnee #blake belladonna #yang xiao long #bumbleby #little i love you please dont leave us #you're already part of the team #also last day to pretend they are fine on the beach The Horrors begin tomorrow #i mean began last three minutes last episode but details details #my stuff #my art

[dreamaze]

BFFL 40/∞   ↪ when you put the besties next to each other (relay dance edition)

+ when you don't put the besties next to each other (so one of them cuts in line for their duo choreo)

#mx7net #monstaxedits #minhyuk #hyungwon #monsta x #tuseral #wabisarah #oorieri #userkyutie #wings.gifs #wings.original #eyestrain #bffl series #💜💜 #happy 40th bffl series post!! #with a set that i began planning way back in the beginning (june 2022) & just never got around to. until now <3 #('uh-oh eye contact' is a throwback to another early choreo set askdjdak they really should not be permitted to look at each other) #besties i love you & your mutually dependent chaotic shenanigans so much #p.s. alligator relay hyungwon was rly going thru it

[karaonasi]

For Baxter’s 27th birthday, Kit takes his husband of 9 months to the place where it all started for a night of good food and especially dancing.

BaxterMC Week Day 7

Art by @rui-drawsbox

#baxtermcweek #rui draw smth #Happy Birthday to my darling husband Bax ~Kit #of course I had to end like they began: with the red string of fate entwining around them as they dance #Rui put both of Kit’s ring on: left hand is their wedding ring. Right hand is the engagement ring—one Bax wore that summer #I love Baxter’s shoes #baxter ward #our life #our life beginnings & always #our life beginnings and always #olba #our life baxter #our life: beginnings & always #olba baxter

[nelkcats]

Laugh until the end

Penelope Spectra was an excellent school psychologist, she loved her charges and they loved her back, there was only one problem: her age.

Spectra had trouble coming to terms with the fact that she was getting older, she covered every wrinkle with makeup, every sign that she was over 25 disappeared, but always the same kid found a way to point out a mistake, which made her miserable.

She started using experimental products, which led to her death, luckily or badly she appeared in the Realms with a very human appearance, and shortly after learning what she had become a natural portal appeared.

It turns out that no one had properly reported her death so she disposed of her own corpse and went back to school trying to help the kids.

One specific boy who loved to play pranks started to get depressed during their sessions, Spectra couldn't understand the reason so she continued to try to help: she gave him comfort items, advice, even gave him a stuffed bat knowing they were his favorite animal, but nothing helped.

Strangely the more the boy got depressed she seemed to feel better, satisfied, and young, although it made her feel horrible at first, she began to get used to the feeling, want it, search for it, and her empathy faded.

Contradictory signals from her ended up driving the boy crazy, a small vein of madness that had barely been present before expanded while the constant sessions worsened his condition, until one day he stopped crying and started laughing out loud.

Then their innocent therapy sessions became a very dangerous game, their relationship changed until it became the reverse of the original and almost seemed like a rivalry, Spectra was trying to push him into submission and the boy was laughing, talking about jokes, and starting to show psychotic behaviors.

Unfortunately they had to stop their game when the school began to suspect that something was wrong with the psychologist, Spectra was forced to run away, but the boy never forgot, he suppressed his behavior until he seemed normal and waited for a new rival while hugging his stuffed bat.

He was sure that one day, someone would enjoy his jokes, even the deadly ones.

#danny phantom #dp x dc #dc x dp #joker #penelope spectra #Their relationship began as something innocent #but they ended up bringing out the worst part in each other #batman #Joker was crazy since the beginning he just know how to hide it #also this in an explanation of why he began the relationship with Harley #and why it ended like that #joker was searching for a rival #and he found one #now imagine Danny and Spectra traveling to Gotham #He was following her #she was trying to work on Arkham #Both the bats and Danny would end surprised with their accidental meeting #Also yes #Joker was the kid pointing out her age #he did it as a kid joke tho #Imagine Joker and Spectra in front of each other yelling at each other #my rival is better than yours #With Spectra pointing Danny and Joker pointing Batman #All the batfam is confused #Team Phantom is confused too

[esilher]

"Excuse me, can I ask you a question? I'm new here."

"My name's Blaine."

#december klaine challenge 2023 #begin #klaine #klaine fanart #Thank you Mynonah for the idea #and the lines… #my brain was empty!!! #but of course the stairs!!! #where it all began! #esilher’s drawings

[hella1975]

picture perfect memories scattered all around the floor reaching for the phone cause i can’t fight it anymore and i wonder if i ever cross your mind for me it happens all the time IT’S A QUARTER AFTER ONE I’M ALL ALONE AND I NEED YOU NOW SAID I WOULDN’T COME BUT I LOST ALL CONTROL AND I NEED YOU NOW AND I DONT KNOW HOW I CAN DO WITHOUT I JUST NEED YOU NOW another shot of whiskey can’t stop looking at the door wishing you’d come sweeping in the way you did before and i wonder if i ever cross your mind FOR ME IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIMEEEEE IT’S A QUARTER AFTER ONE I’M A LITTLE DRUNK AND I NEED YOU NOW SAID I WOULDN’T COME BUT I LOST ALL CONTROL AND I NEED YOU NOW AND I DON’T KNOW HOW I CAN DO WITHOUT I JUST NEED YOU NOWWWWWWW OHHHWOAHHH guess i’d rather hurt than feel nothing at alllllllllllllll IT’S A QUARTER AFTER ONE I’M ALL ALONE AND I NEED YOU NOW AND I SAID I WOULDN’T COME BUT I’M A LITTLE DRUNK AND I NEED YOU NOW AND I DON’T KNOW HOW I CAN DO WITHOUT I JUST NEED YOU NOOOWWWWWWWWWWW I JUST NEED YOU NOWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAOOOOOOOWWWW OH BABY I NEED YOU NOOWWWWWWWWWWW

#LADY ANTEBELLUM SAVE MEEEE #my mum used to play this cd on loop when i was like. 14 i have never once been normal about this song #to the enlightened mind this is dabihawks post-war post-betrayal post-twice-&-wing-burning #specifically hawks pov. he hates dabi he lost everything to dabi but when they met he was faced with someone who hated heroes #and pro hero hawks who has been raised to be nothing but the embodiment of his hero persona had to find an identity for dabi to tolerate #in order for his espionage to bear fruit for it to be SUCCESSFUL he had to find something human inside of him. he had to find keigo again #from the very beginning dabi got something from hawks that no one else did and that vulnerability extrapolated as they met more #and the stakes got higher and dabi began to give something back and now it’s over. it’s over they’re as far from one another as can be #but hawks misses the honesty he got to have with dabi. inadvertently or for the mission whatever the reason hawks wasn’t just a hero there #he was something else. something human. and when the day is over and he comes home to an empty penthouse he finds himself thinking of him #I GET IT. GODDDDDD #I WONDER IF I EVER CROSS YOUR MIND 😄🔫 #dabihawks

[absolutebl]

Began Beginning - Myanmar's first BL 

Not So Quick Pitch (or is it a pitch?)

Cause I got a lot of thoughts

8 eps 25 min ea YouTube

Began Beginning feels very much like a first timers BL. Which it pretty much is. There’s a lot of explaining and info dumping and information that we really don’t need about the characters (or the family) especially in the first couple of episodes.

Here's your hlepful breakdown:

Mani = main boy workaholic, probably gay, acts ace 

Hlyan = cute flirty bestie, smoker, closeted gay (for good reason) in love with Mani (becomes main character about 3/4 way through) 

Walar = openly gay visitor recovering from a breakup who enters their codependent dynamic and things happen as a result

Thae = Mani & Hlyan’s other bestie, trans 

I was tempted to say this reminded me of early Vietnamese BL, but in actuality what it reminded me of most was the stuff we got from way back in the early 2000's out of Hong Kong, or more recently from the Philippines (I'm thinking about something like The Boy Foretold by the Stars).

There is a grungy sticky authenticity to these works, of which Began Beginning is now a part. They have their own tarnished charm. For all their hiccups in storytelling and absurdities, there is an almost documentary feel to them, partly as a result of the inferior quality of production and filming (which is entirely economic). But that itself also somehow adds to the appeal.

This kind of BL is entirely the opposite of something out of Korea or GMMTV. And if you like that BL best, you aren't gonna like this product. But as much as KBL wins top ranks from me pretty consistently these days, sometimes I enjoy this kind of BL too.

The range itself keeps the genre vibrant and healthy.

So what is Began Beginning about?

Childhood best friends must come to terms with their own identities and true feelings for each other when a new boy comes to town, putting them into conflict with their families and ultimately, each other.

For the first half of this show there’s a lot of sitting across from each other and talking about life choices over yummy food and then going to tourist spots (mildly boring and not particularly important to the plot). 

It changed tone about 2/3 in to be way more of a coming out family drama about forced marriages and homophobia.

And then at the very end it changed again, becoming a full on soap opera with kidnapping, crazy characterization shifts, and rescue missions.

All in all? It was a wild raw creature to consume as a binge. No kisses since this is Myanmar, but a very romantic end, so I think maybe actually worth your time? I'm certainly glad I watched it.

Recommended with lots of reservations but great respect. I’m going with a 7/10.

There is a particularly important part at the end when Hlyan talks about asking Thae to dress him as a girl to see if he was third gender because he had these feels for another boy. And how unpleasant that made him feel. I thought it was hugely impactful as a window into the boxes same sex loves in modern society forces upon us. No matter what options our culture provides for us, if the boxes are limited we feel limited too. Also, drawing a distinction between gender identity and sexual identity. Lovely bit of storytelling.

(see comments, turns out this is not the first one)

(source)

#it's wild and grungy but I enjoyed it #no kisses tho #Burmese BL #there's a tag I never thought I'd use #BL from Myanmar #Began Beginning

[pandasaurio-espacial]

The very first episode, Merlin asks Gaius if his magic makes him a monster. That very same episode, Merlin kills a woman with no hesitation and no remorse, to save Arthur's life.

#i need to be put down like a dog #like yes they're ready to die for each other from the very beginning #but also I'd forgotten how quickly merlin began just??? killing for arthur??? #in fics the things he's had to do weight him down but merlin??? didn't hesitate??? #like he's so heartbroken at the idea of being a monster and the very next day??? he killed a woman??? #merthur #bbc merlin #m ya callate

[fabuloustrash05]

Looking back on THIS POST of mine, I talked about how the female characters in TMNT 2012 get established as love interests first before establishing their characters, comparing it to how Mona Lisa gets more time to establish her character first before being established as a love interest.

To further prove this little "theory", I looked back on all the girls introduction scenes and timed them, to see how long their introduction lasted before being establishing as a romantic interest.

Keep in mind these are the numbers I personally got when conducting this "study", it may not be fully accurate but a good estimate.

April - 14.95 seconds

Karai - 11.51 seconds

Renet - 25.50 seconds to 1 minute & 26 seconds

There's two because it's up for interpretation. Mikey's first glance at her doesn't fully tell the audience he's crushing on her, more hinting at it, but the second he starts actually flirting with her makes it abundantly clear.

Mona Lisa - 2 minutes & 53 seconds

Shinigami - 1 minute & 22 seconds

It may actually be shorter, but I began her timer when April started to "sense" her presence.

#how I did the timing is that I began the timer the second the girls intro started #whether they were on screen or not #if their presence is acknowledge #environment or the setting building up to it #or the scene is shifting to focus on them #that's when it begins #Ex: Renet's timer started when her time portal appeared #NOT when she appeared herself. That time portal is connected to her introduction. #random thoughts #tmnt 2012 #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt mona lisa #tmnt april #april o'neil #tmnt karai #tmnt renet #renet tilley #tmnt shinigami #TMNT girls

[magicmorningmeteora]

The Spring of Departures Has Come

Spring is a season with longtime associations with new beginnings, including those brought about by graduation.

One harsh reality one must live with as a wota is the possibility of your oshi graduating. Be it to pursue a new career path, focus on studies or health, or to retire from entertainment (and hopefully not the mortal plane), there's many a reason for an idol to utter that word.

For Harowota, we will enter summer having seen at least three such idols take part in the ritual.

The spring of departures has come, hasn't it?

So, who's ready for Round 2?!

Note: As you can probably tell, this poll was made before Ichioka Reina's announcement. And Yamazaki Yuhane's.

#hello! project #angerme #juice=juice #tsubaki factory #beyooooonds #uemura akari #sasaki rikako #niinuma kisora #yamazaki yuhane #m3 mysteries #if you're reading this #angerme's spring tour begins in a few hours #(their spring tour has the earliest opening show) #the countdown will start soon #ichioka reina's not here because her departure came after i made this poll #and before the spring tours even began... #never mind yuhane's surprise announcement in early april... #i swear i didn't plan to have this poll come in the shadow of a grad announcement! #i originally made and scheduled this post in JANUARY!

[vellichorom]

all these horrible tumblr updates, but WHEN are we going to get an update that allows us to look at public tags in chronological order huh. i want there to be an acknowledgement & archive of media & blogs & such from the WAY back. i want to be able to see the VERY FIRST FEW SURVIVING POSTS of any given media ( TSP for one ) without having to dig around through old obscure blogs for it ( if so i can FIND THEM ), as fun as that is

#twinkie talks #AND IF THERE IS A WAY TO DO THIS for the love of god someone tell me #how cool. would that be #you enter an old long lasting fandom in its modern years #but wouldn't you like to see what people in the beginning were talking about regarding it. #WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO SEE. the first things people were discussing back when tumblr began #without just having to hope one post or another was popular enough to get circulated through syndication #because i sure would like 2 swim more in 2013 tsp myself #that shit is FUN & very very relaxing #but i've got no way to do that without REALLY digging #unless you tsp oldies can link me some of that :gazes at you: #anyway