why can't the entirety of the tunguska event just be taigong wang & daji's flashback
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Did he talk much about the Beatles?
All the time.
Did he feel like it was a weight on him?
No, he absolutely loved it. I used to have a little Sony blaster that I would put up… It’s funny because now I do my fucking mix through a Bose wave radio, but then it was a Sony blaster. A fairly good one. And if you sounded good in there, everything was right. And one day in a few moments when nothing was going on, he would put on WNYW FM and listen to the radio. He loved to listen.
And when a Beatles song came on the radio, he would tell you everything about that session. Everything that happened. He never had a problem talking about how much he loved that band. And how much he loved those guys. He was a little annoyed at George, because George had written a book and he didn’t mention John much in the book, at that time. But he felt that that would come around.
But his love for that band. Phenomenal. It was great. It was what you hoped he would be like.
He loved them as much as everyone loved them. Did he ever discuss why they never reunited, or why they had those near-misses? Well you know he and Paul were already in the process. This Ringo album I think was going to be big.
That could have been a big stepping stone?
Yeah.
Did you ever see them together, any of them?
No. But I know that Paul was up at the Dakota.
Did they jam together?
I don’t know. All I know is that Paul was preparing stuff for Ringo’s album.
—Jack Douglas, producer of John Lennon's Double Fantasy and Milk and Honey albums [x]
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Alright, I'm finally typing it out. Gather around, all, for the tale of the time my friends and I kidnapped a blueberry and drug them into the Vault of Glass.
Once upon a time, I used to have friends I would play Destiny 2 with regularly. None of them that feature in this story still do, to my knowledge, but at the time we were pretty cracked on the PvE side of things. At the time, we were raiding semi-regularly (when schedules lined up), and as Vault of Glass had just been added to D2 recently, it was our raid of choice that one, fateful evening.
We, like any sane PC player, were using Discord for comms, and so I had hopped into the channel to wait, and headed to the Cosmodrome for my favorite time-killing passtime - blueberry watching. For those of you unfamiliar, blueberries is an affectionate term for new destiny players, named after the color of the low rarity gear they end up decked out in, blue. The Cosmodrome, being the first public area a New Light ends up in, is often a place where you can see adorable new players getting the hang of things.
At this time, the voice channel began to fill up, and one of my compatriots joined my fireteam. We initiated some hug emotes with a blueberry and were just all-in-all chilling when we got word that one member of our team would be unable to join us. Then someone (I forget who) suggested 'hey, what if we took this blueberry along with us?'. It was a patently absurd option - we had no communication with them. Their mishmash of blue armor and crappy weapons would clearly be outclassed by the raid, leaving them unable to damage enemies and likely to die instantly if any of the vex even looked in their direction. But we started to plan a bit - really, we could do every encounter with just 5 people. We'd have to protect the blueberry, but that could be done, theoretically.
I think, in the end, we came to the conclusion that we'd try it, but they weren't likely to stick through it. After all, we weren't (and never did) using the in-game VC, or text chat. The two of us hanging out with them in the Cosmodrome sent a fireteam invite. And the blueberry accepted. So we joined the rest of the team in orbit, and launched Vault of Glass.
I could go into our specific strategies for each encounter, but for the most part it was pretty same-y. We'd use emotes and shooting to get the blueberry into a defensible position, then 5-man the encounter. And somehow, this worked. I have taught many, many people many raids in my time (including many people from this friend group!), and I have never seen someone pick up so quickly on what we needed them to do. With no actual words passing! An absolute, biggest-brained legend of a guardian.
We did get this guy all the way to Aetheon. And with some tricks (and good RNG), we were able to even defeat Aetheon. With some random blueberry nobody knew, or talked to! Unfortunately, they didn't get Mythoclast (can you imagine, though!), but they did celebrate with us with their default dance emote, and we all went our seperate ways. Nobody friended them, we just re-released them into the Cosmodrome like they hadn't just helped us save all of time or whatever the point of Vault of Glass is.
Now, perhaps this was a returning player, or someone on a new alt, who already kinda or entirely knew what was going on. But there's no real way of knowing, and it's just as (if not more) likely that this was a brand new player. Can you imagine what kind of a 'first experience' that new player had with the game? How puzzlingly odd to begin with, developing into concern as the activity we brought them to was clearly beyond them, to the 'fuck it we ball' attitude to stick with it all the way through. A true champion.
And imagine the lore perspective too. Fresh guardian, still got gravesoil in their armor, hasn't been to the tower yet, and they get scooped up into the Vault of Glass? Battle Aetheon? AND WIN!? The reaction from Shaw, or hell, the Vanguard as a whole would be amazing. Our guardians getting reprimanded for taking some fresh new light and dragging them through such a crazy difficult experience they weren't prepared for. Fun stuff to think about.
I wonder how that player is doing now. If they still play, how this particular experience flavored their perception of the game and its community. I know the community at large can be extremely toxic (and worse), but I still strive to embody the community impression we made on that day. Patience and Understanding, being goofy and silly about it, inclusive and kind. Dunno, maybe that's just me being sappy about a fun memory with friends gone by.
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First of all I want to appreciate your blog and for putting all the effort in explaining different bls. I have found so many good shows through your blog 💗
Can I request a list of adult bls with meaningful themes? Not too pg rated like kinnporche but towards a softer side like old fashion cupcake. I am an adult myself and can't seem to relate much to high school dramas. So I would love to watch more mature bl series if you have any recs. Thank you!!
adult bls with meaningful themes & soft
Hi & thank you!
Here is an older post, but that means it might have some you've not seen before.
Your "adult" criteria is interesting because BL is called "Boy's Love" for a reason. Even if the characters are adults they often don't act that way, or are going though things we associated with high school and college (like first love). Still...
My top 15 that fit your criteria are:
example: Old Fashion Cupcake
A Tale of Thousand Stars (Thai YT)
My Ride (Thai iQIYI & YT)
Our Dining Table (Japan Gaga)
The New Employee (Korea Viki)
Unintentional Love Story (Korea iQIYI)
My Tooth Your Love (Taiwan Viki)
Wish You: Your Melody in My Heart (Korea Viki & Netflix)
Restart After Come Back Home (Japan Gaga? grey?)
DNA Says Love You (Taiwan Gaga) - first half requires patience but it's worth it
Like In The Movies (Pinoy YouTube)
You Make Me Dance (Korea Viki)
Just Friends? (Korea Gaga)
All the Liquors (Korea Viki)
Ocean Likes Me (Korea Viki)
Happy Merry Ending (Korea Viki)
BL sides: Love is Science?
Yes but x-rated and/or not so soft: Bed Friend, Moonlight Chicken, Long Time No See
shorts: Some More
I think there are a few under-appreciated gems in here that really might resonate with you. My Ride is re-airing on YouTube right now and Like in the Movies (Pinoy) is also available there. Both are a little gritty and thoughtfully slow, but ultimately worth your time if you have patience for something longer than Japan churns out. If you want to go shorter, stick with the Japanese and Korean ones.
Most of these explore themes of loneliness, acceptance, and found family - as, indeed, do most queer romances.
I loved it but I'm not sure about the "meaningful themes" bit but they grown ups with grown up issues...
Our Dating Sim
To My Star
See You After Quarantine?
Be Loved In House: I Do
Cherry Magic
Love Tractor
HIStory 3: Trapped
Manner of Death
Triage
What Zabb Man!
Nobleman Ryu's Wedding
Behind Cut
Candy Color Paradox
Choco Milk Shake
Happy Ending Romance
Mr Cinderella
Oh! Boarding House
Plus and Minus
Roommates of Poongduck 304
The Tasty Florida
Tinted With You
Vice Versa
Despite it being Uni I still think you might like it:
The Eighth Sense
Life: Love on the Line (follows characters throughout their lives, this is Japan and seriously atmospheric so, of course, it's meaningful)
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Seeing people clutch pearls over Arya having killed people is so funny cause the list is literally rapist, murderer, torturer, criminal, some combination of the bunch...and all people who Arya has personally witnessed, or directly heard about, committing these acts. Like, contrary to popular belief, she is not just a mindless killing machine.
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you know what? *refills your sage*
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i could write a 100 page essay about what a fucking masterpiece warframe is. i will write many words in the tags. please readem if you want my 'tism.
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It's so nice to have this tiny little selection of WIPs to prioritize. Really helps me to keep my focus where it should be.
Wait, what's this?
IT'S A LONG-ABANDONED WIP WITH A STEEL CHAIR!!
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I feel like every review of the Barry series finale that's like 'it was just meh...' is intentionally missing the point cause if they actually had to confront 'hey we as a country venerate service members to an insane degree when, just like normal people cause that's what they are, some of them are bad people. we will jump through hoops to absolve any wrongs these people commit. the police do get it massively wrong sometimes. justice is not always dished out. and we will make a butchered spectacle out of a tragedy for ticket sales.' they wouldn't get many clicks.....
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brb, i have to go and. make strangled noises at nothing real quick; it just hit me over the head how Wyll's use of the metaphor of dancing as a stand-in for romance and intimacy really just. accompanies him all throughout his story, and how perfect it is
I guess I should have expected a character like him, that's both deeply poetic in his speech and courtly in his upbringing, would come to idealize a chivalric romance a bit, and translate his feelings on/of love to an element of courting that's as ritualistic and processional as ballroom dancing, but sometimes just realizing the obvious can really knock you off your feet for a second
like. just like how there is almost a blueprint to a perfect storybook romance in both stories and -consequently- in his head (I think romance might even be one of the literary genres with the highest number of unwritten rules that need to be fulfilled for a work to count as a romance), there is also a fairly strict method to a court dance. There is a series of well-known and practiced steps that was laid out in advance, and one is to perform them in succession, and in sync with one's partner. If one of the parties doesn't know or doesn't want to follow the rules/steps, it gets... tangled, messy, and you both stumble. The dance and the relationship both fall apart. The happy ending of a tale is not reached without all the steps in-between being followed, and he so dearly wants his fairytale ending, his happy, fulfilled love, I just---
it's such a perfect metaphor, and what makes it even more perfect is that Wyll is ostensibly aware of it, and he chose it, purposefully, and i don't want to watch the Act 3 commitment scene because I've not yet done it myself and don't want to spoil it, but I would be so surprised if he a.) made no mention of storybook romances, or b.) didn't just straight up propose y'know
i'm (metaphorically) crying, if it were possible to play this game on six different characters simultaneously without getting bored or confused I fucking would
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Danny transformed with a stumble in the alley near the school, not even looking for possible bystanders, and ran as fast as he could. He was just so tired. He’d been up until dawn chasing both Technus and Desiree, along with all the appliances and wish-monsters that had been roaming the city.
He was so, so tired. His eyes ached, and his head felt staticy. He’d woken up late, and really needed to get to class on time, because one more tardy would mean a letter being sent to his parents.
He reached down to pat his pants, making sure he’d remembered to change out of his pajamas. He barely remembered to grab his backpack on the way out of his window. But he kept thinking there was something he was supposed to remember.
Something about today specifically…?
Or maybe he’d just forgotten his pencil. He could just ask Sam for one later.
He blinked, and the feel of closed eyelids felt so wonderful, he had to focus on making his eyes reopen before he could fall asleep on his feet. He saw double for a split-second, before the scenery in front of him lazily drifted back into focus. A large yawn followed, his eyes watering and mouth opening so wide that he was left with narrow, blurry slits of vision.
He slammed face-first into something as hard as a wall.
After a second or two, he started to tip backward. Not understanding what was going on, he just stared at the sky as he landed on his back.
That was when he noticed the laughter.
He could feel his face heating up as he pushed himself to his feet. Dash and a few of the other jocks were pointing his direction as they laughed and continued walking toward the front doors. And, of course, there was also Paulina among the crowd.
The other students walked around him—and right through the glowing green dome that now surrounded the school.
Ah. That was it. This was the day the school was supposed to switch on that new ghost shield his teachers had been talking about for the past week.
The laugher faded as the last of the students entered the school. Then the first bell rang.
He had to get to class!
He desperately pressed his palms against the shield.
He pushed hard against it, a strained whine escaping his clenched teeth. His tennis shoes started to slide, scrapping against the sidewalk beneath him.
He stopped, breathing heavily as he leaned his forehead against the shield, trying to figure out how to get to class.
He glanced at his bare hands, seeing that he was definitely Fenton at the moment, so that wasn't it.
Backing up a few feet, he craned his neck to see that the shield disappeared over the top of the school. He walked a few feet to the left, into the grass, before walking back to the right and doing the same on the other side of the sidewalk.
The front doors of the school opened, and Lancer walked out, and marched toward Danny.
“The Tell-Tale Heart! What are you doing?!”
“Um… Trying to get to class.”
It was kind of obvious, wasn’t it?
“You can explain your reasoning after school, in detention.” Lancer grabbed Danny’s arm and pulled him forward.
Danny again slammed into the ghost shield.
The laughter was back, though not as loud. Danny traced the sound to the school’s second-story windows.
He sighed.
Lancer turned and came back through the shield. He gestured toward Danny's backpack. “What do you have in this?” he asked, taking the backpack and setting it on the sidewalk. He tried pushing Danny through the shield, and again Danny was only pressed up against it.
“Empty your pockets.”
“I don’t have anything!” Danny insisted as he pulled his pockets inside out.
After fifteen more minutes, and Danny removing his shirt, and then his pants, the shield was temporarily taken down for him.
The next morning, Danny kept his head down as he walked toward the front doors with Sam and Tucker.
It took awhile to realize the hushed whispers following him weren't at his expense, but because everyone had come to the conclusion that he was Phantom at some point during the night.
At least the school decided against sending a letter to his parents.
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i'm fundamentally opposed to book titles in translations of ancient epics ('beguilement on mount ida,' 'a hero's son awakens,' 'the olive tree bed,' 'camilla's finest hour,' 'juno served by a fury') bc it just seems like too much to me to presume you know what single thing the book is really about, but christopher logue is allowed to do it
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Why is Augus nice to Gwyn in Green as the Ragged Grass but so mean to Mosk in Smoke in Autumn?
Does this au Mosk just simply trigger the worst in Augus?
Tbh, Augus isn't that 'nice' to Gwyn either, in As Green as the Ragged Grass! He's definitely nicer overall, but he's extremely pushy, he plays very fast and loose with both boundaries and safewords, and he doesn't pre-negotiate 95% of what he does. It just looks nicer than it is because a) Gwyn is a masochist and he finds Augus very attractive, so from Gwyn's perspective, everything that's happening is a good thing even if it's hard, painful, or difficult, and b) Gwyn doesn't understand BDSM etiquette, so he won't spot all the ways Augus flouts it knowingly.
But there's definitely a few things that have already been touched on in Smoke in Autumn so far that account for why Augus behaves the way he does with Mosk vs. the way he behaves with Gwyn:
Gwyn isn't rude. Mosk is. Augus has been like... pretty obvious that he can't really abide rudeness and anyone who disrespects him who he can dominate will earn consequences/punishments from him. Gwyn, on the other hand, is respectful, admiring, and awe-struck from the beginning, and that never changes. He's never intentionally rude to Augus, so Augus has no real reason to intentionally punish him, and doesn't really pick up that dynamic with him.
Augus doesn't know who Gwyn is, but he certainly knows who Mosk is, and they have a history together where Augus has flirted with Mosk just to see how rudely or standoffishly he'll react. He's never really considered Mosk a serious prospect in the past, and it's clear from the beginning that there's been a long history of Augus just making passes at Mosk for his own amusement, and Mosk being like 'ew gross.' Mosk's ongoing rudeness definitely keeps bringing Augus back lmao.
Augus deep down is bitter that Mosk is the only one who survived the fire that killed Mosk's family (especially given rumours that Mosk may have been responsible for the fire). Some of Augus' actions are certainly rooted in a kind of bitter, twisted revenge for losing his friends/acquaintances (Mosk's parents), as well as a twisted, misdirected guilt at never being as close as he wanted to be with Mosk's parents.
Mosk is Augus' kind of 'perfect' project. In that... Mosk has genuine resistance, genuine struggle, genuine moments of withdrawing consent, and genuine suffering, along with genuine arousal, genuine response to praise, genuine submission (occasionally), and a genuine need to have his limits pushed. Gwyn is 'fun' for Augus, Mosk is like... darkly appealing to him. Augus is a dyed-in-the-cloth sadist, which means he likes a submissive who is genuinely struggling more than he likes one who genuinely loves everything he's dishing out.
Finally, Augus likes pushing limits and boundaries, and he likes doing things he shouldn't do (he's an asshole, lol) and Mosk will let him. Like, Mosk won't safeword and doesn't want to, and refuses to even when Augus pushes him relentlessly for it. He won't talk about any limits except for like one or two. He doesn't negotiate and he doesn't want to negotiate. And he's already proven he won't retaliate against Augus with legal action (which like...he could - even Augus says so in chapter 4). So Augus kind of getting an opportunity to do things to someone that would be illegal if he did them to anyone else, is to Augus, very appealing.
For Augus, Gwyn is a passing diversion, which is why he doesn't really push for anything more with him. Gwyn is just enough aligned with what he likes that he has a good time, but not quite aligned enough that Augus wants anything long-term with him - he wants him as an arborist more than he wants him as a lover.
Mosk is...destructive, pretty, rude and desperately in need of training, discipline and structure. Not only that, but he has a lot of trauma, and it's a trauma that Augus shares to a degree with him. They are connected by their pasts, and their losses. (This is why Augus is often very frequently thinking about Mosk's burns, the pain they must have caused him, and Mosk's family).
Augus finds him fascinating and repulsive at the same time. And frankly, Mosk feels exactly the same way about him.
...Man writing this out makes me want to write more chapters with these two in this particular story, lol. Smoke in Autumn is pretty much the only story for me where the outcome is 100% Augus/Mosk OTP, and anyone else is 'passing diversion' level to this Augus.
(But both Augus and Mosk don't know this yet and they'd be horrified if they knew lmao).
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Challenging Destiny chapter 20
Toby finally gets the courage to apologise to Strickler for using rule three on him, after an ingredient to destroy the Genesis Seals calls for tears of a father. Only for Strickler to already have been expecting him...
Aja and Krel interrupt in order to ask advice about the mission the following day to retake Akiridion-5. And from there they gather a team.
I am so happy that I've reached chapter 20, fingers crossed I can finish this in under two years lol.
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