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I don't miss a single opportunity to boast, but I also don't miss an opportunity to compliment or an opportunity to give an award. The crab apple is for doing a good job in the lecture. It's a precious fruit all the way from Daegu. - Prince Lee Hwan
Episode 4 - Our Blooming Youth (2023)
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I am not hooked yet, but I probably will be. I’m not crushing on anyone though so we will see.
I initial thoughts, I do love that the female lead, Min Jae Yi can hold her own. A secret lady detective in Joseon kingdom.
About to watch 3rd episode.
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The Sexiest 2023 BL Scenes
I think we can all agree that there is an art to executing a sex scene -- and not everybody's an artist. This year, we (and, by that, I mean you) gif'd a couple of masterpieces that range from romantic to...educational. Here are the ones that live in my head rent free, in order of PG-13 to NC-17:
BEST ROLE-PLAY SEX: Bed Friend
If you had told me last year that incorporating cat ears into foreplay would result in one of the hottest scenes in BL, I would've given you bombastic side-eye. But James, the actor who plays Uea, pulled it off, and is probably responsible for a lot of Amazon orders till this day. (Episode 6)
BEST BEACH-SIDE SEX: The Eighth Sense
This entire sequence was so beautifully lit in golden tones, with soft touches, and romantic moments. It almost made you forget about the depression plot. Almost. (Episode 6)
LONG-AWAITED SEX: Hidden Agenda
Joke yearned for Zo in a way that was borderline comical. From the moment Zo kissed Joke like he was trying to give him CPR and then promptly shoved him out of his apartment, I knew every kiss after that would have to come with a parental warning. I'm surprised Joke didn't move in. (Episode 8)
DO-OVER SEX: Love Class 2
The music for this sex scene was so perfectly matched with the caressing and hand closeups. And the fact that it happened after the initially-ghosted Joo Hyuk got Sung Min to reconsider made it even sweeter. (Episode 9)
BEST WET SEX SCENE: Kiseki: Dear to Me
I may have enjoyed Ai Di and Chen Yi's love story more, but Fan Ze Rui and Bai Zong Yi were helping us all live out our tall boy fantasies. When he mounted him with a soft bounce, I knew the gif Gods would giveth. (Episode 7)
BEST EUPHORIC SEX: Only Friends
Ray looked like he reached nirvana when he made love to Sand in that sardine can of trailer, so of all their sex scenes, this was my fave. (Episode 9)
BEST INSECURITY-INDUCED SEX: Only Friends
Say what you will about Boston -- and the fandom has said a lot lol -- but if you had to choose a cast member to get you off, you'd choose him in a heartbeat. And yes, this scene was grimey. He f*cked his friend's potential boyfriend in the backseat of his car after manipulating him into believing he was cheated on, but can you blame him? He was probably tired of always having to give and never receive. Plus, Top did this vibrating move that made me wonder who told Force to do that... (Episode 3)
GIF by wanderlust-in-my-soul
BEST CENSORED SEX: Wedding Plan
I'm still mad that this scene wasn't in the Youtube cut. It paints an entirely different picture of their dynamic and their personalities. But thank God for the gif'ers, otherwise I would've missed how ravenous they were when they weren't...wedding planning. 😳 (Episode 6)
BEST WHIPLASH SEX: Be Mine Superstar
To be clear, WE were the ones getting whiplash. One minute, we were watching a sweet love story between an innocent college kid and his idol crush, and the next minute we were watching a masterclass on how to bang your one-night stand (consensually) until he agrees to date you. It's like...Sir, I'm on the train. Could you give a bitch a heads up? (Episode 8)
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While I am generally envious of every single one of these experiences, I'm even more envious of everyone's knee strength and flexibility. I could never. Rollerblading has ruined me. If I tried half of these positions, I'd have to get physical therapy. 🙃
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I just... love the way Jae Yi's arc is set in parallel with Dong Sik but manifested in such a different way I can't get over her I can't get over them
Both she and Dong Sik lost someone dear to them and that event changed their life forever, but while Dong Sik's loss drove him away from his hometown, Jae Yi ties herself to the butcher shop instead. She tends to it like a temple! Both her safe haven and the stone around her ankle! Her mother's living monument and cemetery! The shop is both symbolic of the Manyang gang's companionship and her own loneliness! And when they all left she's by herself hugging her mother's missing poster... She wants to keep it EXACTLY the way her mother left it, so that when (not if, when!) her mother returns she'd give the shop back to her as if that action alone can undo all the years of trauma and pain and suffering that she's endured.... While Dong Sik slowly grabs his hammer and destroys all the houses he's come to own for the slim chance of finding his sister among the rubble.
And when Jae Yi finally got so sick of sitting and waiting in the butcher shop, she said she "want[ed] to get hurt" and that she has to do things herself... And all that in parallel of how Dong Sik had to beat himself to the ground all those years and her action was both her determination to help him and a lash out at her own helplessness, and that hit me so hard.
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Park Hye-eun getting off and Jung So-min Go Yoon-jung replacement?...Alchemy of Souls', and the heroine issue
Source: k-star-holic.blogspot.com
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