#the quarantine list

[yardsards]

i needed to express a sentiment in the creative stylings of @dunmeshiminimumwage

#eliot posts #dunme #delicious in dungeon #dungeon meshi #sorry to put toshiro in the roll of shitty job interviewer lmao #but he was the best fit for ''guy that wants me to read their mind'' #laios being my internal monologue here #i was on my THIRD interview of the day i was Dying #tho since the prev two interviews i had were for similar positions and told me their salaries outright at least i could use that number #(though tbh my work persona is more of a kabru. my customer service voice is unparalleled) #(at my first job even my coworkers thought i was sooo cheerful til i got too comfy and casually made a joke abt wanting to asphyxiate on a #plastic shopping bag like a sea turtle. in front of my sweet elderly coworker. oops!) #(also this job was during quarantine and after weeks of working together i took my mask off in front of one coworker for the first time #and she called like half the department over from their registers to look at how pretty i was??? prettyboy powers unmatched ig) #(also my first interview today went SO well i charmed that interviewer so good despite my lack of qualifications) #(she even complimented my social skills and said i seemed like the type who could get along well and make good conversation with anyone!) #(which is important bc i was interviewing for an elder care position. also old people especially tend to think i am a Delightful Young Lad) #(unless i accidentally make a morbid joke around them ig lmaooo. or. well. some of them like those too. but not that one coworker lol) #(if only that skill transferred over to actually making friends irl. my autistic ass has so few close irl connections) #(i hope my exceedingly short list of character references does not prevent me from getting hired) #AND ALSO my first job asked the same wage question and i said twelve dollars #and they were like all our new employees start at 7.75 #the union insists that we pay all new employees a whopping 50 cents above min wage. (we'd pay less if we could) #like dawg why did you ask that then??? if my answer did not matter at all???

[absolutebl]

10 Great Slow Burn BLs

I was asked about great chemistry, slow burn, with lots of pining and yearning, and an HEA (of course). For slow burn there will be less high heat due to the style of narrative, so I am going with actor chemistry, as well as emotional and mental resonance, not necessarily physical chemistry. (Something like Bed Friends could be argued is high heat slow burn... which would be what? A rolling boil?)

Honestly, slow burn is pretty relative, so I'm going with romance pacing puts the kiss and togetherness at the back 1/3 (if not the very last episode). Rather than at the "normal" 2/3.

1. Light On Me (Korea 2021 Viki)

Korea does an elegant pastiche of traditional live action yaoi but all filming is cleverly deployed to bolster one of the most riveting love triangles ever put on screen… and I don’t like love triangles. The high school angst is strong with this one and it's certainly slow burn and there is some EPIC yearning drawn out over a longer than usual KBL. Full review.

2. My School President (Thai 2023 YouTube)

GMMTV gave us a classic high school set Thai BL with tropes like messy boys singing their feelings that made this one Love Sick for the modern age with all the gentle sweetness and pining ache, but none of the dated damaging tropes or issues. Yes, we’ve seen it all before, but I still ADORE this. And there is a lot to be said for the classics being executed perfectly. Who let my BL be this wholesome and funny? Possibly too slow burn for some, we wait many eps for that pay out, and Tin's pining is NOT quiet, but it defined dorky and earnest.

3. Old Fashion Cupcake (Japan 2022 Viki)

It's hard to call such a short show slow burn, but it is. There are many episodes spent watching Togawa just HUNGER for Nozue and try to court him by feeding. This is about a younger man with a long cherished crush on his boss (ten years older and going through a mid life crisis) who decides to save and seduce said boss with pancakes. It’s wholesome, comforting, sexy, and a very necessary narrative about still having hope, interests, and openness to affection at any age. It’s a stunningly filmed late-in-life coming of age/queerness story packaged in a subtle critique of expectations around masculinity, love, and loneliness… and it’s beautiful. Full review.

4. My Ride (Thai 2022 Gaga)

Thai BL grew up with this pulp (the first ever to make my end of year top 10). It’s a truly lovely and special little show featuring the extremely rare pairing of sunshine/sunshine (AKA a cinnamon roll couple) plus mature explorations of relationships using one of the softest, sweetest and most innocent friends to lovers vehicles. Kindly, overworked doctor meets broken-hearted motorcycle taxi driver in an “other side of the tracks” slow burn romance. Even though we see them meet, we also see one of them fall in love, step back, and PINE for olympic gold. With honest queer rep that adds to, but doesn’t impede, the story, and genuine conversation about the nature of class, wealth, and classism, not to mention communication, honesty, and respect for boundaries, you can’t go wrong with this show. Full review.

5. Cherry Magic (Japan 2020 fan sub)

AKA 30 Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard AKA 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii AKA Cheri Maho

The sweetest fluffiest magical realism BL, packaged as a pinning office romance, very low heat (practically chaste) but the cutest. It’s truly great. Don't expect kisses tho.

6. Wish You: Your Melody in My Heart (Korea 2020 Viki)

Set in the music industry featuring a talented singer and the pianist who falls in love with him (and his music), subtle and achingly adorable. High production, low heat, short run, very tame, and Korea, so all the pretty. Slow burn and lots of pining.

7. About Youth (Taiwan 2022 Gaga)

A truly lovely little coming of age high school BL with a classic YA low drama but high angst and an earnest depth. I didn’t even mind the singing, and that’s saying a lot. A weak seme/uke dynamic but tons of BL tropes (both rare in a high school setting but common for Taiwan) makes this one feel both sweet and colored by an almost real world authenticity and grit. Full review here.

8. The Tasty Florida (Korea 2021 Viki)

Another one where it's hard to describe as slow burn because it's so short, but there is certainly that feel and it's def got the pining. Not really a love triangle featuring the prettiest men ever to be grouped together outside of K-pop, honestly the visuals are ridiculous, there’s a story, it has to do with food, whatever, they so pretty.

9. See You After Quarantine? (Taiwan 2021 Viki)

This under appreciated gem is Taiwan’s answer to Gameboys and is just as charming and adorable yet still as quintessentially Taiwanese as one might hope. It features a Japanese love interest and the cutest most confused disaster gay. Slow burn because the two have almost no actual screen time together and yet manage some truly amazing chemistry. How does Taiwan do it?

10. Restart After Come Back Home (Japan 2020 Gaga)

AKA Risutato wa tadaima no ato de

Atmospheric study in rural Japan meets complex family dynamics built on a romance framework of city boy meets country boy, grumpy/sunshine. It’s beautiful and icy sweet. Slow moving in places but ultimately worth the patience, low heat, low angst, and stunning. Full review here.

Others?

A Tale of a Thousand Stars

Step By Step

Our Dining Table

Where Your Eyes Linger

Choco Milk Shake

Love Class

DNA Says Love You

My Only 12%

Dear Doctor I’m Coming for Soul

2nd part of the question:

Who does it best? Shows, actors, countries?

COUNTRIES

I have said it before and I will say it again, no one does thirst like Japan. I think however, Korea is also very good at pining and yearning. So for "countries" those would be my top picks. But most BL producers have some examples, it's just that Thailand, Taiwan, and the Philippines tend to pay out the yearning more quickly (see something like 2 Moons Ambassador for an example of this kind of pacing).

Japan and Korea will make you wait for it. For Thailand you usually have to rely on the high school stuff. 21 Days Theory and Love Sick are both also slow burn.

ACTORS (characters)

I do have a post about great piners, several in fact.

(from @crowie ask)

These top 10 picks are based on my personal definition of slow burn and pining, yours may differ.

Post updated June 2023 and only contains BL that has completed its run. Not responsible for epic pining or fab slow burn BL that comes after that date.

Please feel free to comment or repost with additions! Share the love... slow though it may be.

(source)

#asked and answered #slow burn bl #slow burn romance #slow burn #recommended bl #high school bl #top bl #bl list #pining characters #korean bl #japanese bl #thai bl #taiwanese bl #Restart After Come Back Home #Risutato wa tadaima no ato de #See You After Quarantine? #The Tasty Florida #About Youth #Wish You: Your Melody in My Heart #KBL #Cherry Magic #30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii #My Ride the series #Viki #gagaoolala #Old Fashion Cupcake #My School President #GMMTV #Light On Me #30 Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard

[lilcetis]

i wonder if the astral express ever passed by the planet teyvat is on and just went "nah, this is out of our league"

#hoyoverse #honkai: star rail #genshin impact #since the worlds are all connected #but genshin is like. quarantined from the rest of the hoyoverse #im honestly very interested in the stellaron/honkai energy/forbidden knowledge connections like #can the astral express get ANY reading on teyvat? yk with the fake sky and all #did the ipc put the planet on a do not engage list #guys alice works for the ipc /j

[ettawritesnstudies]

IE your 'what would i pay for poll'. I would pay around $3 monthly feasiblhy but honestly I would be more invested in doing that if you were a bigger presenc3e on here again, over if you had anhy fun treats for subscribers. mostly i just miss seeing you alkl over my dash! i like to support the people who are big involved in the comunity or who post a bunch of fun snippets or moodboards or character rambles. and i dont see that from you very often!

Hey Anon!! That is SO FAIR and honestly I wish I were a bigger presence here too, and one of my concerns about offering memberships is that creating all the ~*exclusive*~ content will take away my time from shitposting and playing tag games and just generally hanging out. The more I'm splitting my energy between several platforms the more my "presence" on each platform will suffer if that makes sense and I miss the days when I only had tumblr and I could just ramble about whatever.

That being said there are a couple reasons why I've changed my approach so I hope you understand where I'm coming from

I'm on Draft 5 of the same book I've been working on for like 3ish years now and if I shared the same snippets for every "find the word" tag I think people would be sick to death of it by now

I'm on Draft 5 of the book I'm planning to publish and if I share too many excerpts of the in-between drafts, those things are both A) subject to change, B) probably spoilers and I want to be very very picky about the excerpts I choose to share from now on

Tumblr (and instagram, and tiktok, and other social media sites) regularly get nuked by the companies that own them so I don't want to put all my eggs in one basket which is why I've doubled down on my website.

I'll share more moodboards and fun snippets and stuff soon! But they'll be in the promotional/marketing vein probably because if I'm going to spend time making that stuff it's going to be multitasking

You raise a really good point. I'd love to be more involved here, and I'll try to set more reminders for things like WBW and STS. That being said, I've been trying to support the writing community through other ways like ARC reviews and interviews!!! I put so so so much work into these every month and they do fine in general, but for some reason they don't get any traction on tumblr. Not for my lack of trying, but I don't know? Nobody wants to reblog a link to a youtube video I guess? It's discouraging because just because it looks different than the old traditional games and things doesn't mean it's not still contributing something to the community - a way to find new authors and promote your newly published books - that's largely going unnoticed and unappreciated.

If you want me to reblog snippets and moodboards for the love of god please send me stuff my queue is empty! I love seeing what people have going on but I'm also following well over 1000 people so sometimes stuff gets lost.

#ask answered #I am sorry if this comes across as snarky but I've been burntout for like two months #and I'm going to continue being balls to the wall busy for the next year and a half #so I'm so so exhausted and tumblr games are low on my list of priorities unless they fit into the Grand Scheme of Productivity somehow #but also I just finished the runaways revisions so I should have more time this month hopefully #I've been slowly clearing out my drafts #sighhhhhhhh #I think part of this is that I started my blog in summer 2019 and so I really got my traction in the midst of Quarantine #So my Quarantine Blogging was not reflective of my regular busy life but that's how most of my old friends got to know me #and now I don't have the bandwith for that anymore because my real life is insane #So you're not seeing the other 85% of the craziness that's going on now that I'm not locked down at home #sitting in front of my computer doing zoom uni #etta rambles

[baby-xemnas]

japanese fics dbdkdkd you're a strong one 😭 I think kidkiller has very little fanfic and most of them prefer bottom Kid instead.

BRUH

#anonymous #japanese fics are very good i took a lot of my characterization from them #ofc gtranslate cant transfer the nuance but i read the new one yesterday where law was sick and had to be quarantined with bepo to not pass #it to other crewmembers (bepo got to be the nurse because hes a different species) and a mental image of a feverish law getting hard #hearing bepo's confession made me make stupid noises irl cuz they are so fucking funny #im sure that there is good kidkiller stuff out there #main problem with translation from japanese is that it can be confusing who does what sometimes it cant manage a complex sentence and you #have to figure out from the context #anyway they are really great and my only source of food #add: at the VERY LEAST if you look up a tag on pixiv you are guaranteed to get the correct top bottom order #unless the reverse is also listed in the tags but its rare

[seventh-district]

why have i suddenly been gripped with the desire to get back into fishkeeping

#Seven.txt #fish stuff #fishkeeping #fish keeping #fishblr #i’m not complaining cause i’ve lowkey missed feeling so passionate about the hobby but. my brain couldn’t have picked a less convenient tim #me: trying to spend less money and manage my time better #my brain: hey hey hey you know what you should do? you should get back into a really expensive and time-consuming hobby!!! it’ll be fun!!! #and i mean. it’s not like i truly ever got out of it i just sort of dialed back the number of tanks and fish i have over the past few years #so i’ve currently got a bunch of empty tanks and equipment sitting around collecting dust #i do still have three fish that i thought would be my last for a While. i’ve had them for a number of years and they’re all old by now #so i’m just trying to help them live the rest of their days as comfortably as they can #well. Paprika and Thing One are near their end but in spite of the Mystery Growth on Thing Two’s head that little guy is still doing fine #so he could still be here for awhile. who knows. but anyways #fishkeeping was one of my first really intense and long lasting special interests/hyperfixations so it’s such a strange feeling #to have it come back so strongly and for no obvious reason. but. that’s the nature of fixations i suppose! #insert Drake and Josh ‘I do not control the hyperfixation’ meme here #anyways. the project to finally set up the 75gal that’s been sitting empty for years is finally underway!!! so that’s exciting! #now i’ve got to make a list of things i need and find somewhere to set up a quarantine tank. hrmmm #and also cry over the fact that the filter i need is 200 dollars ahahahaaaaa why did my brain have to latch onto this hobby oh my god #oh man. i’ve gotta order the snails and activated media before the weather gets any warmer or they’ll cook in the bag on the way here ugh #This Post Brought To You By- me sitting here refreshing my email every 10 mins. waiting for Cynthia to let me know if she still has #these two adorable Sakura Ranchus avaliable to purchase. i mean. they were listed in Sep. 2021 so i will be Shocked if she still has them #but maybe the universe will smile upon me and i'll get lucky!

[severalowls]

Apologies to anybody who used the old discord invite in my pinned post, which apparently may have led directly to the #politics channel. This was the equivalent of inviting guests in via the eternal torture dungeons.

#not that its a notably bad one we dont have any fucking nazis or anything but its still a deliberate quarantine zone for hot takes #apparently a dozen people had used the link and i was like... wait... that says what channel #(it was meant to be channel neutral but the fact it had one listed instead of the rules channel....)

[vulpesarctica]

Currently figuring out how much money I'll need to get a lightsaber at Galaxy's Edge when I (hopefully) visit my cousin in Orlando next year

#i know it's expensive #i know i don't need it #but if i can't buy myself my own lightsaber then what's even the point of being a grown up #also y'all how much is tax #the website says $219.99 plus tax #i never understood why the tax is not listed in the price #one of the few things the UK gets right #also the point of the trip is meant for my mum and i to finally meet my cousin's daughter who was born in quarantine times #which i am extremely looking forward to because she's adorable #but you best believe i'm stopping at disney #i just gotta start saving now D:

[fanfictionfaberrycentral]

SUPERCORP QUARANTINE ¡

Quarantine Time - Supercorp AU by MrDudaLD

Quarantined by LegalizeSupercorp

Quarantined by DemetriaFeels

Quarantine, Baby! by Aerstes

The One in which Supercorp are in Quarantine by trixicbean

Supercorp at Quarantine (part 1?)

Quarantine Keeps Us Apart (But Love Still Grows In Our Hearts) by danigobingo

Domesticity by Unicxrnby89

Saying Bye To 2020 by LilBabyGay

The Knight of the Green Sun by SapphicMetatron

You, Me, Her by BiFelicia

Pride: Quarantine Edition by Irhaboggles

Naked Challenge by LittleRock17

Quarantine time, baby by LittleRock17

Darkest Before The Dawn by Val_Creative

El amor está en el aire… ¿o acaso es coronavirus? by LittleRock17

Stay | Supercorp oneshot by Alicia_Keaton

#Aoo #Fiction #Supercorp list #SUPERCORP QUARANTINE LIST

[tj-crochets]

Crafting update! - 3 out of 5 holiday presents for kids* done! One quilt and one...something? left to make. Please let me know if you have suggestions of something to make for a kid who loves Octonauts I have no idea what to make - One commission to get done by the holidays (it’s a cat) - 2 friend holiday presents planned but not crafted yet - a pair of slippers, two necklace chains, and possibly a quilted christmas stocking left to make for my family - and two things to finally get in the mail! I meant to get them in the mail a few weeks ago but no *Kids are first priority for holiday crafting for me. They will get their presents by the holiday their family celebrates! Everyone else...might be late lol

#the person behind the yarn #crafting update #I have other commissions/art trades/auction fills to work on #but they are less urgent #and I am not listing them here because I want to not overwhelm myself with my to-do list #I do have them written down in my notebook #I am not looking at that today! today is planning for this week #and this week only. I will tackle my next list once I finish this one #the mail was delayed because my dad had covid and the household was in quarantine #we're all okay now! it's day 15 for me after exposure and I took a test again and tested negative again #so only my dad caught it #and he's doing much much better

[womansfilm]

THIS IS SOOO HUGE FOR ME WHEN DID THEY ADD THISSSSS

#ive complained about this like 8 billion times. well now i can finally add carrie coon's quarantine film list

[deus-ex-mona]

i think that about covers the ✨entire population✨

#this started off as a complaint about inconsiderate commuters and my strange coworkers… and somehow ended with my grandparents lmao #idk why but my coworkers seem to really like physical contact for some reason?? i’m not used to it at all man… #like there could be a ton of space behind me but this coworker would walk directly up behind me and pat my back or something? lady pls #or i could be looking at my results and my other coworker would just randomly hug me and i??? lady pls???? i’m so confused #and the thing is… i really really hate being touched by any other person (except my mother. she’s fine) so i’m just (ʘ‿ʘ) throughout it all #and speaking of physical contact… those commuters. man. ಠ‿ಠ #who brings their prams out at like 7.25am anyway? it’s early as balls and the kid’s still asleep 80% of the time anyway #pls take your kids out on a family trip later in the day… yk… when people aren’t trying to squeeze onto the train to get to work??? #and they almost always choose to stand right smack in the middle of the train… right in front of the door to boot. at least move in???? #and sometimes (the worst times) the kids are obviously old enough to walk around (and are in fact running around the train at that moment)… #…but the parent keeps the pram unfolded in all its oversized glory anyway. like whyyyyyyyyy #so now not only do commuters have to squeeze together because of a lack of space… #…they now have to shuffle around to avoid bumping into the kid. like ughhhhhhhhhhhh i hate trains sm #and also! those people who purposely stand on the side of the escalator that people walk up on and refuse to walk???? hate them too #i’ve missed so many trains because of them ಠ‿ಠ especially if they stop moving right at the end of the escalator (ʘ‿ʘ) #screw trains fr >:( buses are much better!! the air conditioning is better on buses too!!!!!! #life was much better in quarantine ngl. i could shut myself out from the outside world and just ✨thrive✨ in peace… #those overly-specific things in the dni list are all based on my family members and former acquaintances lmao #shoutout to my chopper-wielding border hopping grandpa and self-hammering grandma!!! i barely knew you guys!!!! #wait come to think of it… i have never really had a single conversation with any of my grandparents. whoops. #i don’t even know their names either… double whooooooops #and so that marks the end of my pointless rant for now. i could’ve just summed this up as ‘dni if you’re human’ tbh #i’ve even done like quite a few of these things on my own list do… dni: me??? (ʘ‿ʘ) if only that was possible aha… #…well i didn’t cry while watching dear layla. lol. that’s the one thing i can definitively say i didn’t and will never do— #inedible blubbering #sunday’s 🧂saltfest🧂

[midnight-mod]

Haha ooops

#herp derp #reptiblr #boa constrictor #corn snake #boa constrictor imperator #amelanistic #they were both on my list for educational animals and both breeders gave me huge discounts for being a zoo employee #with pro animal care experience #and I have so many supplies at this point I knew I could throw together quarantine enclosures EASY. so oops #did not intend to buy at expo today. bought two. ain’t that just the way

[thehubby]

"The white of the shirt has slightly discolored over time, especially around the collar, and there is a minor but visible stain on the front of the shirt. These mirror the tarnishing of Amazon's own reputation, especially with regard to its blue collar employees and those of smaller retailers. The back of the shirt displays an image of the Statue of Liberty swamped by an ocean of books, just as Amazon themselves would gladly submerge our own liberties in the name of profitability."

Filed under paragraphs I never expected I would get to write in my lifetime, and I'm legitimately glad I did.

#Making the best of a bad situation #Taking advantage of COVID quarantine to list things on eBay #If you are in need of a shirt from a time when Amazon only sold books #Then check back later tonight

[staydandy]

The 4400 (2004) - Whump List

List by StayDandy Synopsis : As the reappearance of 4,400 missing persons on a single day confounds the global community, federal agents on the case slowly discover the ways in which the victims have been changed. (IMDb)

Whumpee : Shawn Farrell played by Patrick John Flueger

Country : 🇺🇸 America

Note : This is a Partial List - I didn't list every bit of whump, just what caught my attention the most • This show was recently rebooted, The 4400 (2021), but it was canceled after 1 season. • The episode list is formatted season-episode : 00-00

Episodes on List : 4 Total Seasons : 4 Total Episodes : 44

*Spoilers below*

02-11 : (at end) Shawn starts to feel sick

02-12 : Shawn & other 4400 are getting sick, they are placed in a quarantine

02-13 : They use a serum to heal Shawn who then heals everyone else

03-13 : Isabelle forces info from Shawn’s mind, which causes him to fall into a coma

#whump #whump list #american whump #america #the 4400 #4400 #Shawn Farrell #Patrick John Flueger #sick #quarantine #exhausted #coma #sci-fi #drama #mystery #thriller

[spiderweb-bf]

i genuinely believe in another life I'd be someone's sugar daddy bc i have a crush on this dude and I can't stop getting shit for him

#not even necessarily expensive stuff just like. #a care package with snacks and hand sanitizer when he was in quarantine #a keychain for his lanyard #like 10 different cups of coffee/tea from the cafe on campus #and then the other day at target i saw his favorite snack and i got them for hom #like ??? #bro he's not even my bf yet this is sugar daddy behavior #I'm not trying to buy his love I just keep seeing things and thinking he would like them so I get them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #(also ik this list doesn't sound long but we've only been talking for like. 2-3 weeks lol)