#my initial thoughts

[killatravs]

i’m more interested in the woman who wrote this album then the people who may have inspired it. this album to me is a story of a woman with a fierce attitude and free spirit who tamped that part of herself down for many years and then made the choice to reclaim those parts of herself and the chaos, destruction, and mess that choice resulted in. for what probably felt like a lifetime last summer so much of what we perceived to be different stories (joe breakup, matty fling) were more intertwined then we were ever aware of and that entanglement and messiness of unraveling a life you built with someone and what comes after is all over this album. it’s beautiful and wretched and dramatic and spiteful but it’s so so human and i continue to be endlessly fascinated with taylor the person vs taylor the superstar

[theflagscene]

GMMTV 2025 initial reactions 🏳️‍🌈

Dare To Death - Initial rating: 5/10 - Likelihood of watching it: mid - I was surprised by the blatant murder from GMMTV, normally they play it a little more safe. Looking forward to this one playing out, I’ll enjoy a bunch of idiot kids getting killed off. It admittedly didn’t come out the gate looking very strong, JoongDunk are decent but the push and pull is a tried trope and I don’t know if I believe either of them as a cop, but ya know, what can you do?

Head 2 Head - Initial rating: 3/10 - Likelihood of watching it: low - I feel like this is three series that I’ve already seen slapped together into one mess. It doesn’t know if it wants to repeat Bad Buddy’s childhood neighbours with a pointless grudge, the prophetic dreams of I Saw You In My Dreams as well as every rival uni student QL ever made. It looks like it’s going to be a mess in a less than fun way, also I’m not that interested in SeaKeen as a pairing.

Burnout Syndrome - Initial rating: 9/10 - Likelihood of watching it: very high - I am intrigued af, it’s been so long since we’ve seen Gun kiss another guy (on screen, he kisses dudes besides Off all the time). Last time that happened was in 2022 I think, in Club Sapan Fine season 2. This looks very messy and dark, plus there was so much naked Off in this pilot trailer! Artistic drawing of his dick even, I’m shooketh. It looks really mature and broody, which is exactly what I want for an OffGun piece, let them grow up please and thank you!

I Love “A Lot Of” You - Initial rating: 5/10 - Likelihood of watching it: mid - I’d ask if this was the only straight up (heh) hetero romance on the docket, but when I saw Junior show up I had a feeling that he might play a queer coworker so we shall see. Nanon looks amazing in this, he always looks amazing but that’s beside the point. This is a really interesting concept, although the idea of ‘curing’ DID that was mentioned a couple times didn’t sit well with me. That’s not exactly something you can fix, just control. I do love the visual of the alters talking to one another, having their own spaces. It kind of feels like how When Rabbit Howls was written, there’s a very clear and easy to understand spot for each alter and their unique personality. I’m tentatively looking forward to this one. Also Louis!! I will always watch something for him.

Whale Store xoxo - Initial rating: 4/10 - Likelihood of watching it: low-mid - I had a feeling MilkLove would get another headlining gig, it looks like a typical cute by the numbers basic QL that’s hitting a bunch of classic tropes. I could take it or leave it and not feel like I missed out on much, although I am disappointed that it seems like ViewJune is not going to become an official pairing.

Only Friends: Dream On - Initial rating: 7/10 - Likelihood of watching it: high - This one came completely out of left field for me, I was not expecting it whatsoever. Jojo is a hecka messy queer that I adore with all my heart, his stuff is always so much fun. I feel like I’ll probably like this one better than season one, because I seriously disliked so many of those characters and it just was kind of disappointing in a lot of ways, I mostly stuck around for FirstKhao. It’s nice to see EarthMix being messy and adult, OhmLeng are setting the groundwork to be a popular high heat couple and I have to admit, I was surprised JossGawin are sticking around for another series. I wasn’t sure if GMMTV was gonna keep them together, considering Gawin is kind of like Neo, in the fact that he has no issues being without a branded pairing. Speaking of Neo, having Boston show up to make things even more messy is fantastic. Jojo is chronically online, so I have no doubt he’s aware of the boy kissing spreadsheet that we have going, seems like he’s gonna get Neo into that number one spot for sure!

That Summer - Initial rating: 5/10 - Likelihood of watching it: mid-high - WinnySatang finally getting the headline chance the deserve, also seems like Mond is entering his era of boy kissing as well, after Only Friends it’s nice to see him still working in the QL sphere. Also more Neo, always a pleasure. The story admittedly seems very weak, but also extremely trope-y, which could be a good thing or a bad thing. But I will most likely end up enjoying it simply for the reasons stated above.

My Romance Scammer - Initial rating: 3/10 - Likelihood of watching it: low - I love seeing Ohm on my screen again, although him being partnered with a new Fluke just seems extremely on the nose lol. We see what you did there GMMTV. It’s nice to see not only a QL about marriage but also about divorce, especially now that it’s all legal in Thailand. That being said, this ain’t it for me. I don’t think this OhmFluke (😭) is gonna be very interesting, and I’ll just say it, I am so tired of JuniorMark. There, I said it! They were cute in Cherry Magic, but didn’t have enough of on screen chemistry to become a branded pairing, or at least I thought so. But what do I know? Either way, that’ll be a no from me dawg.

Melody Of Secrets - Initial rating: 5/10 - Likelihood of watching it: mid-high - I’m so over ForceBook! Yes, I said what I said. Get your pitchforks and come get me, it’s fine, I don’t mind. Not all pairings work for every viewer, and they’re one that just doesn’t work for me. I know they’ve known each other for like 25 years or something, which is why I’m always surprised at how dull they seem together. They’re clearly great friends, but their on screen romance is weak tit. That being said, this plot grabbed me right away. It’s again surprisingly gory looking for a GMMTV series, the story seems really interesting and dark. I am intrigued and will most likely watch it, ForceBook be damned, because I wanna know what’s happening.

Love You Teacher - Initial rating: 1/10 - Likelihood of watching it: nonexistent - Stop, no, just stop it right now. It went from what I thought was going to be a very cute concept, a couple that will be at odds because one wants kids and the other doesn’t, so he tries to figure out why his partner is so great with kids by becoming a preschool teacher at the say school at his partner. So cute, right!? But then the weird creepy swerve!? You cannot cut from them about to have teacher/student role play sex to one of them having a TBI that causes severe age regression! That is weird! Stop it right now GMMTV! Do not make a show about a couple where one has the mental capacity of a seven year old and tell me that’s romantic, what is wrong with you!? I get it, okay, taking care of his partner will teach him how he is capable of being not only a good teacher but also a good parent, and his partner will no doubt get an eleventh hour miracle cure that makes him no longer have the mind of a child. But everything up until that (hopefully inevitable ending) is just creepy and weird and PerthSanta deserve better than that!

MU-TE-LUV - Initial rating: 5/10 - Likelihood of watching it: mid - Anthology type series never really grab me, typically I only end up watching the episode about characters or actors I’m interested in and skipping the rest. Looks like a hot mess, which I may or may not enjoy. But I nearly died when Neo showed up as part of a the fabulous four queers, I am all here for that. Yatch is so pretty, he needs winged eyeliner all the time. Fluke has always been gorgeous, and I legit had no idea that was Lego at first, he’s prettier than half of the girls on the series. Neo is the only one who looks like a party city drag queen and for that I love him, tbh, they’re probably the only ones I give a damn about. Also if the man Fluke’s character gets isn’t played by Thor I am going to be very disappointed.

Cat For Cash - Initial rating: 7/10 - Likelihood of watching it: very high - Considering FirstKhao are the literal kitties of GMMTV 🐈‍⬛🐈 I think this was a stroke of marketing genius, adorably cute guys with equally cute cats? Sign me up! It seems like a very cut and dry romantic comedy, with a bit of family drama and some magic sprinkled in for fun. First being able to speak to cats is really cute, and making Khao cry in the pilot is unfair, they know we cannot withstand his tears! Also, side note, Cat For Cash would be a great name for a lesbian OnlyFans, just saying 😉

Girl Rules - Initial rating: 8/10 - Likelihood of watching it: very high - I did not have a messy lesbian ensemble QL on my bingo card and I have to say, I feel very stupid for not having it because damn if this looks like everything I want and more. MilkLove and NamtanFilm playing messy adult lesbians instead of cutesy lil school girls? Yes, sign me up! Again, disappointed the View is not working with June anymore, but her new acting partner looks like they’ll have some decent chemistry together. I also love that they blatantly said ‘lesbian’ and ‘I’m not straight’ in the pilot, like there’s no mistaking here, these gals are in it for the girls and the girls only. Bring on the bitchy cat fighting! Let’s got lesbians!!

Boys In Love - Initial rating: 6/10 - Likelihood of watching it: high mid - No idea who any of these boys are, they’re all adorable though and I wanna keep them all in my pocket! Even if they weren’t cute and the plot didn’t seem like a fun fluffy trope fest, I would still tune in for Papang and Podd. Please, for the love of God, let this be the thing that gets Papang out of second lead purgatory!! That man is too fine and too talented to constantly be riding the sidelines… so make him ride Podd instead. I know, I know, I’m terrible! But the joke was right there, I couldn’t not take it! 

My Magic Prophecy - Initial rating: 7/10 - Likelihood of watching it: high - So much magic in 2025! So many fortune tellers and tarot card readers. As someone who studied tarot for over a decade and can read tarot cards, I am going to be an absolute annoyance about the layouts and readings in all of these shows, just an FYI. JimmySea is always a pleasure to have on screen, even though Jimmy is so fucking overworked, the dude wants to spend time overseas getting some specialization training for his MD but I doubt that’s gonna happen in the new year with this series in the works. It’s nice to see the doctor playing an actual doctor, like he had the knowledge, use it. It’s like when they had Mix play a vet in Vice Versa, it’s a little bit of fourth wall breaking and I appreciate it.

A Dog and A Plane - Initial rating: 4/10 - Likelihood of watching: mid - Uh, wow, what can I say about this? I love TayNew and I love MarcPoon, so I’ll probably watch it. Although I’ve never been a huge fan of the series with exaggerated comedic reactions that is so popular in Thai and Japanese series, it’s just something I’ve come to accept over the years lol. Also tend to hate infidelity storylines, not my cup of tea. But that being said, I will probably at least skim it or binge it once it’s all aired, just for TayNew and MarcPoon.

Me and Thee - Initial rating: 3/10 - Likelihood of watching it: low - I love PondPhuwin together, they’re funny and adorable and Pond is the only person that Phuwin seems to be able to kiss without being super awkward about it. Also more PerthSanta, GMMTV is really pushing for them huh? They haven’t even had a complete series together yet, Perfect 10 Liners is still focusing on ForceBook and MarcPoon. Yet the company seems to be putting all their eggs in the PerthSanta basket, which, aright I guess. I want Perth to flourish, he deserves success. Anyway, that being said, this just seems… cringe. Like it gave me the ick and I can’t even explain why, the acting wasn’t bad, the comedy wasn’t too over the top, it even made me laugh a couple times. There’s just something off and I can’t quite put my finger on it, hopefully it’ll be better than I feel like it will be.

WU - Initial rating: 8/10 - Likelihood of watching it: very high - So are SkyNani finally gonna kiss? Cause it feels like they’ve really should’ve kissed by now, I mean in HSF it seems like they did and we all somehow missed it? Anyway, this one drew me in right away. Colour me intrigued as hell! More tarot, more magic, a red string of fate, seeing the future. Kicking ass a taking names? Fuck yeah, this looks really really interesting! Now kiss please!

Memoir of Rati - Initial rating: 7/10 - Likelihood of watching: mid - This one looks sad, GreatInn are fantastic on screen together so that has it going for it. Also AouBoom, although please GMMTV how much do I have to pay for you to take those two out of side couple hell!?!? I’m fucking begging you! Give them their own series, they can carry it, I know they can. It’s worth noting that Rati is the name of the Hindu goddess of sexual pleasure, lust and carnal desires. So I mean, take from that what you will 😉 Also, Inn speaking French just does something for me, damn. But again, I feel like this is gonna be sad and I don’t wanna be sad, so I’m unsure about if I’ll watch it or just skim it.

Ticket To Heaven - Initial rating: 10/10 - Likelihood of watching it: extremely high - I do not think I can even put into words how much this shook me to the core, 1996 in Thailand was not a safe place for queers, especially queer kids. Toss on top of that a colonizer religion known to spew hateful rhetoric, and you’ve got a boiling pot of drama. Whilst GeminiFourth are still stuck in the High School bubble, this is very much not what I was expecting for them. It looks amazing, they look fantastic and that short three minute trailer gave both of them so much space to shine that it was breathtaking. These two are so talented and I’m looking forward to them breaking my heart and hopefully mending it by the end.

And that’s it! Looking forward to what the other companies have to show up with their upcoming 2025 lineups, Idol Factory’s is coming up in January. Anyone know when DMD is showing their lineup?

Also, important side note: Fuck Foei! As much as I love Mark and Tay, I will not be tuning into The Feed, which is unfortunate because it looks like it might be interesting to hear the gossip around GMMTV’s talent. I would not trust a single queer person on that show with Foei, even with Tay and Mark there as buffers.

[mythsofher]

finished anne rice’s interview with the vampire (book)! here are my thoughts:

(these are extremely out of order because i’m typing them as they occur to me)

- until claudia shows up i had a haaaard time getting through it. claudia’s determination and self actualization were so so good.

- book louis is only occasionally interesting

- one of those interesting times is when he kills the priest after confessing to him. found all of that fascinating, actually

- don’t know what anyone is talking about when they talk about loumand’s connection not making sense in the book. louis thinks armand has all the answers! armand answers his questions about vampirism and philosophizes with him. armand doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about, but louis doesn’t know that. their connection felt genuine to me.

- i got the impression from iwtv book readers that is lestat is hardly ever presented sympathetically and i find that to be somewhat untrue, though maybe i just misunderstood them. after louis talks to armand he starts regretting his hate of lestat (well, he decides he hated lestat for the wrong reasons, at least.) the whiplash from his attitude towards lestat at the beginning of the story versus the end is wild.

- anyone who ever said claudia and louis relationship in the book is not weird is wrong. it’s weird. it’s very weird and not even really about the word “sensual” though that’s weird too. he makes several mentions of wanting her. i want to hit him with a car

- claudia going off on him about turning her into a vampire is beautiful

- the racism and attitude towards his slaves at the beginning is deeply hard to read. even as he says that he was judging them wrongly at the time, even in the present he says that they could tell that he and lestat were vampires because they were more in touch with the supernatural?? i fear this maybe be an anne rice problem actually, at least thats the way it came off to me. like, sure it’s totally reasonable to assume that louis, former slave owner would still be racist even 300 years removed from it but it just read. badly to me.

- armand is fascinating in this book. i know that i’m extremely biased because i already love tv armand but. listen. his stoicism in the beginning, this allusion that he’s extremely wise when really he doesn’t know what the fuck is going on. he tells louis that he’s evil, and shows it. god i’m trying to put this into words but i can’t. the way he tries to get louis to run away with him before the abduction had me gasping. i’m not sure if armand really was the one who got rid of the guards, but i could believe it i guess. and armand leaves louis!!! he leaves him!!!

- the one ☝🏻 time that i was cheering for louis is when he tells armand immediately yeah, actually you could have prevented it. you’re the coven leader, you’re the oldest, of course you could have prevented it. go off

- aaaAAah when louis tells armand he already knew that armand was the one who killed claudia. the fucking fact that armand’s upset that louis’s not upset, because at least louis would be passionate about something having to do with armand again. these aren’t thoughts, these are just me recounting the story to you but goddamn this moment was so . so!

- claudia makes me extremely sad. all she wanted was to be put first by someone. that scene where she beats the hell out of a doll. goddamn. she’s too smart to have to grace louis with her presence, unfortunately she needs him because she has the body of a five year old.

- rest in peace madeleine. i wasn’t a huge fan of you in this but whatever i’m sorry you’re dead

- oh wait speaking of. death. paul’s death in the beginning and louis imagining what would have happened if he had just told paul he believed him and spoken kindly to him genuinely had me choking up for a minute

- book daniel you hardly exist and don’t have a name. that’s all i have to say about that

-OH WAIT the fucking way claudia gets turned is crazy?? like louis tries to murder her multiple times (tries. more like tries uncontrollably) and can’t because… her heart’s too strong? she’s five. louis. she’s five! AND LESTAT LOCKS HER IN A COFFIN WHEN SHE’S STILL HUMAN. one of the most horrifying things in this whole book, genuinely.

i probably have more but this is it for now i think.

[icewindandboringhorror]

(also feel free in the tags to clarify Why you made the choice you made!! :0c)

[lotus-pear]

charm stat at debonair ‼️‼️

[cirrup]

Two absolute disasters and I’m obsessed with them

[swiggity-swexual-i-am-asexual]

We all know the semi-canonical ‘all the Robins know to hide/duck inside of Batman’s cape, even as adults’ thing.

We also know that Danny ‘is LITERALLY a ghost’ Fenton sucks at remembering his own intangibility while ALSO forgetting to look ahead of him.

All I’m saying is, Danny Fenton (or Phantom, if you’d really like) would absolutely SLAM into Batman on accident while running on roof tops and Bruce ‘Brooding Instinct’ Wayne doesn’t even think twice about letting the kid hide and scanning around for danger before there’s a record scratch of ‘wait who tf is this?’ kicks in.

[beautysnake]

quick warmup since I dont have time for a full blown art fight attack today! Little cat things :>

[crunchchute]

handful of dudes

[curlytsunamiart]

a confrontation between miquella and messmer in the shadow keep throne room

[scrixels]

⋆ ｡ ° ✩ Starquilt ✩ ° ｡ ⋆

38"x39.5" English paper piecing - all handsewn & quilted

[lewisibarra1512]

My initial thoughts on Procreate Dreams (and a bonus poll)

Not too long while I was gone to LA, I discovered the creators behind Procreate Savage Interactive unveiled a separate app called Procreate Dreams. Considered as a AAA alternative against big corporations forcing animators pay a lot for subscriptions, it is considered a one time $20 purchase upon downloading the app, allowing users gain creative control of their own needs while being inspired and imaginative like no other. At first, without realizing it exists while on a trip to LA for almost a week, I never even knew what it was when apps like Adobe and CSP gained a ton of controversy. But when I viewed it myself, it felt like a game changer. Seeing veteran animators share their thoughts and comments on the app was like stepping forward to a world of whimsical creativity and endless wonders alike. I did double check on everyone in the comment section via YouTube, and to my surprise, there was a lot of praise surrounding a promising lineup of features similar to what you'd find in an Apple event. My initial thoughts? Well, my 3DS may be standing on its last legs until I make a decision to let it go and stick to gaming. But with Procreate Dreams, it was a mind blowing experience that anyone can jump in and get to work anytime, anywhere. I love the idea that any animator can take their work if they are in a huge hurry or they could wait for their food or drink being prepared in restaurants.

And then there was this short film turned sample made by Aaron Blaise revolving a land penguin attempting to join his actual bird friends by escaping to paradise (Or… I really don't have any idea what the catch was, but I do love the animation nonetheless).

Yes, I did see the full presentation, and I never even knew what it was "time" for. But after seeing Savage Interactive stepping into the animation industry with Procreate Dreams, I knew it was the right moment by turning to Tumblr with one big question:

[paintedcrows]

Totally Normal Trigonometry Things

[avenoirn]

sleep well

[yeekdestroyer9000]

somewhere in an alternate universe

[raihyeon]

I think we're gonna have to rewind again, Max