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Vegas's face when Porsche said that pete and arm came with him too like that slight annoyance and disappointment was hilarious 😂

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Watch "[TXT] yeonjun after debut vs predebut yeonjun" on YouTube

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quick pitch (well, maybe not *quick*) 

Semantic Error (Korea 2022) 

Main Tropes: opposites attract, enemies to lovers, bully romance, sunshine/tsundere, teasing & pranks

Ya’ll ready for this? 

Maybe you are, but I’m not sure I am. 

I don’t think I’m going to go quite so crazy as I did with My Beautiful Man but I make no promises.  

Okay look, I said when I reviewed Light on Me, that Korea was giving us an honest to goodness high school set BL with some classic old school yaoi tropes almost as if they were doing a bit of a, “now that we’ve hit our stride, let’s perfect the vanilla sheet cake BL style.” It was great, of course, but very refined and elegant which some found off putting. 

I feel like they did it again with Semantic Error. Only maybe even a little better? Okay maybe not better but DIFFERENT. 

Everything that Korea always does right, they did right with this show. 

Spot on and pretty pretty casting of mature actors who can handle the content. 

High quality production values with beautiful filming and flawless sound quality. 

Great wardrobe, lighting, staging, editing, and everything else pre and post production being well chosen and executed. 

Great friendship group and support characters. 

Strategic use (but not overuse) of tropes. 

This was an absolutely pitch perfect university set BL, just very very Korean about it. It had all the hallmarks of old school traditional yaoi, linear filming and framing techniques combined with classic archetypes including a strong seme/uke dynamic. But it was so pleasingly pristine and tailored about its approach. 

I particularly loved that it used old school yaoi storyboarding, probubly because bits are (quite rightly) cribbed directly from the manhwa. But just look at this shot, plus added color blocking? LOOK AT IT!!! GAH! 

If Light On Me was a fluffy delicious vanilla sheet cake, Semantic Error is the perfectly baked moist and decadent red velvet cupcake. 

A little richer, a little more depth, that creamy cheesy frosting. Maybe not the most innovative, maybe not as complex as we might like, but so well executed it was like classical french cooking… you can’t argue with perfection you can only gobble it down and then be sad you ate so fast. 

Semantic Error is a webtoon (also anime) adaptation, in which Korea entered Thailand’s terf for the first time with college set battle of the geeks. The anime has no plot so I was a little worried. Silly me. I should just trust WATCHA (Light On Me) at this point. 

Yes WATCHA, you have ALL the techniques. Yes, you have all the skills. And you know what, sometimes that’s all we really need in a BL. 

We are so grateful. 

What elevates Semantic Error is that Korea did things right with this one that they usually fuck up. 

They got the pacing spot on for the shorter length. It never felt rushed. 

They managed a tight *complete* story with nothing confusing about intent, purpose, or character motivation.

And we got actual amazingly good chemistry and kisses. 

They left us with a smile and a chuckle and a pair of the cutest boys ever to grace the screen. 

This is probubly going to be my favorite BL of 2022. And yes, for all the reasons stated above but also THE CHARACTERS. 

Jaeyoung + Sangwoo FOREVER 

Emotional seme versus logical uke is a favorite of mine, plus it goes way back to some Gilgamesh shit of ego versus id. I also love “the only one who can bully him is me” trope. Also I adore it when an agro seme (bratty fucker) develops a big o’ crush, commences pining, and goes all over whipped for his boy. Jaeyoung pined like a master. Like Park Seo Ham took lessons from Sam Lin. 

And it wasn’t just him, For those of us who waited patiently for Sangwoo to soften, boy did he ever. What a marshmallow moment! Poor baby went into deep crush and had NO IDEA what to do about it. 

Moot pining, yes! 

There were even moments that made me hoot with laughter (the lettuce incident). 

This is it. 

Semantic Error has put the sugar rose on top of Korea’s intent to dominate BL. After the flop ending of Kissable Lips and the lingering trauma of Peach of Time, we all thought we were back on shaky ground with KBL, but nope Korea’s taking the gold. 

So yeah, maybe this is a little tame and calm of a review from me. But their ducks were all in a row on this one, and I kinda expected them to stick the landing. (Ooo, mixed metaphors. Now I’m imagining s duck doing gymnastics.) How do I really feel?

Shaken & stirred, thank you very much. 

You want me to freak out? Yeah. Okay. Fine. 

THIS FUCKING BL IS AMAZING!

IT’S GREAT. IT’S ALREADY A CLASSIC AND WILL BECOME A HALLMARK OF THE GENRE. 

I HAVE TO REDO ALL MY TOP TEN LISTS. 

Flipping heck. 

Welcome to the very limited table of 10 gold stars from this mad obsessive fan. 

Semantic Error gets a 10/10 from me. 

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

I love this show so hard. And it is going into hard rotation. Completely rewatchable from start to finish. We have been blessed. Thank you Korea. 

*deep breath*

In brief: 

Korea hits it entirely out of the Park (pun on the actors’ last names intended) by doing a university set BL with everything we might expect done exactly right, their signature quality executed perfectly, and added bonus good story, great pacing, and fantastic chemistry. You cannot ask for more from a BL, let alone a KBL. 

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(Because I got asked, my 7 top 10/10s are now: Seven Days, Color Rush, Light On Me, To My Star, Semantic Error, We Best Love, Until We Meet Again… (Absolute BL got a 10/10 too but I consider that a parody not an actual BL.) 

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If you’re a Non-Muslim and you see a Muslim praying in public, could you please not pass in front of them?

Go behind them, but not in front. 👍

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Yall!! I don’t want any more hate posts on this tag! Go and Vote! I’m literary voting my ass off, yet people still have time to have shipwars?!! Seriously??!! why is everyone closing eyes on voting and keep ignoring it?? I guess that was MNET’s Goal, for y'all to lose concentration and give up on Voting, yeah they’re being biased, we know it, even they know that we know it!! Yet y'all Gonna let them get Away with it??!! We showed them already once, we can do it so much better now, but alas no one’s moving even a finger!!! Wake up, Our K-diamonds are asking us to vote, they need us!! BTS need us!!! our boys don’t deserve this disrespect, yeah it’s great that they are having shows in America, but I’d love for them to win daesangs when they get back home!! I don’t want to see any more freaking mocking articles from that company, do you hear me??? Don’t give them reason to!! trend –> #ARMY_계정만들기 on twitter!! And also if y'all have time to post hate and all kind of theories about boys, you sure as hell should have time to vote at least once!!! Please for the love of BTS, put aside all the fanswars with other Fandoms & also shipwars!! put shipping aside FOR a time being!! it’s not gonna get hurt! if those 500k people that watched RM’s vlive yesterday, if they only voted once, it’d be a huge difference!! so please vote who already HASN’T! soon new day will start, and voting will also reset so vote for our boys happiness!!

sorry for long post!! We have to work together!

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Couldn’t of said it better myself 👏

and you know what? fuck paul ryan and everyone else in the republican establishment who acted as if trump’s candidacy was legitimate, who endorsed him despite the awful, awful things he said. i hope they go down in history as spineless assholes. i hope they’re looked down upon 100 years from now, that textbooks rip them to shreds. fuck them.

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2013 - 2017

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I feel exactly the same, I get nervous when the phone rings, this may sound bad but I let it go to the answering machine a lot ☹️

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😖 something that makes you anxious it might sounds weird but answering the phone really makes me anxious as hell, even when it’s a friend. the phone rings and i’m going to stress, really really stress. and the thing is i don’t really know why?

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His Tongue 👀😭😩

YA PLAYA HATERS YOU SHOULD LOVE YOURSELF

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This wallpaper is just ... Perfection! I need this on my Iphone 😍😱😫🙏

tagged by @peach-blossoms​ <3

lockscreen & wallpaper …/sugakookie trash cONFIRMED (again) angst carrier also confirmed (AGAIN) ah….

tagggginggggg ANYONE WHO SEES THIS AND WANTS TO!? D8

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Iron

H- and I went to Secret Society and Henz last night, and mightirony was out with friend and fellow Rock Bottom crew member dontcallmeadog at Henz.

Iron– in his trademark bucket hat and “rock bottom” bum style, was easy to spot as he drank and danced by the bar.

It was only after bumping into Iron last night (literally) that I decided to check out his first full-length studio album.

Although I’ve followed Iron since SMTM 3, I never fell in love with him or his music– until now.

Despite scandal after scandal, Iron stands out from the crowd of Korean rappers for one reason and one reason only: His music.

And, I can finally understand why Fuckboy said that he wanted Iron to join him at Just Music.

Iron would fit right in.

On The Offensiveness Of Art & What It Means To Hit Rock Bottom

There is both good and evil in art, because there is both good and evil in the heart.

I don’t want art that is only “good”– art that is always politically correct. 

I don’t want art that is perpetually concerned with public approval from false artists who are more like politicians; their fans, constituents voting “yes” or “no” in an attempt to live vicariously through their idols.

I want art so personal that it is no longer right or wrong– good or evil, but honest and heartfelt.

I want art that is human.

Having hit rock bottom and stared both good and evil in the face, I have realized that the faces of good and evil are both my own. 

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© GRAZIA KOREA

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some sugakookie this era (≧◡≦) ♡

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..I dont know the meaning of live anymore...

Secrets Kill

BTS | sugakookie | secret agent!AU | warning: implied death/death mention

“Don’t move. Drop the suitcase and put your hands behind your head.” he commanded.

The figure obliged, slowly putting down the suitcase containing the software and placing his hands behind his head.

“Now slowly turn around. Any sudden or aggressive movements and I will shoot you right now.” Yoongi warned. The person turned towards him and Yoongi felt his legs go weak beneath him.

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This is so on Point 🙏🙌👌❤️

Hi just wanted to drop by and say I really love your blog, writing and ur dedication to sugakookie :-). Also with the recent news of the 3 new mvs being released for the special album Young Forever, or maybe just one since i heard that the article may have been mistranslated, anyway one of these mvs better at least give us a hint that sugakookie were in a romantic relationship in the ineedu/prologue/run universe. I mean it was so obvious and i don't believe it that 'they're just bros bs'

the “they’re just bros bs” enrages me tbh 

not because i refuse to see the whole “brothers” thing, but because the fact that so many people say that they’re fighting over a girl or that they’re siblings speak volumes to me. 

now if u had a girl in place of kookie or yoongi, you would definitely call it a romantic relationship. why? because their very looks to each other and soft and intimate - they have a fighting moment where kook looks like he’s crying while trying to stop yoongi from doing something. these are all emotionally charged moment that have turned a lot of people toward sugakookie; and it’s understandable. saying that they’re “just bros”, tho, doesn’t only discredit those kind of emotional moments they…(how do i say this?) erase the possibility of them completely. i feel like siblings don’t look at each other the way jungkook looked at yoongi at the pier. 

and when u do erase the possibility of there being a non heterosexual relationship, you’re kind of saying that “oh ok its ok to ship it in fiction but if something like this were to become real then that’s unacceptable” and that’s??? so?? ???

like how can u ship jimin/jungkook and yoongi/jimin or whatever the fuck u ship and then turn around 180 and say “oh they’re straight irl” like maybe they’re not?? why is heterosexuality the automatic default? yes i understand that living in south korea, it’s a conservative place but does that mean there are not lgbtq+ people?? unless you are the bts boys themselves how can you say for sure what their sexuality is? neither heterosexuality nor homosexuality or any sexuality in between should be the “default” for anyone. why do people care if they have a male/male relationship in a video? instead of trying to explain it off like “they’re just brothers” and “they’re fighting over a girl” (which…seriously come on) why isn’t this advocated? i mean, so many people fight for media representation for lgbtq+ people and when you actually have the possibility of it, it’s written away into “normality”? 

that’s why i don’t like the “bros” theory or the “fighting over a girl” theory. bts has made it clear they support the lgbtq+ community and that they’re not afraid to say what they want to about youth and the problems young people face (take n.o, baepsae, tomorrow, etc) so why wouldn’t they talk about sexuality? it’s an important topic - if they can talk about the school system and the corruption of society and the older generation why can’t they focus on sexuality? if they’re showing a gay relationship, what’s wrong with that?

and it certainly seems like yoongi and jungkook might be in a relationship in the hyyh series. from the shirt in inu being jungkook’s to the little moments they have that are subtle but intimate, why is it so hard to believe for people that they could be in a romantic relationship? idk if you have a hard time wrapping your mind around it but can ship two guys fine under the guise of it being “fictional” then… /shrug

also, i’d like to point out that i’m not saying you can’t think of them being brothers or whatever in the video. i’m saying don’t deny the possibility of more, because there can be more. love knows no bounds. 

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