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He's so useless and burdened by the horrors, I want him

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put them all in a room together and see what happens, who doesn’t love a cannibalistic duo

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Gay Serial Killers that want their crush to become their partner in crimes and for that will mentally torture them but don't understand why they are hated

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mjjw + text posts

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Window wings, fragile panes

Shield me from the dark

Warm me with your spark

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Full resolution images and painting videos on Patreon

Part of my glass wings series

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So! I am compiling a list of all K-dramas/K-movies with Bromance (+ BLs w/ ratings), divided by genre/trope. If you want to help me out in this long-ass task feel free to add them/categorize them in the replies! :)

(Ratings are personal)

Merciless Evil Devil From Hell group (aka Morally Dubious Men):

The Merciless (K-Movie); - 9/10

Beyond Evil; - 10/10

The Devil Judge; - 9/10

Strangers From Hell; - 9/10

Evilive. - 8/10

Homoerotic Antagonism that develops into the I Would Die For You Trope:

The Guest (OCN); - 8/10

The Worst of Evil; - 10/10

Alchemy of Souls (Go Wong/Jang Uk); - ?/10

Friendship/Bromance that develops into the I Would Die For You Trope:

Bloodhounds; - 8/10

Weak Hero Class 1; - 10/10

D.P. - 9/10

To add & categorize bc I haven't watched them yet:

Bad And Crazy;

Stand By Me;

Through the Darkness;

Tunnel;

Save Me;

Goblin;

My Country: The New Age

Actual BLs I've watched:

Kinnporsche; - 8/10 (so far the most "grown-up")

To My Star; - 8/10

The Eighth Sense; - 8/10

You make me Dance; - 7/10

My Personal Weatherman; - 8/10

Night Flight (movie); - 7/10

White Night (movie, 2012); - 8/10

Method (movie); - 8/10

Only Friends; - 7/10

BLs I haven't watched yet:

Bump-Up Business;

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superhero!Athelstan who takes his job extremely seriously (librarian) x vigilante!Ragnar who honestly just does it for the thrill (divorced twice with like 6 children)

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Night Wings~

Turning the day into the night, the sun into the moon

Part of my translucent wings series

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Namba, Osaka 大阪 難波

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Japanese winter mood.

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a collection of very twinky, pretty pics of ardal o’hanlon as father dougal mcguire

so bright and earnest. shaving cream stuck in his ear. he’s a human puppy dog.

feathery 90s hair my beloved.

he looks so confused, bless him. his slightly crossed eyes are sending me.

oh my god just LOOK AT HIM. My heart can’t take it. 

a pair of cozy dougals 

cozy

the dougal show <3

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The Fall - (2023)

Inspired by The Lament for Icarus by Herbert James Draper.

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Wandering Star 💫✨

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Art by Mai Shikama

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Something I found very interesting about the Barbie movie was the Ken’s mimicking of patriarchy. I’ve seen some comments putting it as a stance of men’s inherent desire to oppress women but would argue it much more reflects the socialization process many young boys experience that encourages them take on misogynistic views. The kens do not resent the Barbie’s. They’ve grown up in a society the Barbie’s run and the adore and love them. I think you could say that reflects the early stages of life for many boys where often the main role models they know are women, their mothers (as they often have a more involved role than fathers) and eventually their teachers, which women still make up the vast majority of early childhood educators.

The Kens also notably lack a sense of brotherhood at the start of the movie. And it isn’t until they’re in the real world our main Ken experiences positive male attention and approval (which is only due to him also being a man). It is that desire for approval from his male peers that initially drives him to believe in patriarchy.

There is of course also the underlying struggle of his unrequited feelings for Barbie, but none of the kens truly resent the Barbies. They don’t actually want them as oppressed servants. Yes they want their attention, but even during kendom we see them happiest on their cheesy guitar playing group date. They begin oppressing Barbie’s not because it’s what they actually want but rather it’s them mimicking the behaviour of men.

And that is why I think it makes such a great ode to the socialization of young boys to be misogynistic. Boys do not have an innate hatred for women, nor is it something they naturally grow into of their own fruition. But rather it’s a patterned of learned behaviours they in most cases initially mimic for the approval of other men or to gain attention, but overtime becomes a very real ideology then adopt and believe in and likely pass on.