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idk man usually during comebacks i lurk and like all the wooyoung pics but this time half the pics just look like the man hasn't been sleeping and has lost a lot of muscle and i'm just like...is anyone else seeing this or am i insane?

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The way fans will immediately dogpile on someone that points out a time that an idol clearly and deliberately alluded to being something other than cishet really has me convinced that there are idols that could go and publicly makeout with someone the same sex as them and some of y'all would be like "they're just a good ally!"

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NOBODY KNOWS (誰も知らない, Dare mo Shiranai) (2004) dir. Hirokazu Koreeda

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I've been watching a good number of queer Taiwanese films with mlm romances lately and after noticing how many of the reviews are just "omg I'm so shocked to see that this isn't like your standard BL" I feel like some people are just completely unaware of the fact that BL is a specific type of mlm media. Not every movie, show, etc. with mlm protagonists is a BL, in fact some creators actively reject the label - sometimes as a way of avoiding stereotypes re: the genre, sometimes as a criticism of it, and sometimes both.

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You cannot tell me that Wooyoung doesn't go find the parents and offer free babysitting anytime he goes on a show with kids.

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taiwanese horror-comedies are so so special. to me

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learning that formal/court-ordered joint custody arrangements aren't going to effect until 2026 in Japan & that it wasn't uncommon for kids to be separated since joint custody had no legal recognition until now made the entire "secret twin brother" plot in Digimon Frontier make a whole lot more sense.

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They just discovered boiling/steaming food on tiktok

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on my hands and knees begging god to let the "roronoa zoro is a rabid guard dog in the body of an unbathed neanderthal brute with the iq and eq of a sentient piece of wood" characterization/interpretation fucking die already.

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Let's be completely clear in the real world Sanji would be one of those "nice guys" who say all the right things to and about women but whose motivations have nothing to do with actual respect for women, whose motivations are more-so centered around a curated image of themselves that they want people to believe. It's especially clear when we stop and look at which women he does and does not apply his beliefs to. And all of is intricately linked to the toxic masculinity he grew up around and the fact the one person to show him unconditional love was his mother but let's not romanticize it into something it's not.

I saw someone say that Sanji doesn't love women as much as he loves the /concept/ of women that he's created in his mind and...yeah that's a pretty good way of putting it. Over-idealizing an entire group of people to the point that you cannot treat them like they're average human beings isn't respect or romantic it's patronization and objectification. (would recommend reading about benevolent vs hostile sexism if interested in learning how this plays out in the real world)

And to be clear what is probably one of the most annoying things about fandom's babygirlification of Sanji and the entire "it isn't sexism he just loves and protects women!" argument is that his problematic behaviors are, or at least could be, part of what makes him a complex character and complex characters are infinitely more interesting. Sanji places a lot of importance on caring for and protecting the people around him AND he has a very toxic relationship with gender and masculinity. These two things inform each other and the ways they manifest!

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The idea of the Sakamotos being parental towards Shin/Lu/Heisuke is so cute but also so amusing because Taro and Aoi are only 6 and 5 years older than Shin respectively.

Like yes I've been a parent since kindergarten these are my children.

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So I have an excel sheet where I track & write comments about what films and shows I'm watching & right now I'm like 5 minutes into the last episode of Oppan (@isaksbestpillow is a gift to the universe); clearly I wish someone would smack Daichi's father in the head.

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average soonchan interaction

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The Summer Hikaru Died is like. what if you believed you were a disgusting monster for being gay. but then you meet a real monster, and over time you start to believe that even this monster deserves to be safe and happy, and it's the first time you start allowing yourself to believe that maybe you do too. what if I cried one million tears forever

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"we can't take the implications behind Hypnos' dialogue seriously he's the comic relief" me screaming into the void: whether intentional or not comedy is a commentary on some part of a character and/or the viewer/reader's reality! hypnos' out of pocket comments about his family would not land if no actual tension between them existed.

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I don't know I just find Chronos & Nyx, Nyx & Hypnos, and Nyx & Eris' relationships to be very good examples of how caring about someone or loving them isn't always enough to have a strong relationship with them. Because sometimes the way you approach things and the standards you put in place does more to deteriorate your relationship than it does to support the other person's growth; even when you're doing what you think is in everyone's best interest.