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Did you know that you can waste your free time by not knowing which activity to do so you do none of them

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Tag Game: Hopeful Little Queer Shows 🌈

tagged by @yannig and @hughungrybear

So I think the theme is to list series that gave me hope? Or that feel hopeful to me? It seems pretty open for interpretation but the key word is hope, right?

IDK how to even do this but I'm more than willing to try and hopefully some more people will tag me in this so I can try again lol. Can I do it in clusters?

Second Chance Romances. They usually feel so hopeful to me. Sometimes people in love have to find their way back to each other. Even if the journey to be together again is hard, if they truly have hope and believe they'll reconnect then it'll happen and sometimes those people have to fall in love all over again.

Late Bloomers. The ones who find love later in life. It's not a race and it's okay. People can fall in love at any stage in life. I love watching it happen and it always, feels hopeful.

He Saved Me. A series feels especially hopeful when a person gets pulled out of darkness by a bright and blinding love.

Warm-Toned Ships. The series where the overall tone of the ship is warm and soft and sweet.

BONUS: Old Ships Reviving. 2025 has done some great things in BL for me this year. We got to see KristSingto make their comeback after almost a decade AND Woo Hyun and Kang Min from TMS Reunited for a fanmeet this year, THREE years after TMS concluded. This gives personally gives me hope because I feel some ships may make a comeback!

I'll tag @kimkenta @babyangelsky @nonglukest @byemambo @thisautistic and @obsessedferalgremlin and whoever else wants to play!

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do you ever start writing a comment on the internet and then think “oh what the fuck am i going on about” and delete it

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#RevengedLoveEp15 be like AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHS

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Tag Game: Hopeful Little Queer Shows 🌈

Tagged by @purlpeiris and @romchat 💙 This post was inspired by soypim's lovely reflection on the question of "what gives you hope?".

I don't usually do tag games, but this one seems fun, and I can plug some shows, maybe. I was going to skip this one too because I tend to studiously avoid relentlessly cheerful or anodyne stuff, but I saw people were recommending a lot of different kinds of things, some of which I might enjoy and some of which I'd seen so I figured why not. So here we go. It's going to be super short, though, because I can never think of shows for these tag games and because I don't have the patience to do them on my phone.

Fangs of Fortune

For a show in which you learn in the first 10 minutes that this will end in tragedy, in which every romance is doomed and every character spends at least 25% of their screen time crying lavishly, Fangs of Fortune is amazingly cathartic and even uplifting. For me, it seemed to position queer love as one of the central, life-giving forces of the universe and part of the cosmic cycle of sacrifice and renewal.

Revenged Love

This is about some very messy, very toxic, and entangled gay relationships that revolve around snakes and revenge, so how does it go on a hope rec list? I don't know, but I'm having an absolute blast watching it along with Tumblr mutuals and, of course, the tag. It's delicious, well-made summer fun that's currently airing, and it makes me happy and happiness is about as close to hope as I can get nowadays.

Lost Girl

I almost forgot about this show til my wife reminded me about it the other day. I watched it forever ago and have forgotten some of the details but I recall the main character, a bisexual succubus, was such good bi representation and the show was so much fun. Nothing serious or heavy, kind of wacky, occasionally corny. Maybe I'll watch it again!

Not tagging anyone in particular. If you're seeing this and want to do it, consider yourself tagged and tag me in your post.

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Their first kiss was so perfect! I've lost track of how many times I rewatched it.

I love the soft smiles they give each other. I love that Chengyu gently pulls Xiaoshuai's hand around his waist to hold him close. I love that the kisses are slow and tender even though Chengyu has been wanting that cookie for so long. I love that Xiaoshuai's tentativeness is met with Chengyu's gentle reassurances. I love how the lighting makes the moment feel ethereal.

I love everything about this kiss.

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saw this cute post and now I'm not going on reddit for the rest of the day. quit while you're ahead

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Tag Game: Hopeful Little Queer Shows 🌈

I was tagged by @my-rose-tinted-glasses thank you! 😘

What a cute and interesting game! We all love our toxic and problematic blorbos and love stories, but we also need a little hope-bringing romances for balance 💖 I decided to limit myself to BL series I like, choosing as themes things related to hope, like kindness, happy endings, change for the better, maturing while retaining a childlike joy of life, overcoming life's difficulties – but also one's own weaknesses, facing one's traumas and doing something about them, healing, closing certain chapters of one's life and starting new, better ones. Also, giving oneself and others a chance, forgiving oneself and others, allowing oneself to grieve and forgive for redemption, allowing oneself to be happy and the presence and support of good people, when hope seems lost..

Our Dining Table One of the best comfort BL series, filled to the brim with hope, change for the better, healing, "therapy through food and eating together," kindness, compassion, understanding and love

Semantic Error Both characters must overcome their prejudices, habits, adversities, and change, ultimately creating a wonderful relationship between two seemingly completely different people

The Untamed One of the best stories anout hope in the world, about a group of teenagers full of life and hope who collide with a ruthless and brutal world that destroys some of them, literally kills others, leaving those who survived traumatized, full of regret, anger, and a need for revenge. The series gives them a second chance to right their mistakes, to redeem themselves, to have no regrets this time, to lead the next generation, and make the world a better place for them

High School Frenemy Saint's hope for being Shin's boyfriend again is so strong that it could power a small town for a year. Besides that, the entire series is made up of stories about overcoming one's own weaknesses and fears, about leaning on other people, about providing and receiving help, and about growing up and healing

Love For Love's Sake Hope and giving yourself a second chance and allowing yourself to be happy are the quintessence of this series (plus it's a wonderful fandom experience that gives ME hope 🥰)

The Eighth Sense Same as above: this series is about hope, second chances, and healing

Old Fashion Cupkace A lovely series about giving yourself hope for love and being carefree, even childish, and breaking social norms in adulthood. Also, hope for getting a hot middle-aged man lol

Perfect Propose Hope for all of us slaves of capitalism 😩

To Sir With Love Hope for love between the main characters when it seems everything is against them, plus the selfless help of good people

Century of Love In fact, the title itself is about hope, which in the series takes new, unobvious forms, just like in life – and the result is still the happiness of two people 🥰

Beyond Evil I can't describe how I feel when I think of LeeDong Sik's broken, bloody, raw, shattered heart, in which a tiny spark of hope for finding his sister still stubbornly smoulders. And how this combination of extraordinary vulnerability and stubbornness affects the lives of everyone around them, how it turns his partner into his (hehe) partner 😉

Maybe Revenged Love will make it onto this list when it ends 😊

Tagging - but no preassure! @troubled-mind @wanderlust-in-my-soul @italianpersonwithashippersheart @pickletrip @alien-ally @nevermindsuga @pinkkop @watchthisqqq @delesaria-blog @benkaben @biochemjess If I didn't tag you because I failed you, feel invited to join this charming game, let's spread some hope-punk!

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Bringing this back because if I have to get one more shitty whiney message from him today about college board financial assesments, that I've already done and I just want him to complete, NOT FOR ME BUT FOR OUR DAUGHTER'S SAKE, I will explode.

My number one argument for not getting married would be, there’s a chance you’ll end up with an ex-husband and he will be the bane of your fucking life.

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It took a lot for me to mature enough to accept a lot of the time you just don’t get closure like ill never understand why certain things happened or ever receive an apology or talk to certain people again or know the answers to questions I can’t ask and people die or leave or drift away sometimes and there’s no answer. and this is actually starting to sound like some doomer shit but im not joking when i say it actually became way easier to move on with my life when I accepted sometimes things will just be left wrong and can’t be made right and there’s no point in wasting any more of my time on it

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Tag Game: Hopeful Little Queer Shows 🌈

Thank you @nabi-unveiled, @my-rose-tinted-glasses and @colourme-feral for the tag <3. So I'm not gonna overthink it and just go with shows that I come back to in times of need. These are my little comfort blankets.

-> If It's With You

I run both here and to manga VERY often.

-> Every You Every Me (the carrot instalment)

I mean, the office and colour one are also favs, but nothing beats the dishelved rockstar look. And the carrot. And other innuendos.

-> A First Love Story

Now that's probably the most rewatched piece of media in my life.

-> Step For You

Where is my long-format dancing AU with PROPER DANCING?

-> Our Dating Sim

Look at my profile picture. It hasn't changed for so long for a reason.

-> Our Dining Table

The spring of 2023 forever in my mind. The parallels were paralleling, and the world was a more cosy place.

-> My Enemy Has a Crush On Me

This is still one of the favourite things of the year for me (China, look at you go!)

I have probably omitted something obvious, but this is the flavour of the day, so to say.

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ON THE FLOOR CLUTCHING MY CHEST SOBBING CRYING TEARS OF JOY

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the way this scene has me on chokehold. i can't.

aside from the tease/implication of a kiss, it's the way jiang xiao shuai is just openly staring at guo cheng yu with unrestrained affection that really gets me because in EP 14, we saw how xiao shuai was before he was betrayed by his first love.

originally, he's the type of lover who's openly affectionate, but all this changed, of course, after MT's betrayal. naturally, after all the suffering he ended up enduring bc of MT's conspiracy, xiao shuai started putting up walls and has become more cautious, if not at times even cunning.

but in this scene, we get to see that pure version of xiao shuai again. the version of him who doesn't feel the need to put on airs all the time and can give his love freely and openly again. all this leap and healing, thanks to cheng yu's effort.

and like, idk, but to me, this is peak romance, cheng yu loving up xiao shuai back to the unhurt version of himself 😭✋

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what the heck I did not think the snake show would make me cry

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How are they so cute??

Zhan Xuan's soft smile is so sweet. 🥰🫠🫠☺️

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