#Fox & Friends

[allenporte]

Allen Mendenhall on "Fox & Friends"

Allen Mendenhall on “Fox & Friends”

[alpha-mag-media]

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Fox & Friends co-host Lawrence Jones was left ‘speechless’ after learning about ancestor on ‘last slave ship’ | In Trend Today

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[calicojack1718]

The "Free Speech" Gaslighting Defense Proves the GOP's Intent to End American Democracy

The conservatives of the country are all in for the #GOPDystopia and authoritarianism. The popular defense of Trump in the DC indictment as being a free speech violation is gaslighting and shows how badly they want Trump's authoritarian regime

SUMMARY: This post analyzes the popular conservative defense of Trump’s DC indictment as being a violation of his free speech rights. Such claims are so clearly contrary to reality that they constitute gaslighting and indicate just how widespread conservative disdain for our democracy and rights are. KEYWORDS: Free speech, Gaslighting, Indictment, Trump, #GOPDystopia, Conservatives Happy…

[thewwshow]

Nia Long Husband, 50 Cent Suing & Vivica Fox Speaks, and Lamar Odom Trans Friend (Live)

Nia Long Husband, 50 Cent Suing & Vivica Fox Speaks, and Lamar Odom Trans Friend (Live)

[somuchyoudontknow]

Pain Hustlers and WBI

So for the new followers, to understand this post, they might want to check out these ones first.

My friend found out something interesting about Pain Hustlers.

Apparently, Pain Hustlers was represented by CAA Finance and The Veterans at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced to the buyers at the Cannes Film Market.

"Wells Tower wrote the script for The Pain Hustlers, with Lawrence Grey producing via Grey Matter Productions, and Yates via his banner, Wychwood Media. Netflix closed a deal for the worldwide rights to The Pain Hustlers at the Cannes Film Festival in a $50 million-plus deal. CAA Media Finance and The Veterans represented the film at Cannes. Garcia and O’Hara are represented by CAA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Duplass is also repped by CAA."

-https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/andy-garcia-catherine-ohara-jay-duplass-netflix-pain-hustlers-1235207983/

"We understand Netflix is closing up a $50M+ world rights deal for Pain Hustlers, with A Quiet Place star Emily Blunt attached for director David Yates (Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore). Pic, introduced to buyers at the Cannes Film Market by The Veterans and CAA Media Finance, is due to begin production in late August."

-https://deadline.com/2022/05/emily-blunt-netflix-pain-hustlers-david-yates-cannes-deal-1235028000/amp/

Vincent Maraval is the co-founder of WBI, now known as Goodfellas. WBI is one of the shareholders in The Veterans.

Vincent Maraval & Kim Fox’s Sales Banner Rebrands To The Veterans Ahead Of EFM

Maraval, Fox and Marc Butan launched MadRiver International at AFM 2019 after first creating IMR International in 2016 as an alliance between Butan’s MadRiver Pictures and Maraval’s Wild Bunch International. The two companies remain shareholders in The Veterans.

-https://deadline.com/2022/01/vincent-maraval-kim-fox-imr-rebrands-veterans-efm-1234921697/

A little bit more about The Veterans.

The Veterans, a joint venture between Wild Bunch International and MadRiver Pictures, is a premier foreign sales and distribution company. Led by international sales vets Vincent Maraval and Kimberly Fox, The Veterans holds a resilient reputation and presence in the global marketplace. In just a few years, The Veterans has facilitated successful international distribution on films such as JACKIE, WIND RIVER, THE SISTERS BROTHERS, THE GENTLEMEN, and THE

-https://madriverpictures.com/who-we-are/

Goodfellas is the same company that has boarded sales of Amelia's Children in which Alba stars.

Since Maraval is known for festival movies, PH might be presented at film festivals. There are rumors already it might go to TIFF.

CAA, WBI and Netflix seem to be common denominators in Pain Hustlers and Amelia's Children.

Chris was offered the role in Pain Hustlers which is potentially a festival movie. News about Pain Hustlers came in May 2022. Chris joining the cast was announced in July 2022.

"Chris Evans’ new Netflix film, “The Gray Man,” hasn’t even been released yet, but it appears the actor has already lined up his next offering for the streaming service. "

-https://theplaylist.net/pain-hustlers-chris-evans-emily-blunt-20220706/

"Chris Evans is in final negotiations to join Netflix’s Pain Hustlers opposite Emily Blunt.

Deadline first told you about the project out of Cannes, where the streamer landed global rights to the David Yates-directed, Wells Tower-written feature for $50 million. Netflix had no comment on Evans potentially joining the film."

-https://deadline.com/2022/07/chris-evans-emily-blunt-netflix-pain-hustlers-1235058062/

[basicsauarchive]

Aight finally have time to update this account ughhh.

So I'll have a few set of aus you can ask and some you can't cause there's no story lol.

Keep in mind, some may make absolutely no sense lol so don't expect accuracy in these things lol.

Aight, so starting off with aus you CAN'T ASK.

1. Genderbent unikitty

Simply cause this au HAD an ask blog before and I had no idea how to continue it lol. Cause it's basically just the plot of unikitty but they're different genders lol. Only difference in this au is the characters personalities and motives may be different but plot wise and ending wise it's all the same.

2. The bad trio (I hate that name so much)

Reason is cause like genderbent unikitty, this au doesn't really have a lore that's interesting enough for me to expand on. The bad guys team up and fail all the time so I think it's best if I just stick to drawing than making asks stuff with them. Until I come up with something interesting that is.

Okay that's all for aus you can't ask.

Now here are aus you CAN ASK.

1. Alterkitty : [AK] <- code for asking the aus.

Kay' this au isn't that hard to explain, an au where unikittys characters are switched with each other.

Unikitty -> Puppycorn

Dr fox -> richard

Hawkodile -> Eagleator

Master frown -> brock

Score creeper -> flamurtle (yes they are there too)

Basically you can ask whatever. I'll of course change some things in the plot so it isn't just unikitty 2.0 lol.

2. Cake brock : [CB]

Random au I know but hear me out. This au will mostly focus on master frown cause I wanna toy with his anger and frustrations cause like. Cake Brock is a lil goofier than the original one.

(get it? Cause cakes don't really have brains and they're silly. Plus he probably already ate that part of his brain)

I changed the backstory on how he became cake and basically everything in general so yeah lol.

3. My frock fankid au [FK]

Now this au I'm a bit excited for. Mostly cause I don't wanna focus on the kid I wanna focus on Brock and master frown's relationship. I think you notice a theme with my aus. So basically they're relationship, would it be on the rocks when a child is introduced? What if the kid's an exact copy of master frown. Would they be able to tolerate a teenage douchbag? Who knowsss. Also familial drama drives me.

4. Broken gay [BG]

Au where master frown (in his master big frown era) witnessed his boss kill Brock. Oh and he killed unikitty and the gang. OKAY BASICALLY, Mf kills unikitty and the gang and that ticks Brock off and they have a huge fight that master doom comes in and was like, "kill him" and frown's like, "uhhhh" and then she grabs both of his hands and makes him kill Brock haha I love making myself sad. So he's a mentally unstable wreck the entire time. Forgive me I'm exploring angst here AND I SUCK AT IT.

5. Au where frown is a prince(ss?) and Brock is a low-key downer : [PF]

Technically this isn't really NY au but I was inspired. Plus I brain stormed quite a lot to make this au not so bland. See the thing is their personalities aren't all different, just a bit more amped up for the positions they've been put in. And yes, they're friends ( ͡⁠°⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠) the au. I don't wanna give away too much so do what you will with this.

Okay, that's all. I'm gonna have fun with this lol and I hope you guys do too lol.

[foxgloveinthesun]

The grrrreat tale of Fox & the Mouse

So... Since yesterday, my two cats have taken an inexplicable interest in the fat guitar amp that rests in my room - by the guitars stand, as it should.

They intensly look at it, circle it, lay uber flat while keeping their eyes on it... And I, careless as I am, make nothing of it and go about my business.

Until this morning, when some scurrying and two over excited cats preying on the amp finally makes sense: a mouse had been hiding in there. With the way the whole neighborhood has been shaken up with heavy street and canalisation work, it's not that surprising either that one succeeded at getting in.

So I try to keep the cats away, go grab some box to catch the mouse in. Fail to convey the peaceful nature of my intent to a scared little animal that has been escaping two (fortunately) lazy and clumsy cats for a day...

I do get help from the smol one though, because she chases the mouse around the guitars stand as the little thing just goes from one side to the other underneath it. I stick one side of my open cardboard box to one end and wait for it to rush in. And when it does, skillfully and oh so very swiftly for someone who just got up - keep the side flaps over it.

And now, what?

See, I am still in my sleeping attire, which means very little attire. I have a mouse in a box that I need to keep manually closed. Also, I just woke up, braincells are not activated yet. Best solution would be to walk 5 minutes to the dunes nearby and free it there. It's a brownish mouse but it looks too small to be a vole - not sure it would fare better in the wild than with my cats. And I'm not crossing the neighborhood clad in my excuse for a PJ...

Two options:

the front door where all the street dismantling is happing, with the cars, the dogs, the pedestrians and vibrations...

the back door connected tothe garage that leads to a very small and useless courtyard that all the neighborhood outdoor cats visit (all the houses are connected by their yards...)

I figure the yard still gives it the best chance, so I get out, keep the door to the garage open because it only opens from one side and I don't want to be stuck in my PJs in a 5m² square space all day, and then open the box to let the mouse free itself when it wants.

And should have gone back inside.

That would have been smart.

But, look, I did want to see the little thing one last time. And I was wondering: do mice climb walls that high? Mice are climbers, right? And while I was looking at the high walls and pondering all that and regretting not having grabbed my phone to take a picture of the mouse... I see it, carefully, slowly step out of the box.

Until it scurries back at fullspeed inside the garage, through the door left open...

Thus, my friends, the story of airheaded Fox and the Mouse does not come to an end.

[androcola]

OLD MEN TELL US ABOUT TH OLD MEN!! (ANYWHERE FROM MIDDLE AGE TO OLD OLD) HOW DO THINGS CHANGE AS THEY GET OLDER

THINGS DEFINITELY CHANGE AS THEY GET OLDER!! they definitely make friends with a lot of the younger people who visit the beach. theyre known as the resident old guys who share the old beach house and they're always seen out and about cleaning up their beach to make it comfortable and welcoming for the kids and young folks 🥺

as for them, I think as a group, they're all a little hard of hearing 😭they spent such a long time around loud amps and gigging n what not, so all day at the pad is just "huh?? HUH?? come again??? whatd you say?????? what? huh?"

they've all slowed down significantly, they can't do all the crazy stuff they did in their youth. they all move slower, especially mike, who has to walk with a cane cuz he has a bad knee. lots of grunting getting up and down. he definitely ends up with arthritis later on, and probably some minor heart issues, just because his hearts definitely been through a lot due to being in such poor health for so long

Micky can't hear much from his right ear so they're all always shouting at him, or having to move to his left side to speak to him, and he's always shouting, himself. not as quick and crazy anymore,can't jump around as much cuz he'd definitely hurt a knee or a hip.

I think mike is mentally much better by thetime he's much older, I think his depression goes into remission so he's able to get off the antidepressants, but I think he hangs onto his anxiety meds cuz anxiety still bugs him at times and can kinda get in his way. he's put his horrible past behind him and his ptsd is a lot better and barely even bugs him anymore. he probably takes lots of different other meds for pain and health stuff though. hes got one of those pill containers with the days of the week on it...he's got a little pharmacy in a bag

peters eyesight has gone and he's too afraid of contacts, so he goes in for glasses and after failing his eye exam miserably , Micky pats him on thw back like "our peter. he gets it from my side of the family"so anyway he has to get glasses. he and mike are always sitting together just to read the newspaper or just to fall asleep, having old man naps. all of them often sit around the pad sleeping

they all get up super early in the morning and get their errands all finished before the rest of the city fully wakes up, and by the afternoon they're all sitting around for a good nap 🥺

davy isn't so crazy anymore, but he's definitely a silver fox. much more well mannered, and still loves a nice date here and there,but he's not crazy like that anymore. he still loves to swim! it's good for the joints and it keeps him in shape. peter still enjoys a good workout and I think is still very nimble and flexible, definitely in much better shape the rest of the guys. he and davy love to go out and work out together. I think they all try their best to stay in shape just well enough to be able to function.tjeyre always helping eachother up and around. especially mike.

they probably have to alter that spiral staircase somehow to make things easier for them, cuz as they get older something like that can be a bit risky to get around

over all, they're all so very happy and content with eachother. theyve had their crazy moments, their tough moments, bad weeks, months, years, but now everything has slowed down and they're spending their days doing what they love with eachother. helping eachother when they need it , all that. they're happy :)

[bunibin]

Any fem akiangel lore?? il them sm <3 <3

My mind is firing off so many serotonin neurons at ungodly speeds IM SO GLAD YOU ASKED THISSS gosh where to begin

Ive said before but for my fem akiangel they reside in a college au!

Just the typical met in a random class and happened to sit next to each other the whole semester. They lowkey flirted, had a whole will they wont they, then in the end hooked up at a party and the rest was history

I love the thought of aki thinking she hates angel but ends up head over heels crazed about her <3

Angel started out trying to get under akis skin for fun but quickly realized how much she rlly liked her even tho shes terrified of getting close to someone again <3333

Small random details is that i draw them with tattoos!! aki has a full fox devil sleeve and angel has minimal tattoos of like hearts and angel themes. Prolly lot of them were stick n pokes done in friends bedrooms except two main tattoos. the chain around her arm and a sword on her back

In my head fem aki is round the same height as canon aki and kinda the same built the only difference is the mullet, boobs, and a hint of leashes

fem angel is slightly smaller than canon angel and Idk how this happened but i amped up angels feminine traits and just make her curvy (idk why i do this im just very gay sue me)

Yea idk thats all for now im bad at writing my thoughts out but if im asked more bout them i will provide!!! 🥹🥹 🫶

[ur-mag]

Fox & Friends co-host Lawrence Jones was left ‘speechless’ after learning about ancestor on ‘last slave ship’ | In Trend Today

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[ao3feed-peterstiles]

Stiles &amp; pack (TW pov)

Read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/52243921 by HaruKurokoNekowa Primeiro complemento desta serie e o paralelo mais importante Words: 6, Chapters: 1/?, Language: Português brasileiro Series: Part 3 of Loki hiper crossover au Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV), Marvel, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), 나 혼자만 레벨업 - 추공 | Solo Leveling | Only I Level Up - Chu-Gong, 나 혼자만 레벨업 | Solo Leveling (Webcomic), 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong, King Arthur (2004), Merlin (TV), Norse Religion & Lore Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Underage Categories: Multi Characters: Stiles Stilinski, Sheriff Stilinski (Teen Wolf), Peter Hale, The Pack (Teen Wolf), Derek Hale and Scott McCall's Pack Members Relationships: Claudia Stilinski/Sheriff Stilinski, Loki (Marvel)/Sheriff Stilinski (Teen Wolf), Peter Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Loki (Marvel) & Stiles Stilinski, Stiles Stilinski & Hale/McCall pack Additional Tags: Fox Stiles Stilinski, Magical Stiles Stilinski, Sheriff Stilinski's Name is Noah (Teen Wolf), Claudia Stilinski is Not Stiles Stilinski's Parent, Claudia Stilinski is Loki, Stiles Stilinski is Loki (Marvel)'s Child, Fake Dead Claudia Stilinsk | Loki, But Stiles Stilinski and Noah Stilinski know the truth, Stiles Stilinski's Name is Mieczysław, Pack Mom Stiles Stilinski, Pack Alpha Stiles Stilinski, (quite), Bad Friend Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Good Parent Sheriff Stilinski (Teen Wolf), FBI Agent Stiles Stilinski, SHIELD Agent Stiles Stilinski Read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/52243921

[firstprince-ao3feed]

Count to Ten &amp; Breathe Real Deep

by sparklepocalypse Someone clears their throat behind him, and he spins around, hands still gripping the hem of his shirt. “Sorry, hi, I – shit,” he stammers as he takes in Princess Beatrice’s friendly expression and her brother’s more taciturn one. “Sorry, shit. God, sorry. Uh, hello, um… Your, uh, Maj—” “It’s Your Royal Highness, but please, no titles here,” Princess Beatrice graciously says, saving Alex from himself. “Call me Bea. It looks like we’re teammates! Hen, too.” She nudges her elbow into her brother’s ribs, and he nods wordlessly. Alex tries to replicate his mom’s politician smile as well as he can. “It’s an honor,” he says, giving them the little bow drilled into his brain before he and his mom had departed for London, through repetitive How to avoid being deported by the English monarchy lessons. “I’m Alex Claremont-Diaz.” (Or, Alex and Henry meet at a youth charity event as teens.) Words: 8169, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Alex Claremont-Diaz, Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Henry Hanover-Stuart-Fox, Ellen Claremont, Shaan Srivastava, Beatrice Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor Relationships: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Hanover-Stuart-Fox Additional Tags: Arthur Fox Feels, Depression, meet cute, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Ashleigh Asked Me to Hurt Her Feelings and I Hurt My Own in the Process, Angst, Fluff, Smut, flangst, Henry and Alex Meet as Teens, Underage Substance Use, Grief, accidentally coming out, On Purpose Coming Out, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Friends to Lovers via https://ift.tt/4PDQFOR

[polyamprompts4u]

expect me to be a usual cuz i’m insane. Layla x Yae Miko x Candace! (Ship name Laymikodace)THEY ARE MY EVERYTHING!! Candace met Miko thru the mushroom event and Miko was interested in Candace’s history and her devotion to protecting the village. Miko writes a book about Candace and then half way in she realizes “Ok damn wait, I’m in love”, cuz she started to add more adjectives when describing Candace’s looks and features and just amping them up to 1000. Same goes for Layla!! She began incorporating Candace and Miko’s speech styles into her essays and only when Layla looked at them together did she realize that she’s probably in love. Candace was more of a slow burn, she began helping Miko and Layla out with their essay/story ideas and she really enjoyed their company.

AAA I LOVE THEM?? They’d definitely talk through letters and Miko would take any opportunity to visit them whenevers he misses them‼️

Imagine if Miko writes a book about a desert warrior falling in love with a fox (kitsune) and an astrologist. Even though it’s very obvious who the characters are inspired by she doesn’t realize until she’s halfway into writing!

Back to the letters, I believe Candace would send a Sumeru Rose or spray some scented perfume on the letters. She would also make sure the letters find the two as soon as she sends them, is she impatient? Perhaps~!

Also Twirly Whirly would be like their child, even if it’s free in the wild now it is still Layla’s friend and they all make sure to keep track of it, even if through letters for Yae and Candace.

[invisiblegarters]

(Not so) Micro BL (mostly) Reviews

It's that time again; I've been watching things and I want to talk about them. So here I go.

These are all shows that I watched but for whatever reason did not (or am not, in the case of the currently watching ones) liveblogging week to week. Mostly they're binge watches so make of that what you will. I would love and welcome discussions about any of them, if anyone wants.

Watched - New to Me

Tonhon Chonlatee - Did I watch this entirely for Khaotung? Yep. Am I sorry? Not really. Did I wind up shipping Na and Chonlatee way way harder than Tonhon and Chonlatee in spite of myself? Oh, most def. So when are Neo and Khao gonna get a BL, huh?

I am glad the horrible former faen trope is slowly dying out, though. Really couldn't stand Amp, but then again I was way more offended by the attempted SA followed by literally nothing (and by the fact that Amp was somehow worse than the person actually trying to SA Chonlatee, like no. NO nononono). Also incredibly incredibly annoyed with the whole "I will kiss you to prove I'm a man who isn't afraid of women" thing. Nope, sorry. It was dumb, I'm calling it out as dumb, Ton is just lucky Chon loved him too much to keep staying mad at him because that's a dumping offense, my friend.

I liked Chon's spine, though. Khao is so tiny and fox faced that it would be very easy to play into that and have Chon be this sweet, spineless little thing that can't stand up for himself and that  Ton has to protect constantly. And in some ways he does, although I think the show does a really good job of showing that Chon is more than capable of taking care of himself. I liked that.

Honestly I just feel like the writing failed both Pod and Khao. They did what they could with what they had, but Pod especially could have had so much more. There was so much meat there that they just…didn't let the man chew, and I saw nothing that made me think that he couldn't.

The chemistry between them was good though, even if I am one of the (few? Idk I have no idea how people see this show) people who liked Na for Chon better. Na was actually my favorite character, and in the end I'm pretty sure I was only watching for him. Final verdict 5/10. I would probably have forgotten about it already except I keep coming across that set of gifs. You know the one. A+ gifs, 10/10 no notes.

The Warp Effect - This was my second drama ever from Jojo, and I loved it so much. I enjoyed all the characters, especially Jean and Mollie, and I loved the relationships and the way that Alex had to navigate his new (to him) adult life as an asshole after (essentially) passing out as a fairly earnest, well-meaning seventeen year old. I adored the things the show had to say about sexuality, about gender, about the way people who don't conform to expectations (in whatever way that is) are treated.

I loved how it continuously pointed out the hypocrisy towards women in particular (there are several examples of this, but I am thinking particularly of how Jean was treated after the party vs. how Alex was. I love that the show made a point of explicitly stating how messed up the disparate reactions were, and how unfair. I also liked that despite following Alex as he goes on this journey, the show never attempted to pretend that he was the wronged party in that situation. Neither did Alex himself, which was refreshing). I'm not used to that from my shows, full stop.

I loved how queer friendly it was. I have read over and over again that it is one of the queerest shows people have seen, despite focusing mostly on a het dude. And you know what? They were right.

I spent eleven episodes loving this show with everything that I am, so enthralled with it that I did nothing else but binge it over the course of like a day and a half (if it hadn't been a work night I probably would have stayed up just to finish it, that's how hooked I was). And then…the final episode. I have to say that it disappointed me.

I am one who puts a lot of stock in an ending. A great ending can elevate a drama for me, a bad one can kill it stone dead. The Warp Effect didn't kill things, but it disappointed me. It felt like the show was saying something really interesting about forgiveness using Alex and Jean, about how sometimes you do things in your life that can't be forgiven. That sometimes things happen and the best you can do for the person you wronged is to step the fuck back like she's asked you to and let her try to forget.

But nope, Alex gets to go back in time and wisely fix all his friends problems and never have that awful encounter with Jean. And everything ends in a pat, happy way that kind of set my teeth on edge. If not for the fact that Jean (my darling) didn't deserve what happened to her I might have disliked it more, but the truth is that she didn't deserve it, and I'm happy for the unambiguously happy ending for that and that alone. No clue how prevalent this opinion is but knowing how my opinions tend do go I'm guessing not very, ha. Final score 8/10 - yes I docked it two points for the ending, I said they can make or break things for me.

Step By Step - I will watch any and every office BL that I am given. Do you hear me? Any. And. Every. Except A Boos and A Babe, oops (does it count if I tried because it was an office set BL and then just bounced off hard? I'm counting it).

Anyway, tangent. The point I'm making here is that I was never going to not give this a shot. And I am glad I did. It wasn't my favorite thing but I was happy to see it actually tackle the realities of what it look s like when you're dating your boss. The way that all the crap rolled onto Pat was very true to life, if painful to watch, and I appreciated the show for going there.

I was also kind of unimpressed with the time skip BUT that's only because it happened in the dreaded episode eleven and I would have liked more time with the 2 years later Jeng and Pat. Ah well, it was still cute. 7/10

Enchanté - Watched this because I was curious about Force & Book after I bounced off of A Boss and A Babe (and since they are in one of my most anticipated dramas of the year, possibly as the main main couple but definitely as one of them). I was curious if I would bounce off of them here as well, because if so that probably wouldn't bode well for the future.

And? I liked it. I liked the bickery romantic tension between them (I blame my misspent youth and all those slap slap kiss shows from when I was a wee, impressionable thing too long ago to want to talk about). I was highly annoyed at the beginning when it seemed like eight hundred different men wanted to date Theo (as well as incredibly baffled why Theo was so damned into this dude who wrote two whole sentences in a book with him. But I have no romance in my soul so I was willing to let that part go) because I start to get twitchy at two, let alone literally every guy he talks to. But once that mystery started unraveling and we started learning what was going on with all these dudes, I liked it a lot more. And I don't know if Be My Favorite has made me appreciate Gawin more (yes, definitely) or if I was just way too hard on him in Not Me (maybe, idk I still think he was kind of drippy), but I really enjoyed him in this one, too. Yes, even with the singing. Gawin for me is a rarity because frankly, he can actually carry a tune. I will never understand what's with making all these BL boys sing and dance. Sometimes you just aren't a triple threat, and that's okay.

Anyway remember my endings problem? Yeah, didn’t love this one. I mean, fine, chase your love interest all the way to fair Paris because he's having a crisis about his parents (and honestly, that part I really liked? I liked how selfish he was about it. Idk it just worked for me), I would have let him run off and found someone else but as I said I have no romance in my soul. 7.5/10

Naked Dining / Zenra Meshi / 全ラ飯 - Cute, but. I found myself really really annoyed by all the misunderstandings. This never happens to me, I love a good misunderstanding or three, but my gosh there just comes a point when you need to stop making assumptions and talk, my guys. Food porn was good, though. 6/10

Hello Stranger - Baby's first Pinoy BL! So I guess this is in the same vein as Gameboys, but I did not see that one, and I found this charming. The leads were adorable, and I do have a fondness for shows told almost completely via skype. Look, I still haven't seen enough of them for the novelty to have worn off. The mix of Tagalog and English was a little hard to adjust to at first but after a couple eps I got there. It was just a cute, breezy little thing that was easily digestible and I'm happy I watched it, although to be frank I probably won't put it into my rotation. 8/10

Dear Doctor, I'm Coming for Soul -

While I really enjoyed most of it, I feel like it fell apart for me at the end and I'm having a hard time articulating why.

I think it might be the reincarnation bit. While I get what the show was going for there, what are we saying, exactly? Is Tua gonna wait now until Prakan is of age before showing up to be his boyfriend again? Are they gonna go back to phi and nong until then? Or is Tua gonna watch Prakan like he's straight out of a Police song without speaking to him for the next 5/6 years? My problem isn't even really with the idea that Tua and Prakan will continue to meet in all of Prakan's lifetimes until perhaps Tua's time as a reaper is over and they can be reborn in the same timeline again and maybe be together for real. I think it's the idea of them both waiting around for Prakan's minor clock to expire that's doing it. I feel like Goblin did this trope better. Personally I loved Tua and Prakan being together until he passed, and for me, I think that the show would have been stronger overall if they had left it at that and not done the end bit with the new Prakan.

That said, the child actor who played young!Prakan was stellar and I hope that he has been getting steady work. I have to say that in a lot of the Thai dramas I've watched, the child actors have been standouts.

Other than that, I did really enjoy the drama. It was interesting and I liked seeing Yacht play a character that wasn't super Pond-esque for once. I did feel watching Between Us that he could do better, if given the material (not his fault, Between Us had too many side couples, both he and his partner did what they could with what they had), and I'm happy to see I was right. Metha actually became one of my favorite characters - he had a whole arc from conflicted asshole to loosening up and remembering that he actually loved his friends/realizing his uncle had manipulated him into hating Prakan for his own personal gain, and Yacht did a really good job with playing both the asshole and the decent dude beneath.

I saw a lot of comments complaining about Prakan's inability to be mature regarding Tua's job, but I think that for the most part it was actually fairly believable a reaction, especially after his mom died. And it would be hard for me to deal with the idea that death can be around any corner no matter how hard I try to prevent it, let alone someone for whom that is their entire job.

I was annoyed, however, by the weird ep 11 (I think, might have been 10) "Nuch could die" plot, simply because it was so late in the game, took up so little time, and seemed like a plot device just to get Metha to finally tell her he loved her. Annoying and pointless. Wasn't needed - he could have done it a million other ways.

Enjoyed the couple of Kheeta and Nathee as well - Nathee was another one that did a 180 as the show progressed, but unfortunately I believed his less than I did Metha's, mostly because I just don't think the actor is as good. He was kind of a weak link in Between Us too, although I think I enjoyed him in Even Sun? I can't remember (and just as I said that I did remember, and no, he wasn't one of my favorites in that either. But the less said about Even Sun the better, really). Still, the whole plot for them is one of my bulletproof tropes. It would take a lot for me not to be into it.

Overall though, I enjoyed it. It kept me extremely engaged and made me cry more than once, and up until the last let's say half episode it really worked for me. 8/10

Rewatched

He's Coming to Me - Seeing everyone talk about this lately made me want to rewatch it, and aw, I forgot how much I loved it. It truly is a gem of a show, and I am glad that a lot of people are talking up how good it is lately. Ohm especially really shines.

What a gem this show is. I really enjoyed the slow burn between Med and Thun, and I liked that it went hand in hand with Thun's realization that he was gay. Really enjoyed how supportive his friends and mom were about it, too. Just a really lovely group of people all around.

Another thing that was fun was the mystery of how Med died. I liked that once Thun decided to help him find out he was all in, willing to help him pretty much no matter what. I honestly don't know if I guessed the mom thing or just remembered it from before but that was a kind of hilarious twist - well mom, I'm in love with your ex who's been a ghost for twenty years. Blessings?

The one thing that knocked this down for me was the whole story with the grandpa/uncle. I think I will never get used to these dramas downplaying things that seem like a pretty big deal to me. Manipulate your student into committing literal crimes and nearly drive him crazy with the pressure of holding up an impossible standard? It's okay, you have trauma too so we understand! Deliberately sabotage your son's happiness so that you can make your marriage scheme become reality? All's well that ends well! Plot and then actually go ahead and murder your own nephew, or at the very least orchestrate events so he could die? We can't change the past, all we can do is hope for a better future! Clearly I take these things too seriously.

Overall though, I really did have a good time. I thought that the chemistry between everyone was excellent, not just the two main characters but the entire cast, and I think the eight episode run time worked in its favor because it kept the show from ever feeling bloated, or like they were trying to find things to do to fill time. And the ending, while bittersweet in its way, is perfect for them. All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable show, and I'm very glad I decided to watch it again.

Currently Watching, Sans Liveblogging

Laws of Attraction - I am LOVING this. I did not expect to from the trailer, but nope. I'm hooked. It's got plenty of time to off the rails I guess, since it just started, but I'm not even sure I will care if it does, so long as our very cute lawyer keeps smiling and flirting (and then trying desperately to gtfo of the room whenever Tinn gets to close the whatever killed his ideals (mom was murdered and then the murderer got off? Drunk driver who got released due to a slick lawyer? It's definitely mom based, and I am very curious). The chemistry between the two leads is very very good, too. I've not seen them in anything else, but I might check out To Sir, With Love because I like them that much. Also Silvy Pavida is in this, and she was one of my favorite things about The Warp Effect. I gave out a little cheer when I saw her, and I hope she's in the show more.

Stay by my Side - Cute, has all the tropes. It's Taiwan so I expect it to be solid. Reminds me a bit of Master's Sun kdrama, but BL. That is not a criticism - I freaking love Master's Sun. Although our ghost repellent isn't aware that's what's happening in this one. I'm enjoying it a lot.

3 Will Be Free - I'm working my way through this, and am way more invested in Mae than the three main characters. Oops? If anything happens to her I will lose it.

The Jungle - MIX VILLAIN ERA GO. If it goes too far in the womanizing direction I will probably drop it, but otherwise I will stick around just to see if I am right and Hunter is the worst of the lot. It has a cast mostly filled with actors I like, and I have to admit I got a kick out of watching Lookjun play a character in love with Off's character again. Also they're giving Nanon the Gun Atthaphan treatment and having him play two people. Whee.

Wedding Plan - It's MAME. Enough said. No telling if at some point I'll have to drop it, but well. MAME. I hope the lesbian couple does more than coo at each other, though. Even if the cooing is indeed very cute.

Looking Forward To

At this point I think we all know, but just in case we don't:

Only Friends

Dangerous Romance

23.5

Only Friends and Dangerous Romance are neck and neck in the race to get a premier date. My ideal would be to have them both released in August so I can have max messiness and angst to finish out my summer.

23.5 is on Q5 so I expect we won't see it for a while, but I'm waiting and very excited. We need more GL and I adored Milk and Love in Bad Buddy - I shipped ink and Pa so hard and watching it become canon was one of the best times I've ever had. I'm also pretty jazzed that it looks like there's a second GL couple as well. Both View and June are actresses I like and I'm just very ready for this.

Also I watched the GMMTV 2023 lineup again and I think Last Twilight is now on my list too. Like I'll watch stuff like Cooking Crush when it comes out but I'm not really jazzed about it, lol. Last Twilight however has moved into my "I think I'm excited for this one" list. 

If you made it this far, congratulations. I'd offer you a prize, but I have none. So instead, here. Have a dancing Chonlatee.

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fl**t foxes belasco show special guest guesses (1:02a.m.)

having a really normal time rn trying to pinpoint who this special guest could be for this fucking show i’m flying out to for some reason

my instinctual guess is that it’s someone big enough to warrant keeping it a secret. like someone whose name has enough weight to potentially screw up ticket sales for fl**t foxes as a headlining act. this theory would dismiss good friends of the band such as tim b*rnardes and uwade. i also think that if it was a special show with tim or uwa they would just say “special show with tim and/or uwa”

this leaves my gut instinct guess: jnew in the yes column: robin is very excited about this show personally and with jnew being literally his favorite musician this would add up. they’ve worked together before. joanna is local to LA. the rest of the band is also very amped about this on social media (never really seen the rest of them hype a show like this before?) which would point to someone like jo in the no column: she hasn’t performed since 2019 i think? she has had another babby which doesn’t necessarily mean anything but it is like work to raise a child i think. no rumblings from drag city which i wouldn’t necessarily expect but still

brian w*lson: yes: a LOT of mutual admiration between brian and robin. brian’s socials mention ff quite frequently and recently too. he has no dates on his calendar for the time period of the show no: ?

joni m*tchell: yes: i feel insane for this one because literally no one else has said it but robin and dan rossen were in the comments of the initial announcement on ig with robin inviting dan out to the show to play “hejira” with them. while it could be a simple cover, robin’s DAD is also on the bill because he’s going to be on fretless bass, which is a unique and prominent instrument specifically used in “hejira”. joni also played newport folk fest over the summer AND she’s an announced special guest at a show later this year no: newport folk was the first time she’s publicly played in 20 years? but now she has another date on the calendar for 2023 sooo

p*st m*lone: yes: lmao! a big enough name to screw up ticketing for sure. has a collab song with robin. a self-establed ff superfan. a popular guess among some jnew fans i’ve talked to. is probably local to LA? idk i don’t know him like that no: the enthusiasm i’ve seen from other members of the band doesn’t seem to support a tic in his column but i could be wrong. also the cross section of fans is not really.....there

one of robin’s school of song alumni: yes: compelling idea because of robin’s enthusiasm and dedication for the school of song project. additionally compelling because the show is being billed by the band as a “spring recital” which would be a clever reference and hint no: he would have to pick ONE person from school of song which i think he would have a hard time doing. also by virtue of this being a smaller act it would refute the whole theory of the guest having to be a big enough name to keep it secret

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