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Original title: Zhong Ji Yi Ban | 終極一班.

[the-antiapocalyptic-man]

a couple Multiverse characters: Valor and Matrix of Earth-15, the Son of Zod and the Angel of Kandor

Valor is Calvin Chen, the son of Angela Chen and her husband Andrew aka Dru-Zod (Earth-15's Superman). He's...basically just Invincible, but in line with the other off-brand Image characters like Spore and the Nimrod Squad, he's combined with Nightwing!Christopher Kent on a conceptual level, though he's got pieces of Val-Zod, Calvin Ellis, Mon-El, and Eradicator in just sort of a general remix of Kryptonian character tropes and design quirks. The costume is based on Dick's Nightwing suit, also playing on the name originally being Kryptonian.

Matrix is Matrix, or Trixie. She fills the role of Atom Eve, but I kinda struggled with what character to use in Eve's place. My thought process was OC with a similar name (Molly Molecule, Susie Quark, etc.), a Green Lantern, a version of Firestorm, or just the Thara Ak-Var version of Flamebird with some extra steps, but Matrix struck me as the most interesting option. She's a protoplasmic shapeshifter, with the additional firepower of Flamebird's cosmic energies, manipulating both herself and the world around her. The final (ish) design was meant to evoke Silver Age Krypton, but some classic LoSH and Jean Grey influence slipped in while I was adjusting the colors.

[bemybaebaebae]

Calvin Chen

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Drama Gossip: Douluo Continent (斗罗大陆)

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Having lost his mother at a very young age, Tang San grew up relying on his father just as much as his father relied upon him. Meticulous and mature for his age, with extraordinary talent and wit, he was sent to Nuoding Academy at the age of sixteen to begin pursuing his dream of becoming a great soul master. There, under the tutelage of Yu Xiao Gang, he befriends an orphan by the name of Xiao Wu, and together they begin the long and difficult journey of cultivation. As time passes, the two friends draw ever closer, eventually swearing to look out for each other as siblings for life.

As their power and connection grow, Yu Xiao Gang realizes they need more guidance than he can provide. Sending the pair to the Shrek Academy, Tang San and Xiao Wu join five other prodigies from various academies in their journey of cultivation. Strong in their power, the seven students become known throughout the land as the “Shrek Seven Devils”. With their fame ever-growing, the talents of the Seven are eventually noticed by a few very prominent nobles who invite them to continue their cultivation at the esteemed Tian Dou Royal Academy.

Not long after accepting the invitation, the Seven Devils find themselves caught up in an imperial struggle for power between the first and fourth princes. At the same time, Tang San uncovers a long-hidden secret about his mother’s death. Suddenly facing battles on many fronts, Tang San finds himself forced to fight, not only to protect those he loves but to bring honor to his sect, save his country, and complete his quest to become the greatest soul master of all time.

Source: MyDramaList (2021)

It's Just So Good, Ya'know?

In spite of being a Xiao Zhan fan, I don't love a lot of his dramas. Douluo Continent though, that is one of the few I truly enjoy. This is a rewatch and the parts that irritated me, I still don't like but the parts that I like, I still enjoy.

The biggest problem with this drama is the pacing. This is me being nice but oh boy, the pacing is all over the place with Douluo Continent. Also, I am just not a big fan of the romance in this show. Don't get me wrong, I love Zhu Zhu Qing and Dai Mu Bai's relationship, I had hoped to get more from them. The other two couples among the Seven Devils are quite cute but sometimes really redundant. Especially the many scenes of Xiao Wu and Tang San. I get it, but I did not watch this show for their romance, it's average at best.

That being said, lets talk about the show itself. Fantastical wuxia dramas without long melodramatic or constant betrayal scenes are my favourite. The storyline, the world, the characters, the action, Douluo Continent really is entertaining to watch. A downside? For a show focusing on people's powers and abilities to fight, there is a severe lack of action scenes. Sometimes, I just want the fight scene to drag on or show me more action rather than slow motion scenes of anyone being attacked and falling backwards.

Every time I watch Douluo Continent, I get the urge to watch the animation as well. Unfortunately, the animation is not it for me. So until the second instalment comes out, I really don't think I will consume any content of Douluo Continent except for this drama. A pity, really.

Rating: ★★★★☆

[comicwaren]

From Immortal Thor #016, “Fire and Stone”

Art by Jan Bazaldua and Matt Hollingsworth

Written by Al Ewing

[respectthepetty]

Wasin Has His Reasons!!!!

It's clear that Charan and Khanin have slept together in episode eight of The Next Prince, and Khanin is hellbent on making it everyone's problem as he wears his man's colors and demands that Charan forget a lifetime of culture and oppressive upbringing.

And Blue Boy Calvin is just one of the many victims forced to witness this when he checks to see if Khanin is okay, which is more than Khanin did for him when HE DISAPPEARED FROM A BAR IN A FOREIGN CITY! But Calvin was raised as a prince and understands caring about other royals is a formality included in his duties, while Khanin has only recently come into this position, yet has taken to some aspects like bossing people around and demanding things with a quickness that should be alarming.

But anywho . . . Khanin is back in his color once training begins again.

And even though he is flirting non-stop with Charan, they are back to their designated colors.

Khanin is still the Heavenly Human and Charan will forever be his Black Brooder.

And the show continues to emphasize that Khanin is The Golden Child. The light that glows around him at all times reinforces that he will be the one to lead these people to greatness and shine the great light of truth on all the lands.

Well, if he could stop making heart-emoji eyes at his bodyguard for more than two minutes.

But he does get Charan an excellent color-coded gift in the form of black and gold headphones in a gold box. It mixes Khanin's gold with Charan's black. I think Chakri also deserves a pair the way these two are probably going at it, but Khanin doesn't treat my sweet cupcake of a man right, so he'll just have to buy his own brown pair to coordinate with his outfits.

Like the way the Dark x Light Duo color-coordinate their kinks to their outfits.

Others have written plenty of words about these two, and I have bigger princes to fry, so I'm just going to sit here and enjoy how well Domundi commits to the color-coded agenda.

Ramil has a black lace blindfold to match his black lace shirt which matches Paytai's white lace shirt, and it's giving me Ai Di and Chen Yi flashbacks from Kiseki: Dear to Me because if they are going to suffer, they are going to do it together and matching not just each other's energy but also their clothing.

Even at the worst of times, they are still dark x light and balance each other. Which I hope means that if he is forcibly separated from Paytai, he will lose his shit enough to join the common folks and dismantle this whole monarchy (and kills his shitty father).

Because Ramil and Paytai need each other.

Just like Blue Boy Calvin needs new friends since he is already willing to go on another trip to see a guy (okay, Long Island gay) with Khanin after NOBODY CARED THAT HE DISAPPEARED FROM A BAR IN A FOREIGN CITY!

Yeah, I'm taking about you, Heavenly Human, who is surprisingly wearing the color of the common people — brown. Interesting.

However, his grandfather is back in white after his quick detour into darkness when HE BANISHED CHARAN TO THE STABLES!

He planned to go on this trip too, but, God is calling him home because he is looking sickly in another white outfit, but maybe God has help from the earthly plane since another prince is acting fis---

Anywho . . . Heavenly Human Khanin with his Black Brooder right next to him is devastated at the news. (not really, not at all)

So this Heavenly Human and his Blue Buddy go visit the Blue Boy Prince.

However, Wasin can't help but give us lore in his darkest blue yet. He already told Khanin that the Assavadevathins are the sun in this kingdom, which seemed inline with the theme of Khanin being the Golden Child, but it came across as more . . . alarming. We know he, too, lost his "partner" from Charan's history lesson, and now we learn he also lost a son who would be Khanin's age, yet Charan only mentioned that Wasin lost his partner, not a kid.

I had a Wild Ass Theory that Jay was his son because of the blue color and the frame around their pictures or that even Calvin could be his son because of the blue coloring.

But Blue Boy Calvin has a dad and Jay said his dad died when he was younger and Calvin didn't show up to the protest, so---

Anywho . . . Khanin and Charan continue to have a light x dark dynamic, but they are now wearing brown, like the commoners, and are surrounded by blue.

Wasin allows the Heavenly Human to go to a protest, but just like the earlier outing, Khanin wishes to be like the common people, yet Wasin wants him protected. Doesn't seem odd that he wants to provide extra security (unlike the king who only leaves Charan to save everyone).

So Khanin shows up in brown and white, and all hell breaks loose due to the aggressive nature of the bodyguards.

But Wasin encouraged Khanin to go to the protest knowing full well what it would be about since this is his land. He also sent the large amount of bodyguards. And Calvin, once again, WAS MISSING! So just like the club and the market, the spotlight is on Khanin (and Charan). He also is the one who suggested adding tasks to the competition even though he doesn't have an heir participating.

Khanin was poisoned with the bow practicing archery; however, I thought it would be with the arrows because the fletching was so close to his nose and the color is greenish. Normally, Khanin's fletching is white just like Ava's is pink. They are color coded, so if the fletching was green, it made since that the coach from Bhuchongphisut would poison him that way.

But once I saw the coach's fletching, it actually looked very green, so what color was the fletching on the arrows Khanin was using for that poisonous practice? Is it closer to blue?

Finally, Wasin said his son would be about Khanin's age, yet all the kids' fathers are accounted for, except Charan's, but he is too old because he was six when his mom died, and she died protecting Khanin's mom.

Putting the pieces together:

Charan's mom died protecting Khanin's mom since the butler said that Thatdanai was there for her on the night she died, and we know Thatdanai ended up running away with Khanin as part of the plan to protect him

So there were only two guards protecting the royal family, which is on par for the king's way of thinking about security

Charan then became the adopted son of the king

Ramil said Khanin's mom was a Bhuchongphisut, so her death was a blow to two houses

Wasin's partner is dead and so is his kid (and people didn't seem to know about this kid so was his birth not announced or was he not born yet?)

In the present, the king said that Thatdanai was dead after the attack at their house in London and even had a burned body to make sure people believed it even though we know he is not dead

He also faked Khanin's death for years with possibly a baby's body to cover up the story

Ava was not supposed to participate in this competition since she is a woman

Wasin suggested adding new parts to the competition

Ava's father suggested archery since that's Ava's strength and Wasin agreed

Khanin was poisoned in archery

Ava also shouldn't have been in the club

The other two heirs were gone when they were approached outside the club

And the most important piece - - -

Blue Boys are long-term planners

So did the king somehow cause the death of Wasin's partner and his child at the same time Charan's and Khanin's mom died because he didn't have enough security, so now Wasin is trying to frame Rachata (who is an easy target cause we hate him) as he takes down all the people around the king, so he will have no heirs while using Ava and her family as pawns (or are the Pink People in on this)?

Wasin's district is not doing well and they blame the Assavadevathins, so is the king also screwing over Wasin's people for his own greed because even Ramil's dad asked for more resources at one of their meetings and the king shut him down?

So is Wasin finally over the sun burning them all?

Is he going to push the king to finally show his true color — RED!

I've been holding onto that red card for fucking ever until @scarefox's post made me rethink it!

[visualtaehyun]

TNP EP.4 language annotations & novel extras ✨

I'm finally back to posting from desktop!! As always, all pronouns are presented in an "I/you" format. Words and expressions that I've previously explained in my EP.1, EP.2 and EP.3 annotations won't be explained again so please refer to those posts if need be 🙂‍↕️

Disclaimer: not a native Thai speaker, I am very much still learning 🙏

Calvin & Nin

Nin: [omitted]/เจ้าชายคาลวิน /#, jao-chaai Calvin/ + พ่ะย่ะค่ะ /pha-ya-kha/

Calvin: เรา/ท่านชายคณินทร์ /rao, than-chaai Khanin/

- เราเจ้าชายคาลวิน /rao jao-chaai Calvin/ - ยินดีที่ได้รู้จักเจ้าชายคาลวินเช่นกันพ่ะย่ะค่ะ /yin-dee thee dai ruu-jak jaao-chaai Calvin chen gan pha-ya-kha/

Short explanation: Calvin is higher in status than Nin. We even see Nin giving a hint of a bow, actually.

Long explanation: Calvin is a Prince, เจ้าชาย /jao-chaai/, on the same level as Emmaly's four Princes but higher than Nin who is also a Prince, yes, but his title is ท่านชาย /than-chaai/. Some of the promo material actually tried to translate this distinction by adding "His/Her Royal Highness" in front of Nin, Ramil, and Ava's Prince and Princess titles. You can't really compare fictional Emmaly's royal titles with British or Thai or any real life ones, of course, but neither can you divorce the existing terms from their original context. In Thai, they aren't even technically royal titles, they're what you'd call styles - for example, ท่านชาย /than-chaai/ and ท่านหญิง /than-ying/ are styles of address for princes and princesses, respectively, of the หม่อมเจ้า /maawm-jao/ rank which isn't a thing in fictional Emmaly. Ignoring the complexities of real life Thai royal titles and styles, TNP uses the following ones so far (from highest to lower):

เจ้ามหาชีวิต /jao ma-haa chee-wit/ -> King Thipokbowon

เจ้าชาย /jao-chaai/ ♂ / เจ้าหญิง /jao-ying/ ♀ -> Prince Tharin, Prince Rachata, Prince Chana, Prince Wasin, Princess Khunita

ท่านชาย /than-chaai/ ♂ / ท่านหญิง /than-ying/ ♀ -> Prince Khanin, Prince Ramil, Princess Ava

...hence Nin in the trailer saying he intends to become the next เจ้าชาย /jao-chaai/:

เพื่อจะได้เป็นเจ้าชายคนต่อไป /pheuua ja dai bpen jao-chaai khohn dtaaw bpai/

Ava & Nin

Nin: พี่/น้องหญิง /phi, nong ying/

Ava: [omitted]/ท่านพี่ /#, than phi/ + เพคะ /phe-kha/

Last week, I wrongly assumed that these two are the same age, based on how Nin and Ramil speak to each other and also based on how casual Ava's one line directly addressing Nin sounded:

วันนี้ thank you นะ /wan nee thank you na/

I need to rescind that statement though. Nin may be younger than Ramil but Ava is younger than Nin still!

- ท่านพี่คณินทร์ งานใหญ่มากเลยเพคะ /than phi Khanin, ngaan yai maak loei pheh-kha/ - มาน้องหญิง เต้นรำกับพี่น่ะ /maa, nong ying. dten ram gap phi na/

Thipokbowon & Nin

Nin: หลาน/เสด็จปู่ /laan, sa-deht bpuu/ + พ่ะย่ะค่ะ /pha-ya-kha/

For most of EP.3, Nin was struggling with how to speak to everyone in the palace and using a default ผม /pom/ for himself regardless of who he spoke to. Now though?

เสด็จปู่ หลานกับคุณชรัณเพียงแค่สนิทกันเท่านั้นพ่ะย่ะค่ะ /sa-deht bpuu, laan gap khun Charan phiiang khaae sa-nit gan thao nan pha-ya-kha/ = Grandfather, I and Khun Charan are merely close [to each other].

Ava & Chana

Ava: หญิง/[?] /ying, #/ + เพคะ /pheh-kha/

Chana: พ่อ/ลูก /por, luuk/

หญิงขอตัวก่อนนะเพคะ /ying khaaw dtuua gaawn na phe-kha/

I was surprised to hear that while her dad addresses her quite affectionately and normally, Ava herself speaks pretty distantly to him here. She isn't calling herself ลูก /luuk/ as we've heard in the trailer and which would sound more familiar. Maybe it's because they clearly don't see eye to eye...

Paytai & Charan

Paytai: [?]/อาจารย์ or คุณชรัณ /#, aa-jaan or khun Charan/ + ครับ /khrap/

Charan: [omitted]/[?] + no particles 🤡 this man, I swear to god 🤌 I'll get back to him later though!

Surprise~ Paytai knows Ran via Morpheus School of Art! I can't wait to see what they kept and what changes they made with these two.

While we're talking about Paytai though: there's this one line where a Bhuchongpisut palace staff addresses Paytai with a choice of particle that had me go Huh?

พ่ะย่ะค่ะ /pha-ya-kha/

-> In the novels, Paytai is 'just' the son of the Minister of Defense. But being Ramil's chosen companion affords him a higher status, akin to royalty - I guess it makes him some kind of nobility? That still doesn't explain why he's being addressed with พ่ะย่ะค่ะ /pha-ya-kha/ here though. Hmm.

Ramil & Nin

There's one addendum or change compared to last week. Nin largely omits any 1st pers. pronouns when talking to Ramil but in front of Rachata? Nin once curiously calls himself Nin นิน:

นินต้องขอรบกวนท่านพี่รามิลด้วย /Nin dtawng khaaw rohp-guaan than phi Ramil duay/

Rachata & Nin and Rachata & Ramil

Nin: หลาน/เสด็จลุง /laan, sa-deht loong/ + พ่ะย่ะค่ะ /pha-ya-kha/

Rachata: ลุง/หลาน /loong, laan/

-> In the novels, Rachata is the youngest among the 4 Princes. Here though, he's clearly older than Tharin at least, considering both Nin and himself refer to him as ลุง /loong/.

Rachata when talking about Nin while he's present:

ขอโทษน้องหรือยัง /khaaw thoht nong reuu yang/

Rachata when talking about Nin while he isn't present:

แกอย่าทำอะไรโง่ ๆ แบบนั้นกับไอ้คณินทร์อีก /gae yaa tham a-rai ngoh ngoh baaep nan gap ai'Khanin eek/ = Don't you do anything dumb like that with/to that damn Khanin again!

Ramil: [?]/เสด็จพ่อ /#, sa-deht por/ + พ่ะย่ะค่ะ /pha-ya-kha/

Rachata: ฉัน/รามิล /chan, Ramil/ but as he's chastising Ramil and Paytai, we hear that it's actually ฉัน/แก /chan, gae/ (as in the last screenshot ↑)

-> ฉัน /chan/ is an informal 1st pers. pronoun which, in this case, is used by a senior or superior when speaking to a junior or inferior.

-> I've mentioned before that แก /gae/ is the lowest in terms of impolite pronouns that the royals go in the novels. Yes, Thipokbowon also calls his son แก /gae/ but for himself he uses พ่อ /por/ which gives it a familiar vibe. Rachata however? The combination of ฉัน/แก /chan, gae/ is giving authoritarian parent 🥴 (not that we couldn't tell by the blatant abuse...)

-> ฉัน/แก /chan, gae/ is exactly how novel!Rachata speaks to both Ramil and Paytai.

Ran & Nin

Nin's default: ผม/คุณ /pom, khun/

Nin, in public or when Chakri seems to be in hearing distance (?): เรา/คุณ /rao, khun/

Ran's default: กระหม่อม/ฝ่าบาท or ท่านชาย /gra-maawm, faa-baat or than-chaai/ + พ่ะย่ะค่ะ /pha-ya-kha/

Ran, when dropping formalities with Nin: ผม/คุณ /pom, khun/ + ครับ /khrap/

The way Ran kept going back and forth between speech levels drove me crazy while watching. It's really indicative of his internal struggle though - his duty vs. his heart. So instead of this section being endlessly long, I decided to compile (most of it) into a video for a change!

Explanation of my color-coding: - gold = ราชาศัพท์ /raa-chaa-sap/ - red = recurring or important - orange = Nin - blue = Ran

Let's talk about how incredibly high Ran's emotional walls are, shall we? Just last week, New was still getting mad at how cold Ran was while confronted with Nin breaking down--

--and now look at how Ran has to touch Nin to confirm that he's safe and to comfort both him and himself:

He's really come to care (เป็นห่วง /bpen huuang/) so much about Nin! This boy is relentlessly breaking those walls down one brick at a time and I cannot wait to see Ran's true feelings and desires come to light!!

He indulged himself once, admitting to Nin that he cares/worries about him, and that immediately ended in trouble and got them both admonished by the King. And yet he keeps on defying the King: looking into what became of Thatdanai behind the King's back, sharing his findings with Nin before anyone else, trying to keep secrets from the King, allowing himself to be affected by Nin, and his remarks in the gemini painting scene!

The face of a man who's realizing that his favorite dog's leash is slipping his control...

Misc. notes

The gemini painting and how the King and Ran talk about the myth of Pollux and Castor are show originals that I find quite fitting with 1) how they chose to focus on the perceived familial relationship between RanNin since Ran has been raised by the King, and 2) how it evokes the title and this episode's recurring themes:

ถึงแม้จะอยู่เคียงคู่ในฐานะกลุ่มดาว /theung maae ja yuu khiiang khuu nai thaa-na gloom daao/ = Even though [they're] side by side as a constellation of stars, [...]

-> เคียงคู่ /khiiang khuu/ = paired next to/beside [each other] -> TNP's native title: ข้ามฟ้าเคียงเธอ /khaam faa khiiang ter/ = Across the Sky, Beside You or Crossing the Sky [to be] by Your Side

-> ฐานะ /thaa-na/ = status, situation, or position in relation to someone or something -> ในฐานะ /nai thaa-na/ = as [...], in the position/capacity of [...]

In the novels, there is a scene in chapter 22 where Ran delivers a new painting to the palace that the King had commissioned him for. Ran first runs into Paytai who's waiting for Ramil so the scene establishes these two being acquainted with each other as they talk about the painting. It depicts the Garden of Eden so they mention human greed vs. human desire, suffering, love. Upon handing the painting over to Thipokbowon, he doesn't show any reaction beyond appreciating Ran's art:

"Tell me, what were you thinking when you painted this?" "I was just reading a book and came across an article about the Garden of Eden, Your Majesty." It was a truth mixed with a bit of a lie. Charan knew that the kind was just making casual conversation as usual, but because his heart wasn't as untouched as it used to be, he felt more awkward than ever. "It's beautiful. Thank you very much. It really brings this room to life." Fortunately, the elderly man didn't seem to question anything. Thipokbowon appeared satisfied with admiring the art in front of him. And that was the best outcome... in Charan's mind. "If it pleases Your Majesty, I'm happy to serve." The king's conversation continued, and Charan responded, keeping everything as normal as possible. But inside, his mind was drifting, much like someone else.

I previously answered an ask (spoilers ahead!!) about in how far the show's gonna deliver on RanNin's service top x power bottom dynamic. At the time, I was like I dunno man, that's not how I perceived novel!RanNin to begin with. But with this adaptation? 👀 I guess we'll see if it'll play out similarly to the novel after all but in this early stage of their relationship it certainly feels a lot more like service top!Ran and power bottom!Nin than the novels ever did to me (but maybe it's just because their later dynamic is far more present in my mind?).

We got three more cameos this episode:

- influencer, CEO and socialite Aon Somrutai as Lady Aon (หญิงออน /ying Aon/) - songwriter Amp Achariya as a singer - influencer Kati Katiya as a youtuber

And two (!) new OSTs, with the ballroom dance one being sung by P'Amp 🥰 I was overjoyed to see her sing another beautiful song for a ZNN series! While we're on the topic of OSTs: here's Daou and New singing "I trust you" together :>

Expectations for EP.5:

introduction to Jay and Calvin, introduction to Mira

Nin confronting Ran about distancing himself and not doing his duty of protecting and looking after Khanin (which was already part of my expectations last week)

no clue otherwise! I'm not entirely sure where we're at plot-wise so I'm mostly expecting the side couples to get more focus or to possibly get more of a Charan-centric episode, considering we'll get to see him as a professor at Morpheus~

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[compneuropapers]

Interesting Papers for Week 18, 2025

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[augment-techs]

Which rangers are considered twink status? Or twink adjacent?

Can only think idk like Casey, Trent, Trip etc

....Oh, oh honey, oh, this is such a long list since most Rangers (and adjacent) are young when they get the Power and could EASILY be assigned the title, but a concise list is fine... For the record, if there's a disagreement about my belief in the below characters meeting the twink discriptors, I would like to note that I am largely basing these off of the comics. Live Action still applies, but it's more obvious in the comics.

Billy Cranston (especially in GGPR)

Zack Taylor

ADAM PARK is a gold standard twink

Jason Scott kiiiiiiiinda fits throughout the comics, but especially in GGPR's first year. Dan Mora was specific about that.

Trek

Daniel O'Halloran

Carlos Vallerte

Andros

Zhane

Photon | Psycho Black

Kai Chen

Damon Henderson

Chad Lee

Trip

Absolutely 100% Eric Myers (look at him in Shattered Grid and the Time Force one-shot comic; hello baby~)

Cole Evans

Max Cooper

Dustin Brooks

Blake Bradley

Hunter Bradley

Cam Watanabe

Conner McKnight

Ethan James

Trent Fernandez-Mercer

Sky Tate

Jack Landors

Chip Thorn

Nick Russell

Mack Hartford

Will Aston

Tyzonn

Casey Rhodes

R.J. James

Jarrod

Ziggy Grover

Gem

Jayden Shiba

Antonio Garcia

Kevin (he's a swimming champion; it's impossible that he's NOT a twink)

Jake Holling

Tyler Navarro

Riley Griffin

Prince Phillip

Heckyl

Preston Tien

Calvin Maxwell

Devon Daniels

Nate Silva

Blaze

Ollie Akana

Aiyon

Bonus Background/Side Characters:

Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch

Jindrax (YES, I SAID IT)

Devin Del Valle

Toby Slambrook

Spike Skullovitch

Monty

Adrian

[goosemixtapes]

max's favorite short stories & articles!

to be updated as i read new things! "articles" could be anything from political points to philosophical musings to fascinating stories. obligatory statement that i don't necessarily agree with everything in every one of these stories/articles, but i think about them a lot and want to share :)

short stories

Avi Cantor Has Six Months To Live by Sacha Lamb (@kuttithevangu) (novella) (so says the writing on the bathroom mirror. of gender & judaism & magic and t4t trans guys. cw for suicidal ideation and bullying)

Epistolary by Sascha Lamb ("The [stuffed] frog you are selling on your blog is MINE and he is NOT HAUNTED and his name is MOSHE not BILLY HOPPER.")

Chokechain by Andrew Joseph White (a trans man discovers his parents have replaced him with a robot version of his pretransition self. cw for transphobia and violence)

Sandrine by Alexandra Munck (the tagline for this one is "I dated a sun god in college" but that doesn't do justice to the sheer concept here please read this)

You Wouldn't Have Known About Me by Calvin Gimpelevich (set in a hospital ward where patients are recovering from gender-confirming surgery)

No Flight Without the Shatter by Brooke Bolander (novella) ("After the world’s end, the last young human learns a final lesson from Earth’s remaining animals." cw for climate change/extinction)

And You Shall Know Her By The Trail Of Dead by Brooke Bolander (what if you had to death-match-fight a virtual version of yourself at your meanest made by your boyfriend whose life you're trying to save would that be fucked up or what. cws for guns and violence)

Hell is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang (stories that clock you in the fucking teeth in the religious trauma.)

A Serpent for Each Year by Tamara Jerée (microfiction) ("Our relationship is almost a year old when I ask Nal why she is covered in snakes." cw for animal death)

The Front Line by W.C. Dunlap (microfiction) (cited as one of the world's finest attention-grabber openings. cws for police brutality, racism, and SA)

Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience by Rebecca Roanhorse (step into the simulation and gain an authentic experience! cws for anti-Native racism and alcohol)

The Husband Stitch by Carmen Maria Machado (one of the best stories ever written. once there was a girl with a green ribbon around her neck...)

City of Red Midnight by Usman T. Malik (a chronicle of nested stories-within-stories, set in old fantasy pakistan, inverting a myth from the one hundred and one nights)

We Work In Miraculous Cages by Brenda Peynado (following a college grad drowning in loans through the nightmare of neverending work)

Other Worlds and This One by Cadwell Turnbull (a brotherly relationship collides with a theory about atomic particles, space, and time)

And Then There Were (N-One) by Sarah Pinsker (a convention of alternate-universe selves--all Sarah Pinskers--becomes a murder mystery)

Fandom For Witches by Ruoxi Chen (fuck every other thing ever written about fandom)

Haunted Home by Conrad Loyer ("The ship features a recreation of a slave ship’s hold. The cruise prides itself on it. It is not a good recreation, if the metric is realism.")

articles & essays

Freedom of Sex (far and above the best essay on trans kids and transition)

Lockhart's Lament (on how math is taught in schools. that is, badly. one of the most cathartic essays i've ever read on education)

Against Cop Shit by Jeffrey Moro (on adversarial education)

Debunking "Trans Women Are Not Women" Arguments by Julia Serano (comprehensive, well-written, good to have as a reference point)

On Liking Women by Andrea Long Chu (and on the politics of desire)

Turning a Unicorn Into a Bat by Josh and Lolly Weed (on Mormonism, love, and whether a gay man and a straight woman can marry happily. cw for homophobia)

Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price (musings on motivation from a social psychologist and professor)

How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Peterson (how come everything happens so much?)

White Women Drive Me Crazy by Aisha Mirza (on the harm caused by white women. cw for racism)

Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong by Michael Hobbes (should be required reading for everyone at this point. cw for fatphobia and eating disorders)

Becoming Anne Frank by Dara Horn (on the cultural fascination with Anne Frank. cw for antisemitism)

The Ecstasy of Influence by Jonathan Lethem ([on/a] plagiarism)

On the Ethics of Boinking Animal People by Patricia Taxxon (video essay) (ostensibly what the title says, but actually a detailed musing on the essential properties of furry media and the freedom of dehumanization; changed my life a bit)

[bp-kira]

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ❪💓❫ Akira Chen's :

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤcareer things !

: : ῾ ᵎ⌇COMPANY ◦YG Entertainment.

: : ῾ ᵎ⌇JOINED◦2014.

: : ῾ ᵎ⌇GROUP ◦Blackpink ❪ 블랙핑크 ❫.

: : ῾ ᵎ⌇DEBUTED IN◦2016.

: : ῾ ᵎ⌇POSITIONS ◦Songwriter, Producer, Vocalist, Choreographer.

: : ῾ ᵎ⌇REP. ANIMAL◦Lion 🦁.

: : ῾ ᵎ⌇SUB-UNIT ◦THREE ❪ 쓰리 ❫.

: : ῾ ᵎ⌇POSITIONS ◦Leader, choreopher, producer, main vocalist.

: : ῾ ᵎ⌇OTHER OCCUPATIONS ◦Brand ambassador, CEO, actress.

: : ῾ ᵎ⌇FAMOUS TITLES ◦Miss Asia.

: : ῾ ᵎ⌇INSTAGRAM ◦kira_sann

: : ῾ ᵎ⌇YOUTUBE◦kirachen

: : ῾ ᵎ⌇WEVERSE◦kira_sann

: : ῾ ᵎ⌇TIKTOK◦kira_san_ofcl

: : ῾ ᵎ⌇SPOTIFY◦KIRA CHEN.

: : ῾ ᵎ⌇SOLO DISCOGRAPHY ◦

ㅤㅤ⌇'Stay With Me' Guardian OST◦2016, ft CHANYEOL

ㅤㅤ⌇'LILAC' First Single EP◦2020, 3 tracks

ㅤㅤ⌇'I'm Missing You' True Beauty OST◦2020

ㅤㅤ⌇'Breaking Down' Doom At Your Service OST◦2021

ㅤㅤ⌇'Shhh' THREE First Single EP◦2021, 2 tracks

ㅤㅤ⌇'Very, Slowly' Twenty-Five, Twenty-One OST◦2022

ㅤㅤ⌇'People Pt.2' Feature◦2023, D-Day by AGUST D

ㅤㅤ⌇'Nobody Knows' THREE Single◦2023

ㅤㅤ⌇'Here, Now' First Solo Album◦2024, 10 tracks

: : ῾ ᵎ⌇SOLO ENDORSEMENTS◦

ㅤㅤ⌇Dolce & Gabbana

ㅤㅤ⌇Dolce & Gabbana Beauty

ㅤㅤ⌇Nick Nicole

ㅤㅤ⌇Calvin Klein

ㅤㅤ⌇MLB Korea

ㅤㅤ⌇Burberry

ㅤㅤ⌇Chaument

ㅤㅤ⌇Le Coq Sportif

ㅤㅤ⌇Prada

: : ῾ ᵎ⌇DRAMA LIST◦

[bemybaebaebae]

Calvin Chen

[huoyd]

[ doing this here instead of on my reblog account that i don't reblog thing onto lmao ]

Last song : does me singing adventure time songs last night count? If not, What Could Have Been by Sting and Ray Chen

Last movie : I put Brave on to fall asleep to ( that soundtrack would technically count as last song i guess but i didn't put it on for the music so i'm not counting it. )

Currently Reading: Triangulum, Hayley's long ass bill cipher fanfic ( i am still on the prologue, it takes me so long to read things these days lmao ;u; )

Currently Watching : I'm about to start Arcane for the second time ( Not the second time watching it, the second time starting it lol )

Currently Consuming : no food, but I am completely enraptured by cult of the lamb, and it's feeding my soul so I think that counts.

Currently Craving : same as calvin, some time to just sit down and write ;u;

Tagged By: @theflannelwizard Tagging: @ive-got-nothing-better @varibean @pr1ncemax @elveswithoutears and @wiz-witch !

[comicwaren]

From Immortal Thor #017, “The Son of Thor”

Art by Jan Bazaldua and Matt Hollingsworth

Written by Al Ewing

[amphtaminedreams]

Mid-year Fashion Update for 2024 in (Mostly) A-Z Format: RTW, Pre-fall, & a Little Haute Couture (Part 1)

-top to bottom: 3.1 Phillip Lim RTW F/W24, Acne Studios “, Adeam “-

-clockwise l-r: 16Arlington RTW F/W24, Ahluwalia “, Akris “, Alain Paul “-

-top to bottom: Alaïa RTW F/W24, Alberta Ferretti “, Alessandra Rich “-

-clockwise l-r: Alejandra Alonso Rojas RTW F/W24, Ambush “, Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood “, A.W.A.K.E. Mode “, Angel Schlesser “-

-clockwise l-r: Alexander McQueen RTW F/W24, Alexis Mabille “, Altuzarra “, Alexis Mabille haute couture S/S24-

-top to bottom: Ann Demeulemeester RTW F/W24, Anna Sui “, Antonio Marras “-

-clockwise l-r: AO Yes RTW F/W24, Danielle Frankel “, CPlus Series “, Dion Lee “, Emilio Pucci “-

-clockwise l-r: ArdAzAei RTW F/W24, Ashish “, Atlein “, ATXV “-

-top to bottom: Area RTW F/W4, Armani Privé haute couture S/S24, Bally RTW F/W24-

-clockwise l-r: AVAVAV RTW F/W24, Avellano “, AZ Factory haute couture S/S24, Batsheva RTW F/W24-

-clockwise l-r: Balmain RTW F/W24, Bibhu Mohapatra “, Bottega Veneta “, pre-fall 2024, Benito Santos RTW F/W24-

-clockwise l-r: Baum und Pferdgarten RTW F/W24, Bevza “, Blumarine “, Calvin Luo “, Dominnico “, Bora Aksu “-

-clockwise l-r: Brandon Maxwell RTW F/W24, by Marlene Birger “, Carven “, Casablanca “-

-clockwise l-r: Burberry RTW F/W24, pre-fall 2024, Carolina Herrera RTW F/W24, Central Saint Martins F/W24-

-top to bottom: Cecillie Bahnsen RTW F/W24, Chiara Boni La Petite Robe “, Chopova Lowena “-

-top to bottom: Celia Kritharioti haute couture S/S24, Celine RTW F/W24-

-clockwise l-r: Chet Lo RTW F/W24, Chocheng “, Christian Cowan “, Chika Kisada “, Christopher Esber “-

-top to bottom: Chloé RTW F/W24, pre-fall 2024-

-clockwise l-r: Christian Siriano RTW F/W24, Colville “, Coperni RTW F/W24, Colville RTW F/W23-

-clockwise l-r: Collina Strada RTW F/W24, Connor Ives “, Cult Gaia RTW S/S24, Des Phemmes RTW F/W24-

-top to bottom: Courrèges pre-fall 2024, RTW F/W24-

-top to bottom: David Koma pre-fall 2024, RTW F/W24, Del Core “-

-top to bottom: Di Petsa RTW F/W24, Diesel “, Dries Van Noten “-

-clockwise l-r: Dilara Findikoglu RTW F/W24, Diotima “, Durazzi Milano “, EENK “-

-clockwise l-r: Elena Velez RTW F/W24, Ernest W.Baker Men’s RTW F/W24, Ester Manas RTW F/W24, Eudon Choi “-

-top to bottom: Elie Saab RTW F/W24, haute couture S/S24-

-top to bottom: Emilia Wickstead RTW F/W24, Emporio Armani “, Erdem “-

-top to bottom: Ermanno Scervino RTW F/W24, Etro “, Fendi RTW F/W24, haute couture S/S24-

-clockwise l-r: Feben RTW F/W24, Feng Chen Wang Men’s RTW F/W24, Filippa K RTW F/W24, Fetico “, Gabriele Colangelo “-

-top to bottom: Ferragamo RTW F/W24, Ferrari “, Gabriela Hearst “-

[ayamisc]

new addiction

So yes.. I still go "ga ga" over Naruto, BLEACH, Vampire Knight, Ouran High School Host Club, and Full Metal Alchemist… the 5 periodic mangas i read that are still "ongoing"

demo.. [wahahaha… oopsies… i mean.. BUT…]

I have recently discovered.. or rather… ADMITTED and ACCEPTED to myself.. this NEW addiction i have..

ASIAN DRAMAS…….

japanese and taiwanese ones at that..

and to think i HAVEN'T delved into the korean drama world yet.. at the present time…. my most recent explorations on that being the ones 5 years ago..

so….. i began watching around december….. and it was just that. watching..

but then…. it became more often.. i mean.. it is still controllable.. but.. i suppose i'm watching.. in an UNHEALTHY rate.

and so… with watching these dramas.. i found new favorite actors and singers..

and now.. it's a habit of mine to SEARCH youtube every night.. before i sleep [like what i'm doing right now..] of videos of these asian celebrities OUTSIDE of their dramas.. aka… guest shows and variety shows..

and so….. apparently.. yes. I'm a fan.

wow. in the past i could never bring myself to say that so casually.. because let's face it..

you know me. if you ask who my fave actor is.. i probably won't give you an answer..

now.. i can still confidently say i do not have a favorite FAVORITE actor.. but there are now ones i can call… my… "favorite" .. the ones i'm interest to at the moment..

so.. because i HAVE to LET IT OUT… I will name them here in this blog. [wow. this is the first time i've referred to my writing as a blog]

Fahrenheit [Fei Lun Hai]

they're Taiwanese.. consisting of Wu Chun, Calvin Chen, Jiro Wang, and Aaron Yan. I like Aaron Yan [Yan Ya Lun] and Jiro Wang [Wang Dong Cheng] ….yes they're… cute and they appeal to me.. but it's not the "OMG ILOVEU" kind of thing. it's just…. a simple admiration.

Danson Tang [Tang Yu Zhe]

Taiwanese. he is often confused to be a member of Fahrenheit….. but he's actually a solo artist. uhm…. i dunno what to say about him….. i don't go "ga ga" over him.. i just like him.. and i think he's either my number 1 or number 2 taiwanese celebrity… i'm not too sure who i like more: him and aaron yan..hahahaha

Arashi

Japanese. OFFICIALLY my favorite japanese boyband… because…. their songs are AWESOME. it's like.. when you hear it you go…. "wow.. it's a nice feeling" kind of thing. hahaha… so anyway.. a LOT of girls [and i mean A LOT] like MatsuJun of Arashi.. but.. meh.. he's OKAAAAY… hahaha.. i mean, he has appeal all right. like… sex appeal. haha… but.. he's okay.. hahaha As for the leader Ohno Satoshi.. he's a GREAT actor. AWESOME!

KAT-TUN

Japanese honestly, when i first saw their poster i was like "they're all ugly" but….. can't deny they have APPEAL.. and they tend to grow on you so now.. In Kat-Tun I like.. Kamenashi Kazuya and Akanishi Jin yep….. they're funny. hahahaha… but yeah.. they're still ugly though.. but i think they're hot. yes, hot. i DID say that….. uhm… yeah..

NEWS -Japanese. ok.. so maybe NOT the whole of news.. just their leader Yamashita Tomohisa… Yamapi.. for short. He's.. COOL. Again, like kame and jin.. when i first heard about him.. i said "I WILL NEVER LIKE HIM!" because my cousin is CRAAAAAAAAZY for him and it's annoying to hear her talk about him 24/7….. but.. after watching one of his shows…. WHOOOOOO. i like him too. hahahaha….. if kame and jin are HOT.. this one is SIZZLING. hahahaha

Ikuta Toma

Japanese. Sadly, this guy has NOT debuted as a singer yet…. stupid company of theirs.. [same company as the other japanese mentioned above] BUT….. he's a GREAT ACTOR. and… i think he's my favorite japanese actor…. because… i don't go "ga ga" over him like the others… ok so maybe i do….. but in a shallow level… instead.. i am ELATED when i watch him. it's a.. different type of fangirlism.. i suppose you could say.. haha.. so yeah.. toma-kun is awesome.

Eita -Japanese Unlike all the other Japanese guys i mentioned above.. this guy is from a different talent agency and not from Johnny's Entertainment.. uhm.. i' ve only seen ONE of his shows.. and i think he's cute like a child.. haha

Horikita Maki -Japanese

I LOVE HER! she is AWESOME. i've seen TWO of her shows and one movie… and.. yeah ^__^

so there you have it. comment as you please kudasai. WAHAHA

PS. This blog was originally posted on DeviantArt.