#the king of rom coms

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

Glen Powell in Set It Up (2018) / Anyone But You (2023)

[missathlete31]

I need to go back to the theaters just to see this on the big screen again 🔥🔥

[kategorema]

i keep seeing people say ktl never claimed to have a plot as an arguement against haters and i dont mean to alarm anybody but it's a rom-com the relationship between sa rang and won is the plot and so far it's fucking serving im sorry but people complaining about a rom-com focusing on the relationship between the protagonists just need to go watch something else

[ebp-brain]

benoit blanc/philip: homecoming

spoilers for The Glass Onion ahead!

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“So,” says Philip.

“So,” says Benoit Blanc.

“You solved a murder on a billionaire’s private island, then encouraged your new friend to blow up virtually the entire island, causing the destruction of one of the greatest works of art in the history of humanity and the downfall of said billionaire’s massive tech company. Not to mention the billionaire himself.”

Blanc nods, looking around at the open living room-slash-kitchen area of his and Philip’s flat, suitcases at his feet and the stale smell of airplane still clinging to his clothes.

“And you,” he says, “made about fifty loaves of sourdough bread in my absence.”

“Fifty-six,” says Philip. “I ate some.”

Blanc nods slowly, looking at his husband. His husband looks back.

“My god, I love you,” Blanc says.

“I love you too. I wish I could have seen the explosion.”

“It was quite something.” Blanc steps closer and takes Philip’s face in his hands. He kisses him hard on the mouth. Philip gives a startled inhale and then kisses back, grasping at Blanc’s upper arms, pulling him in.

“There you are,” he gasps out, looking into Blanc’s eyes. “There you are.”

Blanc’s face falls a bit. “I do apologize for my…rather insufferable behavior these last few months. And for monopolizing our bathtub. I know I cannot have been much of a joy to cohabitate with.”

“Oh, Blanc,” says Philip, “mostly it was just hard to watch you suffer. I miss your…” He gestures at Blanc’s sparkling eyes, his upright posture, his bright face alive with intelligence. “This. You.”

Blanc smiles a little and kisses Philip, more softly this time. “Have you perfected the recipe yet?”

Philip beams. “Try for yourself.”

Blanc looks around at the dozens of loaves stacked on their cabinets, tables, counters, and even the occasional bookshelf. “I certainly shall,” he replies. “I certainly shall.”

[mylittlemermaiid]

New Photos of Jonah!. He’s filming a Rom-Com and honestly I’m in love already

[theinfinitedivides]

mf pulled out the aegyo to get that ₩1000,,,,,,,, idol training has come back to haunt him

[dayas]

After that clip I don’t wanna hear another word about Halle and Jonah’s qualifications EVER again.

[fictionadventurer]

Coming to the conclusion that the two most valid ways to retell "King Thrushbeard" are:

Good-faith retelling that understands it's not meant a story about humiliation but about learning humility

Screwball comedy

[sarangkstars]

King the Land

Trailer 5

[plushyluke]

ashton posting goth and cowboy content in short sequence of each other? im in love !!

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

#Glen Powell's Signature Move

[kdramaxoxo]

Lots of people have opinions about the new kdramas lacking something the earlier ones used to have. Something about “catering to the global market”

What do you think?

I think it's complicated anon.

I do think that now that Netflix and Disney are leaning into k-dramas hard, a the shows that get picked up by them are a bit different. And those companies are HUGE so of course the things they put out are going to get the most reception.

Not all of these shows are BY Netflix of course, since some are just bought from networks, but there are so many k-dramas that feel waaaaaayyyy more violent (Squid Game, Kingdom, Extracurricular, Sweet Home, All of Us Are Dead) etc and racier (omg i sound like i'm 90). And if you think about it, Netflix mostly just works with Studio Dragon so you're going to get a certain kind of production if you have a contract like that. And we really don't know the ways in which companies who work with these giant corporations have to pander to them. (Same for regular networks like TVN etc but it's a larger scale.)

And don't get me started on this whole Season 2 nonsense! The only show that did well with a season two was Kingdom and I KNOW it's the global market that's changing that for k-dramas. #thehillidieon #thanksihateit

On the other hand, time moves forward and things change.

We don't know if some of the more sexual or violent shows would naturally be created because of audience desires or just general interest in these kinds of shows? A lot more k-dramas have queer characters (love this for us!) and I attribute that to representation being more excepted and demanded by the audience (global and not). And if Netflix makes these dramas (Itaewon Class, Run On, etc) and a lot of people watch them, I'm there for that?

Plus random people irl ask me about k-dramas now BECAUSE they are on Netflix! Like, that would never have happened 5 years ago. I mean it sucks that Squid Game is literally the only thing people will try but hey...maybe they'll watch another one after that?

So basically, yes there are some definite changes that probably have to do with the global market (or just Netflix!!) which is frustrating in a lot of ways but good in others. Y'all know I'm always mad at Netflix/Disney+ for not doing certain styles of k-dramas right but there ARE some definite benefits to having them embrace Korean/Japanese/Chinese/Thai dramas.

Sorry for the long long answer anon!

[ravenpureforever]

Soooo….with my love of KinnPorsche slowly dragging me down into watch Thai BL, I decided after watching Ingredients for Jeff Satur, I’m going to watch My Engineer for Perth! I saw the first episode of the RamKing Retrospective Perth did, and I was like, without checking anything out about the show, I’m going to watch and finish My Engineer.

And that was an experience, let me tell you.

 KinnPorsche spoiled me a little too much

First episode, I had no knowledge of what I was getting into and it was a dumpster fire of confusion. But I’m a man on a mission, and I keep pushing through because I saw the first episode of the RamKing retrospective, I know deep down, there is a light at the end of that tunnel.

And on some level, I was right because every time Perth was in a scene everything brightened up, and like jesus, his visual acting is so incredible and that it’s like he is just completely blowing every other couple out of the water with a single expression. He’s my best boy and I was here for him and King and I stayed that way.

The main couple kind of melted my brain, but I did really enjoy their friend groups though! They were fun and added humor and made me enjoy a lot of parts and kept me somewhat invested in things that weren’t RamKing and it’s because of them I finished the show.

The couples, in order of enjoyment:

-RamKing: 100/10, they are the golden couple making it all worth it, the reward amidst the drama, the reason I keep going, this a Jane Austen Shakespearean type romance of communication and heartfelt vulnerability and intimacy amidst their dumpster fire friends, the actors have incredible chemistry and were carrying this show on their backs

-BossMek: Definitely cheesy but I’m a sucker for pining and being in love with your best friend and the whole selfless sacrifice of love trope and the totally no married couple, so I had fun with them. Also Mek looked like a sobbing wet poor little meow meow of a kicked puppy like 95% of the time and I loved that

-BohnDuen: It’s 3:00 am, I’ve lost control of my life and I just want to feel something again so I’ve turned to this

-FrongThara: Burn it from my brain, I didn’t see it, it does not exist, somehow both blander than boiled chicken??? Didn’t think that was possible. The type of thing I read one paragraph and immediately exit out of and try and get some bleach for my mind because a few sentences turned me off a theoretically fun story that much. I don’t man but every time they are on screen I was like I will even take more BohnDuen, please just end my suffering

Overall though:

- I am a raccoon so I always have some fun with trashy media, so I spent a good amount of time cackling at things

-“Duen is my wife!”/“Bohn is the bottom!” My brothers in Christ neither of you are getting laid in the first place

-Me every time Ram was shown: There he is! There’s my favorite boy!!

-Seriously every single on Ram’s expressions and actions mean everything to me, they are *chef’s kiss* perfection

-By episode 9, I decided I no longer had time for all this and my brain was starting to fizzle out, but I refused to give up because I was already invested in a.) finding out how the fuck this show is going to end with it’s buckwild plot b.) I wanted to know what’s going to happen with RamKing and BossMek and I wanted to know the context for them, and every single Ram and King individual scene so I refused to give up

-So what I’d do is put the episodes on 2x speed and then when Ram or King showed up, I’d put in back on normal speed so I could enjoy them properly. If it was BossMek or the friend groups, I’d have on 1.5x-1.25x speed depending on my investment level

-This show was trippy experience from beginning to end and kind of a complete train wreck at times and the camping subplot was the weirdest thing and I still don’t fully know why they had it and there were far too many times where I had no fucking clue what was going on or what the point of this subplot was but I definitely had some fun watching it and got a good amount of enjoyment

-The one couple that kept me going, the only reason I was here and I pushed through everything for, didn’t officially get together!

-RamKing had a tent kiss, they shared a bed, I finally thought everything was coming together for this beautiful slowburn strangers to friends to lovers relationship of intimacy and vulnerability and kindness! I had won, I had totally won!

-And then King wanted to pretend it never happened, put me through the five stages of grief in the course of like 5 minutes, Ram thankfully didn’t forget but King left to go to his grandma’s house with no communication or indication of what’s going to happen moving forward.

-It’s fine we’re fine I’m not dying on the inside

-It’s not like they said they were doing a season 2 and then there’s been no word about season 2and I desperately want to know what happens with RamKing

-Well at least I can console myself with Perth’s RamKing retrospective!

-I was really way too spoiled with KinnPorsche, huh?

[everydayzefron]

First look at Netflix’s “A Family Affair” — starring Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron and Joey King

Summary: “The plot of the film will involve King as a young woman who works for a movie star (Efron) only to have her life immensely complicated when that star falls in love with her mother (Kidman). The film seems to be a rom-com involving a tangled romantic web, like Netflix’s precious 2018 rom-com Set It Up, which starred Glen Powell and Zoey Deutch as two assistants who play matchmaker with their bosses in order to get better treatment.”

[kraeftwerker]

Magnus Archives After Dark: An 18+ discord server

Helloooooo Some of you may already know this, but I mod a discord server called Magnus Archives After Dark. It is a very lovely server in which we support fans to create fan art, fan fic, podfic, and the general spread of TMA brain rot. It's an 18+ server and we tend to skew all over the place in terms of age, but it seems like late 20s is kiiiiind of the median age. Anyway! Have an invite link! We don't have any server events or challenges going on at the moment, but we hope to in the future. https://discord.gg/MAE8CPVeZ2

[theinfinitedivides]

KTL really saw me during one of my worst airing k-drama slumps took one arm had Heartbeat (KBS, Taecyeon and Won Ji An) take the other and said bby girl (gnc) no more of that. literally clawed their way up into my best dramas of 2023 list i could do nothing to stop them