Pinned
~-~-~- Shows -~-~-~
currently watching (my drama list): Ash, Don't Be Too Emotional, Kiss or Kill, Knot, Moonshadow
recently watched: Affinity, Bittersweet Love, Deep In, Double Helix, Duang with You, Fake Fact Lips, Payback, The Prosecutor's Proposal, Sammy's Children's Day
*i'm happy to take gif requests for shows listed here or other QL
recent effortful posts:
when I tell you this drama has me on a leash
everyone has a ship thats just: theyre perfect. they hate each other. theyre married. they havent spoken in 15 years. they have date nights three times a week. theyre divorced. theyre pining, its unrequited. its requited. theyre starcrossed. theyre meant to be. theyre doomed by the narrative. they love each other. theyve never held hands. they wont stop making out at parties. they cant look each other in the eye
The look that Jaemin gives Suhyeon is like “Just pathetic, I was willing to sacrifice my life for Daon, meanwhile you couldn't even protect him”
in light of recent events (me trying to infer what tf people are upset about with the latest don't be too emotional nc scene only to find it's the stupidest of things) we need to bring back frotting
There is a lot of black in this show since everyone is holding onto secrets, so when the posters for this show were initially released, I questioned why they were PowerPuff Girls' colors, but as the show's twists and turns have been revealed, it all started to make pefect sense.
Seong Hyeon is a loyal and intelligent man which are key traits of a Blue Boy.
The first time he rescued Daon, he was wearing blue, and he was brought to the team because he was a superstar in his previous department.
He is honest about his feelings and constantly makes sure that Daon knows how he feels even if he isn't physically there.
However, Blue Boys are prone to sadness as well, but they tend to bounce back with a little push from the right people.
And what's strange is Su Hyeon could've been a Blue Boy too, especially because their romanized names look so similar.
So just like Seong Hyeon, Su Hyeon could've been just as loyal to Daon in his blue.
But there is always something lingering around him, something boiling underneath the surface, something festering just beneath his casual exterior.
And when it's finally unleashed, it becomes a vicious monster.
Green Guys, when at their best, are chill and peaceful, but at their worst, they are easily prone to jealously, they are envious, and they are rotten to the core.
Su Hyeon can act the part of a chill guy, but the moment he is provoked, the beast inside comes out just like when he was at the dinner and saw the man who assaulted Daon.
Or like when he dragged Daon inside his apartment and told him to never look at Seong Hyeon like that again.
And although I believed Su Hyeon didn't turn green until the night of the assault when he used the green bottle to attack the man in the green room, it actually started before then.
The gift Daon got Su Hyeon was green, so he must have known some small aspect of Su Hyeon's true color, right?
And he also had Su Hyeon in his phone under a green-colored contact card.
Which is ironic since Su Hyeon also has someone in his phone who lights up his screen in a decaying green color.
After all, he learned how to turn into a green monster from his father.
But the real monster in this story is the sneaky devil Su Hyeon made a deal with all those years ago.
Pink People are normally compassionate and friendly, but when they don't get their way, they can become overemotional and childish.
Much like Su Hyeon, Jaemin hides his true color well, but it's always been there, slowly suffocating him around his neck every time he felt his grip on Daon slipping.
And just like Su Hyeon, Daon was aware in some small way of Jaemin's true color because not only did Jaemin offer him pink coffee cups when they met in the first episode and pink plates to eat off of at his apartment, but just like Su Hyeon, Daon wanted to gift Jaemin the perfect color-coded gift.
The worst part of all of this is Jaemin really does love Daon, but pink is simply a tint of red, and we all know what Red Rascals are capable of when they lose control.
And perhaps Jaemin knows he has already lost because no matter how tight-lipped Daon may be, he always gives away who has his heart through his color, and I'm not referring to the color-coded gifts.
Daon wore a green jacket when he liked Su Hyeon, and Su Hyeon now wants to give him his ring. Daon has lived in an apartment with a pink exterior since he has become closer to Jaemin over the past seven years, and Jaemin gives him a scarf to wear. But now there is a new (blue) boy in town who wipes Daon's face with a blue cloth and reminds Daon of himself.
And not only did that Blue Boy color-coordinate outfits with Daon for work, but he came prepared to love Daon.
In all the exact ways he needs.
So let's see if Daon gives his Blue Boy the perfect color-coded gift or will this love allow Daon to finally embrace his own color instead of conforming to what everyone else wants (which I think is yellow since Jaemin has a yellow pillow, Daon was lit by yellow when Su Hyeon rescued him, and he has warm lighting when wearing blue plus countless other instances!).
But either way, I'll be delighted.
The three tiers of queer sff:
Broke: what is worldbuilding? Made in a lab to be as blandly inoffensive as possible. Time to randomly namedrope terms like 'nonbinary' and 'ace' while doing zero work actually incorporating them into the world or characters and have someone give a speech about how valid they are. Lines like 'I'm too ace for this' while never exploring the concept of asexuality or aromanticism and still having very central romance plotlines is common. I hate it here learn how to write realistic dialogue and fully realized characters I'm begging.
Woke: more ore less typical sci-fi and fantasy but It’s Queer Now. Might include in-universe queerphobia to be struggled against or may have queer identities be fully normalized. Can be done bad or well depending on the skill of the writer. A good way to explore our contemporary ideas of gender and sexuality or to have a bit of a power fantasy with lesbian princesses and trans knights. There will probably be a bisexual love triangle.
Bespoke: what is a gender. What is monogamy. What is polyamory. What is romance. What is platonic. Time to show you the most fucked up uncategorizable relationship you’ve ever seen. There may be weird ass metaphorical sex
fuck it
AKA books that tackle gender, sexuality and relationships in ways that come off as deeply alien and non normative to our present day culture, frequently featuring actual aliens.
For details on the books, check under the readmore! My personal favorites are marked with an *
A note: as I'm generally more into sci-fi than fantasy, this list skews heavily toward the former. Feel free to make your own recommendations in the notes if you know of more titles!
If you want more book recs, check out my masterpost of rec lists!
[images: photo collages of the covers of all the named books, first all of the books in one image and then in groups of three before the descriptions.]
Korean Drama - 2025, 8 Episodes Link: Gaga | Viki | YouTube | iQIYI | WeTV | Youku | Tencent
Oh. I like this first episode; this looks like it's going be messy (good).
Welp! I feel very greeted by this BL.
