last night i was literally thinking "what if we lose our reading lists again? it could happen at any moment" i think i cursed us. sorry guys :(
i rly dont wanna be that person correcting ppl online but this is something thats been bothering me for a while now and i havent said anything about it in all my years on the internet.
firstly, i would like to say shounen/shoujo ai isnt a thing. i understand what people mean when they use the terms, but i just wanted to clarify some things:
1. the literal meaning of "shounen/shoujo ai" is young boy/girls love and basically translates to pedophilia. most people in japan dont even use those terms since it would probably result in them side eying you... so if you ever travel there, try to refrain from using that term and just say bl/gl. even saying yaoi/yuri is better lol (i know the website has the categories tagged as such but thats all the more reason for me wanting to say something.)
2. the term "smut" exists for a reason. if you wanna say a bl/gl has sex scenes in it, just say it has smut in it or is 18+ since thats what the term is for.
3. there is no difference between yaoi/shounen ai and yuri/shoujo ai. do yall ever notice how we say yaoi/shounen ai to differentiate between 18+ content and non but dont do the same for yuri? thats because 1) yuri isnt as popular as bl and 2) most actual yuri fans already know there is no difference. we gotta start bringing back just saying "bl/gl". even just calling smthn yaoi/yuri is fine since that also doesnt necessarily mean it has sex in it, thats just what western culture has turned it into.
im not really good at articulating my thoughts but i hope my point got across all the same. i just wish wed stop calling queer non 18+ shounen/shoujo ai but realisrically, this post wont get the attention it needs and people will continue using these terms :p
as always, love and peace
already asked this question in a manhua comment section but i'll ask again here since it'll get a better reach.
what are some works you really wanna see animated or even made into a live action adaptation? for me i think like mother like daughter would be an amazing kdrama and would love to see shimanami tasogare animated. and, maybe one day, i'll get to see castle swimmer animated too :')
I have so many stories I wish would get animated tbh one of them would be Beware the Villainess and The Greatest Estate Developer yk if they would be able keep the story and not ruin it thsi two would be legendary specifically cause they made me laugh so much
oooh the greatest estate developer would be an excellent series! i can see that becoming more popular if it got animated.
Boys over flowers/hana yori dango. It already has a live action and anime but the anime was sooo bad didn’t do any justice to the manga. I would like to see it be reanimated. Another manga/manhwa I would like to see animated is madame petit or vatd. Love both of them and would do great justice to the romance genre. (Considering the lack of good romance anime’s.)
ive been hearing a lot about this manhwa and the concept alone had me skeptical bc wdym a non american is writing a romance about post slavery in america?? i wanted to give this author the benefit of a doubt and hope and pray they know what they're doing but honestly,,, i dont think they're as educated aware as we want to believe. idk whats up with people in other countries and their obsession with american history but this is not something to be played around with.
ive seen a lot of people online defending this authors work saying "its not that deep" and i dont engage with those comments but man... the ignorance coming out of these ppl is concerning
i understand that it just came out and has like one chapter but from what i've seen so far, it just gave me the ick. from the lack of detail in the black folks design compared to the white people to the white savior complex they got going on, it already pissed me off.
soo yeah idk. what're yalls thoughts?
anyway if you want a western bl with cowboys read dead or alive
i've never heard of this, what's it called?
I'm black, and know a lot of history on slavery stuff, but honestly, I wasn't even that triggered, it was just more or less, "Okay, so....there were a million other concepts author-nim could have used so why this one?, Hmm...weird?
I was curious though, of how they would go about writing that type of story, but I see why people would get seriously offended, I mean I did feel some discomfort myself
The most important thing is that the author cares about their audience feedback, they released an apology (one of the most genuine I've ever seen) and are apparently dropping it.
Let's cut them some slack ╥﹏╥
thing is I decided long ago not to take fiction seriously because that would just deteriorate my mental health if I was constantly angry because everything here is constantly morally wrong to the point I don't get fazed when I see racism towards my own kind
i mean it's pretty shitty what the author has done and if I saw this from any other untrained eye, it would be incredibly racist and disgusting.
so I guess my conclusion is that I don't feel any malice towards the manhwa or the author but I agree its not a very pleasant topic and people have all the right to be angry at it of they are, hell, be angry for me too
my brother just another me except I don't know shit about slave history don't boil me
ah ok i didn't know they apologized for it. and honestly its not like they HAVE to drop it they can always change the execution. like they can use symbolism for the sake of drawing attention to real issues (like the half native american half white cowboy could be used to draw attention to how the natives were affected by colonization) but that whole white savior thing did get on my nerves a little only bc i see that trope so often and its never done properly.
i was less angry and more disappointed tbh. we don't get a lot of culturally/socially/politically aware stories unfortunately. this could've been a perfect opportunity to change that.
i believe its called song of the wasteland
leaving this comment I saw here: "Nobody said it's inherently racist to tell a story set during slavery. The problem is how the story is told. When your protagonist is a slave owner's son who's portrayed as "one of the good ones," loses his wealth, frees a slave, and then gets treated like a saint by the very people his family enslaved, you're not really telling a story about slavery. You're telling a story about how noble a white character is. The issue is that the enslaved characters seem to exist mainly to validate the white protagonist's morality. That's why people call it a white savior narrative."
to add insult to injury, the ending of the chapter introduces the other character saying, "I'm your humble slave, master."...
regardless of what the story was going to be, it was incredibly tone deaf and irresponsible to include. she literally didn't have to include any of this at all. "the fallen lamb" didn't have any talk of slavery in it and was still done well. it's just so disappointing bc I felt her story writing to be one of her a strong suits.
but instead, JAXX being a person outside of american culture. it felt like she trivialized an era of time that is a deeply traumatic part of american history for the sake of cowboy yaoi.
yeah very well said thank you. im glad people stood their ground on this one bc i know theres a ton of "problematic" stories out there but this one just felt disrespectful. they definitely should've done proper research before releasing
totally agree. i think she's aware of her actions now and we can just hope that whatever story she chooses to release in the future she'll do her research before hand if she wants to include any sort of historical background
what do yall read when you feel sad or lonely? trying not to be cringe here but i always feel so isolated when im drinking with others and would just rather read smthn warm to keep me occupied. something short and wholesome preferably :>
hope you all have a good week ^^
also,, if you have any recs that make you laugh a lot that would really help too :)
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/the_world_s_best_engineer/
mostly just a turn-off brain series where you dont have to take it so seriously :3 silly mc with ugly faces
yk ive been putting this one off for a while but since it keeps coming back to me ill give it a shot. ty ^^
ye! have funsies :3
is this manga on here under another name?
https://x.com/marureviere_/status/2068358611005517962?s=20
sometimes i get a little burnt out on reading novels and comics so ive been trying to watch more shows. i have only seen a couple dramas such as until we meet again, clairebell, not me and another gl i cant remember the name of. (they dont have to be thai dramas specifically, thats just all ive seen so far) if i could get some recs similar to these thatd be great :>
i really like plot driven things especially if its thriller/suspense/horror. im ok with romance as long as its well written and not over the top lol (nothing with cops or ceos pls. i hate those mfs) thanks! ^^
Gentleman Jack
(based on the historical diary of Ann Lister , a 19st century woman.) _ ps : i watched only shorts found on YouTube, loved it.
Ohohooo I luv giving movie/series recs!!!
Movie-M
Series-S
Things I liked about the following movies/series:
->cinematography and the care for detailes
->the plot and the fact that they weren't boring AT ALL.
♡Memories of murder(this is not gl/bl but its an amazing thriller)-M
•So this movie is about a real murder case. Just so yk it might be a bit disturbing. Of course... like every movie related to a murder....
♡The handmaiden-M
•wlw!!!
• I was soo impressed by it. It was so much better than I have ever imagined.
♡Helter Skelter (wlw?? but not wlw at all)-M
•this movie is about the entertainment industry. How today u can be at ur peak of ur career and tomorrow a nobody.
•totally worth it
♡Triage(bl)-S
•idk why it's soo underrated. Its peak!!
•doctors
•time loop
♡Reset(bl)-S
•time traveling
•actors- entertainment industry
♡10 dance(bl/ in my imagination theres gl too)-M
•It might have been better if it was a series and not a movie cuz it did lack some development between the leads, but besides that, absolute cinema. SOOOO fab.
•dancing( the plot: hot guys and women dancing)
♡Bad buddy(bl/side couple gl)-S
•enemies to lovers
•the trash cans
•the guitar pick
•Pran's dimples
♡Kamikaze girls( in my imagination this is a gl)-M
•if u like hot women riding motorcycles
•japanese fashion( esp LOLITA!!! Fashion)
•womance
•badass women
•then this is for ya :>
♡Battle royale(not gl/bl but a really cool thriller)-M
•I felt like it was a lil bit too dragged but it was really good
•if u liked Alice in Borderland then ur gonna love this movie
I also have more series/movies that I would recommend. Some r bl/gl but focused more on love. But totally worth it. And I also have some non-bl/gl thrillers that r soo good. But yeah... if u need more recs give me a message :>
Have fun watching!!!
Here are the best of GL films, that i loved, and that are deep and emotionnal and with an ending that is hopeful. _
Carol (2015) _ is based on a 1952 novel (!!) it's a love story in the New York of the 50's. (!!) with Cate Blanchett. ! _
Ammonite (2020)_ with Cate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan. ! Very interesting historical context, as the FL2 is a fossil hunter (!!) and a hermit living at the sea shore near the fossil-rich cliffs in the UK.
The Happiest season (2022) _ Christmas mayhem in a very uptight familly. (Watch the tailer) Three daughters , two of them are keeping a secret from their parents due to their very strict education. (With Kristen Stewart, in the main role which is the girlfriend !)
I loved these three. I just watched shorts on YouTube and pieced them together. But i saw the entire series called '' A League of Their Own ''
And it's amazing. I loved it and highly recommend.
'' A League of Their Own '' is an original series produced by Amazon Prime and it's really, really good. (It's GL , historical, in the 50's , and it's multicouple !! :-oo) The series is inspired by the All-american-girls professional basebal league recruitments, that were initiated during world war iI when the men where fighting on the war front. I loved the circle-of-friends thing going on
I highly recommend if you have the chance to watch it.
omg i appreciate you sm for taking the time to type this out! ill trust your judgement and look into all of these. tysm!! <3
thanks for the recs! ill give these a shot too ;>
i like both but i rly need to read more yuri. im fine with either tho ^^
You like “rainbow city”? :3333
(SA n chap 3, best to skip)
Horror GLs:
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/the_wind_spell/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/mietemasu_yo_aizawa_san/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/murcielago/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/liberta/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/a_lady_s_table/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/do_you_think_someone_like_you_could_defeat_the_demon_lord/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/strange_tales_of_kisaragi/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/kono_ai_wo_owarasete_kurenai_ka/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/yoarashi_ni_warau/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/seiren/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/isekai_picnic/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/bead_master/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/the_garden_of_plantus/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/mayu_s_song/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/diary_of_a_deceased_girl/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/liar_satsuki_can_see_death/ (GL subtext only)
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/smile_it_s_just_a_dream/ (one-shot)
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/i_m_bound_by_miho_chan/ (one-shot)
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/game_of_murder/ (one-shot)
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/happy_end_for_you/ (one-shot)
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/yabai_hito_ni_hitomebore_suru_hanashi/ (one-shot)
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/i_love_you_hanatsu_yaya/ (one-shot)
Apocalyptic GLs:
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/isekai_picnic/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/the_iron_inside/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/garan_no_hime/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/goodbye_dystopia/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/erio_and_the_electric_doll/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/us_the_end_of_the_world_and_the_rest_of_our_life/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/tatoe_sekai_ga_owattemo_watashi_wa_kanojo_wo_erabanai/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/kodoku_no_kochou_wa_donna_yume_wo_miru_no_ka/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/stellar_step/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/the_rules_require_me_to_love_you/
ur amazing tysm <3
i think i was gonna read the novel for this but i lost the link. do you know if the manhwa is a good adaptation?
ITS BOMB I read the novel and other than some of the monologues being lost, most of it follows the source material ლ(´ڡ`ლ)
hoping everyone around the great lakes in canada and the us are taking precautions and keeping your faces covered when going outside! please remember to bring water with you and don't take such deep breaths when out, the air is very dangerous right now. stay safe everyone!
i'm so sorry earth... we've hurt you so much :(