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Here are some of the fics I enjoyed in July:( K-pop RPF and various Thai BLs )

Here are some of the fics I enjoyed in January:( Beyond Evil, Kinnporsche, Until We Meet Again/Between Us, Fire Island, Knives Out!, K-pop RPF, MCU )

Happy New Year! Here are some of the fics I enjoyed in December:( MDZS/CQL, Beyond Evil, Kinnporsche, K-pop RPF )

Here are some of the fics I enjoyed this month:( Featuring MDZS, Kinnporsche, K-pop RPF, Until We Meet Again, Love in the Air, Our Flag Means Death, Knives Out!, and Gordon Korman )

Here are some of the fics I enjoyed in October:( MDZS, Kinnporsche, Until We Meet Again, K-Pop RPF )

Here are some of the fics I enjoyed in August:( 4 MDZS/CQL, 5 Kinnporsche, and 1 each of Beyond Evil, Bad Buddy, Good Manager, and Chinese Actor RPF )

Here are some of the fics I enjoyed in July. Vegaspete kind of ate my brain this month, but there's also at least one each for MDZS/CQL, Bad Buddy, Beyond Evil, Semantic Error, and Hawaii Five-0. ( Read more... )

Had a six hour drive to get home today (well, yesterday now) and accidentally fell asleep around 8 PM, only to wake up again at 10 PM. I've been lying in bed for the last two+ hours chewing over the Kinnporsche finale instead of falling back asleep, so I finally decided to just give up on sleep for now and start writing some thoughts down, even though it is past midnight. The cat will almost certainly wake me up demanding his breakfast around 4 or 5 AM, so I'm sure I'll regret this life choice. 😅

[Update: Finally fell back asleep around 1:30 AM, and the cat woke me up at 5:15 AM, just like I expected, lol. Please excuse any incoherence on sleep deprivation, since this was written half at midnight and half in the early morning.]

If you're unfamiliar with it, Kinnporsche is the title of a hit BL mafia drama from Thailand that premiered April 2, 2022. It's also the smushname of the drama's main ship. To avoid confusion, I'll put the title in italics and leave the ship smushname normal in this post. The origin story of this drama is nearly as wild as its actual plot, which involves, among other things, a great deal of violence, a lot of outrageously hot sex scenes, and some of the most hilarious product placement I've ever seen. Season one finished airing July 9, and season two is reportedly being developed.

( General thoughts, non-spoilery )

( Additional thoughts, spoilers for all episodes )

Anyway, despite my quibbles and lingering questions, I thought Kinnporsche was quite a fun and addictive ride. Similar to Word of Honor, it was a passion project, and it shows in the love and attention to detail it received from cast and crew alike. I hope for more good fic now that season one is finished airing and I've already seen some other great edits and vids, so I'm sure I'll have more recs soon!

I watch fanvids for a lot more fandoms than I read fanfic for, and one of the things I like to do is compare how vidders from different fandoms use the same song. Sometimes it's quite similar; other times amazingly different. See the two Umbrella vids below for an especially diametrically opposite approach!

I thought it might be fun to make a little list of vids I know from different fandoms that are set to the same song. This is by no means a complete list of vids for each song, let alone of songs that have vids from multiple fandoms! However, these are all vids I enjoyed enough to rec, and some are recent or even all-time favorites. It's going to be heavy on Cdrama fandoms since they're what I'm watching the most right now.

⚠ vids may contain spoilers, canon-typical violence and blood, major character death, and other content warnings, as well as potential visual triggers such as rapid or stutter cuts and flashing lights. If you're familiar with the canon, you'll have a pretty good idea of potential warnings, and if you want to watch fandom-blind, feel free to ask and I can provide specifics.

( On to the vids! )