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she/her. late 30s. made in 🇮🇹. most ardent admirer of fresh produce. i dunno.

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ange @actofwhimsy.bsky.social · Sep 1

📌 Stuff, things (including, but not limited to):

📺 tv, mostly asian dramas (especially BL/GL/QLs 🌈);
📚 lit & poetry;
🎬 films;
🐈 cats;
🌱 mental health;
🔀 aroaceness; Notion; food;
🪫 occasional grumbles about this mortal coil.

Screenshot from the first episode of variety series #BasedOn2Stories. Actor Sea Tawinan, wearing a white and blue striped shirt, is clutching his right cheek with his right hand and saying: "I'm a repetitive person." He's extremely relatable.

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ange @actofwhimsy.bsky.social · 12h

Remember when I was* a smoker and a friend brought back for me cigarettes from her Japan trip because we were teenagers obsessed with Yazawa Ai's Nana? Yeeeeah. 😭

(*I quit. But Japan has the coolest-looking cigarettes. That is a fact.)

ange @actofwhimsy.bsky.social · 12h

(I have a REAL need for the black bandages, ngl.)

ange @actofwhimsy.bsky.social · 12h

#PunksTriangle I don't know if this is for me, but for now I can at least vibe with the hand focus.

Screenshot from episode one of Japanese BL drama series Punks Triangle. Close up of a hand putting a black bandage on someone else's finger.

Screenshot from episode one of Japanese BL drama series Punks Triangle. Close up of a hand grabbing a young man's shoulder.

Screenshot from episode one of Japanese BL drama series Punks Triangle. Close up of a hand holding a cigarette to a young man's lips.

Screenshot from episode one of Japanese BL drama series Punks Triangle. Close up of a bandaged hand holding a pack of cigarettes while the other hand is lighting one.

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ange @actofwhimsy.bsky.social · 12h

And not even 😂😅.

ange @actofwhimsy.bsky.social · 14h

#ThatSummer Hiiii, Thor!!! 🥰

Screenshot from episode four of Thai BL drama series That Summer. A young man (Thor Thinnaphan) with large beautiful eyes wearing an open blue shirt over a grey tee.

ange @actofwhimsy.bsky.social · 14h

I hope you enjoy it! It's nothing exceptional at the moment, but the ep really went by in a breeze, and it was fun seeing so many of the BL boys all at once!

ange @actofwhimsy.bsky.social · 15h

Plus, the amount of BL boys in the first ep (+ ep 2 preview) alone was hilarious. 😂

Screenshot from episode one of Japanese drama The Golden Egg. Actor Okura Takato who starred in #jbl Kimi to Nara Koi wo Shite Mite mo.

Screenshot from episode one of Japanese drama The Golden Egg. Actor Sato Yusuke who starred in #jbl Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice but to Kiss!

Screenshot from episode one of Japanese drama The Golden Egg. Actor Motojima Junsei who starred in #jbl Our Youth.

Screenshot from episode one of Japanese drama The Golden Egg. Actor Soma Satoru from the preview of episode two. He starred in #jbl The Proper Way to Write Love.

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ange @actofwhimsy.bsky.social · 15h

The first episode of #TheGoldenEgg went by so quickly! And what an absolute cutie of a lead actress.

Screenshot from episode one of Japanese drama The Golden Egg. Close up of a notebook.

Screenshot from episode one of Japanese drama The Golden Egg. A bespectacled young fair skinned woman (Okuyama Aoi) with a wavy dark bob is staring at something to her left.

Screenshot from episode one of Japanese drama The Golden Egg. Two people sitting on a bench. They're both fair skinned and dark haired and wearing suits. The man is eating with chopsticks out of a plastic container. The woman is staring down at her phone.

Screenshot from episode one of Japanese drama The Golden Egg. Two blurry men are in the foreground while in the background three manga panels are projected on a projector.

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ange @actofwhimsy.bsky.social · 21h

Ugh, I forgot that I purchased it through the Harlequin website, so I can only read it through that stupid Glose app. 😖 Never mind, then!

ange @actofwhimsy.bsky.social · 21h

Wondering if I should re-read Heat/ed Rival/ry... I didn't enjoy it much the first time, but maybe it was bad timing? 🤔

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ange @actofwhimsy.bsky.social · 23h

Looks like 🇹🇭 #MystiqueInTheMirror will be available on iQIYI! 🎉

Partial screenshot from iQIYI's coming soon page. On the left, thumbnail for Thai BL drama series Mystique in the Mirror featuring its two main lead actors with a broken mirror effect; on the right, title and various info as well as a synopsis, which reads: Alan is trying to find the answers to who he was in the past and who he is now, every time he looks in the mirror, an old man appears. One day he meets Darwin, a young man who seems to be in the room next to Alan’s in the mental health hospital. He’s liked Alan since their first meeting.

ange @actofwhimsy.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! I had S2 of TMS too! So angsty (I loved it).

ange @actofwhimsy.bsky.social · 1d

(You may remember Oikawa Mitsuhiro as Shiro's ex from S2 of #WhatDidYouEatYesterday [which, if you haven't watched it, and I mean this wholeheartedly, you SHOULD].)

ange @actofwhimsy.bsky.social · 1d

Oooh, I'm so happy to see that #ChosenHome (ぼくたちん家) will be available on Netflix!

Thumbnail from Netflix. Three people and a dog waiting for the rain to stop. New Episode Coming October 19.

A clumsy romantic, an aloof teacher and a troubled teen cross paths, forming an unlikely household in this offbeat comedy about love and belonging.

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Susie Esse @susieesse.bsky.social · 2d

#susieesse #braincomic

A comic by Susie Esse about a brain that misses out on their morning routine and therefore can’t do anything for the rest of the day. They huddle under a blanket with their phone and will try again tomorrow.

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ange @actofwhimsy.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!!

ange @actofwhimsy.bsky.social · 1d

Folks, help a girl (or two) out: what would you say are the angstiest BL dramas with a happy ending? Think I Told Sunset About You; Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo.

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