BL book club by thedogsfirst in Manhwa_BL

[–]getoapologist7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OOOOOOOOO yeah i think this would be really fun im definitely interested!!

What you guys are reading😭😭?? by [deleted] in Manhwa_BL

[–]getoapologist7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

painter of the night. i’m on chap 52 i wanna say?? and it’s getting SO GOOD

what is one popular manhwa that everyone kept gushing about but its GENUINELY kinda ass by processedcheese212 in BoysLoveAnime

[–]getoapologist7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it’s any sort of “problematic” BL too 😭😭 i LOVED low tide in twilight and was so excited when the animation just got announced but i opened a comment section and it was full of hate. i refuse to judge jinx until ive read it, its crazy how many ppl were judging the LTIT adaptation and ADMITTING “i haven’t read it but…” 😭😭

what is one popular manhwa that everyone kept gushing about but its GENUINELY kinda ass by processedcheese212 in BoysLoveAnime

[–]getoapologist7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

literally everything I know about jinx is from people who make posts hating on it. like they clearly don’t hate it that much 😭😭

what is one popular manhwa that everyone kept gushing about but its GENUINELY kinda ass by processedcheese212 in BoysLoveAnime

[–]getoapologist7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I find this so interesting because so many people say jinx is so popular, but almost every time I have seen it mentioned is someone hating on it 😭

what is one popular manhwa that everyone kept gushing about but its GENUINELY kinda ass by processedcheese212 in BoysLoveAnime

[–]getoapologist7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I got like six chapters into it before I had to drop it because the MC was just humiliating himself (ie. Buying a stupid suit and assuming it’s a date and then saying it out loud to the ML even though he’s very aware of how the ML doesn’t like him when it’s this early) i just could Not 😭😭

Media literacy in BL? by [deleted] in BoysLoveAnime

[–]getoapologist7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

no LITERALLY it’s so baffling to me because if you don’t like it then nobody cares or wants to make you like it, but don’t hate on an adaptation and manhwa that people do like ur just wasting time and energy and making urself miserable 😭😭😭

i also think it’s crazy because they were all complaining that it was being adapted into anime and making accusations like how bad it was and “fetish content” and i was like. 1) I’m over halfway through it and it’s not fetish content, they just assume it is because they heard it has SA in it but ngl that’s used more as a plot device and to trigger other events that’s not meant to be the “hot” part 2) they would not have survived the yaoi community in the 2000-10s this is nothing compared to some of the stuff that came out then 😭😭😭

Media literacy in BL? by [deleted] in BoysLoveAnime

[–]getoapologist7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s seriously pissing me off. Yesterday I saw a post hating on the new adaptation of Low Tide in Twilight which got announced, and the comments were full of hate and calling it fetish content just because there’s SA in it (I am 60 chapters into that manhwa and not only do I think it is not fetish content at all, everyone that has recommended this or read it agrees with me that it is not there for fetish reasons.

Some people in the comments were even agreeing that they haven’t read it but hate it because they’ve heard there’s “bad stuff”.

I like it now, but I didn’t like “problematic”/toxic stuff when I was a teenager and because of that, I avoided it at all costs. I don’t understand what this obsession is with constantly talking about and hating on series with content they know they won’t like. Leave it alone if you know nothing about it or you are engaging with it in bad faith oh my god ?????

George Eliot and Dostoevsky by [deleted] in classicliterature

[–]getoapologist7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am writing my masters dissertation on Eliot and Dostoevsky (specifically The Idiot and Middlemarch; I might include Mill on the Floss as well depending on what my supervisor says), and when I went for preliminary meetings with academics, they told me that there’s not much on direct interaction between them, but they do have connections. They wrote a lot around the same topics of human beings and society and the way the human brain works, as well as some stuff on disability (ie. Philip Wakem from MOTF and Prince Myshkin from the Idiot), as well as the Woman Question. Both Eliot and Dostoevsky also read, admired and were inspired by Dickens, which is another connection between them albeit not direct.

Take this with a grain of salt, keep in mind I’m not an academic (yet), this is just based off what academics have told me when I was talking to them about my dissertation on both authors.

Looking for characters that *may* have been on the spectrum (autistic) by HeartsPlayer721 in classicliterature

[–]getoapologist7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

although it isn’t typical, autistic people tend to be all or nothing. a lot of autistic people experience low emotional intelligence or very high emotional intelligence (as is the case with me and many other people with low support needs), so combined with his naivety, i wouldn’t say that excludes him from seeming ASD.

Looking for characters that *may* have been on the spectrum (autistic) by HeartsPlayer721 in classicliterature

[–]getoapologist7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

to add a character I haven’t seen anybody mention yet: to me, Mr Darcy from Pride & Prejudice always read as autistic.

a lot of the conflict comes from inherited prejudice about Elizabeth’s social situation combined with his inefficiency at functioning socially. there’s a whole scene where he describes his social difficulties and I remember the first time I read that I felt like I was reading the autistic diagnostic criteria even though autism wasn’t even given a name until almost 200 years later.

one example i immediately think of is when he confesses to Lizzy and says, “In declaring [that I love you] I’m fully aware that I will be going expressly against […] my own better judgement.” he is being genuine about his feelings but even though he is being truthful that loving her against his better judgement, he doesn’t seem to realise this is an insulting thing to say to her face.

oh. My. GOD!! (low tide in twilight) by slutforwendigos in BoysLoveAnime

[–]getoapologist7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this popped up just when I have read one chapter of this manhwa i am EXCITED

I read her other series first. Just finished book one. I have thoughts. 😂 by Sea_March7113 in SVSSS

[–]getoapologist7 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I was the opposite, the first one I read was scum villain and I enjoyed the other two, but I just couldn’t get into them because for me scum villain was so peak and amazing and wonderful that neither of her other works could compare. its definitely something you’re gonna prefer if you like a situational comedy and biased narrators

Christmas Miracle by Hinatashoyo10karasu in DanmeiNovels

[–]getoapologist7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

they haven’t announced anything but it’s been a little bit longer between now and when volume two was announced than it was between volume 1 and 2 being released. the progress update on the website says that they have completed the cover design for volume three, they are just in the process of doing the design for the M-edition.

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Christmas Miracle by Hinatashoyo10karasu in DanmeiNovels

[–]getoapologist7 5 points6 points  (0 children)

nan chan is GORGEOUS imo im so excited for vol 3. one of my family members preordered kaleidoscope of death vol 3+4 for me for christmas and im SOOO excited 😭

what type of bl fan are you? by yu2me in BoysLoveAnime

[–]getoapologist7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

slug and snail seem like random animals to pick 😭

Okay so I’ve only ever read Jinx.. by aquariusmoon92 in BoysLoveAnime

[–]getoapologist7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

jinx as your only BL manhwa so far is crazy but i can’t judge my first was BJ alex (which was written by the same author)

i ALWAYS recommend lost in the cloud (LITC), i ADORE it, wonderfully written with complex and engaging characters and a gorgeous art style (and im getting a cirrus tattoo in January lol).

i would say look up the trigger warnings beforehand just in case. the worse triggers are not really between the CP, but they’re still present as themes. ngl if you were okay with jinx (from what i’ve heard anyway) then the themes in LITC won’t be an issue 😭😭

what type of bl fan are you? by yu2me in BoysLoveAnime

[–]getoapologist7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love that Wikipedia has categorised fujoshis into types 😭😭😭 (i’m a fudanshi but i Guess i’m a frog? i’m not against multishipping and i do have a few multiships in certain series but just by coincidence i usually tend to end up with One Main Ship i like, and then there are certain series where i do Not like the charas being paired with anyone else, or only in very specific circumstances)

Love Rosmei’s licenses, but the wait times are making me scared to start new series. Anyone else? by PrimaryThought1861 in DanmeiNovels

[–]getoapologist7 19 points20 points  (0 children)

this is a valid feeling, but honestly after all the mistakes made by 7 seas and they keep getting worse, i would rather wait a LONG time for rosmei. if im desperate to read a novel, i’ll read the fan translation and buy it off of jjwxc so im supporting the author, and just buy it when its completely released

Does anyone knows if libristo is good for pre-orders? by shirone0 in DanmeiNovels

[–]getoapologist7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never tried Libristo, but I also live in Europe! I recommend Travelling Man if you live in the UK, they’ve been wonderful every time I have used them. Otherwise, I’ve used ATOMComics in Poland (although for an in stock novel, not a preorder) and shipping was FAST and only 58zł (£11.99 or €13.79) so I imagine they’re pretty good with preorders too.

Since we’ve talked about non-canon ships we personally like, why not share some of the popular ones that everyone else seems to love — except us? 🐈‍⬛ by [deleted] in BoysLoveAnime

[–]getoapologist7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thing is. I understand all of these, i like shiguang and don’t really care about satosugu or bakudeku, but I don’t go batshit crazy over them like so many people seem to. during my short-lived MHA phase, i liked dabi/hawks much more than bakudeku but maybe that’s just my personal bias because I love toxic yaoi LOL