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BE MY FAVORITE WATCH PARTY

And you're invited!

I've been rewatching the series while I work on my BMF video essay, and I was like, "I bet other people would love to rewatch it as a group!" so that's what I'm here to do.

Starting this Saturday, August 10th, I'm gonna host a weekly rewatch party with an episode per week.

My plan is to run the episode on Hyperbeam and host a public Discord server for people to chat in while the episode's on.

If anyone has a better configuration in mind, let me know. \:D/

Closer to the day, I'll reblog this post with a link to the server. \o/

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Krist Perawat & HUG

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Fans Gathering 290724: 🧑‍🎓📸🎉 We'll take photos with those who are graduating this year only. Either that, or those getting a Master's degree. - Master's or PhD, all good. If anyone gets a PhD, we'll carry you above our heads! - For those with a PhD, we'll carry you on a palanquin!

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We ask your questions so you don’t have to! Submit your questions to have them posted anonymously as polls.

Got an iPad recently. Here’s a fanart of Krist I just drew on it.

Here’s a peek into it as a WIP.

Peraya Party Begin Again: I am happy that nong came to see us. But since he's here, I wanted to tease nong "little kitten" too~ ↳ 3/?

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Bonus:

How I learned to write smarter, not harder

(aka, how to write when you're hella ADHD lol)

A reader commented on my current long fic asking how I write so well. I replied with an essay of my honestly pretty non-standard writing advice (that they probably didn't actually want lol) Now I'm gonna share it with you guys and hopefully there's a few of you out there who will benefit from my past mistakes and find some useful advice in here. XD Since I started doing this stuff, which are all pretty easy changes to absorb into your process if you want to try them, I now almost never get writer's block.

The text of the original reply is indented, and I've added some additional commentary to expand upon and clarify some of the concepts.

As for writing well, I usually attribute it to the fact that I spent roughly four years in my late teens/early 20s writing text roleplay with a friend for hours every single day. Aside from the constant practice that provided, having a live audience immediately reacting to everything I wrote made me think a lot about how to make as many sentences as possible have maximum impact so that I could get that kind of fun reaction. (Which is another reason why comments like yours are so valuable to fanfic writers! <3) The other factors that have improved my writing are thus: 1. Writing nonlinearly. I used to write a whole story in order, from the first sentence onward. If there was a part I was excited to write, I slogged through everything to get there, thinking that it would be my reward once I finished everything that led up to that. It never worked. XD It was miserable. By the time I got to the part I wanted to write, I had beaten the scene to death in my head imagining all the ways I could write it, and it a) no longer interested me and b) could not live up to my expectations because I couldn't remember all my ideas I'd had for writing it. The scene came out mediocre and so did everything leading up to it. Since then, I learned through working on VN writing (I co-own a game studio and we have some visual novels that I write for) that I don't have to write linearly. If I'm inspired to write a scene, I just write it immediately. It usually comes out pretty good even in a first draft! But then I also have it for if I get more ideas for that scene later, and I can just edit them in. The scenes come out MUCH stronger because of this. And you know what else I discovered? Those scenes I slogged through before weren't scenes I had no inspiration for, I just didn't have any inspiration for them in that moment! I can't tell you how many times there was a scene I had no interest in writing, and then a week later I'd get struck by the perfect inspiration for it! Those are scenes I would have done a very mediocre job on, and now they can be some of the most powerful scenes because I gave them time to marinate. Inspiration isn't always linear, so writing doesn't have to be either!

Some people are the type that joyfully write linearly. I have a friend like this--she picks up the characters and just continues playing out the next scene. Her story progresses through the entire day-by-day lives of the characters; it never timeskips more than a few hours. She started writing and posting just eight months ago, she's about an eighth of the way through her planned fic timeline, and the content she has so far posted to AO3 for it is already 450,000 words long. But most of us are normal humans. We're not, for the most part, wired to create linearly. We consume linearly, we experience linearly, so we assume we must also create linearly. But actually, a lot of us really suffer from trying to force ourselves to create this way, and we might not even realize it. If you're the kind of person who thinks you need to carrot-on-a-stick yourself into writing by saving the fun part for when you finally write everything that happens before it: Stop. You're probably not a linear writer. You're making yourself suffer for no reason and your writing is probably suffering for it. At least give nonlinear writing a try before you assume you can't write if you're not baiting or forcing yourself into it!! Remember: Writing is fun. You do this because it's fun, because it's your hobby. If you're miserable 80% of the time you're doing it, you're probably doing it wrong!

2. Rereading my own work. I used to hate reading my own work. I wouldn't even edit it usually. I would write it and slap it online and try not to look at it again. XD Writing nonlinearly forced me to start rereading because I needed to make sure scenes connected together naturally and it also made it easier to get into the headspace of the story to keep writing and fill in the blanks and get new inspiration. Doing this built the editing process into my writing process--I would read a scene to get back in the headspace, dislike what I had written, and just clean it up on the fly. I still never ever sit down to 'edit' my work. I just reread it to prep for writing and it ends up editing itself. Many many scenes in this fic I have read probably a dozen times or more! (And now, I can actually reread my own work for enjoyment!) Another thing I found from doing this that it became easy to see patterns and themes in my work and strengthen them. Foreshadowing became easy. Setting up for jokes or plot points became easy. I didn't have to plan out my story in advance or write an outline, because the scenes themselves because a sort of living outline on their own. (Yes, despite all the foreshadowing and recurring thematic elements and secret hidden meanings sprinkled throughout this story, it actually never had an outline or a plan for any of that. It's all a natural byproduct of writing nonlinearly and rereading.)

Unpopular writing opinion time: You don't need to make a detailed outline.

Some people thrive on having an outline and planning out every detail before they sit down to write. But I know for a lot of us, we don't know how to write an outline or how to use it once we've written it. The idea of making one is daunting, and the advice that it's the only way to write or beat writer's block is demoralizing. So let me explain how I approach "outlining" which isn't really outlining at all.

I write in a Notion table, where every scene is a separate table entry and the scene is written in the page inside that entry. I do this because it makes writing nonlinearly VASTLY more intuitive and straightforward than writing in a single document. (If you're familiar with Notion, this probably makes perfect sense to you. If you're not, imagine something a little like a more contained Google Sheets, but every row has a title cell that opens into a unique Google Doc when you click on it. And it's not as slow and clunky as the Google suite lol) (Edit from the future: I answered an ask with more explanation on how I use Notion for non-linear writing here.) When I sit down to begin a new fic idea, I make a quick entry in the table for every scene I already know I'll want or need, with the entries titled with a couple words or a sentence that describes what will be in that scene so I'll remember it later. Basically, it's the most absolute bare-bones skeleton of what I vaguely know will probably happen in the story.

Then I start writing, wherever I want in the list. As I write, ideas for new scenes and new connections and themes will emerge over time, and I'll just slot them in between the original entries wherever they naturally fit, rearranging as necessary, so that I won't forget about them later when I'm ready to write them. As an example, my current long fic started with a list of roughly 35 scenes that I knew I wanted or needed, for a fic that will probably be around 100k words (which I didn't know at the time haha). As of this writing, it has expanded to 129 scenes. And since I write them directly in the page entries for the table, the fic is actually its own outline, without any additional effort on my part. As I said in the comment reply--a living outline!

This also made it easier to let go of the notion that I had to write something exactly right the first time. (People always say you should do this, but how many of us do? It's harder than it sounds! I didn't want to commit to editing later! I didn't want to reread my work! XD) I know I'm going to edit it naturally anyway, so I can feel okay giving myself permission to just write it approximately right and I can fix it later. And what I found from that was that sometimes what I believed was kind of meh when I wrote it was actually totally fine when I read it later! Sometimes the internal critic is actually wrong. 3. Marinating in the headspace of the story. For the first two months I worked on [fic], I did not consume any media other than [fandom the fic is in]. I didn't watch, read, or play anything else. Not even mobile games. (And there wasn't really much fan content for [fandom] to consume either. Still isn't, really. XD) This basically forced me to treat writing my story as my only source of entertainment, and kept me from getting distracted or inspired to write other ideas and abandon this one.

As an aside, I don't think this is a necessary step for writing, but if you really want to be productive in a short burst, I do highly recommend going on a media consumption hiatus. Not forever, obviously! Consuming media is a valuable tool for new inspiration, and reading other's work (both good and bad, as long as you think critically to identify the differences!) is an invaluable resource for improving your writing.

When I write, I usually lay down, close my eyes, and play the scene I'm interested in writing in my head. I even take a ten-minute nap now and then during this process. (I find being in a state of partial drowsiness, but not outright sleepiness, makes writing easier and better. Sleep helps the brain process and make connections!) Then I roll over to the laptop next to me and type up whatever I felt like worked for the scene. This may mean I write half a sentence at a time between intervals of closed-eye-time XD

People always say if you're stuck, you need to outline.

What they actually mean by that (whether they realize it or not) is that if you're stuck, you need to brainstorm. You need to marinate. You don't need to plan what you're doing, you just need to give yourself time to think about it!

What's another framing for brainstorming for your fic? Fantasizing about it! Planning is work, but fantasizing isn't.

You're already fantasizing about it, right? That's why you're writing it. Just direct that effort toward the scenes you're trying to write next! Close your eyes, lay back, and fantasize what the characters do and how they react.

And then quickly note down your inspirations so you don't forget, haha.

And if a scene is so boring to you that even fantasizing about it sucks--it's probably a bad scene.

If it's boring to write, it's going to be boring to read. Ask yourself why you wanted that scene. Is it even necessary? Can you cut it? Can you replace it with a different scene that serves the same purpose but approaches the problem from a different angle? If you can't remove the troublesome scene, what can you change about it that would make it interesting or exciting for you to write?

And I can't write sitting up to save my damn life. It's like my brain just stops working if I have to sit in a chair and stare at a computer screen. I need to be able to lie down, even if I don't use it! Talking walks and swinging in a hammock are also fantastic places to get scene ideas worked out, because the rhythmic motion also helps our brain process. It's just a little harder to work on a laptop in those scenarios. XD

In conclusion: Writing nonlinearly is an amazing tool for kicking writer's block to the curb. There's almost always some scene you'll want to write. If there isn't, you need to re-read or marinate.

Or you need to use the bathroom, eat something, or sleep. XD Seriously, if you're that stuck, assess your current physical condition. You might just be unable to focus because you're uncomfortable and you haven't realized it yet.

Anyway! I hope that was helpful, or at least interesting! XD Sorry again for the text wall. (I think this is the longest comment reply I've ever written!)

And same to you guys on tumblr--I hope this was helpful or at least interesting. XD Reblogs appreciated if so! (Maybe it'll help someone else!)

Krist restored his Twitter account (with a pointed new addition to his bio)

Krist and Singto on the cover of Hamburger Magazine, November 2017

what kind of AU is this

SINGTO THE KING OF HEALTHY DISTANCE

This might be an odd thing to hear from me given how effusive I’ve been over Krist being so open and vulnerable with his fans, buuut:

I love the boundaries that Singto keeps up with his fans.

Like, today he posted this quotation to his Instagram:

Man’s a notorious introvert and famously keeps to himself when he’s not working. It stands to reason that he’d want people to respect some healthy boundaries. He’s perfectly lovely at events, but I’ve seen how he shuts down if you approach and record him in his private time.

So while he’s not always going to jump in and speak his mind, he has opinions and he has his own way of sharing them.

Like earlier today he retweeted the tweet below, which basically says it’s good to have all kinds of friends and not to feel jealous or upset when friends have other friends. And I mean. Given the current situation? With toxic shipper fans harassing his partner Krist for sharing moments of his friendship with Gawin? That retweet could have only been more pointed if Singto had written and tweeted it out himself.

Some have criticized Singto for being distant, for not standing up for Krist, for sitting back and allowing unhinged fandom situations to just unravel around him without stepping in. And like, sure, he could have done more, but at what cost? He’s been dealing with mental health issues apparently as far back as university, and he knows who he is and what he can handle.

If Krist, the kind one who opens his heart to everyone, couldn’t get through to toxic fans who want to control his life and shame him for having friends, then Singto probably knew he wasn’t going to have any more luck.

Sometimes putting distance between you and a fire is all you can do, and I think that’s how Singto navigates fame without losing his mind.

POLL BATTLE: YOUR FAVORITE LINE FROM BE MY FAVORITE

Behold this random selection of my twelve personal favorites!* \:D/ *I tweaked a few of them to sound more natural in English.

"Can you please open the trunk, phi?"

"Never seen someone eating in the bathroom or what?"

"You call yourself an intellectual. Act like one."

"I'll even scream for you."

"Why did you guys even bother to talk inside?"

"You said you'd come back if I didn't follow you."

"If you're going to stare that hard, you might as well eat me."

"(Though I'm disappointed,) I'm not that desperate."

"(Anger may make you seem tougher in the short term,) but it weakens you on the inside in the long run."

"HYEH HYAH GHAGHAGHAGHA"

"Where is your ability to perform in-depth analysis?!"

"For me, no matter what happens, being his and belonging to one another is what's most right."

AND NOW IT'S POLL BATTLE TIME!!!

CHIKA TAKAMI, YOU WATANABE, and RIKO SAKURAUCHI from LOVE LIVE!

Justification:

"You was clearly jealous of Chika and Riko's newfound friendship, I want to believe she wanted to join their relationship rather than be jealous of Riko." - @allmyfriendsareheathens

i've died on smaller hills, so i can't judge. but i do think it's funny whenever posts about the proper definition of a poor little meow meow circulate, considering none of them mention that the origin was a kpop fan's absolutely bonkers tweet about not being able to protect a full grown man who was getting backlash for including audio from the jonestown cult leader jim jones in one of his songs

While rewatching the behind the scenes for the pilot trailer of The Ex-Morning, these decorations on the wall of Tamtawan's place have continued to stay in my head. The emphasis put on obscured mouths makes me think that there's definitely something that Tamtawan cannot say. Perhaps what he can't say is tied to why he left.

Also, I don't recognize the other posters, but seeing a poster of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind on the wall makes me giggle. I can't stop thinking about the idea of Tamtawan watching the film, thinking about Pathapi, and putting it up on his wall as he travels back to Thailand to try help restore his ex-boyfriend's reputation.

THE TINIEST "YEAH" IN HISTORY THAT MURDERED MY SOUL DEAD

During promo for Be My Favorite last summer, Krist and Gawin appeared on a few international fans' podcasts. Gawin is fluent in English, but it's not Krist's strong suit. So while Krist confidently led their promotional activities in Thai with his years of experience and extroverted charm, it was really stinking cute to watch him follow Gawin's lead in their English interviews.

Behold this shit:

LIKE, I WANT YOU ALL TO APPLAUD ME SURVIVING THIS:

I just love their friendship, man. :')

They're the pinnacle of Extrovert Adopts Introvert, and I'm so glad Krist stood up for their friendship and didn't back down despite months of abuse from people who claim to love and support him.

I hope they collaborate on music and release an album together and hold a concert I can go to. <3

happy to have an offgun sunday show back on the docket but i can already tell this series is going to put a bee in my bonnet every week about late stage capitalism foisting its cancer upon all workplace cultures and turning things like internships from learning and exploratory opportunities to build skills and discover interests in a field, to an expectation of free/low paid but inexplicably pre-skilled labour. do you think ye olde blacksmith's apprentice showed up to the first day of the apprenticeship and the blacksmith is like "what do you mean you don't know how to shoe a horse?? that's so basic" no. the expectation of apprenticeship is that a newborn emptyheaded youngin with a vague notion that metal is cool shows up, and is taught how to blacksmith. the expectation is not that the young savant of metalwork turns up with a list of horses already shoed, including One Very Special One in the Royal Stable, and god would you please please please allow me to debase myself for you, o blacksmith? my resumé is just like the journeyman's!! this workplace culture is a modern invention!! they used to teach you things at work!!

[breathing audibly] i just think entry level should mean entry level, and that as much effort goes into gathering experience that makes people competitively hire-able, ability, opportunity, and luck also play a role. it is lucky to know your passion early enough to be able to groom yourself to competitiveness in a sharky field of work, but a person should be able to turn up for entry level positions/interning with an unabashed "i know nothing" as long as it's followed with an "and i'm ready to learn" and it is in neoliberalism's favour to allow work environments to cut their costs by eschewing the responsibility to teach. to train the trainee.

[LOLLIPOPSUB] Utsukushii Kare S1 (FULL)

hi people🥺

contrary to popular belief, I am actually alive.

I wish Tumblr allowed me to edit posts and have all initial reblogs be edited, but alas, here we are.

I know all streaming links of my subtitles have been removed, so I finally gathered Season 1 of Utsukushii Kare available for download.

The reason why I never did this in the first place is plain and simple because I don't like it when people re-translate without credits, and also that I wanted my subtitles to be as easily accessible as possible. That last bit failed miserably, huh :D

A wonderful gorgeous soul has been supporting me regardless of my (in)activity, and I will now be using that support to host the files so that they hopefully will keep being accessible.

I am not entirely sure what your username is on here, and whether or not you want me to blast it out in public, but I hope you know who you are. Thank you so much.

You can access the full series here:

UTSUKUSHII KARE SEASON 1 - ENG SUB BY LOLLIPOP (FULL SERIES)

Please help spread this post to reach the ones who have so sweetly been looking for my subtitles. It means a lot that such nice words were spread about my translations. Thank you everyone. It genuinely does mean a lot. I hope you'll help me spread this around if people are looking for a place to find my version of the story.

Thank you!

I thought you saw me as your friend already.