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The regular weekly post for us to talk about any and all of our thoughts about the week's new releases.

WayV - Eternal White
Allday Project - Look At Me
KIIRAS - Kiirasmas
Doyoung - Promise
Daesung - 한도초과
Jinyoung - Christmas Fever
Sorn and Minnie
Kang Daniel

New MVs are also added to an ongoing youtube playlist.

Last week's MVs: 1 December

Feel free to add new comments in the replies for songs/MVs we missed.

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hwarium

I came across this fantastic interview of Brendan Lee Mulligan, who is one of my favourite creatives because of his talent in storytelling; he is an improv comedian that is also a gamemaster for Dimension 20, a Dungeons & Dragons live play show (hosted on Dropout, the successor of CollegeHumor). He's also one of my favourite cast members on the improv comedy show Make Some Noise for his insane monologues that have a dozen beats of worldbuilding in a dozen seconds.

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I loved the interview so much—I was listening to it over dinner and kept pausing to write notes. And afterwards I kept thinking, oh I want to share this part with this friend, or continue that conversation, or reflect on this quote, and so I just decided to prepare and post the full transcript (below) (might as well since the whole thing is gold). The interview dug up all these half-formed ideas that I've had recently about media and fandom and community, and so eloquently formed those ideas into a shape that I can examine more clearly.

( Read more... )

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Pre-orders have opened for the print editions of three baihe novels. All three are from Taiwanese publishers, so will be in traditional Chinese and uncensored.

The first is Spring Remains the Same (春如旧, pinyin: chun ru jiu) by Ruo Hua Ci Shu (若花辞树), a historical court intrigue novel with a cross-dressing main character. This is coming out from Taiwanese publisher morefate, and has a striking and unusual cover design. The web version of the novel can be read here.

The second is Our Happiness (属于我们的幸福, pinyin: shuyu women de xingfu), which collects two (novella-length?) contemporary romances, authored by Li Zi Li (李子李) and Ling Ling Ren (零零人) respectively. Li Zi Li seems to have a profile on Taiwanese webnovel platform Popo, which features a mixture of mostly danmei and yanqing works. I couldn't find much information about Ling Ling Ren on a cursory search. This edition is published by Caiyi Books.

The third is Whispers After the Spotlight (在流量引爆以后, pinyin: zai liuliang yinbao yihou) by Liu Li (琉璃), a contemporary romance between a cafe owner and an ex-YouTube star. This edition is published by Qianyu. Liu Li (author page here) writes across a range of romance and non-romance genres; her romance-focused titles are predominantly baihe, but there is also some danmei and yanqing. She previously published on JJWXC under the name Liu Li Xing Ren (琉璃星人), and has since terminated her relationship with them. However, a couple of her works (including a femslash fic for Jin Yong's The Heaven Sword and the Dragon Sabre (倚天屠龙记, pinyin: yitian tulong ji), can still be read there.

All three titles can be pre-ordered via Feiqin. The latter two can also be pre-ordered via books.com.tw, which also carry the ebook versions.

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We continue! The polls for July and August are still open. You can make your case for your faves in the comments and if we missed something, you can do a write-in vote in the comments.

Poll #33916 September 2025

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 18

View Respondents

What are your favourite releases of September 2025?

View Answers

ACE (VAV) - Eres Tu
0 (0.0%)

Aespa - Rich Man
3 (16.7%)

Aimers - Called Game
0 (0.0%)

ALL(H)OURS - Ready 2 Rumble
0 (0.0%)

Ateez - Ash
8 (44.4%)

AxMxP - I Did It
0 (0.0%)

Badvillain - Thriller
1 (5.6%)

Chaeyoung - Avocado (feat. Gliico) / Shoot (Firecracker)
1 (5.6%)

Changjo - Trapped in My Head
0 (0.0%)

Chanyeol - Zuruiyo
0 (0.0%)

Chen - Arcadia
0 (0.0%)

CIX - Wonder You
0 (0.0%)

Corbyn Besson, Tzuyu - Blink
1 (5.6%)

Cortis - Fashion
2 (11.1%)

Day6 - Inside Out
3 (16.7%)

Dayoung - Body
3 (16.7%)

Doh Kyung Soo - Dumb (feat. Penomeco)
1 (5.6%)

from20 - Social
0 (0.0%)

FTISLAND - Monochrome
0 (0.0%)

Genblue - Badass
0 (0.0%)

Haechan - CRZY
1 (5.6%)

hanhee - So Blue
0 (0.0%)

Hearts2Hearts - Pretty Please
1 (5.6%)

Hyolyn - Shotty
0 (0.0%)

IDID - 제멋대로 찬란하게 (Chan-Ran)
0 (0.0%)

Illit - Toki Yo Tomare
4 (22.2%)

izna - Mamma Mia
0 (0.0%)

Jang Wooyoung - Think Too Much (feat. Damini)
0 (0.0%)

Jinny - Everglow
0 (0.0%)

Jun K - R&B Me (feat. Changbin (Stray Kids))
0 (0.0%)

Junhee - Umbrella
1 (5.6%)

Kang Daniel - No Day
0 (0.0%)

KickFlip - Band-Aid / My First Love Song
0 (0.0%)

The KingDom - 화월가 (Last Flower)
3 (16.7%)

Lee Junyoung - Bounce
0 (0.0%)

LUN8 - Lost
1 (5.6%)

Momoland - Rodeo
0 (0.0%)

Monsta X - N the Front
6 (33.3%)

Nana - God
0 (0.0%)

NCT Wish - Color
3 (16.7%)

Orbit - Too Loud
0 (0.0%)

OX:N - Love +
0 (0.0%)

P1Harmony - EX
2 (11.1%)

Plave - Hide and Seek
0 (0.0%)

POW - Wall Flowers
2 (11.1%)

Primrose - Love Your Flower
0 (0.0%)

S.Coups x Mingyu - 5, 4, 3 (Pretty woman) (feat. Lay Bankz)
2 (11.1%)

Soorin - Sure Thing
0 (0.0%)

Suho - Who Are You
1 (5.6%)

Taemin - Veil
3 (16.7%)

TIOT - My Pride
0 (0.0%)

Treasure - Paradise
1 (5.6%)

tripleS ∞! - Password
1 (5.6%)

TWS - Head Shoulders Knees Toes
1 (5.6%)

UNIS - Moshi Moshi
0 (0.0%)

Wendy - Sunkiss
0 (0.0%)

Woodz - I'll Never Love Again
5 (27.8%)

X:IN - RRRUN
0 (0.0%)

XG - Gala
1 (5.6%)

Yerin - Awake
0 (0.0%)

Youngbin - Freak Show
0 (0.0%)

Yuqi - M.O.
1 (5.6%)

Zerobaseone - Iconik
3 (16.7%)

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https://domestic-medicine.com/

This website is an unromanticized purview of historical health care, with an emphasis on household and community practices shared and recorded by women, along with the overlaps of medicine and cookery.

Author Stephany Hoffelt’s credentials: ( Continue. )

(Content note: Hoffelt, with her lived experience, research into historical context, and insistence upon practical results, has a whole catacomb apiece to pick with both the patriarchal medical establishment and the proponents of a Magical Pagan Witch Sisterhood who got burned by the millions for providing safe and reliable herbal abortifacients.)

shyshyshiloh

( have *i* been naked?? 😳 )

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Just finished this contemporary baihe romance between an outgoing streamer and a sheltered professor. Enjoyable fluff, but a bit thin -- and not just because it's too short. At least two of the main couple have communication issues (the chapter title "It turns out Professor Xie is an idiot" applied to many earlier chapters as well). OTOH, I did enjoy the fantasy of both parties having the approval of the older generation, who set them up on a blind date.

Translation is here, the original here

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General chat is for anything you want to talk about, k-pop related or not. These will go up at the beginning of every month, so feel free to check back in or comment at any point throughout the month. The post is stickied to the top of the comm along with the admin post.

Optional discussion question: what's the last thing you ate/drank?

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The regular weekly post for us to talk about any and all of our thoughts about the week's new releases.

Verivery - Red (Beggin')
Taeyeon - Panorama
fromis_9 - 하얀 그리움
Feeldog - Too Good
Kenta - Wrapping Paper
Alpha Drive One - Formula (pre-debut)
Chuei Li Yu - UxYOUxU
Seo Eunkwang - Greatest Moment
Yim Siwan - The Reason
The Boyz - Still Love You
Lunedi - Face Myself

New MVs are also added to an ongoing youtube playlist.

Last week's MVs: 24 November

Feel free to add new comments in the replies for songs/MVs we missed.

[ Rec Something Wednesday | WIP Wednesday | Monthly General Chat | Comment Fest ]

moriendum

#21 - a song that's a classic favorite

love this song and this arrangement so much!

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I immediately thought of it when I saw tbz's new single teaser lol

( some quick kpop thoughts )

Current Mood: hot

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Hello, friends! It's about to be December again, and you know what that means: the fact I am posting this actually before December 1 means

karzilla reminded me about the existence of linear time again. Wait, no -- well, yes, but also -- okay, look, let me back up and start again: it's almost December, and that means it's time for our annual December holiday points bonus.

The standard explanation: For the entire month of December, all orders made in the Shop of points and paid time, either for you or as a gift for a friend, will have 10% of your completed cart total sent to you in points when you finish the transaction. For instance, if you buy an order of 12 months of paid time for $35 (350 points), you'll get 35 points when the order is complete, to use on a future purchase.

( The fine print and much more behind this cut! )

Thank you, in short, for being the best possible users any social media site could possibly ever hope for. I'm probably in danger of crossing the Sappiness Line if I haven't already, but you all make everything worth it.

On behalf of Mark, Jen, Robby, and our team of awesome volunteers, and to each and every one of you, whether you've been with us on this wild ride since the beginning or just signed up last week, I'm wishing you all a very happy set of end-of-year holidays, whichever ones you celebrate, and hoping for all of you that your 2026 is full of kindness, determination, empathy, and a hell of a lot more luck than we've all had lately. Let's go.

unsospiro

Over the past couple weeks I have fully dived into tripleS content having previously sworn that I would never get into them. I have so many thoughts about them, some of which are currently materializing into writing a fic and some of which are simply marinating in my brain.

( intial thoughts and braindump )

Current Mood: geeky

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What are you working on? Stuck on a plot point and want to talk it out? Have a canon question or looking for a resource? Anything and everything about your WIPs is welcome. Any kind of WIP counts, including fic, fanart, graphics, meta, icons, etc.

Optional questions are below. If there's something else you want to say about your WIP, please add it and we can update the meme.

You can contribute to the post until we put up the next WIP Wednesday! We are embracing the slower pace of Dreamwidth.

[ New Music Monday | Rec Something Wednesday | Monthly General Chat | Comment Fest ]

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I've been meaning to post about this for some time, but these days life and most annoyingly work keep getting in the way. Anyway, The Secret of Girls (如果有秘密, pinyin: ruguo you mimi) is a newish baihe live action mini-drama that made it onto GagaOOLala about a month ago, starring He Lei (who plays Ji Qingqing in When We Met). Here's the official synposis:

Xu Jingxi sets out to Dali, Yunnan, to live her final days without regret. Losing her wallet upon arrival, she turns to Wen Shan, a quiet employee at the guesthouse, and works there to repay her debt. As the carefree Jingxi and reserved Wen Shan share daily life under the Dali sky, they gradually open up, finding warmth, healing, and love in each other’s company - a tender story of courage and connection between two women.

A heartfelt and healing Chinese sapphic mini-series, starring He Lei and Sun Cailun as two women who find love and courage in life’s final journey.

The main page for the drama is here. There are 16 episodes in total, of approximately 15 minutes each. The first two episodes are free-to-view.

This drama (and the team behind it) has had a bit of a torrid time. It originally aired in China via the production studio's own WeChat mini-app. Shortly after that, the studio licensed it to Rakuten Japan. That version featured an extended makeout scene that was not present in the version that was available in China (though enterprising Chinese fans soon found it). Shortly after that, the whole drama was taken off WeChat, leading to an absurd scenario in which a Chinese drama produced by a Chinese studio primarily for a Chinese audience was only accessible through a Japanese platform — and all for the crime of daring to include a kissing scene in its overseas version. Luckily, the drama found a home on GagaOOLala a few weeks later, where one hopes it will stay for the foreseeable future.

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New Music Monday - 8 December 2025

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Three Print Editions Available for Pre-order

POLL: favourite releases of September 2025

Resource: Domestic Medicine.

kpop i listened to this month - november 2025

Marry First, Love Later (先婚后爱) by Jiuqian Sheng (九千胜)

Monthly General Chat - December 2025

New Music Monday - 1 December 2025

30 songs challenge #21

#21 - a song that's a classic favorite

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