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These ended up dividing neatly into some specific subgenres. I really have been mostly into m/m romance lately, huh...

Non-romance Anime:
Bocci the Rock
Play it cool guys

m/f romance manga and webtoon:
Sweat and Soap
Busu ni Hanataba wo
Everyone wants to get married
Another Typical Fantasy Romance

m/m but not romance manga:
The Summer Hikaru Died

f/f romantic fantasy novel:
Earthcast
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Non-Canon JAFF Ship Prompt Fics 2023

Seems relevant to some people's interests!

Below the cut, the two prompts I posted, for my own records. I don't know if I'll write anything, I haven't had the writing bug in a while, but it was fun coming up with prompts.
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I decided that if I could review the game about ALGEBRA BEING FUN I could probably review some things more of you might actually be interested in. So! Off the top of my head without overthinking, let's go!

Lots of m/m, some m/f, and a little f/f and gen.

Live Action TV: Sandman, Old Fashioned Cupcake

Games: Nurse Love Syndrome, London Detetctive Mysteria

Anime: My Dress Up Darling, SpyxFamily, Sasaki and Miyano, Hirano and Kagiura, Umibe no Etranger

Prose fiction: Light Tea and Sweet Wine, The Wrong Way To A Demon Sect Leader, You Boys Play Games Very Well, spit_kitten
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So after some time, and seeing other people's opinions, I do have to agree that Horizon: Forbidden West is overall not as fun or interesting a game as Horizon: Zero Dawn. Some things I didn't mention in my review I've seen other people point out are the underwritten AI and simplistic jingoism.

But what I haven't seen people talk about is the VERY PROBLEMATIC FEMSLASHINESS that I QUITE APPRECIATED.

There's no way to talk about it without major spoilers, but I will say before the cut that it's not worth playing the game for, the plot is mostly helping quasi-Aztecs fight robot dinosaurs etc and the main character has no canon romance with anyone. But given that I was playing the game anyway, it was an added bonus.

Content notes: it's hard to explain without spoilers but like...very unhealthy f/f!
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Hither, Page, Miss Not So Sidekick, Lonely Girl ni Sakaraeai, Subnautica Below Zero, Grim Tales 2, Cooking with Pride, A Thousand Autumns, Yes No and Maybe (has a content note for consent issues)
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All stuff I liked!

Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You A Wizard?!, Star Trek Lower Decks, Case Files of Jeweller Richard, Adachi and Shimamura, Game Night, Booksmart, The Male Lead Is A Quilt
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FFA is an anonymous forum where a lot of unfortunate stuff gets posted but searching for "she-ra" was definitely a good choice. Here's the collections of fanart I encountered, I haven't looked at all of it but there's a lot of cute stuff from what I saw.

Spoilers in the art and my commentary.
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Phantom of the Opera Trailer - Synetic Theater

Afaict there's no full recording, just the trailer. But if you're in Arlington, Virginia, in the US, it's running until March.

This is a translated Japanese f/f comedy romance light novel, about a Japanese lesbian who finds herself in the world of the m/f dating sim she was playing...and does her best to avoid all the male love interests the game throws at her and instead win the heart and good ending of the game's haughty villainess.

Here's the English translation I read

It's pretty silly, and the romance didn't quite work for me, but it's a lot of fun, and a lot more queer and generally thoughtful than I expected. There's a lot of discussion of being a lesbian in both Japan and the fantasy world of the game, and even a secondary trans woman character who is treated pretty well. I'm pretty sure the author is a lesbian herself, those parts felt very real. It's also pretty fun as a fantasy novel, with magic battles, dilemmas around of the role of nobles in an unjust society etc. It's even vaguely left-wing. And it's quite funny.

My main issues:
1) The translation is pretty bad.
2) The protagonist, Rei, is like 25 before she gets shunted into the game, while her love interest Claire is 15. Rei doesn't expect Claire to return her feelings, and Claire is very tsundere in her rejection, but it was still a bit uncomfortable reading this teenager being openly sleazed on by an adult she thinks is a fellow teen. The silly tone and wish fulfilment nature of the premise makes it easier not to take the age gap literally, and their relationship becomes more complex and mutually supportive. So I mostly shipped it by the end, but not 100%. Overall I enjoyed it more as a queer humourous fantasy novel than a romance.

Also: The quasi-middle eastern country is a straightforwardly evil stereotype and there were a few moments of fatphobia, other dubconny women etc. A minor trans man character commits suicide, I thought it was handled adequately in context but still. There's a sympathetic depiction of sibling incest, it somehow managed not to squick me too badly but ymmv.

Still, I paid $1 to support the author's pixiv fanbox (kinda like patreon) and not just to read the porny extra >.> (which was as unsexy as I expected it to be)

These feels are all very spoilery! I've given some backstory if you're not familiar with the show.

I currently at the start of Episode 4 of Season 3, and enjoying this season a LOT. The only thing that really bothers me so far is the disability issues the show has always had.

Content note: abusive parents, ambiguously incestuous shipping, iffy portrayal of disability

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