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The GL k-drama Midnight Mart was lovely! An office worker meets a convenience store employee every night after work.

The leads are a little shy, so they always speak slowly. It's perfect for Korean learners.

There are 4 episodes of 15 minutes. It's available legally and for free on YouTube.

The BL k-drama Ball Boy Tactics was lovely! A retired gymnast and a basketball player meet at their uni.

Don't expect more than a few seconds of basketball here and there. XD But the relationship is well-developed.

Han Ji-won is probably autistic and a-spec.

Runner Owen by Vincent Lore was fascinating! It's an epistolary gothic series (2 short stories out so far).

The writing style is wonderful. The setting isn't our world: for instance, there are three moons. Friend of the Damned is a ghost story, Honoria is a vampire story.

The protagonist is an achillean trans man, in love with his nemesis. For more LGBT Quick Reads, check out my rec list.

The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older was amazing! It's the third The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti book – this time, a novel rather than a novella, I think.

The author made an interesting choice: Mossa suffers from depression, so Pleiti (the Jovian Watson to Mossa's Holmes) starts the investigation on her own.

Extra points for an invented sport (I remain an All for the Game fan, no matter what genre I read): cling-rail is played in a magnetic orb where skaters go after a ball.

There's major f/f, as well as minor non-binary characters (ta/ta/ta's). For more LGBT Quick Reads, check out my rec list.

I've found an interesting YouTube channel, EBS Documentary/다큐, to replace the cultural channel that disappeared from KOR TV a while ago.

What's super practical with the fact that it's on YouTube is that I can slow down the videos to 75% of their original speed, which fits my oral comprehension level so much better.

Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology was fascinating! It's a set of short stories establishing a science fantasy world open to all authors from Africa and the African diaspora.

The stories appear in chronological order, always with a short introduction providing some context about the mythology or the actual history of this world. The book includes about 25 pictures (illustrations of the invented solar system, drawings of the characters...), as well as a glossary.

Most stories have no romance. There's achillean rep, an enby and a trans male protagonist. Two tales casually mention non-binary people.

Nunca es suficiente by M.C. Andrews was a lot of fun! Marina falls in love with Rafferty, but he needs more. Then, they meet James.

This is m/m/f erotica, with the relationships being the only plot, so not what I usually go for. But the m/f was enjoyable from the start, and once the m/m started, it got awesome!

The Incandescent by Emily Tesh (Silver in the Wood) was a lot of fun! Dr Saffy Walden is the Director of Magic at Chetwood School and teaches demonic invocation to sixth-formers.

I love that the school has a mobile phone policy because imps tend to possess technology. XD The focus of the novel is on the teachers and the other adults working at the school, like my beloved achillean series Branches of Past and Future by MN Bennet.

Saffy is bisexual and there's occasional f/f and m/f. For more HP-like LGBT Books, check out my rec list.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day was mind-blowing! It's my new favourite Spidey movie for sure.

If you're a fan of Marvel like me, go for it before the spoilers hit the Internet. There are more crossovers than I expected from the trailer.

There's 1 post-credits scene.

Netflix's movie Heartstopper Forever adapts the end of the story instead of a full Season 4. Consequently, it focuses on Nick and Charlie and doesn't dedicate much time to the f/nb, trans female and aroace rep.

Apart from that, it was good, of course. Alice Oseman is a great writer. I especially liked Elle's scene about the current state of trans rights in the UK.