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I know you don't really hate your dad. You just need some time to digest. Right? I'm afraid I have indigestion. I have experience of curing indigestion. This should be the only disease that can be cured by time. I really admire you.

EXCLUSIVE FAIRY TALE (2023) Ep. 5 dir. Gong Yu Shi

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Poor godmother. How could she have such an immature son? I'm the pitiful one. Two years ago, you said you would plant a pot of roses for her. You made such a great deal out of it, like you wanted the whole world to know. But before her birthday, the roses withered. In the end, I searched all over for a pot of roses to help you.

EXCLUSIVE FAIRY TALE (2023) Ep. 1 dir. Gong Yu Shi

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impatiently waiting for 4 romcoms and 1 action sageuk!

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“Now, master died an unjust death. My senior brothers and sisters were slaughtered. My enemy is nearby, yet I cannot kill him. This is already extremely painful. It is impossible for me to marry him. Today, I am an unfilial daughter.”

One and Only [2021]

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Upcoming Kdrama June 2024 🧡

3/6: Player 2: Master of Swindlers with Song Seung Heon, Oh Yeon Seo, Lee Si On. 12 episodes; action, thriller, comedy.

7/6: Hierarchy with Roh Jeong Hui, Lee Chae Min, Kim Jae Won. 7 episodes; thriller, mystery, romance.

12/6: My Sweet Mobster with Uhm Tae Goo, Han Sun Hwa, Kwon Yool. 16 episodes; rom-com.

15/6: Miss Night and Day with Jung Eun Ji, Choi Jin Hyuk, Lee Jung Eun. 16 episodes; rom-com, fantasy.

22/6: DNA lover with Choi Si Won, Jung In Sun, Lee Tae Hwan. 16 episodes; rom-com, melodrama.

28/6: the Whirlwind with Kim Soo Ae, Sol Gyung Gu. 12 episodes; political.

Uhm Tae Goo in a rom-com?! It was about time! 😍

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Kdrama: Miss Night and Day (2024)

"三位主演也太可愛了吧😊

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・・・ 카리스마 넘치는 눈빛👀⚡ 센스 있는 포즈💃🕺 그리고 자꾸 기대하게 되는 이 조합 (๑’ᵕ’๑)⸝*

JTBC 새 토일드라마 <낮과 밤이 다른 그녀> 6월 15일 [토] 밤 10시 30분 첫 방송!"

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Asian dramas and Love tropes

There are my favorite characters and their love stories as a list. Enemies to lovers

Drama: Her Royal Highness/长公主在上 Characters: Gu Xuanqing x Li Yunzhen Screentime: Main A boy is sent to be a servant in the unruly princess`s palace in order to find some dirt about her and to help his master to overthrown her, but something goes wrong... The HE is attached.

Drama: The Legends/招摇 Characters: Li Chenlan x Lu Zhaoyao Screentime: Main A leader of a demonic sect died trying to get demonic sword. Her soul returns to the world full of wish to get revenge on the current leader of her sect, who, as she thinks, killed her in the past. Found the way to be close to him, she learns that he wasn't the reason of her death and, moreover, desperately in love with her for many-many years. This is an adaptation of the novel "Ostentatious Zhaoyao", which I love more than a drama, but it's a good story in both variants. The HE is attached (although it`s a little bit obscure in the drama).

Drama: Till the End of the Moon/ 长月烬明 Characters: Tantai Jin x Li Susu Screentime: Main A boy who is destined to become a Demon God and to destroy the World tries to fight his doom. In a process, he falls in love with a transmigrator, who was sent 500 years back in the past to prevent his transformation into a Demon God. The irony is,making him falling in love is the only way to kill him for good... It`s an adaptation of the novel "Black Moonlight Holds the BE Script", which I like way-way-way more than the drama, not the least because the drama has BE and the novel has HE. I just watched it as a visually beautiful fanfic to the novel.

Drama: Love Between Fairy and Devil /苍兰诀 Characters: Dongfang Qingcang x Xiao Lanhua Screentime: Main My favorite drama of all times! Trying to save her love, a girl accidently falls into a secret prison for immortal criminals, revives the most fearsome demon of all times and heals his ability to feel. Later, forced to spend his time together with the girl from the enemy camp, the demon finds out that he actually likes her... The HE is attached. I wrote A LOT about them and made recap of the whole drama from the point of their relationship development in these posts: one, two, three, four, five and six.

Drama: My Journey to You /云之羽 Characters: Gong Shangjue x Shangguan Qian Screentime: Secondary In order to destroy the martial artist's clan, a female assassin was sent in there. While she is trying to seduce one of clan's young masters, he tries to expose her lies, but, eventually, falls in love with her. Unrequited. Maybe. This story has an open ending. My analysis of their relationship is here.

Drama: Butterflied lover /风月变 Characters: Ling Changjin x Bao Zhu Screentime: Secondary A wicked nobleman marries a princess because of her miraculous blood: it`s able to bring his zombie sister back to life. The princess allows him to treat her bad because she has been in love with him for a long time and believes he is a good person. Bit by bit he starts believe in it himself and begins to cherish his wife more... The ending is obscure (in a traditional Chinese way).

Drama: The Blue Whisper /与君初相识 Characters: Li Shu x Xue Sanyue Screentime: Minor A cat demon prince infiltrates the valley of demon hunters in order to set free the great demoness, but falls in love with one of demon hunters. Mutually. The ending is traditionally Chinese - they met again in another life. Т_Т

Drama: Immortal Samsara / 沉香如屑 Characters: Xuan Ye x Ran Qing Screentime: Minor An Asura king infiltrates the Heavenly Realm in order to steal the artifact that can help him conquering the world. The keeper of this artefact is a brave and honest goddess and he can't help but fall in love with her. After, he needs to choose: to be with his lover or to rule the world. He wants all at once, but there is no way to get it all. No HE for this pair. Pride and Prejudice

Drama: Lighter and Princess / 点燃我 Characters: Li Xun x Zhu Yun Screentime: Main A girl from a rich family with an anxious type of attachment falls in love with her classmate from a poor family with an avoidant type of attachment and tries to win his heart. It`s a problematic ship in a full meaning of these words and I like it this way. Yummy! The HE is attached.

Drama: Derailment /脱轨 Characters: Qi Lian x Jiang Xiaoyuan Screentime: Main A boy accidently meets his school sweetheart after many years of radio silence and understands that something is wrong with her. It turns out that her body is occupied by a transmigrator from a parallel world. At first he hates transmigrator for replacing his lover, but bit by bit he learns, that a transmigrator has not only the same appearance but the same habits and way of thinking, and falls in love with this new personality again... The story ends with HE but not in a way that you may think it would.

Drama: The Love by Hypnotic /明月照我心 Characters: Li Qian x Li Mingyue Screentime: Main In order to build relationship between two countries an emperor arranges marriage for his son. His fiancée is from a barbaric tribe: she is good at horse riding and archery, but knows nothing about palace etiquette and ladies stuff. It`s a light and sweet story about finding a path to each other's heart. The HE is attached.

Drama: The Long Ballad /长歌行 Characters: Hao Du x Li Leyan Screentime: Secondary A tsundere of a low background with a poker face does his ruthless job in a court, that's why a young princess thinks he is an awful man and is scared of him. But in reality he is a loyal servant and son and, moreover, secretly in love with the princess, who can't stand him... The HE is attached.

Drama: Miss the Dragon /遇龙 Characters: Xue Qianxun x Qingqing Screentime: Secondary A very naïve bird demon girl accidently meets a tsundere god of netherworld and turns his well ordered life into havoc. He starts liking it, though. The HE is attached. Forbidden love

Drama: A Frozen Flower /쌍화점 Characters: Hong Rim x No Guk Screentime: Main A gay king needs a heir, so he forces his lover to conceive a child with a queen. In a process, a boy, who was groomed as a king's lover from his childhood, finds out that he likes women much more than men. A traditional Korean tragedy. Very beautiful and full of feelings, though. (No GIFs because they all would be erotic ones).

Drama: 100 Days My Prince /백일의 낭군님 Characters: Moo-yeon x Kim So-hye Screentime: Secondary An assassin who is working for a wicked court official is secretly in love with a wife of a crown prince, who happens to be a daughter of the killer of his parents. Forbidden love doubles! But it's mutual, unfortunately for him. It's a very beautiful and full of desperation and feelings story. No HE, we die like Koreans. More detailed story of their relationship is available here, here and here.

Drama: The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity/晴雅集 Characters: He Shouye x Zhang Ping Screentime: Secondary A woman, who is destined to restrain the undying evil within her body for eternity in solitude, falls in love with Yin-Yang master. Her love is mutual, but her lover can't be with her forever, so he leaves with her his guardian demon to brighten her loneliness. Protecting her for ever starts being the only goal of demon's life... A tragedy, but a beautiful one.

Drama: The Legends/招摇 Characters: Gu Hanguang x Shen Qianjin Screentime: Minor "The Legends" once more! The main doctor of a demonic sect is in love with a leader of a righteous sect. A girl is not allowed to love anyone, otherwise she will suffer from the poison, so he anonymously sends her packages of medicinal herbs. She is curious about anonymous sender, too. But nothing can be kept in secret forever... Unfortunately, no HE for these two. In the novel he is safe and sound, but he has no love plotline at all. So is a price of love Т_Т.

I will talk about my other favorite characters and tropes in the next post.

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· ❥ THE PRINCESS ROYAL ─ Episode 15 (度华年)

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"Actually, being injured like this can be quite good."

The Princess Royal episode 19, 2024.

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The Princess Royal episode 15, 2024.

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Zhao Jinmai and Zhang Linghe's promotional photoshoot for The Princess Royal

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Rong, I will give you a home. It’s not like the palace. I will heal all the wounds in your heart. From now on, no matter if you are the Princess or Li Rong, you will always have me with you.  

· ❥ THE PRINCESS ROYAL ─ Episode 23 (度华年)

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The Princess Royal episode 19, 2024.

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Zhang Ling He y Zhao Jin Mao: reportaje fotográfico para promocionar "The princess royal" / "The grand princess"

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Even if you are handsome, I wouldn't allow myself to be so blindly infatuated.

· ❥ THE PRINCESS ROYAL ─ Episode 8 (度华年)

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“Heartbreak is one thing, my ego’s another

I beg you, don’t embarrass me motherfucker”