#Gu Lan Di

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Eternal Brotherhood | S01E01

Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes

~~ Adapted from the novel "Purple River" (紫川) by Lao Zhu (老猪

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: Eternal Brotherhood (2024)

Gifs of Intro of cdrama "Eternal Brotherhood"

【ENG SUB | FULL】 Eternal Brotherhood 1 EP1: Zichuan Xiu was Framed by Yang Minghua | 紫川·光明三杰 | iQIYI

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmuudhdHexA

[thegreymoon]

The Story of Minglan

I am so damn tired. I don't know how other people manage to hold down jobs and have families and get all their shit together and still manage to find time for things they enjoy.

I can't manage to eke out time for one episode of a drama, let alone something more challenging. I will try at least half tonight and maybe continue tomorrow. I hate everything 😢

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OK, I laughed 🤣🤣

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God, I'm so face-blind 😭

Is this that royal cousin that he once saved in the middle of nowhere?

Are we getting to the royal plots now? I feel like I'm really struggling here with the transition from the last arc to this one.

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Yup, it's him, I just went back and checked my old screenshots.

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Oh, shit.

Assassins!

Anyway, here's to random Imperial cousin Zhao becoming the new Emperor!

Maybe he can even let Gu Tingye retake that stupid exam.

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So nice 💚

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They just keep poppin up, like toadstools after rain 😕

This drama is mostly a domestic, female drama, with female issues and struggles and household battlefields, so I find it very hard to switch gears and enjoy his wuxia moments that happen here every one hundred years because it just doesn't match the tone of everything else, but I've realised that I wouldn't mind watching him wreak destruction in another drama, where it would be more appropriate. He really moves very well and is such a strong presence on-screen.

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Also, what is he fighting these bandits alone for? Was he not with Imperial Cousin the Younger when they realised there was an ambush? Where are the rest of their men?

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Finally!

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So many common themes with Love Like the Galxy!

Also, I am always reminded of Shen Zechuan breaking a prisoner out of the imperial prison to skin him alive.

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LOL, that didn't take long 😅

Anyway, princes Yan and Yong are going down!

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I love how these people still have faith in the useless Emperor.

The man has been mentally unwell for years, he is old and sick and they still think they can go tattle to him and that he will do anything to protect anyone.

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I love Imperial Cousin, LOL! He's so bloodthirsty 🤣🤣

But he must be when Daddy Zhao is so meek and indecisive.

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I love these big shots of scenery!

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Yeah, dream on!

Gu Tingye is out there being best buddies with the next emperor! All your scheming is in vain.

But the biggest irony here is that Gu Tingye adored her. He really thought of her as a mother. It would have been endless glory and wealth for her and her son if she had just been half normal and not gone out of her way to ruin everyone's lives.

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This can't be good 😬

It's just Minglan's luck to get stuck in the Imperial Palace when a coup is about to go down.

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I know this woman!

Didn't she also play an evil Imperial Consort in Nirvana in Fire?

These roles suit her!

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YESSSS! Consort Rong, go apeshit! 🔥🔥

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Yes! Please, kill her!

Preferably beat her to death.

Let her know before she dies what pain she inflicted on helpless people. I am Team Consort Rong!

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Wait.

If Prince Yong killed her sister, she is probably allied with prince Yan. And Prince Yan is currently trying to murder Gu Tingye and Unfavoured Imperial Cousins.

So maybe not Team Consort Rong after all because I do want Gu Tingye to win 🤔 But maybe she can kill Princess Pingning first.

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Yep.

Go, Consort Rong!! Kill them all!! 🗡🗡

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Oh, yes, dig your grave!

I will very much enjoy watching the whole lot of you die.

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Oh, he's still alive?

I was wondering.

Also, the difference between his appearance and the Consort's, smh. She is so beautiful and he is a warmed-up corpse. My estimate is that he is at least forty years older than her.

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LMAO, priorities 🤣🤣

I love Changbai! He is such a Lan Xichen 💙

[yletylyf]

Writing patterns

Rules: List the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern! Tagged by @demonscantgothere ❤️

1. After months of searching, Wuyan had finally brought Di Feisheng a clue. [Perchance to Live, Mysterious Lotus Casebook, Li Lianhua/Di Feisheng. A descriptive opening that orients the reader as to where in canon it starts.]

2. Lan Qiren woke in the middle of the night. [The Wild Charge, The Untamed, Lan Qiren/Wen Ruohan. A short action sentence to begin an adventure.]

3. Waves lapped at his legs, stinging a little on the scrapes and cuts. [What good did it do, Mysterious Lotus Casebook, Li Lianhua/Li Xiangyi. A short descriptive sentence, orienting within a canon scene.]

4. "Unhand her." [Tomorrow Has Promise, the Untamed, Qin Su/Wen Qing. Dialog! Jumping into the middle of the action.]

5. "The Jinyuan alliance is so evil!" Xiao Zijin cried, flourishing his sword. [Moon and Wind, Mysterious Lotus Casebook, Di Feisheng/Li Lianhua. Dialog again. Setting the scene for a pre-canon conflict between the ship.]

6. "You are on edge tonight," Gu Xuanqing observed, lifting a hand and tracing Li Yunzhen's cheek, rubbing a thumb over the dark circles under her eye. [To Give Each Other the World, 长公主在上 Eldest Princess Above. Dialog. Getting to know the ship and where they stand with each other.]

7. "Maeglin!" [Another Way, the Silmarillion, Maeglin/Celebrimbor. Dialog. Tells who the fic is about right away.]

8. Wei Wuxian didn't want to be here. [Three Sighs, the Untamed, Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji/Wen Qing. A mood description.]

9. Kingsley Shacklebolt woke up early, while it was still dark. [The people in your life who want you in theirs, Harry Potter, Kingsley/Severus. A mild action sentence.]

10. Li Lianhua did not take his eyes off the sea. [A Good Scheme, Mysterious Lotus Casebook, Di Feisheng/Li Lianhua/Fang Duobing. Another line to orient on the canon beach scene, which apparently all my MLC fics have in common 😂]

Conclusion: Alternating between scene description, action, and dialog. Not much in common other than that they are all short and (I like to think) punchy.

Tagging @phantomato @mademoiselle-red @thebansacredbanned @naryrising @omgpurplefattie @perverse-idyll @maraudersaffair @jammerific @mundrakan @myfavouritelunatic and anyone who wants to do it!

[bl-bam-beyond]

Spotlight Series:

Spotlight On Something Old, But New To Me...

Title: Irresistible Love.

Also Called: Uncontrolled Love

Novel Title: Force Majeure

Directed By: Sun Cheng Zhi & Meng Rui

Written By: Lan Lin

Starring: Meng Rui as Xie Yan

Wang Bowen as Shu Nian

Release Dates: June 28, 2016 (First Movie)

August 20, 2016 (Sequel or Part 2)

Country: China

Language: Chinese

Shu Nian is a orphan and meets wealthy boy Xie Yan who "adopts" him. The two are inseparable friends with Shu Nian calling Xie Yan "Young Master"

Shu Nian is gay and in love with Xie Yan. Xie Yan is a self entitled asshole in many occasions but he can't deal with his feelings for Shu Nian often using force and dubious consent to touch Shu Nian.

As adults Xie Yan has a manipulator girlfriend who is jealous of the obvious closeness between the two.

Final Thoughts: I had a love hate thing with this movie. Honestly I never heard of it. I did like the actors. I felt so bad for Shu Nian. He reminds of MODC'S YU XI GU in that he had no parents and always seemed to get the short end of the stick. And I like Xie Yan almost as much I hated him. He was so entitled but when he was sweet he was a sweetheart. I'm not sorry I watched these two films. According to my research 2 Endings were made. One where you Shu Nian dies from injuries due to a car accident and Xie Yan learns of this and is devastated and isolated him self. (I didn't see this ending)

The ending I saw was Xie Yan went to a location hoping to see Shu Nian after a long time. Supposedly Shu Nian doesn't show. As Xie Yan prepares to leave he notices a man watering grass or plants wearing a mask and baseball hat. He immediately notices its Shu Nian. When the mask falls it is indeed Shu Nian who is limping and is slightly disfigured from the accident. Xie Yan professes his love. The two kiss...the end.

Asking some BL Fam if they've heard of this one. Of course @absolutebl having an impressive numbers of BL's watched. And @pose4photoml & @lutawolf

Or @wanderlust-in-my-soul have you heard or seen this?

[reinaka42]

Wang Chuan Feng Hua Lu (忘川风华录) Masterpost

Wang Chuan Feng Hua Lu (忘川风华录) is a Vocal synth (Vocaloid and SynthV) music project. It consists of songs themed around different figures throughout Chinese history. The project is a collaboration between different artists and creatives, with music and videos featuring prominent traditional Chinese elements. The project's title translates to "The Records of Magnificence of the Wangchuan" - In Chinese mythology, "Wangchuan" (or River of Forgetting) is a river in the Underworld that can rid one of their past life's memories, similar to the river Lethe.

A mobile game adaptation has also been developed by NetEast. Unfortunately, I haven't played it so I can't give much insight on it. However, I assume that its premise is similar to that of the idea behind the project as a whole: all these historical figures meeting each other in the Underworld after they died. Maybe.

You can find all the songs on Bilibili. The official Weibo can be found here. The game's website, which includes all characters appearing so far in the game, can be found here, and its Weibo can be found here.

(If you prefer YouTube, I've also put together a handy playlist. Please know that most of these videos are reposts though, so please watch the original Bilibili MVs if you can!)

This blog is where I will be posting everything I feel like I need to say about the songs in this project. A lot of it is lifted from my Twitter account but will be in much more detail. Note that I probably won't touch collab songs, or songs that don't focus solely on the project's own characters.

Disclaimer: I do not speak Chinese, nor am I an expert on Chinese history. Therefore, I cannot reliably translate the lyrics to these songs, nor my words should be taken as gospel. I am merely a nerd gushing about my hyperfixation.

Playlist

多情岸 【Duo Qing An】 ➼ B link

洛阳怀 【Luo Yang Huai】 ➼ B link

易水诀 【Yi Shui Jue】 ➼ B link

山河令 【Shan He Ling】 ➼ B link

簪花人间 【Zhan Hua Ren Jian】 ➼ B link

栖凰 【Qi Huang】 ➼ B link

心上秋 【Xin Shang Qiu】 ➼ B link

祖龙吟 【Zu Long Yin】 ➼ B link

如见青山 【Ru Jian Qing Shan】 ➼ B link

竹林间 【Zhu Lin Jian】 ➼ B link

天下局 【Tian Xia Ju】 ➼ B link

青鸟衔风 【Qing Niao Xian Feng】 ➼ B link

木兰行 【Mu Lan Xing】 ➼ B link

好字唯之 【Hao Zi Wei Zhi】 ➼ B link

不可道 【Bu Ke Dao】 ➼ B link

水叙湖风 【Shui Xu Hu Feng】 (collab) ➼ B link

是非 【Shi Fei】 ➼ B link

风起甘露 【Feng Qi Gan Lu】 (collab) ➼ B link

谓剑 【Wei Jian】 ➼ B link

万象霜天 【Wan Xiang Shuang Tian】 (New Year event song) ➼ B link

千秋梦 【Qian Qiu Meng】 ➼ B link

易安难安 【Yi An Nan An】 ➼ B link

惊鹊 【Jing Que】 ➼ B link

高歌破阵 【Gao Ge Po Zhen】 (collab) ➼ B link

不赴 【Bu Fu】 ➼ B link

西行 【Xi Xing】 ➼ B link

大航海家 【Da Hang Hai Jia】 ➼ B link

牡丹乱 【Mu Dan Luan】 (collab) ➼ B link

倾国 【Qing Guo】 (collab) ➼ B link

相虎 【Xiang Hu】 ➼ B link

补天裂 【Bu Tian Lie】 ➼ B link

此期盈期 【Ci Qi Ying Qi】 (1st anniversary song) ➼ B link

破云来 【Po Yun Lai】 ➼ B link

归钓吟 【Gui Diao Yin】 ➼ B link

始见千秋 【Shi Jian Qian Qiu】 ➼ B link

临川浮梦 【Lin Chuan Fu Meng】 ➼ B link

将军行 【Jiang Jun Xing】 ➼ B link

妄语人间 【Wang Yu Ren Jian】 ➼ B link

数风流 【Shu Feng Liu】 (2nd anniversary song) ➼ B link

问剑春秋 【Wen Jian Chun Qiu】 ➼ B link

起战令 【Qi Zhan Ling】 ➼ B link

人间应又雪 【Ren Jian Ying You Xue】 ➼ B link

旷古回响 【Kuang Gu Hui Xiang】 ➼ B link

墨隐侠声 【Mo Yin Xia Sheng】 ➼ B link

桃源故人 【Tao Yuan Gu Ren】 (3rd anniversary song) ➼ B link

*Note: The anniversary songs are probably for the game's anniversaries, as the project itself is more than 5 years old.

Albums

Vol 1: 溯洄 【Su Hui】 Includes character songs from Duo Qing An to Zhu Lin Jian. Features human vocals.

Vol 2: 踏浪 【Ta Lang】 Includes character songs from Tian Xia Ju to Jing Que.

Vol 3: 数风流 【Shu Feng Liu】 Includes character songs from Bu Fu to Wang Yu Ren Jian, an unreleased song titled 燕双归 【Yan Shuang Gui】, and the two anniversary songs.

Visual character guide:

PRE-QIN | QIN | WESTERN CHU | HAN | THREE KINGDOMS | JIN | NORTH & SOUTHERN DYNASTIES | TANG | FIVE DYNASTIES & TEN KINGDOMS | SONG | YUAN | MING | QING | DREAM

[marquisguyun]

Hi it's your secret santa 👋I love that some of your fav dramas for this year are also mine "The Blood of Youth, A League of Nobleman, Mysterious Lotus Casebook." Do you have a particular fave character or dynamics in those dramas?

Hello!! Lol, looks like the mods did a good job of matching us (and also you have good taste 😉)

Here are some of my favorites:

The Blood of Youth

My favorite character in this show is Tang Lian! I also got unexpectedly attached to Xiao Chong (and I totally called him becoming emperor lol)

I also really love the like,, main gang (Xiao Se, Lei Wujie, Tang Lian, Sikong Qianluo, Ye Ruoyi) especially as a group (doesn't have to be the whole group)

I'm not super interested in any romances for this drama, canon or otherwise, and I'm also not as into Wuxin (altho I don't hate him or anything!)

A League of Nobleman

If I had to pick one character it'd be Zhang Ping. I really like Wang Mowen too tho

As far as dynamics between characters go, I'm definitely a huge polyshipper for this show lol... Like my ideal polycule here is Zhang Ping/Lan Jue/Wang Mowen with Gu Qingzhang as Lan Jue's ex, the Emperor as Zhang Ping's boyfriend, and Chen Chou either as Zhang Ping's queerplatonic partner or his boyfriend. (I viewed Zhang Ping and Chen Chou as super close but platonic when watching it originally, but I don't have super strong feelings about that.)

All of that said, you don't need to feel like you have to include the whole polycule in anything you make for me! Feel free to focus in on any part of it that you may ship or want to create for. (You also don't have to actually state that anyone is together, I'm good with Vibes.)

I just wanted to give you the context of my preferred dynamic! Maybe avoid like "one true soulmate" type talk for this particular show? But I'm a generally a multishipper who can enjoy all kinds of conflicting ships separately, so don't feel too pressured about this, I'm sure whatever you're inspired to make would be great!

Mysterious Lotus Casebook

Li Lianhua, Fang Duobing, and Di Feisheng. I am just very invested in whatever the hell the three of them have going on. Or any two of them, your pick! Platonic or romantic is fine, I'd take either... Also down for any of the three on their own

Alternatively, I thought the Li Lianhua & Yun Biqiu little side plot was interesting!

[shookethdev]

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NAKU 🫵

[moononmyfloor]

I'm reading League of Nobleman novel Zhāng Gōng Àn  and loving DFGG's writing. It's pretty funny and I love all the humor and characterizations!

I'm also quite impressed at what the drama did. It is not a direct adaptation but nor it is a simple case of completely deviating from the novel or tweaking things here and there.

The drama actually rearranged the book. It reorganised certain arcs, sometimes used the context and backdrop in the novel but changed its timeline and purpose in the drama. That's actually pretty difficult to do.

JZM feels like a particularly clever fanfiction of ZGA, imo. If not for heavy editing and censorship and stuff, it could've been amazing on its own as well.

It is pretty amusing how the threesome happened in the book.

Lan Jue and Gu Qingzhang are boyfriends. Eventually GQZ gets tired with how pragmatic and not lit enough LJ is, and leaves LJ for a NEW and more woke guy called Liu Zhihui.

Wang Yan crashed to LJ's stall while GQZ and LZH were going on dates right in front of LJ's tea. And then GQZ was suddenly having a moment of protective and territorial instincts.

LJ is pouty and grumpy about this. Being dumped like this was actually adding to his embarrassment at scholarly gatherings, unlike in the drama where he was ignored first and GZQ grabbed that opportunity to get closer to LJ's lonely heart.

It was pretty funny lol

It just feels like LJ is the poor candy Female Lead of a Kdrama, and GQZ her not-bad, but not-good either PRECISELY because he's a half-assed person boyfriend, Liu Zhihui the "cooler" girlfriend he got that gave the FL severe inferiority complex, and Wang Yan the tsundere hero on steed who literally appeared out of nowhere to give FL the life she deserves.

And ofc the ex bf has a moment of "I'm telling this for your own good, don't associate with that new guy, he's bad news" and obviously the FL rebels out of spite like "What right do you think you have to tell me what to do?". 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

And then the ex dies and our FL has a wistful nostalgic moment of: "Aiyo, after all I did him dirty, he did care for me, he deserved better"

As a bonus LZH and LJ reminisce together about their old flame years later as well.

I don't know lady, what did you mean when you said this is not a BL😆

Looking at the comment sections of the novel people have been shipping YanLan ever since it was first published which is like 5 yrs now.

Yes Lan Jue has one and Wang Yan has like 5 kids but that doesn't make them any less shippable, Lan Jue drops of Lan Hui at Wang Yan’s for sleepovers too and Wang Yan is a loving dad and uncle. His wife (wives?) seem super content to just play mahjong by themselves lol.

Also Lan Jue and Lan Hui are the purest father/son duo ever😭 We have been robbed of Young dad! Lan Jue in the drama.

Chen Chou has a girlfriend in the novel tho😂

[nemainofthewater]

Completed 'Surname' Polls

This is where I take several characters from different Chinese media (mostly cnovels and cdrama) and run a poll on which one is the 'best'. What does best mean? It's up to you! Whether you love them, are intrigued by their characters, love to hate them, or they're your '2 second blorbos whose personality you made up wholesale', these are all reasons for you to vote for your favs!

NB: the surnames are not exactly the same in all the cases, as often they will be a different character. I am, however, grouping them all together otherwise things got more complicated.

This post is for the polls which have finished running and can no longer be voted in (since I have realised that I'm quickly approaching the limit for hyperlinks in the original masterlist).

If you want to see the currently live polls, they can be found here

Finished polls: Cao/Wei/Guo/Chen/Ye/Qiao/Yu/Xue/Tang/Jiang/Su/Gao/Mei/Lin/Wu/Sun/Liu/Di/Zhang/Ying/Mo/Li/Song/Yan/Xiao/Pei/Hua/Xie/Mu/Qi/Shen/Lan/Fang/Luo /Huo/Xu/Wang/Ming/Fan/Yuan/Feng/Bai/Jin/Meng/Yun/Zhao/Wen/Zhou/Yang/Shang/Yue/Sheng/Ouyang/Lu/Ling/Hu/Gu/Ding

Shi/Hong/Zhu/Yi/Cheng/Zhan/Xia/Cui/Chu/Lei/Ma/Liang/Jing/Zhi/An/Nie/Hao/Qin/Han/Guan/Zhuge/Jia/Ning/Xiang/Huang/Fei/Ruan/Dong/He/Baili/Long/Duan/Zhen/Wan/Qiu/Dongfang/Du/Bi/Jiao/Zhong/

[i-guess-im-into-this-now]

HIStory 1: My Hero

Right off the bat the premise of this show is 🦇💩, which I usually love.

However...

This scenario does make me a bit uncomfortable.

Premise:

Due to the mistake of some reaper-like character, the soul of a young lady, Lan Shi, gets taken instead of the young man, Gu Si Ren. To fix his mistake Reaper ends up taking Gu Si Ren's soul and allowing Lan Shi to have his body, which she can keep if she can get her boyfriend, Hero, to kiss her within 7 days, and she can't tell anyone the truth.

I'm not great at analysis, nor am I especially well educated in gender or queer studies, so I may not be able to eloquently put into thought or words what bothers me about the premise.

But. There is something about unwillingly stripping a character of their gender that bothers me. I'm all for trans characters (and real people), but that is not what is happening here.

This is a woman being forced into the body of a man. Will she retain her identity as a woman? Will she identify as a man? How does this affect her sexuality? She has already lamented that in order to keep this body she will have to "turn" her boyfriend gay. Will she be comfortable seducing Hero?

I also feel bad for Gu Si Ren, who by any metric had a terrible life, and terrible death. His soul is gone but his body remains, to be given to someone else to use. Which also feels like a violation.

I'm also a little unsettled with the boyfriend Hero's place in this story as well, but for a wholly different reason. As far as he knows his girlfriend just died, and this character is expected to be kissing someone else within a week?! I'm guessing this show is going to blow right past Hero's grief.

Will this show use this premise as a chance to explore issues of gender identity and sexuality? I'll admit my hopes have bottomed out for this show. I'll have to finish it to see.

I've seen that some of the other episodes/seasons of HIStory are highly recommended, so I won't allow whatever happens in this one to dissuade me from watching the others.

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After finishing watching it, the show was better than I anticipated, but I still have some issues with it.

Spoilers

Lan Shi had more agency in the body swap than I originally thought. She was complicit in taking Gu Si Ren's body. Her actions which came from a place of desperation, are actually pretty reprehensible.

Her plan was to take Gu Si Ren's body, identy and life, and use them for her own purpose. It's pretty heinous, if you think about it. For her plan to work she needs to deceive and manipulate Hero. And she never considers for a moment what her actions mean for Gu Si Ren. Also, Lan Shi never shows guilt or remorse for her actions.

She learns over the course of the week that Hero, wasn't in love with her, but likely had a crush on Gu Si Ren. She also discovers that Gu Si Ren was in love with Hero through reading his journals. Suddenly she feels like she's inserted herself into a place she doesn't belong (you think?!).

Lan Shi does eventually give back Gu Si Ren's body. It's at a time that is poignant for her, but awkward for Gu Si Ren and Hero.

Lan Shi doesn't ever try to correct any of the problems she created between the two guys, including some pretty insensitive comments about gay men that really upset Hero.

My Hero is a strange story with an uncomfortable premise that I think actually had more potential for exploring issues with gender/sexual identity, than it utilized.

It failed to be a romance due to the fact that the actual lovers are only together briefly, and we see very little of how their relationship evolved.

The show instead revolves around Lan Shi and her inability to recognize that her relationship with Hero had failed, and her unwillingness to accept that. Which, I also could have got behind if Lan Shi had been able to do some introspection and shown some growth.

It did turn out to be a lot better than I feared it would be at first glance, but ultimately it was underwhelming.

[swiftletinthecloud]

Wang Yan and Emperor Wang Xuan showing up when all the fun is over with 10 minutes left of the last episode 😆 I mean, they had their own fun on the war front but, you know... lol

Also we got Chen Chou and the soldier guy’s reactions to Zhang Ping’s plan to get himself stabbed, and I know we were kind of busy with the action, but I also want to know the others’ reactions to Zhang Ping’s plan to get himself stabbed.

Going slightly backward a little, but not going to lie, the way that Lan Jue is such a well-done flawed character where we saw him willing to go dark and against his morals to accomplish his goal to clear his father’s name before that when he sided with Gu Qing Zhang over Zhang Ping after the stabbing of the “empress,” there were definitely a moment of uncertainty of “is this really happening” that kept me on the edge of my seat.

Sucks that they couldn’t really have the Empress’s evil crimes on record without the why she did it and go back to the switched princes reason since that would lead to chaos.  So while the truth of what happened to Moulou Village and Lan Jue’s dad is out, it also was like muddled with the need to cover it up to keep peace. At least the important people that needed to know and be at peace with their truths knew.

Also, the fact that Gu Qing Zhang and Zhang Ping grew up with each other as brothers for a few years yet we only got 2 scenes with any real emotional moments between them (when Zhang Ping came back to the capital after learning the truth about his past and when Gu Qing Zhang thought Zhang Ping died) is a shame.  I want to know Gu Qing Zhang's thoughts and reactions after seeing his adoptive brother again for the first time and realizing he wasn't the only survivor of the red mist over their village. I want to know more of Zhang Ping's reactions after he remembered his past, more than just a passing comment of "oh I remember I had an older brother who likes to read and didn't play with me as much."

The drama is beautiful. The plot and mysteries are tight and the pace’s good.  All the characters are likeable and understandable. The characters’ interactions with each other are also A++  Cinematography is also gorgeous.  I do wish it was a little longer so that we could have sat with some of the moments some more or dove into some of the interactions and development deeper.

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Cdrama: Jixiang Unhappy (2024)

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Quiz 2023

Primo quiz per me: 55 drama più 3 droppati. All'attivo 1 Taiwanese, 2 thailandesi, 4 giapponesi, 10 koreani, 38 cinesi.

1) Il drama più bello che hai visto.

Faccio una premessa. Penso che la mia insana passione per Lighter&Princess sia oramai conosciuta in tutti i luoghi e in tutti i laghi. L'ho visto per la prima volta a Novembre - Dicembre 2022. Quest'anno l'ho rewatchato 3 volte. Ma prenderlo in considerazione mi sballerebbe il quiz. Per cui ho deciso di non considerare i drammi che ho rivisto.

La risposta a questa domanda è, a questo punto, scontata e facilissima. The Untamed. Credo che lo sconvolgimento, il malessere e il senso di abbandono che mi ha creato questa serie sia unico. Ha dei difetti innegabili alcune scenografie interne fanno rabbrividire e ancora mi chiedo perchè si siano inventati sta storia del metallo Yin CHE NELLA NOVEL NON ESISTE, ma, sostenuto anche da una trama complessa e intrigante, ci si può passare sopra con un carro armato. Il sorriso di Wei Wuxian quando si guarda con Lan Wangji è qualcosa di unico. E' bellezza. E' amore. Quello vero. Vieni catturato in un mondo. Il mondo della novel, il mondo dell'anime, il mondo di Xiao Zhan e Wang Yibo. E' un enorme calderone che risucchia dal 2019, continua ad essere alimentato e che continuerà a risucchiare e a far sognare. Mi chiedo ancora perchè Netflix si sia fatta il terribile autogol di non trasmetterlo in ogni paese in cui ha una piattaforma. Sono folli.

2) La storia d'amore che ti ha conquistato di più

Meet Yourself. La storia d'amore tra Hong Dou e Zhi Yao non è l'elemento centrale del drama. Il punto focale di questo storia è il vivere una vita felice, rilassata, godersela e cercare di realizzarsi anche cadendo. E' l'ammirare un paesaggio, un cibo, un momento tutto per se. Insomma respirare e fermarsi per essere felice di chi e di ciò che ci circonda. In questa comprensione del senso della vita i due protagonisti coltivano letteralmente il loro rapporto per 36 puntate su 40 totali, della serie te la fanno sudare. E ne nasce una storia vera fra due persone consapevoli. La dichiarazione di Zhi Yao in riva al lago è di una dolcezza unica. Sa che lei andrà via, non le chiede di rimanere, ma fa spezzare il cuore allo spettatore. Come finirà non ve lo dico, guardatevi il drama perchè merita.

3) Il drama che ti è piaciuto di meno

Fra quelli non droppati? Arrivano al fotofinish in 2. F4 Thailand e The Forbidden Flower. Ma alla fine vince il secondo. Il grosso problema di F4 Thailand è l'urlatrice pazza, ovvero la lead. E se mi rovini la lead di Hana Yori Dango, mi rovini mezzo drama. Però per il resto della storia e dei personaggi non è stata stravolta ed è stata ben contestualizzata. Forbidden Flower invece è un drama che veramente non so come faccia a piacere. Non lo consiglierei al mio peggior nemico. Se qualcuno vuole approfondire qua c'è il post, ma consiglio caldamente di non consideralo e basta.

4) una serie che meriterebbe un sequel

Ever Night. E non mi venite a dire che esiste. Lo so. Ma quello per me non è il seguito di Ever night. Voglio Ever night con Chen Feyu nei panni di Ning Quen e Meng Zi Yi nei panni della maniaca del Daonismo. L'urlatore dagli occhi a palla non è Ning Quen. Punto.

Il mio è un desiderio irrealizzabile e prima o poi cercherò il libro per soddisfare la mia curiosità.

5) Il personaggio preferito

Wei Wuxian in the Untamed. Come fai a non amare la sua simpatia, solarità, il suo amore per il giusto, accostata alle sue debolezze? è un personaggio a tutto tondo, pieno di sfacettature e complessità. Ma adorabile.

6) Il personaggio più odiato.

Gu Jian lo Shifu di Xiaofeng in Goodbye my princess. Ho visto personaggi uccidere, essere spietati, essere il male. Ho visto personaggi essere subdoli e intriganti, ergersi superiori a tutto e a tutti. Ma nessuno ha raggiunto il senso di irritazione o, per essere più esplicita, mi è stato sulle bxlle come lui. Credo che, quando il lead lo ha fatto trucidare da quella valanga di frecce, mi sia alzata dal divano a

Rappresenta l'egocentrismo, il tradimento, la scorrettezza travestita da buonismo.

Pessimo, pessimo, pessimo.

7) L'ambientazione più brutta

Perchè non parliamo dell'ambientazione più bella, così Meet Yourself vince a mani basse? In quel villaggio nello Yumeng mi ci rinchiuderei anche domani.

Se parlo di ambientazioni brutte a parte la Tartaruga Xuan Wu in The Untamed che sembra un mix tra una balera e una stanza degli orrori di carta pesta nel parco dei divertimenti cittadino, altre ambientazioni al limite del brutto non ne vedo. Anche perchè nei drami moderni, e io vedo principalmente cinesi, tendono a farti vedere più il bello che il brutto.

8) Il finale più bello

Sarà che l'ho visto da poco, ma i due lead di Semantic error che si coccolano sul divano.La semplicià di quell'intreccio di mani. Finale semplice, dolcissimo naturale.

9) Un attore e un attrice che ti sono piaciuti tantissimo

Dico la verità in alcuni drammi ho assistito a delle interpretazioni magistrali. Ma ho deciso alla fine di premiare, Soso grazie a quelle fenomenali pubblicità degli antiparassitari! Sono divertenti, geniali e uniche!

A parte gli scherzi, in She and her perfect Husband è stato grande. Mai mi sarei aspettato da lui un tale personaggio e una tale interpretazione. Xu Kai piace per quel suo sguardo che è un mix tra il cucciolotto e il bel guascone di paese a cui tutto si perdona. Lo metti a far quello e vinci facile. In questo drama interpreta un ragazzo che potrebbe essere un re della finanza, ma che ha vissuto un trauma e per questo si è chiuso lettarmente al di fuori della società. Vedi e vivi la sua angoscia attraverso il suo occhi. Il suo sguardo, quelle poche volte che fissa, sembra perso nel vuoto. La posatezza della voce e della gestualità, il dare sicurezza alla lead senza gesti eclatanti ma essendoci sempre con pacatezza sono quelli che il personaggio richiedeva e lui li fa benissimo. Il drama merita di essere visto anche solo per quel motivo m a in realtà ce ne sono molti altri.

Per quanto riguarda l'attrice Yu Shuxin. In Love Between fairy and devil regge lei 3/4 del drama. Mette in campo un personaggio, sfacettato, che attraversa tantissimi stati d'animo. E la sua interpretazione è sempre convincente. Che debba interpretare la dolce fata Orchidea, l'immortale che deve salvare il mondo o il demone supremo, lei c'è senza se e senza ma.

10) la morte di un personaggio che ancora non hai superato

Arsenal military Accademy. Ok il personaggio di Li wen Zhong è stato abbastanza stronzetto in alcune occasioni. Ma, bene o male si era redento. Essendo un film militare mi sta benissimo che venga ucciso il capitano Song Xi Chen, mi sta benissimo che venga ucciso il buon Huang Song. La Rowling e la sua mannaia hanno fatto scuola del resto. Ma che senso ha fargli conoscere la fioraia, farli innamorare per dopo 2 puntate farlo morire???? Mi spiace ma non lo digerisco.

11) La OST che ti è piaciuta di più

Long day di Chen Xueran tratta dal drama Our secret. Il drama è veramente bellino, il classico drama coccola di quando hai bisogno di impigiamarti, copertina e cioccolata calda. E' dolcissimo. Cmq nel bel mezzo è partita questa canzone e mi è venuto un restringimento allo stomaco, ho riconosciuto la voce e ho capito che era sua.. oltrettutto è in inglese per cui capibilissima. E niente la ho nella play list e ogni volta che l'ascolto mi fa lo stesso effetto. Se qualcuno è curioso gli metto il link.

12) L'attore e attrice peggiori

Gina Jin. Rende pesante ogni personaggio che le ho visto interpretare. Dalla ex fidanzata di Yu Tu in You are my Glory, alla protagonista di Why Women Love. Questo è infatti uno dei tre drammi che ho droppato.

Jerry Chan nell’interpretare Xiao Han in Forbidden Flower. Wang Yibo ha insegnato che si può trasmette sentimento e stati d’animo anche senza parlare. Lui in questo dramma non parla ma mi ha fatto cadere anche quello che non ho.

13) Una serie che merita più conoscenza

Meet Yourself. Per come è strutturata, per la trama e la tipologia di drama diverso dal solito. Per il luoghi e i personaggi non banali. per la dolcezza della nonnina che tutti noi vorremo fosse la nostra nonnina.

14) Il momento che ti ha fatto saltare sulla sedia

Più che saltare, rotolare!!! Non sono una persona di facile sconvolgimento. Ma i due lead di Chijo no Kiss ti fanno morire con le loro interazioni, fantasie, comportamenti e doppi sensi. A ogni puntata sobbalzi perchè pensi: ma non può averlo detto o pensato veramente. E poi scoppi a ridere per l'assurdità del tutto.

15) Il protagonista maschile preferito.

Senza dubbio Vincenzo. Avere un Vincenzo, anche con un italiano stentato, ti risolverebbe ogni problema della vita. A parte gli scherzi, Vincenzo non è un bel personaggio. E' fosco, è crudele e spietato. Dovresti averne paura. Eppure non puoi non amarlo.

16) La storia d'amore che non ti è piaciuta

Moon Lovers: Scarlet heart Ryeo Me lo avevavano dipinto come un capolavoro capace di far scorrere litri di lacrime, ma a me personalmente non è piaciuto per nulla. Considero la relazione tra Wang So e Go Ha Jin ossessiva, egoistica e tossica. Per me è un no pieno.

17) Miglior bacio

In questa categoria the winner is: bacio su scrivania tra i due lead di The Lethal Man . La chimica tra i due è parecchio agguerrita. Ricordo che Fan Zhixhi ha 23 anni. Ha la presenza scenica di attori di 7-8 anni più grandi. Speriamo che nel 2024 gli diano un drama decente. Per quanto riguarda il drama.. ci fa conoscere la Nuova Prato e poi si affloscia come l’uomo letale.

18) Il drama che hai fatto fatica a finire

Non amo droppare i drami e se posso li porto a termine. King the Land ha delle parti carine, a volte divertenti ma come tanti prodotti Netflix dell'ultimo anno è parecchio banale. L'ho guardato mentre veniva messo in onda e sinceramente non ho mai avuto il desiderio ardente di sapere cosa sarebbe successo nella puntata dopo. C'è tanto di meglio in circolazione.

19) Scena d'azione migliore

Vincenzo è al 90% una scena d'azione. Ma quando torna a difendere il palazzo e i suo abitanti è boom!

20) Miglior Villain

Il manwhua della serie W. Durante la visione @dilebe06 lo abbiamo criticato come la peggior serie di volumi che potrebbe essere mai stata scritta. Per come ha caratterizzato i personaggi, per gli eventi sconnessi ecc.. Abbiamo cercato un cattivo della storia "sparando" un po sull'assissino che ogni tanto appariva e scompariva, il padre della lead, il politico corrotto. Ma alla fine il vero villain di tutta la storia è il manwhua stesso. Che ci fa vorticare per tutta la visione del drama gettando gli spettatori in confusione ed ansia e creando i veri ostacoli ai protagonisti. E per capirlo ci ho messo un bel po, visto quanto è subdolo e ben nascosto.

21) Il finale peggiore

Il premio se lo contendono in 3. Being a Hero, You are Desire e All That We Loved. Ma mentre per i primi due i registi avevano pensato a delle scene conclusive ed è solo Viki Rakuten che inspiegabilmente non ha voluto farcele vedere, All That We Loved ha un finale che lascia così. Si intuisce quello che il regista e lo sceneggiatore volevano dire, ma non si comprende il perchè. Sono sbagliati sia i rapporti che i tempi. Due amici così non possono passare tutti quegli anni prima che si rivedano. Specialmente con quello che è successo. Il drama a me è piaciuto parecchio.. poi gli ultimi 10 minuti..mi hanno lasciato parecchio amaro in bocca.

22) La protagonista femminile preferita

Qui Shin di She and her perfect husband. Qui Shin è una donna in carriera che ama tantissimo il suo lavoro. Che deve inventarsi un marito per poter avanzare nella professione, in un mondo, dove sono i maschi gli avvantaggiati. Perchè non importa quanto sia brava, le serve un marito. E allora non si arrende a questa situazione e la aggira inventandoselo. E' un personaggio che ha delle fragilità dovute alla situazione familiare dei genitori, ma che è forte, furba, astuta e non si fa scoraggiare da nulla. Ha dei valori morali alti quando si tratta di averli, li mette da parte quando è il contesto sbagliato perchè siano rispettati. E' ironica, spiritosa e a suo modo dolcissima.

23) La scena o frase che ti è rimasta impressa

Mi è successo solo una volta con un drama che una frase mi colpisse così tanto da rimanere indelebile nella mia testa. Fa parte del mio modo di pensare e agire. La sento mia. Ma è di un drama che ho visto nel 2022. E che è un drama carino, ma non un pezzo da 90.

The Untamed è pieno di scene struggenti. La caduta di Wei Wuxian dal dirupo, il semi addio fra i due sotto quel diluvio da arca di Noè, all'ultima scena del drama. Una non saprei sceglierla.

Però questa domanda mi porta a fare una piccola riflessione: di tutto questo po pof di drama che ho visto, quelli che vi direi assolutamente di non perdervi, si contano forse sulle dita di una mano. E che mai come quest'anno le recensioni dei vari forum mi hanno dato delle cantonate bestiali.

24) Il villain peggiore

Il Principe Long Quin di Ever night, Si crede un eletto e crolla la prima volta che trova un avversario degno di questo nome. E' innamorato della maniaca dei fiori, ma la molla appena si vede imperfetto. Non fa un minimo di autoanalisi su se stesso, mai! si commisera e basta. Fetecchione a livello totale.

25) Una bromance spettacolare

Vabbè ho eletto the Untamed miglior drama, quale sarà mai la bromance più spettacolare?!

25 BIS) L'anno scorso la sfida era vedere:

Un cdrama storico o wuxia

Un drama tratto da un libro/novel/manga/webcomic

Un drama che ha vinto almeno un premio

Riuscita riuscita! Se avete letto le domande sopra sapete già che è così. Per quanto riguarda i premi.. sinceramente non sto a guardare cosa una drama ha vinto e cosa no. Però qualche giorno fa mi è comparso in bacheca che The Youth Memories ha vinto il premio come miglior dramma popolare dell'anno. E sarebbe anche un bel drama, peccato per giusto quel filino di propaganda di troppo ........ .......................................................

Comunque porto a casa anche questa risposta!

La sfida di quest'anno è di vedersi un drama/film co-prodotto o con attori (principali) di due o più paesi, entro la fine del 2024. Dite che è fattibile? XD

Non esce la seconda staguione di One Piece????

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