#Yi-zhou Sun

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Jian ru pan shi

Jian ru pan shi (2023) #YimouZhang #JiayinLei #DongyuZhou #GuoliZhang #HeweiYu #YiZhouSun Mehr auf:

Under the Light / 坚如磐石 Jahr: 2023 (September) Genre: Krimi / Drama Regie: Yimou Zhang Hauptrollen: Jiayin Lei, Dongyu Zhou, Guoli Zhang, Hewei Yu, Yi-zhou Sun, Joan Chen, Daoming Chen, Yu Tian, Naiwen Li, Xun Wang, Yajun Xu, Zhengjun He … Filmbeschreibung: Ein Bürger nimmt einen Bus als Geisel und droht damit, eine Bombe zu detonieren. Seine Forderung: Er will seinen Ärger über die Fehler der…

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[dangermousie]

That was totally hilarious! And then he kicks her out...

But then, of course, he shows up, gives her his cloak and sends her to his room, vacating it himself. Awwwww, Hot General, you are such a softie for Moxi and I love it!

He is such a goner!

Honestly, it is gonna be si good for her to be married to someone where she has status and servants (she couldn’t believe she had her own maids) but also responsibilities and also someone who, unlike WJG and fam, gets delighted every time she’s fierce or bossy or show off.

And...

And...

Look at his delighted face! I love them!

[gidaryeong]

Never beating the rarepair allegations, but here’s my Gone with the Rain fic! Features Fengyao with a backbone, a real sister reunion, more Wu Yin crossdressing adventures, and of course a little bit of Moxi/CWD smut. Because I am not immune to the charms of the gremlin couple

Pairings: Bai Moxi/Chen Wende and Bai Fengyao/Wu Yin (nobody deserves to end up with the wet blanket that is Wan Jiagui)

Summary: When she learns the cause of the epidemic breaking out in Qingzhou, Fengyao decides to rescue her sister and enlists Commander Wu to help. Little do they know Moxi has no interest in being rescued.

You can read it here on AO3!

[swiftletinthecloud]

We lost both Sun Lang and Qian Zhao in one episode 😭And Yu Shi San having to fight and lose his brothers and look after the others with the belief that there will be no help from Ning Yuan Zhou since Yu Shi San saw the post about Ren Ru Yi's "death" and knew that NYZ would follow her in death.

No! Yu Shi San sent Yuan Lu away from the frontline to be the messenger so he won't be in danger yet he still died!

Also to think of what is going on at the frontline of them having to hold for Yuan Lu's journey and then the 3 days while Li Tong Guang and Yang Ying were under house arrest and all the freaking romance mess. Like seriously people are dying here!!

Also my mom is just so annoyed and mad that while his brothers of Six Realms Hall are fighting and dying left and right, Ning Yuan Zhou is just focused on romance. And you know what, after the pause for their impromptu wedding, I'd agreed. Yuan Lu did not run with all his strength to death to deliver frontline news and ask for support for no immediate reaction, especially from his precious Ning Da Ge, and the man didn't even know his brothers died until later.

At the same time though, the multi-shipping in this drama for me is crazy! But I definitely like the subtleties of all the side pairings more.

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: General and I (2017)

Gifs of Intro of cdrama “General and I”

電視劇孤芳不自賞 General and I 第一集 EP01 鍾漢良 Angelababy（楊穎） CROTON MEGAHIT Official

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5WEd19kUTM

[simply-zhouye]

Candids of Zhou Ye inside Dior Fashion Show with Lin Yi, Zhang Linghe and Sun Yihan ~

[mylilsoysauce]

Just did a little no-reference quick sketch of Sima Yi.

Looks inaccurate cuz I drew him purely from memory 😭

[naomiwielant]

Gone with the rain mania continues...(and will go on for a long time 'cause I'm shipping this drama VERY HARD)

I started watching this drama because of the cute mv showing Moxi & WJG. I was really shipping them when I started this drama (God, I know better now).

Then fangirl hysteria started when we got more Moxi & Chen Wende moments...

Now that the drama is finished (and they really pampered us with a remaining 15 minutes of Moxi & Chen Wende cuteness (and yesss we got another kisss as welll), I give Xiao Wu some thoughtful consideration as well (probably the most likable character of all). Am I the only one (please don't tell me I'm really the only one) who thinks they should create a spin-off/side story and make him end up with a like-minded girl that has good manners and who is well versed in poetry? I'm really falling in love with this character! Is it because I got too invested with the novel, do I feel the urge to write some fanfiction or is it just due to a lack of sleep (since I'm binging this drama everyday till 3 am and I still can't let it go)?

DAMN I love that this drama has to many handsome ML's to choose from...

[binging-asian-dramas]

Dream Garden. 6/7

Story: 7

Acting: 9

Chemistry: 8

Comparable to: ?

This was a unique storyline at first. It was like a mixture of Sherlock with a tad of the kdrama Mouse. It delved into cases of patients who had psychological issues. Some were better done then others. Unfortunately midway through the series it got repetitive and bogged down with a ridiculous predictable encounter of ‘jealous’ patient which was really poorly done. Also the whole situation between the the flashbacks to present time on what will happen is really confusing sometimes and also silly. I did though enjoy the first eight episodes so 🤷‍♀️ This one is a ‘meh’ take it as you will for me.

[apollo-cackling]

the situation this save's in is nightmarish but also man I'm so fucking jealous of the roster they've managed to gather up holy fuck???

[very-grownup]

We started a new cdrama over Easter weekend and while @gyobaku appears to be watching something quality with a magic chicken, I'm still paying for a iQiyi subscription, so we're watching White Cat Legend: Oops All Doofuses.

I cannot stress enough how much the short summary on mydramalist fails to make two important factors clear:

Cat.

Idiots.

So far everything else comes well after Cat and Idiots.

I said just pick something based on vibes and the vibes were informed entirely by this image:

Accurate, but it's missing an important element.

Cat.

Simple country boy Chen Shi (Zhou Qi) comes to the big city in search of his brother (reason currently to be determined) and in his innocent helpfulness finds himself both responsible for the arrest of human traffickers and being arrested with a cranky, drugged cat. Chen Shi Does Not Understand and passes out when the cat bites him. He wakes up out of prison and in the company of Li Bing (Ding Yu Xi), the son of the assassinated minister of justice who disappeared three years ago (THREE YEARS AGO).

But now he's back and here to check on the pursuit of justice and investigate the events surrounding his father's death and also he's now a cat.

Why is Cat? is also one of the mysteries he has to solve. He was apparently dying of backstory tuberculosis before Cat Happened, so Cat really seems to be all upsides at this point in the series. He doesn't seem to have to Be Cat at certain times or under certain conditions, it's just a thing he can do at will. He can be an attractive young man or a beautifully silky white CGI cat ...

... or a man with an hilariously badly incorporated grumpy CGI cat head. Is it "bobcat in Story of Kunning Palace" bad? Who can say. The nuances of "bad" can be so subjective.

But it's not just about Li Bing investigating the mysteries of his personal tragedy and Cat, it's also about becoming the boss of the four biggest doofus incompetents in the ministry:

Cui Bei (Ding Jia Wen), pessimistic sadsack with an eidetic memory who brings disaster down upon himself and those around him

Wang Qi (Feng Man), the self-appointed leader of the doofuses whose overconfidence in his own skills is matched only by his laziness

Sun Bao (Zhang Yi Cong), the scarred muscle and army vet who is a devotee of fortune tellers and would very much not like to have to fight anything

Ali Baba (Kudusjan Anivar/Wa Er), the Foreign One (you can't say Foreign Idiot because they're all idiots)

Together they ... solve ... crime while Chen Shi just wants to have a pet cat and protect stray children.

It's very silly and charming and I know Ambiguously Foreign character named /Ali Baba/ is some kind of race /something/ but as an outsider in every way I can't even begin to say what. Anivar is Uyghur and I think he's the first non-Han actor we've encountered in the dramas we've watched. Just an interesting bit of something to note in watching a very silly show.

Cat.

[dangermousie]

I have died and gone to heaven!

[duckprintspress]

Celebrate International Non-Binary People’s Day with 20 Great Reads with NB Characters!

Happy International Non-Binary People’s Day! Join Duck Prints Press in celebrating with a pile of books featuring non-binary characters! In some of these stories, the representation is explicit; in others, it’s implied, or open to interpretation, and, well – we’ve obviously made our interpretation, and that interpretation is us shouting NON-BINARY RIGHTS from the rafters. Books on this list were suggested by Adrian Harley (@adrianharley), Alec Marsh (@alecjmarsh), Dei Walker (@dei2dei), Nina Waters (@unforth), @shadaras, Tris Lawrence (@tryslora), and a few anonymous contributors.

In no particular order, here are twenty books for your enjoyment!

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee

Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian

Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Gamechanger by L. X. Beckett

Translation State by Ann Leckie

Soulstar by C. L. Polk

A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

Heaven Official’s Blessing by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Victories Greater than Death by Charlie Jane Anders

Chef’s Kiss by TJ Alexander

Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

Little Mushroom by Yi Shi Si Zhou

Provenance by Ann Leckie

In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Li

The Last Sun by K. D. Edwards

You can learn more about these books and read their synopses by visiting our full blog post on Wordpress!

What are YOUR favorite books with non-binary characters? Share them with us, and let’s hear it for non-binary rep in fiction!

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My Year End C-drama Review (2023)

Part 1

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17. Actors I newly discovered in 2023

Hong Yao, Wang Yinglu, Marcus Li, Tian Jiarui, Qin Hailu, Wang Ke

Some of these are new actors, some are already very experienced but I discovered only now. All of them provided phenomenal performances in their roles this year.

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18. Favorite Child Actors of the Year

Wang Haoze (Ou Zimo- Be Your Own Light), Phoebe Sun Yichen (Duoduo- Stay With Me)

Child actors in C-ent always baffle me, I have zero idea how they are SO good. Impeccable performance. I want to take them home. 🥺

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19. Feminist Cdramas of the year

Be Your Own Light, A Journey to Love

The premise of the first is about women to begin with, the second only partially. Most of the time the self-identifying feminist stories fail massively in realistic depiction of women, let alone idol dramas where the focus is elsewhere.

But these two shows really understood what women think and say, their priorities and what they want in life, how they conduct themselves....and not through the eyes of men who assume women crave xyz things only. The arcs and growths of women in these two shows felt very organic and relatable.

(I hear there were few other such dramas this year as well, eg: Faithful. But this is all I managed to watch huhu)

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20. A drama that let me down

Destined

The chemistry of the real-life pair Bai Jingting and Song Yi was adorable, but the story just wasn't my cup of tea.

I absolutely loved their spacious bedroom tho!

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21. Favorite BGM

Be Your Own Light- I Only Wish to Face the Light by Liu Yuning

Stay with Me- Stars Shine by Zhang Jiongmin, Xu Bin

I Am Nobody- Sea of Time by Zhou Shen

Young Blood 2- Lending a Ray of Light by WineQ (圈9)

Romance On the Farm- Letters from Spring by Su Yunying

Silence of the Monster- Cross a City Just to See You by Huang Yi

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22. Favorite wardrobes

Sui Yi (Sun Yihan)'s wardrobe in Silence of the Monster and Pang Hongmei (Peng Xiaoran)'s fits in Unshakable Faith

Oh they looked so delightfully vintage and exactly my style! 😍

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23. Best Breakups

Moxi and Jiagui (Gone With the Rain), Xiangyi and Wanmian (Mysterious Lotus Casebook)

I HAD to include this category simply because of these two pairs. I LOVED those two scenes. So mature! Such thorough discussion about how their feelings have changed over time, the frank admission that there are indeed some remnants left (because contrary to popular depiction, feelings don't POOF overnight), how they'd always consider the other as a special someone that they were lucky to have met in their lives, the wish to remain as tight friends in the future as well.... 🤌🤌🤌👏👏👏

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24. Worst character designs

Road Home

Gods know I only sat through this for Jing Boran in army gear and snow. The characters were so mind-blowingly flat despite the actors giving their best to "understand" their roles and make them relatable but there was only so much they could do. All the interpersonal relationships happened just because the writer said so. There was a child character who was passed from hand to hand for whenever the writer wanted a "warm childcaring and family moment" but was discarded without a glance the next second, I got second-hand abandonment issues from watching that lonely kid. I did not understand why anyone was doing anything at any given moment.

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25. Most convincing villains aka characters I loved to hate

Yuan Hao (Young Blood 2)- Gotta be one of the most dangerous villains I have ever seen. He was insanely smart, unpredictable and cunning AND strong, and it took all the heroes of the story to defeat him and still it was barely enough. He was so well written and portrayed, till the very end of the show the viewers weren't sure of the outcome of the battle.

Jiao Liqiao (Mysterious Lotus Casebook)- AHH Jiao jie! We all love a good unhinged female villain who isn't uwufied in the name of some weird "women should always be portrayed with tearjerking backstory" notion. Let her go crazy all over the place, we support women's wrongs as well as rights! She always meant what she said and did what she meant and it was terrifying to see.

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26. Favorite murder kittens of the year

Gong Yuanzhi (My Journey to You), Li Tongguang (A Journey to Love)

Oh these two bois were VERY disturbing individuals and I wouldn't go within 1 mile radius around them but were them such delightful affection starved meow meows with killer (ha!) hair and eye acting? Heck yes.

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27. A drama that I wished was longer

Romance On the Farm

I really appreciate how 3D and empathetically portrayed all the family members are. We are shown all their sides and what made them what they are today without making a mockery of Asian family values, but rather constructively analysing + celebrating the good parts.

And then there is a political thriller story arc.

And then there is "this is all but a game" part which I had to try very hard to pretend like it's ignorable.

And then there was the basic premiere of the pastoral country life story.

Clearly the dramamakers had LOTS of ideas. And you can see none of them were empty bite-more-than-can-chews but had actual potential.

If only.... it didn't try to do all this at once under the guise of a 26 ep lighthearted fluffy romcom genre.... it would've made such a difference.

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28. A drama I wanted to watch but couldn't

SO many! For all sorts of reasons.

Ray of Light, Butterflied Lover, The Road to Ordinary, Pledge of Allegiance, Where Dreams Begin, There Will Be Ample Time, Faithful, Stand By Me

ARGH!😭

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29. A drama I wish more people watched

Stay With Me

This is a Chinese BL, with Chinese cast, Chinese locations, but produced by a TW company. That's all I'm going to say about it, give it a try. You won't regret it. (Maybe don't watch last episode tho lol)

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30. Most favorite Cdrama of 2023

Mysterious Lotus Casebook

Why? Because... well if you are in the fandom you'd know, if you aren't... I can write ESSAYS about it so I won't 😂 In short, it was such a healing watch.

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31. A Cdrama I'm excited to see in 2024

JOL 2. Obviously.

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Conclusion

2023 served to solidify my belief that there's really no 'perfect' drama, what I can do is listening to the stories people have to share and then take what I want from them, and leave what I don't want behind. Some may resonate more with me, some less. Some may teach me new things, some may feel redundant. Sometimes you will enjoy only 50% of a drama and hate the rest, but that won't diminish the impact that 50% had on you. It could be a totally different experience for another viewer and that's fine. I watched all the DMBJ shows this year as well (but didn't speak about them in this list since my focus was on 2023) and it really was an exercise on not being overly critical and going with the flow or you would totally miss out on all the good things DMBJ had to bring.

Overall I enjoyed 2023 Cdramaland a lot. I hope this review helped some of you to try out dramas that you didn't know existed/were hesitant to press play or continue on!

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