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Burning Flames EP01

[diamantdog]

burning flames out of context

[dangermousie]

"Won't have fun" is a hilarious translation and equating having fun with marriage is even funnier.

It's too bad nobody in magic peak of magicness has access to internet and can't watch One and Only to see how well those oaths usually end up for beautiful royal men in white who take lady disciples.

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Side note - One and Only is a ridiculously underrated drama and by far the best made drama in the ShizunFucker (tm) subgenre. It's honestly a perfect gem and if tragedies are not a deal breaker, I cannot recommend it highly enough. I actually never bothered to watch Forever and Ever, the modern day sequel where their reincarnated selves get a happy ending because One and Only's quietly but utterly devastating ending just FIT.

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Cdrama: Burning Flames (2024)

#烈焰 热血集结，人、神、妖对阵氛围即刻点燃！ #任嘉伦 #邢菲 Burning Flames 烈焰 iQIYI

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aLS6Du6PgAU

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15 minutes into Burning Flames:

This is a tacky mess but it’s the kind of tacky mess I love.

Did hair and costume take notes from Mortal Kombat and Dragon Ball for their character design?

Peter Ho is a scenery chewing muscley porcupine daddy and I’m perfectly ok with that.

Allen Ren…is doing it for me here. At least his character design. Don’t know much about his character yet but he sure can pull off a head band. He’s giving elven warrior prince and I’m into it. His looks must favor his mother instead of his father 😆

Overall, this looks like it’ll be loud, larger than life, and fun.

[mel-loves-kdramas]

Allen Ren Jialun in One And Only

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Forever and Ever: Script & Visual Storytelling Review 🏮

As usual, during my yearly holiday, I always opt to watch dramas that I already watched (in an attempt not to get addicted 😂) so this time of the year, I chose Forever & Ever during my trip to London & Wales.

Now I'm back, I want to write a review why this drama is very special in my book. For a starter, I'm not really a big fan of romance dramas in general but when it is done right, like this drama for an example, it will be special in my heart and I will rewatch it often as my comfort watch.

WHY IT IS SPECIAL?

I love how this drama portray 'soulmate' kind of relationship between the couple. They have one mind & one soul mentality that are portray beautifully in the drama. So, normal romance troupes such as misunderstandings, miscommunications, petty love games, noble idiocy or breakup are non-existence in this drama. Its all about them working together hand in hand facing the adversities together which is very refreshing to see.

LOVABLE MAIN LEADS

Zhousheng Chen is by miles my most favorite romantic lead in any media. He is shy and awkward and its funny to watch his antics. But he has this big heart that is full of love and kindness. I love his silent love the best -- Shiyi didnt know what he did for her most of the times since it is purposely written to be that way but Shiyi can feel his love in every part of her bones. Whether it is big or small, his love is selfless and did not ask anything in return. And I love how he handle his toxic mother with such a grace -- never disrespecting her but also never allowed her to mistreat his wife as well.

Shiyi probably the most high EQ FLs in Cdramas. She is beautiful and graceful and her understanding and coping mechanism is on another level. Like if there are conflicts, you will notice she will do things to avoid the awkwardness by offering foods or change the subjects or topics. Or any misunderstanding, no need explanation since her trust in her husband will give her answer to that misunderstanding. Or some secrets are no need to be told since it wont change anything. She is one of my most favorite FLs in Cdramaland without a doubt. Plus, she did all the first moves, how awesome is that?

INTIMACY

I love how this drama portray intimacy between the couple. Its fulfilling and natural and wholesome in general. Like one of the scenes, Shiyi will casually tuck her hand under Zhousheng Chen's armpit while hugging him. 🤭 And I think I have ever seen a drama where a couple smile at each other as much as they did to each other. They really sold the feeling of couple who are actually in love and just enjoy being in each other's companies. And what I like best is that we have no idea who actually love more since they both give and take equally in the relationship.

SPECIAL LOVE GESTURES

Love gestures is what I called for all special love behaviors between couples that are not kissing or hugging. These gestures are special to only 2 of them and must happen a lot of times in the drama. While I usually struggle to find this in other romance dramas, Forever & Ever has really a lot of these love gestures. Like a lot, some will be repeated like 6 to 7 times since it is the couple's signature love gestures towards each other.

Caressing Nose

Holding Face

Hands on Shoulder

Holding Handbag

Hugging While Sleeping

SLEEPING MONTAGE

I have never seen a drama which show sleeping scenes as much as this drama. 😂 But I love every single one of them. I love how they are shown sleeping separately and ended up in each other arms slowly. Or for comedic effects. All are done tastefully and beautifully.

I LOVE YOU

Yes, they are one of the few couples in Cdramas that actually use I Love You: Wo Ai Ni (我爱你) instead of I Like You: Wo Xihuan Ni (我喜欢你). And we got to see this 4 times in the drama -- all at different occasions and evoke different kind of emotion each time.

BEAUTIFUL VISUAL DIRECTING & CINEMATOGRAPHY

I love how the Director using frames a lot in the drama to display characters' thoughts and distance and how when they are shot in the same frame, its to show how both is at the same state of mind. And I also notice the drama used a lot of earthly colors like yellow, white and brown for soothing and warm effects and that is why you will feel the drama is very relaxing and healing. Or using shadows when the couple had their first night together which is one of the best directing I've seen for this kind of love scenes.

Visual Storytelling Using Reflection

Visual Storytelling Using Mirror & Shadow

Using of Frames to Portray Distance

Using of Frame to Show the Same State of Mind

COSTUMES

I also love how this drama will be using characters' outfits to tell a story or their motivation. I like how Zhousheng Chen & Shiyi will always wear same color with different shades before their marriage while same color with same shade (coupling outfits) after their marriage. Or how the antagonists in the drama will always wear black, literally, black all the time lol. Or grey character like Weixing will always wear black & white except after she died where she finally appear in flowery and colorful outfit in Meixing's imagination.

Before Marriage (same color with different shades)

After Marriage (same color with same shades)

CHINESE ARTS

If you happen to love Chinese arts in general whether its poetry, painting, calligraphy or music, then this drama is a treat for you. I love the many poems they used in this drama whether to console, to express feelings or to break ice. Or I love how Zhousheng Chen communicate with his mother through painting as well since he is not really good with words. All are done effectively and get the point across and not just done as filler scenes. Since both of them are well verse in this area, it also part of the reasons why they connect to each other as they did in the drama.

Zhousheng Chen imitates Shiyi's similar painting from before to send message to his mother.

Shiyi wrote Shànglín Fù poem on the wall just like Shiyi in One & Only. And she left it unfinish too, for Zhousheng Chen to finish it later.

Zhousheng Chen wrote Shiyi's favorite poem on the wedding lanterns along the corridor aside from the handwritten 3,000 wedding cards that he wrote one by one.

CONCLUSION

In conclusion, this drama is great if you love to watch good love story with a lot of details and easter eggs from One & Only. They also did a lot of love message using numbers all throughout the drama like the 1 Yen coin from year 2011 (2011 means 'Love You Shi Yi', and the 1 Yen refers to how she's his one & only) love confession made by Zhousheng Chen to Shiyi or the message on their crocs.

And while watching the drama at London, I totally can imagine Zhousheng Chen will be holding Shiyi's handbag if they ever did their shopping at Notting Hill flea market. 😂

TDLR: The drama is a visual fest aside from the good script it possessed. It is also very healing and wholesome! ❤️

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2023.04.02 Etro Chengdu event day dressed-up photos at Shanxi Huiguan(陕西会馆).

The bottom is lunch for him and his team. Sichuan foods are very famous and Sichuan style is pretty spicy. Because Jialun is from eastern coastal city Qingdao, maybe he isn't used to spicy foods(his favorite is Jiaozi, Chinese dumplings). In addition there was later programs, so he must have eaten just a small amount!

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Burning Flames EP01

[diamantdog]

REN JIALUN and LIU XIENING as WU GENG/A GOU and BEI ER in Burning Flames (2024) | Ep. 33

[dangermousie]

I love that this place is genuinely horrific.

But also compare her reaction - terror and acceptance:

And his:

Geng's indignation and attempt to fight as compared to the rest of slaves' acceptance, is not (just) because he's a hero. It's because the rest of them are already long-term slaves or just peasants or w/e - they are used to the world being brutal and unfair, they are used to being ordered about and mistreated, and just taking it. Yes, the gradation is different - this is apparently the worst place in the kingdom - but the nature of their lives is not. But Geng is a prince!!! Yes, ALL humans are slaves for the Gods but except for messenger coming once a year to collect bloodstones, he doesn't see them. His parents loved him and he was at the top of social pyramid. So he sees the indignity and horror of it as utterly fresh. There is a reason he thinks of his parents.

But it's pretty telling that his attempt to both rabble rouse and to literally fight is hopeless (at this point in time) and it ends up with is his being branded in the freaking neck. The rest of the slaves can at least hide their by their sleeves, but his is always visible.

The way the head slave boasts he's the head slave!!!! (It's actually, if you think about it, parallel of the roles Geng and his father the King had too - the head slaves above all the humans in their kingdom; it's the gradation. But of course Geng and his father rebelled. This man, like the King of Bai and his gross side, are happy to have people to lord it over, and don't care they aren't free themselves.)

And yup, his noble act and all, she still got branded too, look at her rubbing her arm.

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Cdrama: Burning Flames (2024)

Gifs of Intro of cdrama "Burning Flames"

【ENG SUB | FULL】 Burning Flames 烈焰： Wu Geng Helps King Xin Go to War 🔥 | EP1 | iQIYI

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