#jealous dong hua

[mcheang]

I absolutely loved the stuff you wrote for eternal love of dream. I’ve read all of them so many times. You have a ways with word❤️ I keep checking back in here to see if you have written anything new, but I guess I might be busy or lost interest for ELOD? if it possible for you to write few more stuff for eternal love of dream. I would really appreciate it.

Currently, I am watching Who Rules The World. As such, my imagination is on that series, not ELOD. Still, maybe I can think of a Mooncake prompt. After all, I am pretty sure DJ wants FJ to bake him a mooncake. this story was written on the spot.

Mooncake Mystery

Feng Jiu pulls out a tray of 4 steaming mooncakes.

Dong Hua and Gun Gun are standing close by, inhaling the fragrance, their mouths watering.

Feng Jiu happily packs the mooncakes to deliver to her family and friends, ignoring how Dong Hua’s fingers twitch jealousy.

Now it is time for the family to share a mooncake.

Feng Jiu cuts the cake into 4 quarters. She immediately takes 2.

Dong Hua allows this and Gun Gun is resigned to this unfair distribution, both clutching their small quarter.

At night, as Dong Hua and Feng Jiu kiss, Feng Jiu is surprised that Dong Hua’s mouth tastes like mooncakes. “Did we receive mooncakes from anyone today?”

Dong Hua: no, but your mooncake has a really strong taste to linger so.

Feng Jiu was shocked, and somewhat proud.

Meanwhile, at Bai Qian’s palace, Bai Qian and Ali were holding an inquiry to see who stole their mooncakes.

Elsewhere in the heavenly sky, Cheng Yu was accusing Lian Song for stealing her mooncake just so he can offer his.

At Qingqiu, the Bai family was wondering what was taking Feng Jiu so long to send her mooncakes.

At the peach orchard, Zhe Yan sighed when he beheld the empty box. “Such a jealous and greedy son-in-law Qingqiu has.”

[thegloryofgeekdom]

Eternal Love of Dream

Episode 33 SPOILERS

As a result of Lian Songs queries Dong Hua asks Feng Jui the reason she wants to obtain the Saha fruit.

Instead of telling the truth and omitting certain details about her time spent in the mortal world Feng Jui just outright lies.🤦🏻‍♀️

He thinks she wants to make Saha cakes for Yan Chiwu, jealous jealous jealous.

Feng Jui isn’t sure about the reasoning behind the question.

She then admits to her deal with Yan Chiwu

He’s NOT happy AT ALL!

[sailor-hufflepuff]

Eternal Love of Dream (the sequel to ten miles of peach blossoms) was probably one of the best romances I have EVER watched. A fair few of my ships are “all powerful immortal falls in love with bubbly young girl”, but the is is the first time I really felt like it explored WHY. Why did Dong Hua, oldest and most powerful being in creation, change after millennia of ignoring romance?

And how can a young girl, no matter how powerful, really be his equal?

In this show, they did it. You can see how when the two of them are together, everything falls away - he puts aside his grave and grandiose bearing and can be petty and jealous and affectionate. She can set aside her family expectation, her Royal responsibilities, and her great-for-her-age power and just be a spoiled brat annoying her boyfriend into paying attention to her. They can just be themselves, their worst, most immature parts, in a private setting with no consequences.

Which isn’t to say they aren’t loving and supportive. Half the reason he loves her is because she doesn’t want him for his power and prestige- she insists on doing everything herself. And when he needs someone to stand at his side and understand the hard decisions he has to make, she’s right there.

And I really like that. It feels like a real, fulfilling relationship that helps each party be a better person.

[cheri-translates]

desserts - translated comics (a - j)

complete your dining experience on a lovely note with these assorted treats.

artist names beginning with k - l / m - v / w - z

💝 = all / special l  🎐 = gavin l 🌟 = kiro

🦋 = lucien l 🦈 = shaw l 🌹 = victor

76 pai ma zi da / -76牌马自达RX7-

🦋 winter

🦈 doodles of shaw

🦈 thunderbolt

-

a pei ge / 啊呸咯

💝 me, my girlfriend, and...

💝 no bro left behind

💝 miss nox

🎐 pirate gavin

🦈 when she’s mad at you

🦈🌹 two types

-

a yue dian dong che / 阿玥电动车

🎐 my boyfriend thought i committed a crime

-

akai是不是阿凯

🌹 gift

🌹 scold me

🌹delicious?

🌹 reason for liking him

-

阿芷naive (a zhi naive)

🎐 kiss

🎐 surrounded

🎐 his wish

🎐 shy gavin

🎐 cute wolfvin cub

🎐 pose

🎐 lying down

🎐 a kiss of love and youth

🎐 chained

🎐 endless longing

-

akira静水

💝 mc’s evol is actually...?

💝 how they love (discipline) their sons

💝 how they love their daughters

💝 the men doing chores

🦋 my deskmate lucien

🦋 lucien’s thoughts

🦋 jealous of himself

-

b--11

🎐 sub-masterlist

-

bai ri qiu / 白日秋

🎐 pet him!

🎐 different gavins

-

bei zha guo de lin zi /被炸锅的林子

🎐 wolf gavin

🎐 wolf gavin part two

-

black-strange

💝 fatherhood series

gavin l kiro l lucien l victor

💝 five person date

💝 four men trapped in a house

🎐 private photoshoot date (suggestive)

🌟 unwrap the gift date (suggestive)

-

bo bo nai / 波波奈

🌟 sub-masterlist

-

bo si teng hu / 博斯藤壶

🎐 the youth

🦋 friends

🦋 a secret relationship

🦋 together

🦋 the livestream

-

bu hu / 吥唬

💝 swimming

💝 fairytales

🎐 under arrest

🎐 gavin compilation

🎐 during a storm

🌟 bolster

🦋 ares and lucien

🦋 lucien and hair

🦈 after a battle

🦈 punishment date - zoo

🦈 happy birthday

🌹 captain victor

-

chi bu chi ya she / 吃不吃鸭舌

💝 when they turn into children

🎐 eli

🎐 highschool au where mc is the troublemaker

🎐 winter world

🎐 their children

🎐 pearly

🎐 yo-yo

🎐 too much

🎐 galaxy

🎐 puppet

-

chun ri mao mao xia / 春日猫猫侠

🌹 panda

🌹 snack store

🌹 little vic is here

-

di kong / 滴空dikong

🎐 private photoshoot date (slightly nsfw)

🎐 lipstick

🎐 naked in front of your boyfriend challenge

🎐 interacting with a deity

part one l part two l part three

🎐 gavin and cat

🎐 different reactions

🎐 happy mid-autumn

🎐 christmas

🎐 his journey...

-

east_lan

💝 if their hearts were a room

🌟 massage chair

🌟🦋 no effect

🦋 my lucien

🦋 dress

🦋 family

🦋 my butterfly

🦋 morning

🦋 lucien’s skincare routine

🦋 measurement

🦋 iridescent

🦈 envious of shaw

🦈 shaw’s ‘date’

🦈 archaeology studies

🦈 the only graduate

-

emb3r_12

🌹 sweet dreams

🌹 sneaky shots

🌹 goodnight

🌹 thaw date

🌹 replacement

-

fan jun marcia / 饭君Marcia

💝 pinch

-

fan tuan xiao pao pao / -饭团小泡泡-

🎐 accompany you asmr

-

gua gua gu_a / 瓜瓜Gu_A

🎐 the boy who fights in school

🌟 the long-haired prince

🦋 lucien’s birthday

🌹 tennis

-

guang che bu xiang qiang qu / 光澈不想强娶

🌟 photo

🌟 the couple

🌟 kiro’s fears

🌟 before the performance

🌟 apple box and cello

🌟 cuties

-

hai lao niu bang juan / 海老牛蒡卷

💝 living together

💝 teacher mc

💝 when they hit their heads

🎐 valentine’s rose

🌟 witch mc x kiro

🦈 taste

🌹 tying a tie

🌹 friends

🌹 omelette

🌹 when mc turns into a cat

🌹 valentine’s day

🌹handsome

🌹 witch mc x victor

-

hei xiu hei ei / 嘿咻嘿ei

🎐 the brilliant years

🎐 bubble tea

-

hua qi shan / 花契扇

🎐 flying squirrel gavin

-

ichisaku

🌹 time

-

jian zhu / -箭竹-

💝 the guys as maids

💝 claw machine

💝 blind boxes

🎐 gavin’s use in every season

🎐 i’ve decided on you

🎐🦈 airport date

-

jiang ke li / 姜可离-

🎐 birthday

🎐 photo

-

jie mu ye / 结木耶

🌟 honest

🌟 one year

🦈 one-day date

🦈 reuniting

🦈 inexperienced

🦈 rivets

🦈 prank

🦈 pirate

🦈 the scent of honey peaches

🎐🌹 mlqc x tears of themis

-

jing ji / 京极

🦈 the second prince

🦈 big sis

🦈 bottle cap

🦈 supper

🦈 winter

🎐🦈 drunk

🎐🦈 group photo

🎐🦈 little guardian

🎐🦈 sleeping

🎐🦈 pose

-

jiu luo illu / 汣络illu

💝 if he was your classmate

💝 eating ice-cream

💝 post lockdown plans

🎐 school legend

🎐 among the falling petals

🎐 summer selections

🎐 happy birthday

🌟 secrets of a onesie

🌟 replenishing sugar

🌟 flowers

🌟 when little kiro can’t eat snacks

🦋 together with lucien

🦋 traces

🦈 smear

🦈 dessert

🦈 happy birthday

🌹 victor and his puddings

-

jiu zhi qiu / 九只球

🦈 charger

🌹 done

🌹 hang up

-

ju zhi shi / 橘芝士

🎐 wind chime

🌹 how to obtain a victor

🌹 a mature ceo

🌹 parenthood

🌹 victor the cat

🌹 ulcer

🌹 confessing your love in university

🍒 return to the menu 🍒

[for-dramas-sake]

My Favorite 2020 Dramas plus a few Honorable Mentions

In no particular order...

To Love

It’s not over yet, but already this is one of my favorites of modern Chinese dramas. The writing alone makes the story excellent in that it keeps you on your toes in every episode and keeps you engaged with the characters. Told from the two main leads’ POVs, it is a story of an undercover cop and a café owner who fall in love in the middle of his mission of a drug bust. It is a tale weaved from hard choices, complicated characters, and seemingly real life characters. It’s also a beautiful drama: full of color, excellent cinematography and lovely music.

I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to try out a underrated mature drama. I say mature for content (mainly for violence and drugs) as well for structure. This is NOT a bubbly, good-spirted drama. There is angst, pain, and conflict.

Qing Qing Zi Jin

I’m going to say it and mean it: My favorite drama of the year! I love it and have claimed the main leads to be “my babies” forever! The story is set in the Tang Dynasty of a mountain gang leader who comes to the capitol city to study at school not only to solve the mystery of ten years prior but to gain notoriety and fame. And let’s not forgot the love his life, a super strong (I mean that literally) girl who is a little shy at first, but then gains some backbone to go with those strong arms of hers. 

It’s sweet, charming and lovely. And while that might sounds more like the perfect date, it’s not. There is plenty of drama infused: a jealous older sister, a cruel stepmother, a scheming royal, the truth of the FL’s mother, the secret of the ML’s true identity, as well as so much more.

I love every single episode and which it had ten more than its 40 episodes. 

You Complete Me

Another modern drama that is so underrated! This is less violent and emotionally complicated as To Love, but it does pack a wallop of feelings. It’s another revenge story (third one in a row, I might have a preference for these kind of dramas). The male lead wants to take down the rich businessman who was the cause of his father’s demise but on the way he falls in love with the man’s daughter. 

It’s the most life-like drama so far on this list in that it’s very business-minded. There are quite a few scenes just discussing business tactics, money transactions, and meeting scenarios which all fly over my head. I can see that is a turn off for a lot of people, but believe me that it’s not all numbers and figures! There is a lot of story behind the suits and briefcases. The female lead is my favorite of the year: she’s a total badass who wants to earn her own way and won’t let anyone help or hinder her. She’s fantastic. If anything, watch the show just for her.

Note: I’m a sucker for the trope “I Did _(insert revenge act here)__ But Then I Fell in Love with You”. It’s the whole Good Girl and Bad Guy trope, and I love it so. The ML isn’t 100% bad, per say, but he does not have good intentions towards his enemy. 

The Journey Across the Night

Yet another modern drama! This one is full of mystery, intrigue, and darkness (more so than To Love). Unlike the other dramas, this one is not about revenge. But Like QQZJ, The ML is searching for truth as well as going to school. He is studying psychiatry under this creepy professor and hunting for answers. His mother and older brother both were diagnosed with schizophrenia when they turned 24 and he searches to learn how to prevent his own eventual dissent into madness.

This is a psychological, thriller drama but it’s not as scary as you might think. It’s pretty tame as horror dramas can go, but there are several creepy scenes and a few sketchy characters. The ML is a nice guy (do they exist anymore?) who doesn’t believe ghosts, but he manages to get pulled into a new mystery along with his friends a lot. The FL is a bubbly, loud girl who takes an instant liking to the boy. She confesses to him quite a lot over the show and it’s quite cute to see him blush.

This drama does not have a story flow (other than the ML and his quest). It is developed by the several mysteries the ML and his friends solve which is very interesting. Every mystery impacts one of characters differently which gives more insight into them as well their interaction with each other. Friendship is a major theme in this show. It’s thrilling ride with plenty of mystery, but bring your tissues! 

Oh! My Sweet Liar!

What an adorable costume drama also set in the Tang Dynasty. This is a family grounded story set around the rich and powerful Li family. The FL is a painter who infiltrates the Li Mansion to paint “the four arhats” for money. She encounters the eldest son who doesn’t trust her from the start. But things take an interesting turn when she suddenly announces that she’s pregnant with his baby! 

It’s a comical, fun ride that is lead by a sweet couple as well as the second lead couple who are childish but also adorable. It’s the least dramatic of the dramas listed so far with its ML falling in love rather quickly with the FL and a powerful family that’s not quite as domineering as imagined. But it’s a sweet story.

Need a pick-me-up? I recommend this one. 

Under the Power

Crime fighting in the Ming Dynasty!  It follows the trope of silly, but headstrong FL and the brooding loner ML. The girl is member of the local constabulary and she wants to fight against all injustice. The boy, a member of a special government enforcement team, endures her until he falls in love with her (wink wink). 

The story follows the female constable and the government official teaming up to solve the case of the Disappearing Government Funds (play mysterious music here). They encounter multiple crime cases, battle different evil forces, even dip their toes into almost magical scenarios along the way. And they fall in love, of course.

It has its charm in the main couple’s cat and mouse interactions and slow burn love story. She comes from a poor background and he comes from the a government official lineage. They are night and day, but they click in a delightful way. Plus, there’s a ton of cool fighting scenes and a few likeable side characters too.

Eternal Love of Dream (aka the Pillow Book)

A fantastic follow up to the much-loved Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms with an appropriate story for everyone’s favorite minxy fox and the immortal who came from a rock. I love this story mainly because it gives depth to the shallow as a kiddie pool Feng Jiu from Ten Miles (I’m sorry, but she was not a favorite). She was such a crier that you needed an umbrella for a lot of her scenes. And Dong Hua was there too.

But then you actually see them have character and story and drama and a love story! And the chemistry is *chef’s kiss*. This drama is near perfection for its all mentioned previously except for a few minor things like it drags in some parts, a few side characters are boring (or the actors were switched from Ten Miles so I don’t quite care so much) and then it gets kind confusing in some parts.

Overall, a great fantasy drama with a well deserved ending. 

...and now for a few honorable mentions!

Twisted Fate of Love

I’m on episode 11 so far and not quite fallen hard for it yet. I love Feng Xi (the scheming!!!) and all his questionable choices both to get Dong Yue and to get a promotion. But I don’t like Dong Yue much. She’s a weird mix of innocence and fighting spirit that I just don’t buy just yet. I will keep watching for their eventually love story.

The Heiress

The scheming! The secrecy! The playacting! The love story! I like it all, but it’s just not enough to get on my favorites list. I did say previously it as my favorite girl-disguised-as-a-guy drama, but it’s not my FAVORITE drama this year. Still very enjoyable!

General’s Lady

A surprisingly fun drama with a cute couple! I’m about 16 episodes in and would like to finish it one day. I do like how the couple is married very soon and have to work on building their relationship over the courses of the show. It’s refreshing from other shows that have the reverse.

Dating in the Kitchen

Cute, cute drama! I probably would have put this on my favorites list but I haven’t finished it yet (I’m so behind in a lot of dramas). It touches on the older man/ younger woman genre, which is so rare is chinese dramas. And it’s done well. Not cringe-inducing because the two leads have beautiful chemistry. And there’s lots of food.

And that’s my list! I hope this inspires some of you to watch some very good dramas as well as stretch outside your comfort zone. I know I went out of my usual bounds of historical dramas and fell in love with some amazing modern dramas. Here’s hoping 2021 will bring lots of fun dramas for us to discover!

[sifeng]

Long Dramas for Your Quarantined Soul

Stuck at home with nothing to do? Watch a long, angsty drama and find yourself crying over fictional characters! 

1. Goodbye My Princess (东宫)

Episodes: 52

Genres: Historical/Romance

A young prince striving for power decides to use the ninth princess of Xi Zhou as a pawn in his game, but he finds himself falling for her in the process. Thus sets forth a tragic romance that even forgotten memories cannot stop from spiraling into chaos. Add in some beautiful cinematography, gorgeous costumes and great actors and you get a fantastic drama!

This will be you after the finale (spoiler alert!)

2. The Untamed (陈情令)

Episodes: 50

Genres: Wuxia/Mystery

During his training, Wei WuXian of the Yunmeng Jiang Sect met Lan WangJi of the Gusu Lan Sect. Even though they are polar opposite, the two are suddenly tied together after discovering a plot by the land dominated Wen clan to acquire all the pieces of the Yin Iron. However, during a battle against Wei WuXian, now known as the infamous Yiling Patriarch, he is presumed dead after falling off a cliff due to Jiang Cheng, who was like a brother to him. Sixteen years later, Wei WuXian suddenly wakes up after a crazy cultivator called Mo XuanYu performed a ritual sacrificing his body in exchange for bringing back Wei WuXian to fulfill his revenge plan. To hide his real identity, Wei WuXian pretends to be Mo XuanYu. However, he is soon reunited with Lan WangJi and the pair then works together to solve a series of mysteries and expose the secret figure pulling the strings behind the evildoings now wreaking havoc in the land. 

3. Ashes of Love (香蜜沉沉烬如霜)

Episodes: 63

Genres: Xianxia/Romance

A story of many lifetimes of romance between the flower deity and the fire deity. She might not be able to love, but he loves her with all his heart, and so does his brother. As secret identities are revealed, love begins to develop, and age old promises end up causing massive chaos and destruction. (sorry for the bad intro, but I wanted to include all the angst I could)

4. Eternal Love (三生三世十里桃花)

Episodes: 58

Genres: Xianxia/Romance

After a devastating war, the immortal tribe paid a heavy price to seal the demon lord. 70000 years later, in an attempt to re-seal the demon lord who broke free, Bai Qian was sent to the mortal realm. In the mortal world, she meets Ye Hua and falls in love with him after forgetting about her life as a goddess. Ye Hua gifts her the name of Su Su. Su Jin, who is jealous of Ye Hua's love for Bai Qian, intentionally creates a series of misunderstanding between them and causes Bai Qian to lose her eyes. Thinking that Ye Hua has betrayed her, the devastated Bai Qian jumps off from the Zhu Xian Terrace. At her request, all her memories have been erased and she forgets Ye Hua. 300 years  later, the two meets again as deities. Another lifetime another world, Ye Hua recognizes Bai Qian but the latter remains indifferent. Three lives three worlds, her and him, are they fated to bear an entangling love?

5. The Rise of Phoenixes (天盛长歌)

Episodes: 70

Genres: Political/Romance

Feng Zhi Wei is the unfavored illegitimate daughter of the Qiu Family, who is then banished from the clan after being falsely accused of a crime. Zhi Wei cross-dresses as a man to attend the prestigious Qingming Academy and stuns the world with her talent and knowledge. She remains loyal and honest to the reigning Emperor during the princes’ fight for the throne, yet soon finds out she is the only surviving royalty of a fallen kingdom. Manipulated into thinking that the current dynasty was built upon the corpses of her loved ones, Zhi Wei ultimately decides to take revenge against her enemies, including her lover Ning Yi. Will they be able to put their vengeance behind them and live a life without hatred?

6. Nirvana in Fire (琅琊榜)

Episodes: 58

Genres: Wuxia/Political

In sixth-century China, during a war between Southern Liang and Northern Wei dynasties, General Lin Xie took his only child, the 17-year-old Lin Shu, to the battlefield to fight the Wei army. Unexpectedly, General Lin Xie was framed by a political rival, causing the unjust deaths of 7,000 army soldiers and the poisoning of his son. Lin Shu survived the war but to be cured of the poison, he underwent a treatment that changed his appearance completely and left him in a weakened state unable to perform martial arts again. Lin Shu change his name to Mei Chang Su and later became the chief of the pugilist world and established the Jiangzuo Alliance. Twelve years later, Lin Shu returned to the capital, Jinling, with a secret plan after being sought after by Prince Yu and Prince Xian during their fight for the throne. He then decides to covertly assist Prince Jing, the unfavoured son of Emperor Wu, and wisely rids the court of all scheming officials. (there might not be romance, but the genius of this show is more than enough to make up for it)

7. Legend of Concubine Zhen Huan (甄嬛传)

Episodes: 76

Genres: Historical/Political

A young woman born of Eight Banners family marries the Emperor. After surviving through many murderous scandals and betrayals, she prevails as the most powerful woman in the Emperor's harem, the Empress dowager. In the process, she transforms from a kind-hearted, clever girl to a power hungry, manipulative woman. (again no romance, but so genius!)

8. Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace (如懿传)

Episodes: 87

Genres: Historical/Romance

The road to becoming an empress is paved with treachery. Ruyi (Zhou Xun) is a consort who quickly learns to navigate the treacherous politics of the the royal court and move up the ranks. After becoming Empress, Ruyi still must survive the many conspiracies against her. Her relationship with Emperor Qianlong (Wallace Huo) becomes eroded even when Ruyi is able to overcome the challenges. Can Ruyi maintain her role as Empress under such difficult circumstances?

9. Eternal Love of Dream (三生三世枕上书)

Episodes: 56

Genres: Xianxia/Romance

Two thousand years of enduring love and obsession between the female monarch of Qing Qiu and the ancient god of the Heavenly Kingdom. When Feng Jiu was practising immortal cultivation alone in the wilderness, she was attacked by a beast and rescued by Dong Hua Di Jun of the Heavenly Kingdom. The encounter becomes deeply ingrained in Feng Jiu's heart and to repay her debts, she decides to follow Dong Hua into battle. She soon realizes that her good feelings towards him have evolved into love, but Dong Hua is a god who has forgotten what love means. In order to protect Feng Jiu, Dong Hua sends her to the human realm which results in the death of a friend. Feng Jiu enters the Winged Tribe Princess Ah Lan Ruo's dream sequence in search of a sacred fruit that can bring the dead back to life but gets trapped to relive Ah Lan Ruo's life for eternity. Dong Hua finds a way to save Feng Jiu and realizes that he already reciprocates her love for him, but another hurdle crosses their path.

10. Find Yourself (下一站是幸福)

Episodes: 41

Genres: Slice-of-Life/Romance

He Fan Xing's company is at risk of being acquired while her relationship with Yuan Song faces societal pressures due to their age difference. The consecutive blows in her work and love life push her to an emotional quagmire and it is during this time that Ye Lu Ming  enters her life. Being older in age, he is mature, stable and knowledgeable. He becomes He Fan Xing's life coach and the source of conflict between the couple. For He Fan Xing, it's not merely a matter of choosing the man that she loves but considering the contradictions of adopting the traditional mindset on marriage.

If You’ve Already Watched Those: Royal Nirvana (60 eps; political/romance), Return of the Condor Heroes (41 eps; wuxia/romance), The Story of Yanxi Palace (70 eps; political/romance), Joy of Life (46 eps; wuxia/political), Love and Destiny (60 eps; xianxia/romance), Glory of the Tang Dynasty (60 eps; historical/romance), Siege in Fog (50 eps; historical/romance)

[theaestheticdiariesx]

DongFeng Headcanons

Headcanons coming to you from @m-mimima and @lovesasusaku12 . Because we love the DongFeng couple and need more than what the show gave us. Though we were blessed with a lot.  

Both Dong Hua and Fj are super thirsty for each other and some of the women try to shift into FJ. Dong Hua catches on pretty quickly and questions them about all the things they did/do. He usually is still pretty ice face unless FJ is around and then all of his attention is on her. Everyone is confused af about this powerful, stoic god who is putty in FJ’s hands. 

Fj likes to hang out with new immortal General Ye, but she always makes sure that DH is around and flatters him a bit more than usual. Dh likes Ye, just not around his wife. 

Fj becomes more mature, but she is still FJ through and through. She still loves to play pranks and is super flustered when DH calls her Fu Ren. 

If anyone tries to bully Fj or say anything about DH or her family, she reminds them who her husband is. She is pretty powerful on her own, but there are some people that don’t listen to her. DH always shows up and silently supports her. 

After the ending of pillow book, DH and Fj finally get married. Dh personally issues a statement saying that he will destroy anyone that dares to stop or interrupt the ceremony. Needless to say, the ceremony goes well and they are finally together “officially”. 

DH being a baby and calling FJ back for slight injuries. She doesn’t really mind and loves to be around him. 

Zhi He dies when she comes back for visits and sees Dh and FJ together and tries to get in between them, but Dh stops her and is like why are you coming in between me and Fu Ren. FJ always gets flustered when Dh calls her Fu Ren. DF love to sit together at banquets and she serves him food and he ignores everyone but her and likes to tuck flowers in her hair. Fj gets sad thinking about Aranya, but DH reminds Fj that the failed fate brought them together. 

DH and Fj have three kids, two boys and a girl. DH slightly favors his little girl because she is basically a mini FJ. Fj and baby girl usually fight over who gets to sit in DH’s lap (in fox form). 

Dh is forever sad at missing Fj’s pregnancy with gun gun. So he keeps FJ close during her subsequent ones and is a super attentive husband. He likes to burns summons from the heavenly king for meetings, so FJ just goes with him. But he pays more attention to her and stops meetings to get something that FJ wants, and guilt trips fj with him missing Gun gun’s time. He hugs gun gun a little bit tighter and dotes on him too. 

The third pregnancy (baby girl) is the hardest on FJ. At night, she likes to grab DH’s hand and tells him to tell his restless child to stop and let her rest. He replies with “this one takes after their mother in being restless” but dies happily on the inside. 

Dongfeng babies are usually well behaved and the entire Bai family is astounded. But since they are the kids of two trolls,they love to pull pranks and never get caught. DH loves to join in the pranks. 

The babies join Dh in the meetings. He loves wearing the baby in slings and curl up against him when they are older.  If anyone gets too rowdy, then he points to the baby sling and tells them to settle down and not wake his kids. 

DH loving his family and having family dinners even after the kids grow up. He loves having his family surrounding him because he has been alone for way too long. He also makes sure that all of his family is protected. He doesn’t hover, but makes sure that they are okay. 

Dijun loves to spoil his daughter and carries her everywhere either in his arms or sitting on his shoulders. He teaches his daughter how to play Go and she eventually beats LS (as a small baby). Dh tells her to call LS “nephew” because he lost. Zhong Lin comes to tell him that FJ is calling the baby and DH is like *___*, I’ll take her. 

FJ uses her babies to get out of trouble. They usually just show up and say “Grandpa” and BOOM, forgiven. #noshame 

The DF babies are both mentally and emotionally smart. They are well behaved, but very naughty. They and BQ’s kids cause so much mischief. They love to prank Si Ming, who just accepts his fate. 

Everyone likes to cling onto FJ and she is all “I love you all, but i have stuff to do. When did i become the responsible one?” =_=“.

The sky kingdom is a lively place due to all the little ones (Df, BQ, and LS and Cheng yu’s kids). The girls have tea parties at Tai Chen Palace and FJ makes them pastries and DH provides the tea and hangs out for a bit with them. 

Zhi He dies every time she comes to visit and sees the df babies. She knows that she can’t do anything to them bc Dijun will not stand for it. Whenever Zhi he tries to pull anything, the babies call her Grumpy Old aunty instead of just aunt. She also dies seeing the (df) baby girl looking a lot like a mini fj. 

Xiao Yan joining the babysitting squad (He is always supervised with the kids). Dh’s baby girl develops a baby crush on Yan yan and Dh loses his mind and tells her no she doesn’t like him like that. Dh stays a little jealous of Xiao Yan and FJ is ???. 

DF’s daughter grows up to be a beauty (after her mother) and Dh threatens any suitors with his sword (he’s not subtle about it). LS uses his friendship with Dh to threaten away his daughter’s suitors. 

[the-archlich]

Would you prefer a DW game to be completely Historic without any fictional aspects like characters like Diao Chan and battles like Hu lao gate or do you like that DW leans heavily on the fictional aspects of the Three Kingdoms ?

Take from this answer what you will. My opinion on any semi-historical adaptation is as follows: (this turned into a long, kind of rambling essay.)

First and foremost, I think it is the responsibility of anyone adapting something from history to represent the real people involved with integrity. People who did terrible things shouldn’t have that covered up for the sake of the narrative. People who did heroic deeds shouldn’t have their efforts dismissed. Even if used fictitiously, these were real people. Their hopes and dreams were real. Their suffering and struggles were real. And if you’re doing any kind of adaptation it is important to represent those things honestly. You have a duty to show people for who they were - or, more practically, who you perceive them to be.

Obviously the easiest way to do that is to stick as close to recorded facts as possible. The less you deviate from the truth, the less you have to worry about. If the narrative just doesn’t let you incorporate something factual, then it’s your responsibility to try to get as close as you can. The Sanguo Yanyi usually has Taishi Ci die heroically at Hefei. And while that didn’t happen it does show him as a brave man and a powerful warrior whose unexpected death is widely mourned. That’s now how it happened, but it at least represents the spirit of the man faithfully.

And sure, there’s room for ambiguity. Who is the “hero” in a story about Wei’s Zhengshi period? What were someone’s real motives? What were they really like? Our records only show certain sides of people. That’s okay. That ambiguity is where you have room to improvise and build a historical figure into a character. But if you’re taking advantage of ambiguities to wave away serious problems, you’re not acting in good faith

There is a lot of ambiguity, for example, in the Zhengshi period. At the same time, there are some interpretations that are simply not made in good faith. I don’t believe that anyone can look at Sima Yi’s actions and honestly believe that they were selfless, taken only in the interest of preserving Wei. You could argue that they were justified and logical, but saying that he was doing it all for “the greater good” would be dishonest. Depicting Cao Shuang and his group as innocent victims attacked senselessly by a jealous rival who just wanted to seize power is just as dishonest, as it requires one to ignore the efforts they made to consolidate power. You can build a good character in the ambiguities and the things left unsaid, but it should always come from a place of honesty.

This is a roundabout way of saying that the most important thing to get right - the thing that matters to me more than anything else in adapting a story - is representing the people involved with honesty and integrity. They were real and whether you see them as heroic, villainous, or elsewhere or that spectrum (most people were, of course, in the gray area between) it is important to show them honestly.

The easiest way to do that is, as I said, to stick as close to recorded facts as possible. The more inventions you toss in, the farther from the truth you’ll wander. You mentioned Diao Chan and Hulao, and those are actually two good examples on the opposite ends of this continuity.

Hulao is, of course, a fictional battle. It is often preceded by a battle at Sishui (which appears to have been another name for the same mountain pass) and followed by a battle where Cao Cao gets ambushed and is no longer able to pursue Dong Zhuo. The Sishui battle is pretty directly inspired by the battle at Yangren, the battle at Hulao is inspired by Sun Jian’s battle against Dong Zhuo at Dagu Pass, and the ambush is inspired by the battle at Xingyang between Cao Cao and Xu Rong, which actually happened before Yangren and Dagu.

As an adaptation of those three historical events (Xingyang, Yangren, and Dagu) Hulao is terrible, particularly at the Sishui and Hulao portions. at Yangren, Sun Jian defeated Lu Bu and killed a staff officer named Hua Xiong (a man of no special importance. Then at Dagu he defeated Dong Zhuo himself and drove him off to Chang’an. At Sishui, however, Sun Jian is unable to accomplish anything and Hua Xiong cuts through many fictional characters before being killed by Guan Yu - who was not at Yangren, the battle that inspired it. At Hulao, Lu Bu does the same feat before Guan  Yu, Zhang Fei, and Liu Bei fight him to a draw. Again, none of those men were actually present at Dagu. That was all Sun Jian.

So in adapting Yangren and Dago into Sishui and Hulao to better fit the narrative, Luo Guanzhong completely cheats Sun Jian out of all credit. He was the only character to have success against Dong Zhuo, but he is rendered a minor figure and upstaged by three men who didn’t even fight against Dong Zhuo (they were in Qing or You at the time, nowhere near the campaign against Dong Zhuo). This is an adaptation with no integrity. Sun Jian is robbed of his heroic accomplishments and glory is showered on people who did not earn it.

The Diao Chan story, on the other hand, is a pretty fair adaptation. The woman herself is fictional but the events the story depicts are reasonably close to the truth, if a bit embellished. There was a rift that formed between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu - and while it wasn’t due to both desiring the same woman that rift was very much a real thing, brought about in large part due to Dong Zhuo’s terrible treatment of Lu Bu (even throwing a halberd at him once). And Wang Yun did take advantage of this rift to turn Lu Bu against Dong Zhuo. This allowed him to arrange Dong Zhuo’s assassination by Lu Bu’s hand - all of which does happen in the fictionalized version of the tale with Diao Chan. My only major qualm is that it writes out Shisun Rui, who was another major architect of the plan, but he didn’t want credit for it anyway so I can let it slide.

What I’m saying is, it’s all about integrity. It’s easiest to represent people honestly when you just stay close to the truth. Inventing and embellishing things is fine - that’s how you get a story instead of an essay. But those inventions and embellishments should serve to reinforce who these people really were, not cover it up.

So what I ask from any adaptation of any historical period - Dynasty Warriors or something else - is this integrity. I don’t demand strict accuracy or realism but it’s easiest to achieve this integrity when you stick close to the truth.

One other thing I’ll add is that in most cases, and especially in the Three Kingdoms, I find the truth to be far more interesting than the stories made up later. I prefer that any adaptation/narrative about the period stay close to the truth not just to represent people with integrity but because the events that actually happened are usually more exciting than invented tales. And history can get away with things that fiction can’t. The story of Taishi Ci rescuing Kong Rong is downplayed in the Sanguo Yanyi because even for a novel like that, the truth seems hard to believe.

[obsessedwithfandoms]

Could they be any cuter?!

I love this episode so much probably because this is the most I’ve seen of Dong Hua and Feng Jiu interacting. I love that he cheered her on as she fought to protect him and I love that he’s stalling to spend more time with her. He even got jealous when she mentioned Yan Chiwu.

I’ve dug myself into a hole because all I want now is more episodes of this kind of wholesome content and I have to wait!

I honestly didn’t think I’d love this drama as much as I do now considering their relationship annoyed me in Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms but I’m firmly set on this OTP ship now.

[pian-ran]

Bai Qian   Dong Hua  Ling Xi 

             🤝                🤝 

 Being jealous of themselves

[dreamingsushi]

Eternal Love of Dream - Episode 25

So Donghua invites Xiaojiu to sit with him. Wow. That’s progress. He asks her if she was scared to see him and she’s like, no I was happy and embarrassed. Then he pours tea for her and she’s really clumsy. She excuses herself for being so clumsy. Lian Song sees Donghua with a girl and is jealous that he would spend time with a girl when he’s too lazy to come and see his new artefact. He wonders also why is he so interested in that girl. Siming says no wonder he’s interested. Girls are usually hanging on to him while this one is trying to avoid him. It’s normal it rises his curiosity.

Ahli is just the cutest. Xiaojiu takes him out to play and he complains about how bad his father is. He remembers he fell asleep in his mother’s palace, but woke in his own palace, he says his dad lied to him and brought him back so he can keep Bai Qian to himself haha. Such a cute kid.

There was a problem with the flower show Lian Song and Chengyu worked on together and once it’s done, they both try to protect each other. Yeah, Chengyu doesn’t like Lian Song haha. They are cute. the Emperor doesn’t punish them though.

There is a beast frightening people and Fengjiu sends Ahli to seek his mom for help. Zhihe is right next to it, but doesn’t do anything to help. Fengjiu asks her why doesn’t she use her rain power, but Zhihe doesn’t say anything, so Fengjiu jumps in to fight with the fire beast. Fengjiu can’t fight it openly, she knows she won’t  be able to win so she distracts and almost falls down the cliff. Donghua’s song. He came to save Fengjiu. And well, everybody. He beats that beast in like three seconds not even. Since she got wet during the fight, Donghua gave her his clothes haha. But then she doesn’t want it because then she would have to see him again and cause him trouble. So he says well keep it as a souvenir, you don’t need to give it back haha. She’s like no it’s not what I mean. So he’s well then wash it and give it back to me. She really doesn’t want to take it, but he won’t take a no as an answer. He says he saved her life, she could at least wash his clothe hahaha. God. That’s better. I hope it keeps on being like this. Then she remembers the time they spent together when she was just a fox. Then he asks her why did she save them and she says as the heir of the Fox tribe, if she sees people in danger and doesn’t help, how can she keep the trust of her people?

Bai Qian keeps on getting blind dates for Xiajiu. That’s actually funny, like a pool of men is waiting for her and she tries to run away from them. They all run after her. She ends up hiding in a bath place. And she decides to take a bath lol Just... Oh water and a big bath! I am going to get in even though I don’t whose this place is. Dong Hua is like inside and knows she’s there. He throws clothes at her when Lian Song opens the door. Omg. I just can’t believe what I saw haha. He gives her her clothes and then hands out to her her underwear. Hahaha, she’s so embarrassed and he’s still that ice cold face. Is he doing it on purpose to tease her? But Qingti’s bangle? Where is it? Yup, she forgot it.

Lian Song teases him and says that he gets married to Fengjiu, Donghua will have to call Yehua uncle hahaha. I love how then he teases him about Chengyu.

I must say I love the relationship between Xiaojiu and Ahli. Even though Fengjiu is older, Ahli is definitely the big brother there haha. <3 They are so cute. When she hears something happened to Chengyu she runs to meet her friend and while they drink tea together, she finally realizes she lost her bangle. She gets very anxious and tries to look for it all around. Chengyu asks her if she didn’t put it somewhere the day before and she realizes she left it in the bathing room.

[thegloryofgeekdom]

Eternal Love of Dream

Episode 31 SPOILERS

After Feng Jui made her impromptu escape from Dong Hua’s room he cone to pay her a visit in the afternoon. Feng Jui still embarrassed from their earlier encounter makes a run for it leaving Yan Chiwu to deal with troll Emperor.

Yan Yan is such an honest dork, he hasn’t got a deceitful bone in his body.

Dong Hua looks around and notes-

He is NOT happy about this at all!😂😂😂

He’s such a jealous boyfriend right now.😂😂😂 I mean I think he’s still pretty clueless to his own feelings but it’s obvious to almost everyone else.

Dong Hua comes up with a solution to this current predicament.

Yan Yan-

Then Our troll Emperor pulls out the big guns and we all know there’s one person Yan Chiwu will do anything for, don’t we?

5 minutes later.

You are such a disloyal traitor Yan Chiwu 😂😂😂.

[aquarianox]

三生三世十里桃花  Ten Miles of Peach Blossom BTS

Another side of Dong Hua DiJun (Vengo Gao)..... 

Trying to charge them money for taking pictures with him... Hahahahaha..... 

[thekoreanlass]

I’m not really a big fan of C-dramas or Meteor Garden, but who will forget this phenomenal drama that started from a Japanese manga until it became a TV series that probably has the most remakes? Taiwanese, Korean, Indonesian, and now a Chinese remake!

The Meteor Garden fever has surely converted people of all ages into fans, not just of the drama but the fictional popular quartet F4! Who would forget Dao Ming Si, Hua Ze Lei, Mei Zuo, and Xi Men? The original boys brought us wonderful songs that most 90-ish kids would still remember and sing along to, which would definitely lead us back to memories of the Taiwanese version’s immense popularity.

At that time, I remember myself still being a kid, who willingly followed her older sister’s every whim and recorded every single episode on a tape recorder for her. Those were the dark times that I totally got sick of being in front of the television and the drama, but gladly Vic Zhou was there to grace me with his presence. I so loved Hua Ze Lei as a kid. He was my ultimate crush, that was probably why I started crushing on Yoon Jihoo as soon as the Korean remake took over a few years later.

More than that blast from the past feeling though, the hottest topic this 2018 is the comeback the drama is making through the Chinese remake, starring this generation’s most beautiful faces, Shen Yue (Dong Shan Cai), Dylan Wang (Dao Ming Si), Darren Chen (Hua Ze Lei), Connor Leong (Feng Mei Zuo) and Caesar Wu (Xi Men Yan).

Shen Yue feels very familiar to me after her ‘A Love So Beautiful’ drama aired in my country and boosted in popularity. The boys, however, are all new faces to me but I must say the moment I saw them I really felt good to see that they are taking over the F4 role. Maybe because they all just look so handsome and charming that their face value already makes the cut.

Anyway, I’ve been rambling about the randomest things, but that’s just because I feel excited to talk about the 2018 version after just watching it. I’m up to episode 6 of the drama, so I shall share my first impression about what happened from the beginning to that point.

Here goes nothing!

Catchy Start

What caught my attention when I started episode 1 is how it opened the story with Shan Cai asking ‘Have you ever wondered what will happen to you in the future?’ and concluding how her 18 year old self never thought something like that will happen to her while a scene of her throwing a strong flying kick to Dao Ming Si’s face plays in slow motion.

I think that, that flying kick on the face totally brings a huge head start to the drama, causing for curiosity to uproot as they left what happened a mystery and began the generic introduction of characters. Shan Cai being the ordinary girl who will luckily land the role of heroine in one hell of a rollercoaster ride. And there was also–lo and behold–the notorious F4, who seems even more perfectly described in this version (a really much improved background than their earlier versions!) that it is too good to be true. To fictitious, to say.

Nonetheless, the start of the drama really managed to grab my attention, so I’m giving them a perfect score for that.

Same but Different

So, we get the same thing but maybe with a Chinese twist to it? I’m not sure whether it’s because they want it to be different from its past versions, but this one definitely has a very unique taste to it.

They changed a lot of things like:

Shan Cai’s family background – The original Meteor Garden and even Boys Over Flowers portrayed her as someone coming from a poor family that barely made a living. Here, Shan Cai at least came from an average family with a mom that cooks and gets money from delivering takeouts and has a father that works as a bank manager (I think they said that was his job).

In the previous versions too, her parents look really pathetic to me. I mean, the father and mother were both selling off their daughter to Dao Ming Si / Gu Jun Pyo. But at least, the mother in the Chinese version is not that loud and annoying and although she still dotes on Dao Ming Si so much that she can sell Shan Cai out to him, at least, her father is there to become the buffer that stops her antics.

An even more perfect F4 – If that’s even possible! So, I know it’s kind of cliche now that the poor girl falls in love with the rich guy. It’s a common trope among dramas, but of course we don’t get tired of the rich and handsome guys of F4! As in never get tired of them!

And to make it much better–or worse? but that’s up to you–the drama made these four flower boys even more desirable bachelors. You’ll easily know about how different and better they are right from the first episode when a random Junior walks up to Shan Cai, Qing He and Li Zhen and tells them about the popular F4.

Dao Ming Si may be the forever pineapple haired guy (his hairstyle gets even better too!), but he’s now finally equipped with the knowledge of being able to speak three or four languages and a talent for business. The old Dao Ming Si can’t even get a quote right, which was really funny back then. He was handsome and rich, but not so smart. But now he can just be everything, well except for the short temper and his anger management problems plus obsession for Shan Cai.

Hua Ze Lei used to be just quiet and snobbish like a cold prince in the older versions, but this drama made it so that they could explain his introverted behavior as related from the slight autism he had when he was a kid and is supposedly cured by the great Teng Tang Jing. Can you even cure autism? I made my own research and gladly they said a minority portion of those people with autism get cured depending on the severity of their autism and the therapies they go through over the years, but its still debatable. However, giving this drama the benefit of the doubt, this is fiction. I’m not gotta criticize it for not knowing any better. For sure, they know what they are doing.

Mei Zuo and Xi Men – so they’re like the third in command in all the versions if you ask me. I’m pretty sure, in terms of appearance, they are of equal importance. Two obnoxious, overprotective friends with a tendency to womanize. I see women hanging around them everywhere, but that’s their role. It’s the casanovas that are more interesting to watch. However, like I said they are the ‘much improved’ versions: wherein Mei Zuo has an impeccable memory that they can never lose in the card game ‘Bridge’ and Xi Men has a liking for tea, due to his family background.

I’m not sure if this is going to sound nicer and may help them look smarter, but I think this version of F4 is the milder, much civilized guys. I mean, they don’t bully someone so randomly out of the blue and make their lives a living hell. Instead, as it was explained, they are so good at the card game ‘Bridge’ (that they even have a club for that!) that many people want to challenge them and to stop anyone from just randomly challenging them, they set an odd rule that you need to first receive the ‘Joker’ card as an invitation for a Bridge match.

That doesn’t sound like much what would bad boys do, right? It would have been nicer if they stuck to the original, but I guess this isn’t so bad either. At least, if they challenge somebody it would make much more sense. Plus, they look really cool playing that game.

Hello ‘Joker’! – So, bye bye to that red card that Dao Ming Si used to send his victims and say ‘hello’ to the less threatening ‘Joker’ card in your locker. Prepare to lose in the game of Bridge with F4 and eat some slippers as the consequence!

At least, it’s befitting for them to use the card, though, right?

College and Milk Tea – I get it every version of Shan Cai is different that’s why she’s a freshman in the Nutrition course here and she works part time at a milk tea shop called ‘Talented’ with Xiao Yu.

 Fights and Reconciliations – Well, I remember Li Zhen–Shan Cai’s newfound friend–also liking Dao Ming Si in the past and because she’s jealous of Shan Cai she intentionally sets her up so that she looks like she slept with someone she met at a club.

The same friend betrays her in this version, but her reason is sort of different and somehow ‘coincidental’ and Shan Cai ends up forgiving her because she’s just that kind of person and Dao Ming Si can never have a say about it or kick her out of university since he doesn’t own it. But at least, all is well. And to be honest, I like how things ended up well between these two friends in this version, since the problem arose from something trivial and it’s just unreasonable for someone to drop out because they were being bullied for some petty reason, right?

Meteor Garden 2018 gets you hooked by these positive changes and makes the drama a bit lighter than its older versions that are leaning more on its dramatic quotient.

However, on another note, I must admit that Shan Cai didn’t experience as much hardship as the old Shan Cai did. Dao Ming Si bullies her in the most childish sense, plotting childish jokes that you can’t call disturbing. I guess, because he’s been sheltered for long enough and didn’t grow up dating girls left and right, that he is having a hard time expressing himself to her and with his very impatient personality makes him extremely possessive of her.

The lack of emotional turmoil boxes the potential of each of them to do even better in portraying their role, however.

So, in a nutshell, Meteor Garden looks totally brand new with the many additions, but still has more room to improve with the acting. Not saying, they aren’t good, but there got to be something more with that actor or actress. So, I’m looking forward to improvement until it’s 48th episode!

Fast Pacing

Is it just me or this drama is moving too quickly that I’m getting worried what more will they show in the next 44 to 48 episodes?

Not that I am complaining about the quick pacing, it’s just that maybe I am not used to it. The Taiwanese version really had a slow, agonizing pace that I would not really stick to it until the end if I had to do a marathon, while this one was just like leafing through pages in a book while only skimming it very briefly, which I think is good but pretty worrisome. Not unless they have more to show that won’t be dragging and not just a filler, then I guess the pacing should be fine.

Total Flower Boys

I can definitely say that this version totally left me drooling at the boys. All of them are really good looking you can’t say they’re a waste. They do have their different charms that set them apart from each other, but in total all of them are likable eye-candies!

I used to be a solid Hua Ze Lei kind of girl, but after watching Dylan Wang portray Dao Ming Si, I can’t help but fawn over the boy. He just fits the prickly, childish and short-tempered rich boy role that’s not too rough but not kind looking either. At some points, he’s cute and surprisingly I don’t despise him for childishly annoying Shan Cai.

The Strong-willed Wild Flower that often bends

You can say that Shan Cai is that heroine who doesn’t easily back down from a challenge. She’s always been stubborn and antagonizing, especially towards Dao Ming Si. She’s been consistent in this love-hate relationship they have that sometimes it’s hard to believe how they ended up together.

But I must say I sometimes feel anxious about Shen Yue’s version of Shan Cai. She’s a good actress and its nice she can easily tear up when an emotional scene comes up, but why do I feel like this Shan Cai is being more fickle now than before? She’s fickle that I find it annoying she lets Dao Ming Si kiss her without a fight even when she likes Hua Ze Lei. I think she sounds more like a pushover or a very easy person, especially when she lets Hua Ze Lei kiss her after just seeing him kiss another girl without any second thoughts and while bringing her along with him at the beach.

A Real Douche

Excuse me for my opinion, but now that I’ve watched this version, I can’t help but think Hua Ze Lei is the real douche here and not Dao Ming Si, who did nothing but devotedly love Dong Shan Cai, I mean, Lei may appear like a cool guy because he’s quiet and introverted and he doesn’t look like he can play any tricks at girls, but the thing is he keeps stringing Shan Cai along–even kissing her cheek without any proper reason and even if he didn’t like her back then when he did it–even if he likes Jing. He even follows her to Paris and lives with her, but just because she doesn’t make time for him and he’s not man enough to be able to save their relationship, that he leaves and shakes up Dao Ming Si and Shan Cai’s blossoming love-hate relationship.

Well, I’m not saying he’s bad, but still for sure no one wants to be the second option when it comes to the person you like. No matter what, a girl needs to have some self-respect and can’t treat herself unjustly by having false hopes that one day this stupid guy will look at you. And Lei shouldn’t be that guy that gives her false hopes just because he knew she likes her and then only goes back to her after realizing Jing doesn’t need him. That’s just plain stupid. Like seriously. I’d rather pick the person who genuinely likes me more and not the person who will only give me the second place. You won’t be truly happy with someone who only puts you second in his life.

Romance

It’s still so complicated like before that it’s unbelievable. I can’t say that there will be such romance in reality, but nonetheless, I totally feel like the chemistry between Dylan Wang and Shen Yue is like second nature to them that you may find them rather unarguably cute together and suited for each other. Together, they make my heart really flutter like a teenager and grin like an idiot nonstop.

Over all

Surprisingly, I think I am being won over by this drama to another level after watching its first few episodes. Of course, I  had  my own doubts upon hearing another remake is on its way, but with some leap of faith that it wouldn’t just be some cheap drama remake, I think that it’s worth the wait and the time I invested on watching it.

I can’t say that it surpassed the other versions, because they all have their different charms. But I can probably say that Meteor Garden 2018 managed to surpass itself.  With its impeccable cast and the awesome production and directing, it surpassed expectations of most Meteor Garden fans.

Plus, add the fact that its very lighthearted in its element compared to the past versions and really much cuter that it must attract, too, the younger audience.

I will not dwell with the fact, though, that it’s pretty long for 40+ episodes times 40 minutes worth of TV viewing per episode and will just enjoy the flow of things while it can entertain me so I wouldn’t overthink about its length being a disadvantage at this time. Maybe they can use it to their advantage too, but who knows? Only time will tell.

Nonetheless, I will recommend this to anybody who just simply loves Meteor Garden at any day. You should try it if you’re up for another Meteor Garden fever and be charmed by the eternal F4!

I will rate this drama 4.7 out of 5 for surprising me and getting me hooked!

See you later for my On going and Final review for this drama in the future!

  First Impression: Meteor Garden (2018) I'm not really a big fan of C-dramas or Meteor Garden, but who will forget this phenomenal drama that started from a Japanese manga until it became a TV series that probably has the most remakes?

[3ternalove-blog1]

Chapter 7

Half way walking towards Ye Hua with A-Li tagging along, I suddenly halt my steps. Are you getting jealous that he’s having a private meeting with another woman, Bai Qian? I asked myself.

“Mother, why are your eyes red?”

Red? “Oh, it’s because of the dampness at this Crystal Palace that I’m not used to”

A-Li tugged my hand. “Mother, let’s quickly go find Father then”

“A-Li, I think it’s best not to disturb your Father. Let him settle the princess problem by himself”

A-Li got upset. “Mother, if you don’t go now, then Father will be stolen by that Princess Miao Qing!”

“Stolen?”

“Although she saved me once, but I have already properly thank her. But she now thought she would be different in Father’s eyes and wouldn’t want to leave Mount Junji. She foolishly stayed by Father. She’s really annoying” - A-Li complained.

“Stayed by your Father?”

“She knows that Father has a wife but she still came to bother Father. She came to lived in Mother’s hut and used Mother’s cookware. Now she want’s to steal Mother’s husband too!”

Oh, he’s talking about that 10 days in Mount Junji?

“Mother, you looked like you aren’t concerned at all!” - A-Li started to wail. “Is it because you already loved someone else and don’t want me and Father anymore?”

“Who said I don’t want you?”

“Excuses! Father will marry a stepmother and Mother will marry a stepfather! A-Li will have to lived up to my name! I don’t deserved to have a happy family! I will have to be alone! No one wants A-Li anymore!” - he started crying.

My heart shattered into pieces. I hugged him tight.

“All right, all right. Don’t cry ok? I did not say I don’t want you” - I tried to comfort him. “Everything will be alright. Don’t cry”

“But.. you don’t want Father. If you don’t want Father, then he will marry that Miao Qing. If he marries her, then they will have another baby and don’t want A-Li anymore..”

“Ah, you don’t cry anymore huh? I.. I.. since I’m your Mother, who said I don’t want your Father? Your father is my sweetheart, my darling, my precious honey” - I assured him.

Opps. What did I just say?

“Really?” - A-Li asked, happy.

“More real then real gold”. Oh well, since I started it, might as well just end it the same way. It’s between the both of us only anyways.

“Then come follow me, Mother”. Now it’s A-Li’s turn to drag me. Like Father like son.

We stopped a distance away. Ye Hua has his back to Princess Miao Qing without saying anything. The air feels so awkward that it feels weird.

“Mother, it’s time for you to make your appearance” - A-Li said.

“Erm.. let me think.. how I’m suppose to walk in”

I guess A-Li has his father’s traits of not taking excuses for an answer. He dragged me towards them.

“A-Li greets Father” - he bow. Ye Hua smiled at him like a proud father he is.

Somehow our eyes met. Without saying anything, I know that he’s glad I was there. It’s something both of us understands each other before.

“Little riceball” - I help him up.

Princess Miao Qing stared at us.

‘Jie jie (Elder sister), you are..” - she asked.

Time to play my part. Hey, it’s actually my original position. “This child address me as Mother” - I told her. Ye Hua gave a huge smile. I tried hard not to roll my eyes.

Miao Qing did not say anything. She just gave a look like she don’t believed that I’m A-Li’s mother.

Let’s be a little nasty. See if she gets it. “With this scene in front of me, I can’t help it but to compose a poem” - I took a sit.. like a boss.

“Don’t you agree, mei mei (little sister)?” - I asked her. Ye Hua kept smiling.

Miao Qing just kept her silence. Hmm.. this lady really don’t get it does she? No wonder even Little Riceball is annoyed with her.

“Among the vast sky and the boundless earth, a red apricot tree is on the verge of straying past it’s boundry..”

Ye Hua looked away to hide his laugh. I smiled widely at her. If she still don’t get this, I really don’t know what else to say.

“Mei mei, do you find it fitting?”

Miao Qing finally got it’s meaning. She quickly kneeled down.

“Your Highness, please don’t be angry. I didn’t know Your Highness has arrived” - she bowed.

I looked at Ye Hua. Your Highness?

Still looking down she continued. “I would never dare to be Your Highness’s mei mei. I only have respect for His Highness. I do not ask that His Highness promise me anything”

I shared another look with Ye Hua again. This is getting more interesting.

“My brother wants to marry me off to the West Sea. The 2nd Prince of West Sea is a hideous man. I truly had no other choice but to dance to request a meeting with His Highness”

“Oh?”

“Miao Qing only wishes to follow His Highness for eternity and served him as a maid. I wish for nothing more. Please grant me this wish, Your Highness”

“Ye Hua.. do you think this is something I should interfere?” - I asked him.

Before he could respond, A-Li spoke up.

“Mother, you just said Father is your sweetheart, your darling, your precious honey”

Oh.My.God. Did he just repeated every word I said?!

“Someone is here to steal Father and you're just going to let her? You did not mean what you said!”

Ye Hua advanced forward towards me and caught me for missing my steps backwards.

“You said.. I’m your sweetheart.. your darling.. your precious honey..?” - he leaned forward for a kiss..

Oh Yes? Bai Qian! Oh no.

I looked away. “Su Su” - he whispered. “Are you pretending to be ignorant or have you truly forgotten about me?

Errr.. both? But with you being so close now, how can I forget?!

Then I remembered about Miao Qing.

“You.. You clearly already know.. yet you tricked me into saying it..? You’re terrible”. I took the advantage to run away. This time, Ye Hua didn’t stop me.

*********************

I arrived at 4th Brother’s residence in the Far North after a brief encounter with Ghost Lord Li Jing. Yun Sheng, 4th Brother’s helper was sitting at the door step.

He ran over to greet me. “Aunt, you have not come by for many years!” - Yun Sheng exclaims. “You’ve come at the wrong time. Bi Fang ran away from home. 4th Uncle went to look for him yesterday. If you don’t mind, allow me to provide you my hospitality” - he said excitedly.

“What a hobby he has. He’s always chasing after a bird”

“Err.. I’m already used to it. Aunt, let’s hurry inside” - Yun Sheng pulled my sleeves.

“Wait. You seems to be acting strangely. Could it be that my 2nd Brother is here?” - I asked.

Yun Sheng gave a loud sigh. “Aunt, that is really a good guess. 2nd Uncle came here early in the morning. He’s in a bad mood. Didn’t you see me sitting outside?”  he asked. “I don’t dare to go in”

“I should get going”. I really didn’t want to meet 2nd Brother when he’s in a bad mood. But I got caught.

“Little fox” - 2nd Brother called. “Come in”

I turned back. “2nd Brother” - I pretended. “Let’s go” - I told Yun Sheng.

We sat at 4th Brother’s study. I could literally feel 2nd Brother boiling with anger. Yun Sheng walked in with 2 cups of tea, hands shaking while serving.

“Oh yes! Aunt, you just arrived. You must not have breakfast yet. I.. I’ll go prepare breakfast for you” - he made an excuse to leave the room.

I didn’t stop him. Poor boy so afraid of this 2nd Uncle.

2nd Brother broke the silence. “Where is Xiao Jiu?” - he asked.

“Ah.. a few days ago, she was still cooking in my Fox Den”. Actually, I’m not too sure.

“She has done many shameful things for Dong Hua’s sake. When she returned to my manor 300 years ago, I had to hang her up and spank her twice for her to become well behaved. If she’s in your residence, then keep a good eye on her”. It wasn’t a request. It was more like a command.

“Rest assured, 2nd Brother. I’ll surely keep her confined in the Fox Den. She won’t go outside to be a disgrace”

He nodded in agreement. “The life debt to Dong Hua Dijun..”

“2nd brother, don’t you worry” - I cut him off. “Qing Qiu will take on the debt that Xiao Jiu owes to Dong Hua Dijun. As her aunt, I’ll take in her stead”

He took a sip of his tea. “Hmm. Good”

Phew. That was close. I should give Xiao Jiu a good lecture when I get back.

“By the way, why did you suddenly came to the Far North?”

“The Water King’s son just turned one month old. He send an invitation to Qing Qiu. Mother and Father went traveling. I had nothing much to do, so I came for a visit”

“The Eastern Sea is in the east. If you are returning to Qing Qiu, you should be traveling east”

Crap. I got caught, AGAIN.

“Oh, I forgot to mention, 4th Brother had me to bring two jars of wine from Zhe Yan’s. So I came over to deliver along the way”. Thank god I had the wine as an excuse.

“What a trouble” - 2nd brother shake in disapproval.

“I better take them to the kitchen” - I suggested. Ran from one, now have to run from another. What a trip!

Outside the study, Yun Sheng was eavesdropping. I signaled him to follow me.

“Aunt, do you not want breakfast anymore?” - he asked.

“I’m leaving. These are the jars of peach blossom wine that 4th Brother wanted” - I handed him the jars.

“Oh. By the way Aunt, I heard just now that you attended the banquet at the Eastern Sea?”

“I did”

“I heard that the Crown Prince is there as well. Did you see him?”

“I did”

“Back when the Crown Prince came to the Far North to pacify the rebellions, I had the good fortune to deliver a map to His Highness. I’ll never forget Crown Prince’s grace”

“You were merely a young child 300 years ago. How could you remember so clearly?

“To be honest, I love hearing others speak of the Crown Prince. Aunt, did you know that in all the battles of the past 30,000 years, whenever the Crown Prince made a stand, he suppressed all resistance?”

How can I not know? He also did a very stupid move while fighting with the Mermaid Clan.

“Should you marry the Crown Prince in the future, you must not forget to bring me along”

“I’ll take my leave. Take care to attend the one inside the study” - I told Yun Sheng.

[mcheang]

Exchange student

This is inspired by an episode from The Nanny where the female lead got her school rival to substitute her. Let’s just say with her around, the male lead didn’t even notice other girls. It also reminds me of a Kim Possible episode where Ron got to be an exchange student to a Japanese school, and a really hot exchange student drove Kim and Monique crazy. Warning, this draft has oblivious Adrien.

Meet Sandra Breeze

She was the exchange student from America, changing places with Marinette, who would be going to China to a monk school (aka Guardian training)

When boys look at Sandra, they immediately think, “Knockout!” When girls look Sandra, they feel a hit on their self-esteem and immediately look at their own images.

The thing was, Sandra was not conservative in her dressing either. She didn’t show too much skin though. She just liked to dress in a way to show off her assets. Like her model-long legs and tiny waist.

And wherever she walked in school, boys tended to follow her around as guides. It’s like she radiates pheromones.

This was irritating to Chloe and Lila, who hated any popular rival.

But unsurprisingly, she spent a lot of time with Adrien because she sat in Marinette’s old seat.

Alya definitely wasn’t receptive to the new girl and wanted to keep Nino away. That left Adrien alone.

So imagine Chloe’s irritation when she gives Adrien his daily hug, then Sandra comes by and gives Adrien a cheek kiss, because isn’t that how the French greet each other?

And Adrien actually reciprocated that cheek kiss!

Chloe’s face was red and steaming.

And then Adrien even brought Sandra to his photoshoot, mostly because he didn’t want to be alone with Lila.

When Adrien brought Sandra over, the photographer raved over how photogenic she looked. Adrien smiled good-naturedly.

“Maybe she could model for us since Lila’s a no-show?”

Lila interrupted, pissed, “Actually I’m right here.” How could Adrien not notice her presence? Was he that blinded by Miss Exchange Student? She’s foreign too!

Photographer: But they look so much better than Adrien and Lila. I’m sorry, Miss Rossi but you are like an octopus whenever i pair you with Adrien. With Miss Sandra, they are like kindred souls. You can wait for your solo shoot, Miss Rossi.

Lila looked to Nathalie in complaint but Nathalie shrugged. Gabriel never promised joint photo shoots, just exposure.

The real kicker came whenever Lila tried to spin some grand tale. No one wanted to listen to her. They all wanted to hear Sandra’s foreign life because she was only here for a semester, while Lila would be around much longer.

At least all the girls were on Lila’s side, even if all they did was moan about how they wished Marinette would come back.

Because Lila was just not participative in their girl bonding activities of planting trees or listening to band music (Luka had privately asked Juleka not to invite Lila again because her music was like wailing violins), she could never take Marinette’s place.

All these were minor irritations to Chloe and Lila, not enough to attract akumas.

So for a whole semester, while Marinette was maturing and gaining wisdom in monk school, Lila and Chloe were going crazy over how little attention they were receiving ever since the exchange student came by. Sandra was constantly around Adrien, which irritated all his admirers and Adrienette fans.

The end of semester could not come too soon.

Sandra bid everyone a friendly farewell and thanked Adrien personally for being such a good Friend.

Alya: Omg, Adrien is contagious.

When Marinette returned, all her friends welcomed her back with open arms.

Marinette: aw, did everyone miss me?

Adrien: very much so. 2 girls in particular.

Marinette turned, expecting to find Alya and Kagami.

Imagine her surprise to be given a fierce hug by lying Lila. “Don’t you ever leave me again!” she sobbed.

Then Marinette’s hand was grabbed in a firm grip by cruel Chloe. “Come on, Dupain-Cheng, the limo is waiting for us.”

Marinette, confused: Wait, I’m riding home with you?

Adrien was beaming, oblivious to the true reason behind their friendly welcoming and choosing to see the good in them. “They finally realized how much you mean to them only when you were gone. Absence makes the heart fonder after all.”

And his face took on a wistful look. Chloe and Lila believed it was for Sandra and tugged Marinette on faster, as if by restoring her to her bakery or classroom, the world as they knew it would return to normal.

Marinette had learned to let Adrien and Kagami be happy and focus on the joys of life.

Adrien was just hoping his Lady had finally come home. She had told him she would be late in coming to the rescue because she would be in China for a while. How coincidental that Marinette would be headed there too!