Gwynne & Her Drama

Currently Watching: You are my Glory, Mysterious Love, & Rattan

[dramatic-gwynne]

OMG ARE YOU BACK???

Wait, did I post something? Yikes!!! >.>

I mean...Okay, technically, I am always here? Technically, I still have a Viki account?

I might be tossing a coin between two dramas at the moment and thinking about watching something for fun. Because I am always here and still following people who post pretty pictures and fun words about the pretty pictures. I'm a big girl, I do what I want.

I am also pretty entrenched in Critical Role. I think I cross posted that little thing that ended up here on my CR side-blog which mostly consists of gifsets and the occasional fan thought.

But because of things like work and adhd and how inconsistent I am with finishing dramas, I don't want to make any promises about my engagement with said dramas. Super cagey like a bog witch.

Will it be full blow commentary? Will it be screen shots of silliness? Will it just be tags on a gifset? Or something in between? Or you might have scared me all together and I'm going to dive back into my bog and hide for another...ah...2 years? Yikes.

You don't know. I don't know. I'm full of whimsy now. My career change and the pandemic have changed me or something.

How is that for a wishy washy answer?

[isabellaofparma]

‘don’t you want your favourite character to be happy???’ no? i want my favourite character to be interesting. i want me to be happy. which sometimes involves my favourite character being in exquisite agony

[zhoufeis]

[super-oddity]

the iconic boys over flowers kick, 1995-2021

bonus:

[zhoufeis]

I was mad about you being so heartless. I couldn’t guess how sincere you were. I don’t know what is real and what is fake… but from that time, I can tell… it’s true that you like me. That is enough.

chinese drama appreciation ♦️ [3/10] dramas i adore beyond compare 传闻中的陈芊芊 THE ROMANCE OF TIGER AND ROSE (2020)

[netlex]

Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers

directed by Yimou Zhang, 2004

[mydramaproblems]

Bonus:

When you’re suffering karmic payback for writing too many of these scenes before transmigrating. The Romance of Tiger and Rose

[dramatic-gwynne]

I just discovered that You are my Glory was written by the same person who wrote Love o2o, my very first contemporary cdrama and I couldn’t be happier. I really lucked out with Love o2o being one of my first forays into chinese dramas and as I was watching You are my Glory, I felt a very similar Yang Yang vibe.

So my hopes are high that some of the rough edges of Love o2o have been sanded off and the characters and their arcs have matured just enough, despite there being some forgivable PPL for the Chinese Space Program. Heavens knows how much I’ve endured for the American Industrial Military Complex in my life, I think I can handle this >.>

[dramatic-gwynne]

So, because of reasons, I am giving a new cdrama a try to see if it sticks. If it does and my mental health permits, I might write about it, but I absolutely have to laugh at episode one.

Episode one generally sets up what we need to know about the female and male leads and this one is just kind of...delightfully ridiculous.

Female Lead: She has a rich inner life and backstory. She’s a beloved, fantastic actress who would love to get into league of legends video games if her manager would let her, but alas, being bad at it would absolutely ruin her career. She’s pining over her high school crush, who we never see his face from her point of view. Math was her weakest subject in school and she regrets it because it seems like it was the reason her crush rejected her. She has some great internet stalking skills. Oh, and someone might be taking advantage of her kindness.

Male Lead: He’s Hot and he likes space.

[maggiecheungs]

he’s whipped, your honour

[cdramathings]

[zhoufeis]

“The heroine is clever, quick-witted, beautiful and kind-hearted. Isn’t that enough?”

赵露思 ZHAO LUSI as Chen Xiaoqian / Chen Qianqian in 传闻中的陈芊芊 THE ROMANCE OF TIGER AND ROSE (China, 2020) • episode one

[dramatic-gwynne]

Mysterious Love 1-4

I am four episodes into Mysterious Love and I am in really deep. Here are just a few things I need to scream about:

Ruan Nian Chu may have pined for five years for her Lee but she is not a stagnant wilting flower. Her experience changed her but it is clear that she has defined who and what she is and not anyone else. She doesn’t back down to bullies. She doesn’t back down to roguish, hot bodyguards protecting her For Her Own Good. Girl is Going For It at every moment and I love it.

Li Teng absolutely spent five years pining to the point that all his bros cannot keep it a secret. This kind of information saves an emotionally unavailable, hot bodyguard from being an controlling asshole. I’m hopeful that the next step will be showing Nian Chu how soft and squishy he is for her. 

Admitting that he is Lee has equalized them considerably.

I like the secondary cast. I like the spoiled orphan princess. I even like the celebrity actress trying to get out of her contract but I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t. I don’t know how much I’ll write about this but these first four episodes made me really happy.

I hope I get the chance to watch more soon.

[soul-ji]

Legend of Yunqian behind the scenes x

[maggiecheungs]

Zhou Zi Xin as Chen Chu Chu in The Romance of Tiger and Rose

[maggiecheungs]

two absolute dumbasses who can’t hold their liquor — the romance of tiger and rose, episode 4

[zhoufeis]