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This is super important! Slave child labor is used in many many cocoa farms from big name companies like Nestle and Dove. Here is a good link discussing it: http://www.foodispower.org/slavery-chocolate/ .
And here is an easy score card to see who the worst offenders are/who to avoid most: https://www.greenamerica.org/end-child-labor-cocoa/chocolate-scorecard
Someone asked me to make this and my previous list is way out of date (it was made in Jan 2020.) I will never claim these are the BEST cdramas, just that they are my favorite (for example, I fully realize that The Wolf is far inferior to Chang’an, but it’s a list of favorites, not bests.) If you look at this list and hate half of them, it doesn’t mean you have better or worse taste, just that you probably shouldn’t take my drama recs.
50 Twisted Fate of Love
49 Little Fairy
48 Red Dust
47 Ice Fantasy
46 Glamorous Imperial Concubine
45 The Virtuous Queen of Han
44 Chinese Paladin 3
43 Princess Agents
42 General and I
41 Secret of the Three Kingdoms
40 Luoyang
39 Siege in Fog
38 Love In Between
37 Jade Palace Lock Heart
36 One and Only
35 Nirvana in Fire
34 Vigilantes in Masks
33 Nirvana in Fire 2
32 Listening Snow Tower
31 Sound of the Desert
30 Return of Condor Heroes 2006
29 Heroes
28 Young Warriors of the Yang Clan
27 Three Kingdoms 2010
26 Battle of Changsha
25 The Advisors’ Alliance seasons 1 and 2
24 Love Like the Galaxy
23 The Ingenuous One
22 Till the End of the Moon
21 Word of Honor
20 Legend of Condor Heroes 2008
19 Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms
Amazing @aysekira linked me to the trailer for Esther Yu x Zhang Linghe’s My Journey to You and it is so dark and on edge and intense and glorious, I am vibrating:
A story of the rebellious son Gong Zi Yu and spy Yun Wei Shan, who yearns for her freedom. Gong Zi Yu lost his father and brother overnight, and was appointed as the head of the family but soon notices this power brought him into a dangerous situation. Yun Wei Shan is sent to him as a sleeper agent and now she has to choose between freedom and love.
So you like Luo Yunxi: A drama recommendation list
So you watched "Till the End of the Moon", and all you got is heartbreak, brainworms, and a shiny new lowkey or highkey obsession with Luo Yunxi (perhaps other people from the amazing cast too, but we're focusing on him here)? You want to see more of him, but you don't know where to start? Fear not, for this list is here to hopefully help you out with that.
Here be some (non-spoilery, but might mention if it generally ends well or not) spark notes on all his past dramas with him in the first male lead role, that are currently available with English subs (+ 2 very important supporting roles + 1 bonus). In chronological order, from most to least recent!
Light Chaser Rescue
Type: Modern, rescue missions, human drama, romance
Episodes: 40
Available at: WeTv, YouTube, viki
What's the deal? Jaded and cynical lawyer meets cute and icy doctor lady who is not here for his bs, and discovers the joys of love and most importantly, volunteer rescue work.
On the one hand: Detailed and extremely realistic scenes of all sorts of natural disasters happening. The production team collaborated with a real life team where anyone can volunteer and get training as a rescuer. They built a wholeass glacier for the final episodes and you could never tell it's fake looking at it even on HD. The side characters are mostly likeable (which is something you can't say for every drama), although flawed and human. FL is a cool-headed independent grownup woman who bottles up her feelings like a fine vintage.
On the other: The pacing is rather choppy and makes it feel like they planned out the disaster scenes/rescue missions first and everything else was added later to link said missions together and give the characters stuff to do in between. Since this is a drama and they have a limited cast, the team's abilities are a bit exaggerated at times (they turn up for everything that happens anywhere, doctor FL is a swiss army knife of specialties). Ending feels a bit abrupt.
Watch it if: You enjoy seeing Luo Yunxi suffer physically, you like stories with ordinary people being heroes while also remaining very much ordinary people.
Lie to Love
Type: Modern, romance, office, suspense
Episodes: 32
Available at: WeTV, YouTube
What's the deal? Local woman is convinced her one night stand during a mountain hike killed her father, so she returns after 2 years to go undercover in male nerdy Paris Hilton protagonist's glitzy hotel business and cancel his entire existence. Spoiler alert (but not really because this is actually not even the first 6 eps): he is a good guy and didn't do it and they fall in love and together they set out to uncover the truth and take down his shady uncle.
On the one hand: Objectively speaking, the plot for this is on the better side for a drama of its type. It's got suspense, it's got plot twists, it's got fluff, it's got drama, it's got more communication between the main CP than one would expect on a regular day, misunderstandings don't last long, the nice side characters are likeable, and 2nd ML is doing an incredible job at being a 2-faced creep. LYX is serving many a great business wear look in the 2nd half especially.
On the other: The FL is Cheng Xiao. A severely miscast Cheng Xiao in a role that is core in the plot and on paper, challenging. For fans, winner winner chicken dinner. For the rest of us, it's up to each viewer to decide if overall as a drama, the points in the above section are strong enough to balance this casting out.
Watch it if: You have a thing for men in suits and glasses (that makes two of us), you prefer ignoring the FL in dramas so you can make elaborate headcanons shipping the ML with the psycho stalker 2nd ML or the goofy rockstar 3rd ML instead.
Broker
Type: Modern, office, medical research, suspense, romance
Episodes: 42
Available at: YouTube, viki
What's the deal? Spy is ordered to infiltrate a lab and lowkey honey trap his way into stealing female scientist's multi-million research, is uno reverse carded when she fixes his broken heart and trust in humanity.
On the one hand: The rare case where he is a morally grey character in a modern setting. The other rare case where he gets to do action sequences in a modern setting. There's a shower sex scene (sit down, implied and partially dressed of course, this is still a cdrama), and one where he gets whipped on a table. There is a very badass sidekick girl who is just as broken as him if not worse, and very shippable with the FL's perky and spoiled little sister.
On the other: The premise is cool but sadly, there's way more filler office drama (in the lab) and 2nd CP being a frustrating snoozefest than spy activities. It's a drama that was held up for a long while in censorship limbo, and a considerable chunk of the ML's backstory and scenes were left in the editing room, which unfortunately throws the show off balance by a lot.
Watch it if: You are a diehard Luo Yunxi, Victoria Song or Xu Kaicheng completionist (in which case you have permission to come cry on my shoulder), you find yourself trapped in a cave, the rescue team is 48 hours away, and the only thing in there with you is a device that has no other data on it but all 42 episodes of Broker.
Love is Sweet
Type: Modern, romance, office
Episodes: 36
Available at: iQiyi, YouTube, amazon prime
What's the deal? Local woman applies for a job in huge investment banking company where she runs into her childhood friend -slash- nemesis after 10 years, they both gradually discover time makes people grow and occasionally fall deeply, ridiculously in love.
On the one hand: Sugar and fun and shoujo manga tropes aplenty! God tier CP chemistry! Some of the most epic makeouts to ever slip under the nose of the review committees. Characters that have actual profound growth under the "every romcom ever" cheeky banter. 2nd ML also offers shirtlessness and angsty backstory if you cannot live without those. There's even an adorable and very plot-relevant corgi!
On the other: The tremendous main CP chemistry has made this drama the exception for many who otherwise avoid both modern dramas and romcoms, but if that doesn't carry the show for you, I'm afraid there's not much else to see here. The 2nd CP is fuel for the "2nd CPs are annoying and waste screentime" complaint fire. (although, protip: even on the first watch you can probably skip their scenes without missing anything of value). The tear allergy is a bit of a ridiculous premise, but it's a real thing (who knew!), and it's not addressed much after a point.
Watch it if: You need something sweet and cute to fill the gaping hole Till The End of the Moon left in your chest, you love the tsundere overbearing CEO archetype but you also prefer it when he is more than a dry irredeemable asshole, you love romcoms because you enjoy both the "will they won't they" and the cute "we're an item now" domesticity.
And The Winner is Love
Type: Costume, wuxia, romance
Episodes: 48
Available at: iQiyi, YouTube
What's the deal? Dashing, elegant, fan-wielding dreamboat young master falls in love with girlie burdened with the heavy responsibility of leading a sect with bad rep and protecting a very powerful and thus dangerous cultivation manual. Supposedly.
On the one hand: Luo Yunxi looks like this:
for the whole drama. Every novel writer who ever wrote about a flirty and sophisticated young master whose beauty made flowers bloom along his path and women as well as men fell in love with him at first sight and all that purple prose-y stuff, has actually written about Luo Yunxi as Shangguan Tou whether they were aware of it or not. He is The Archetype and his popularity among bilibili fmv editors is proof. There's some great wire work in the first half. The soundtrack is pretty solid.
On the other: If you're looking for plot, run away and don't look back. I've watched the whole thing and I could not tell you how the story goes. I went in with a "idc about plot, i just want to look at Luo Yunxi in costume for 40 hours" mentality and I still struggled, make of that what you will. Chen Yuqi is the FL, saddled with a poorly written role and a choice of VA who arguably wasn't the best fit for her or the role. Chemistry is passable depending on your standards, but for most of the 2nd half of the drama it takes a nosedive together with the plot. Luo Yunxi got injured while filming this so they had to cut action scenes by a lot, so in the last 3rd or so it's wuxia without the wuxia. It's the only recent case where he also had to be dubbed (covid didn't allow him to get in the studio and do it himself, as he usually does).
Watch it if: You are a yumejoshi and need material to self-insert into a costume drama FL's position, you are more determined to watch lyx look pretty in costume, all else be damned, than Samwise Gamgee was determined to make sure Frodo throws the One Ring in the flames of Mount Doom.
Princess Silver
Type: Costume, court drama, romance, some wuxia elements
Episodes: 58
Available at: YouTube, viki
What's the deal? Princess RongLe wakes up one day with amnesia (no, hear me out) to the news that she is to be sent to another kingdom and marry a prince she's never met for political alliance reasons (no, hear me out!). There, she is faced with unexpected revelations and finds herself looking for the truth while she gets embroiled with the aforementioned haughty prince, a shady general, and her (sometimes a bit too?) caring and overprotective brother.
On the one hand: (mild spoiler alert?) His character ends up stealing the show. FL can act and has good relationships with other female characters (arguably better than with any man in this, even in the chemistry department). Story and plot are quite decent. It's one of those rare cdramas that builds up as it goes instead of deflating in the last stretch.
On the other: LYX is 3rd ML in this, so if he's your main motivation to watch, be prepared for limited screentime, especially in the 2nd half of the drama (until the final 8-10 episodes where it's all about). If you're not into the FL with either 1st or 2nd ML, the first half can be a drag, like, personally I started appreciating this drama for real after episode 25-30.
Watch it if: You are patient, you like getting emotionally sucker-punched, you love a good, earthshaking final plot twist.
Ashes of Love
Type: Costume, xianxia
Episodes: 63 (or 60, depending on the version, content is the same either way though)
Available at: Netflix, YouTube, viki, WeTV, amazon prime
What's the deal? Bottom of the food chain grape fairy who was deprived of the ability to feel romantic love and her life was honestly better and carefree like that, trips and falls into a love triangle with overconfident golden boy Heavenly Prince Phoenix, and his older brother, abused wallflower Heavenly Prince Dragon. Things go very great and not complicated at all from there. :))
On the one hand: Xianxia 101, it hits all the items on the checklist. The lavish costumes, the sprawling sets and world building, the entanglement over multiple lives, mortal arc, immortal arc, demon realm arc. CG that still holds up well for the genre 5 years later. The epic and emotional OST (someone has yet to surpass Sa Ding Ding's 左手指月 for the title of "best cdrama ED song", i don't make the rules). Arguably, The most iconic 2nd ML in a cdrama, responsible for a significant chunk of its long-lasting chokehold on the audience. Even if you've never seen the drama, if you're in the asian media adjacent internet, you've most likely seen this:
On the other: Xianxia 101, a double-sided coin. All the clichés are here, and if you're not here for them you get aboard the struggle bus. The show's views on romantic feelings can be a bit, let's say, old fashioned, even for the genre's standards. If you're not into the main CP, you're in for an uphill battle of frustration. If you're Team Runyu prepare to hate almost everyone for there is no justice in this land. (In AoL one is either Team Runyu or Team Xu Feng, no middle ground, and if you're reading this, especially because you liked lyx as Tantai Jin, I don't see how you could end up Team Xu Feng, so I'm gonna run with this assumption). (in theory you can also be Team No One, but in practice if you're that, sitting through this entire drama must have been as fun as having a tooth pulled out with no anesthesia)
Watch it if: if you're any degree of a lyx fan, period. Runyu is a mandatory class.
Children's Hospital Pediatrician
Type: Modern, medical, romance
Episodes: 42
Available at: YouTube
What's the deal? Aspiring surgeon -slash- frustrating disaster girl makes a huge blunder on her first day of her hospital residency, and can only stay as a pediatrician. She hates it and makes her literal saint of a secret husband's life miserable. We watch as she gets to grow as a person to the detriment of everyone else's mental health. Secondary cast has subplots of various dating entanglements.
On the one hand: Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, hmmm..... well... there's a scene where lyx takes off his shirt for a physical exam, if that's a bonus (ep40, 27:13-28:05, you're welcome)? Queen Zheng Li is in it? I am scraping the bottom of the barrel here.
On the other: It's way too long for absolutely no reason, the FL is the most frustrating and irrational baby I've ever seen (which is by no means a low bar), 90% of characters who are not the FL get their development butchered to make her look better, 2/3rds of the cast are incompetent at acting and the other 1/3rd is being wasted in this mess. I am trying to be as objective I can in these, but I've got nothing for this one.
Watch it if: You have chronically low blood pressure that no medication can fix, you have watched literally everything else on the list and having a manic episode where you will chew on the walls if you don't look at Luo Yunxi's face in something you have never seen before, you want to watch some other mid drama, so you want to watch something worse first in order to appreciate the other drama more.
Fox in the Screen
Type: Costume, xianxia
Episodes: 22
Available at: YouTube, viki, amazon prime (as The Screen Foxes)
What's the deal? Orphan girl wins by drunken mistake a magical screen that houses 3 fox demon guys, they help her with her screen shop and also with crossdressing to pass the exam for the position of palace screen painter. She earns a grumpy boyfriend with a tragic past in the meanwhile.
On the one hand: It's short and goes fast, and in all honesty, considering it was made on a budget of 3 paperclips and a piece of gum, the story is much more concise and watchable than I, at least, personally expected. You get to witness the caterpillar stage of lyx on this path to guzhuang drama godhood. If you're one for tragic love stories there is one hiding under the DIY production. White Fox and the prince are a solid ship.
On the other: It is very much made on the aforementioned budget of 3 paperclips and a piece of gum, and it very much shows. Everything is rough, the costumes, the makeup, the editing, the acting for the most part. Having even half an expectation is the wrong way to approach this drama.
Watch it if: you have the heart of a mother watching her kids at the school play and admiring what a great job they are doing or if you are like Marie Kondo and love mess in an affectionate way.
Bonus: PhantaCity
PhantaCity was a tv show back in 2018, whose concept was making short plays and having actors perform them live in a single, do or die take for a studio audience. Luo Yunxi and Wu Jinyan, both with a background in ballet, are paired up in a short musical, acting as the hands of a newly repaired clock. If you ever wanted to see him dance, sing and act all in one thing, don't sleep on this. It's short and beautiful, and the official upload embedded above is subbed in English!
All Of Us Are Dead • Maiden Holmes • Love Between Fairy And Devil • Moonlovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo • Love Like the Galaxy • Run On • My Roommate Is A Gumiho • Legend of Fuyao • Princess Agents • The Story of Minglan
hi! Can u give me some cdrama recommendations? Preferably historical and/or fantasy lol thanks
I love you, Anon!
All of these should be easily found with English subs, but if you are having trouble, message me. As you will see, I am fond of a decent amount of romance, and am a fangirl for some actors more than others. Plus, they are all (IMO) good entry points. I put in a MV for each.
Bu Bu Jing Xin/Startling By Each Step
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBCPzULxJTA
To watch if you like beautiful visuals, time travel, heroines that grow, tragedies, romance.
Not to watch if you don’t like Qing hairstyles, slow pace, heroine loving more than one man in the course of the drama.
Eternal Love/Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44vuM8qiiEE
To watch if you like beautiful visuals, a lot of sort-of reincarnation, all-consuming romance, high fantasy and mythology.
Not to watch if you don’t like really slow starts, a lot of CGI, heroines that can be immature.
General and I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcUdlSLyvS4
To watch if you like beautiful visuals (notice a theme?), a romance novel in period cdrama form, very competent leads in an enemies to lovers storyline, angst.
Not to watch if you don’t like long dramas, lengthy OTP separations, unrealistic medical conditions (welcome to wuxia! :P)
Gong/Palace/Jade Palace Lock Heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVFPVkHaweo
To watch if you like beautiful visuals (notice a theme?), time travel, comedy, romance with a hero obsessed with heroine, seeing Boys Over Flowers in period form.
Not to watch if you hate Qing hairstyles, some goofiness, heroine spending early chunk of drama in love with someone else, a little bit of cartoonishness.
Ice Fantasy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgQkBS36bAY
To watch if you like beautiful visuals (arguably most beautiful drama I’ve seen, design-wise), high fantasy, heroic quests, brotherly love, something that looks like a Tolkien AU, BAMF heroines, multiple romances, fairy tales.
Not to watch if you don’t like - major wigs and costumes, a certain simplicity that comes from fairy tale frame up, plot holes.
Lan Ling Wang/Prince of Lan Ling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkAH8ALGZAI
To watch if you like romance novels in period form, killer dudes with long hair who are putty in hands of tiny heroines, married couples in love, evil harem intrigue, defying fate, masks and rose petals.
Not to watch if you don’t like stories that lack political complexity and look like shoujo manga come to life.
Legend of Condor Heroes 2008 version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2fea109_qM
To watch if you like wuxia, cool OTPs, smart heroines, a tragic antihero, fights fights fights.
Not to watch if you don’t like magic, crazy medicine, secondary characters in some insane make up.
Novoland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTGWFr2Fg84
To watch if you like something shorter than your usual cdrama, fantasy, romance, people with wings.
Not to watch if you don’t like a strong case of what looks like BDSM fixation on part of the writer, a bit of childishness, and an ending that is polarizing (fair warning - I am in the tiny minority who was OK with it.)
The Glamorous Imperial Concubine/Qing Shi Huang Fei
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXznlp7UhDg
To watch if you like female centric stories, messed up love stories, evil families, secondary guys who are unhealthy intense but magnetic, a lot of hurt/comfort, arc where heroine goes from disney princess to cynical BAMF.
Not to watch if you don’t like family intrigue, messed up male leads, crazy secondaries.
Return of Condor Heroes 2006 version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZywct2fBmI
To watch if you like wuxia, truly jaw-dropping visuals, beautiful deadly people madly in forbidden love (sometimes the whole drama feels like a cinematic swoon), battles. My first cdrama that got me hooked.
Not to watch if you don’t want to skip the first two-three eps (which are awful), are not OK with certain fairy tale logic.
Strange Hero Yi Zi Mei/Vigilantes in Masks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5il6Pg-INk
To watch if you like Robin Hood stories, fights, heroes who climb out of pit of self-loathing slowly, self-contained arcs.
Not to watch if you don’t like love stories that are secondary, mysteries.
The Four
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XULb014bc-k
To watch if you want a popcorn procedural about Ming constables who solve crimes and fall in love, some pretty fights, werewolves, awesome girl melting angsty cold jerk lead, multiple love stories.
Not to watch if you want some spectacular acting or deep plot.
The Myth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZQ1f3j6K6A
To watch if you are like me and this is your number 1 drama ever. OK, seriously, if you like time travel, moral dilemmas, best hero ever, battles, tragedy, amazing character arcs. SERIOUSLY THE WAY EVERYONE ELSE FEELS ABOUT NIRVANA IN FIRE, I FEEL ABOUT THE MYTH.
Not to watch if you don’t want to be an ugly sobbing wreck. OK, and also if you want romance be number 1 (it’s in there and awesome but secondary) and also I skipped the modern storyline so no idea if it’s good but the period part of the drama is THE BEST THING EVER EVER EVER EVER.
The Young Warriors/Young Warriors of the Yang Clan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeRSXu1QE5c
To watch if you like battles, a super cool family of fighters with their own personalities and issues, many love stories.
Not to watch if you don’t like ugly hats, a little bit older dramas, and disgustingly thorough heart crushing.
Three Kingdoms (2010 version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3RVpdYDpYA
To watch if you want a crazy smart political drama with complex characters, many battles, and political manipulation.
Not to watch if you don’t want a 90+ ep drama that spans a hundred years, has very few women and only one love story of note.
Pls note I did not list any drama set in the 20th century as not sure if it qualified as historical under your standards.
I’ve seen a lot of them in whole or in part (tho most so long ago it’s like starting from scratch, also I am terrible at finishing) but I haven’t a bunch, either.
Here is what you might see in this tumblr (it will take me probably two years to get through all of this tbh, also I am sure I am forgetting stuff)
The Advisors Alliance both seasons
As Flowers Fly and Fade Across the Sky
Beauty’s Rival in the Palace
Bichunmu
Big Shot/Da Ren Wu
Bu Bu Jing Xin
Chinese Paladin 1, 3, 5
Cuo Dian Yuan Yang
The Dream of Chang’an
Dugu (both dramas)
Empress of China (I have uncut version with Russian subs)
Gong 1-3 seasons
Female Prime Minister
The Firmament of the Pleiades
The Four
Four Women Conflict
General and I
Glamorous Imperial Concubine
The Great Ambition
The Great Shaolin
Handsome Siblings 2005
Ice Fantasy
The Imperial Doctress
The King’s Woman
The Lady and the Liar
Lan Ling Wang
The Legend and the Hero
Legend of Banshu
Legend of Condor Heroes 2008
Legend of Fuyao
Legend of Heavenly Tear
The Legend of the Military Seal
The Legend of Qin
Listening Snow Tower
Little Fairy
Longest Day in Chang’an
Lost Love in Times
Love and Destiny
Love and Fight with the Terracotta Warrior
Love Better than Immortality
Love and Redemption
Novoland Eagle Flag
Novoland Tribes and Empires
Orphan of Zhao
Patriot Yue Fei
The Promise
The Promise of Chang’an
Qin Dynasty
Rebel Princess
Red Dust
Return of the Condor Heroes 2006
The Rise of Phoenixes
Rouge Snow
Siege in Fog
Singing All Along
Secret of the Three Kingoms
The Shanghai Bund
Song of the Clouds
Sound of the Desert
Song of Glory
Starry Night Starry Sea (period season)
The Story of Han Dynasty
The Story of Minglan
Three Kingdoms 2010
Too Late to Say I Love You
Under the Power
Vigilantes in Masks
Wu Xin
Xuan Yuan Sword
Young Blood
The Young Warriors
Zu Legend
Man, I have enough to cover me until inevitable WW3 starts and we all have to depart for our bunkers.
This list contains dramas and films with good comfort after injury or a traumatic event. There will be different sections for different kinds of comfort (including type and dynamic between whumpee and caretaker) these types include but are not limited to : Found Family, Lovers, Friends, Teammates, etc. If they fall under multiple different types, they will be in all of those sections.
Synopsis : Ling Bu Yi, foster son of Emperor Wen and a talented & ruthless general of the Black Armour Army, was on a personal mission to uncover hidden truths about the past which had led to the massacre of an entire city & of his clan, when he met Cheng Shao Shang during a mission to apprehend a fugitive in a rural village. (MDL)
Genre : Historical, Mystery, Romance, Political
Note : This one of my all time favorite Cdrama, so I made an edit (not whump related) for it. If you want to, you can see it here >> LINK
Warning ! Possible spoilers below !
Ep 1-3 : None
Ep 4 : Emotional, angry outburst, crying
Ep 5-11 : None
Ep 12 : Shot by an arrow while protecting someone, concern for him, stumbling, worried for someone, riding his horse to rescue female lead without treating his injury — Doctor doesn’t know how to get the arrowhead out of his body, sweating, concern for him, treated by female lead, in pain, pressure put on wound, bandaged (Gif set)
Ep 13 : Wound infected, treated, in pain, emperor (his father figure) worried for him (he cares a lot about him so their interactions are alway great), scolded for not properly treating his injury sooner — Given medicine
Ep 14-16 : None
Ep 17 : Fighting
Ep 18-19 : None
Ep 20 : Kneeling for six hours, scolded by the emperor, refuses to get up, kicked twice, more scolding
Ep 21 : None
Ep 22 : Almost falls from a roof, barely hanging on from the edge of the roof with one hand while holding female lead with the other, struggling, pushing himself and female lead up — Old injury relapses, in pain, concern for him — Injury strained, in pain — Emperor worried about him and goes to check on him
Ep 23-26 : None
Ep 27 : Upset, drinking
Ep 28 : Leg cut, angry — Doesn’t want to see the imperial physician to treat his wound, emperor worried about him — Female lead worried about him — More worried emperor
Ep 29 : Exhausted after waking up super early for many consecutive days (comedic)
Ep 30 : None
Ep 31 : Crying
Ep 32 : None
Ep 33 : Biten
Ep 34 : Hand bandaged
Ep 35 : None
Ep 36 : Worried for someone — Small bandages on his finger after practicing the zither for a long time
Ep 37 : None
Ep 38 : Scolded, repeatedly flogged, groaning in pain, bleeding, female lead very worried about him, shielded, hugged — In bed, looked after, given medicine
Ep 39 : Attending court while laying down in bed
Ep 40 : Worried for someone — Crying, angry
Ep 41 : Hit by a piece of bread, scolded — Grabbed by the collar, pushed, scolded
Ep 42 : None
Ep 43 : Surrounded, fighting alone something like 30 people at the same time (such a cool fight), almost stabbed (the blade was stopped by his armour)
Ep 44 : Worried for someone
Ep 45 : None
Ep 46 : Has an allergic reaction, unwell, groaning in pain, concern for him, has rashes on his hand, feverish, leaning on female lead — Angry
Ep 47 : Angry outburst — Devastated, shouting, drinking, getting drenched in the rain, concern for him, collapsing on his knees, screaming in despair, comforted, hugged, emotional, crying — Grieving, bitten
Ep 48 : Confronting his archenemy, fighting something like 30 people again — Bloody and injured, stumbling, angry, laughing a bit crazily, sword digging into his shoulder, finally gets his revenge (this scene was sooo great and satisfying), half crying, half laughing
Ep 49 : Emotional, teary-eyed, resigned to die, shot by an arrow, stumbles, keeps walking, shot a second time, stumbles, pulls the arrow out, defiant, saved, chased, standing at the edge of a cliff, shielded, falls from the cliff on purpose, concern for him — Half-dead down the cliff, barely hanging on, passing out
Ep 50 : Found, pulled up from the cliff, unconscious — Treated, gravely injured, doesn’t loosen his grip from his wrist so the physician has a hard time treating him, concern for him — In bed, truth revealed about his true identity, talking about his traumatic past, emotional, crying
Ep 51 : (previous scene continues) Hugged, comforted — Crying
Ep 52 : Fighting on the battlefield, exhausted, collapses — Falls from his horse exhausted, concern for him — In bed, looked after
Ep 53 : Crying — Worried for someone, stopping a blade with his bare hand, bleeding, in a carriage that’s about to fall down a cliff, hanging from the edge of a cliff while holding female lead, groaning in pain, saved
Ep 54 : Teary-eyed — Ambushed, fighting
Ep 55 : Attacked, fighting, isolated from his troops — Trapped in a burning room with no escape, coughing, concern for him, almost saved, stopped from escaping, LOTS of concern for him (everyone thinks he is dead), appears alive and well (he managed to escape at the last second), hugged, forgiven — Fighting
Okay, well I tried making an all time favorite will re-read forever top c-novel list and it was too hard. So instead I’m sharing with you a list of every c-novel I’ve read and given a personal rating of 4.5 stars and up.
Disclaimers:
1st: I include the Novel Updates link first, unless it’s only available as a raw. If the translator dropped it, I try to include a link to a raw. If a link is wrong or I missed something let me know and I’ll fix it when I have time. (How do I read raws? I open the links in Google Chrome, either on my phone or desktop.)
2nd: These are all HET romances but not EUNUCH romances. See this list instead.
3rd: Because I have certain tropes I like, you’ll see a lot of the same shit such as: Age gaps, rebirth, transmigration, harem fights, house fights, first marriage then love, 2nd chance love, sickly male leads, male leads who done fucked up and have to do some groveling, etc. You’ll also find lots of titles by the same author because once I find an author I like, I read everything they’ve written.
4th: My personal star ratings are subject to change upon rereads. For example, I might’ve included some titles I gave 4.5 stars on the first read, in the future I may bump them down to 4 stars on a second read. If that happens I’ll update accordingly.
5th: I don’t speak Chinese (see google translate) so some of the “English” titles you see here were cobbled together from MTL and insinuation. If you feel the need to correct a particularly egregious title, let me know and I’d be happy fix it.
6th: Yeah I know these are sorted alphabetically instead of by rating. I tried resorting by rating but it screwed up the links. SORRY. I will probably fix this in the future but its time for lunch. And I probably forgot some novels. This will be updated on a semi-regular basis so I’ll keep it pinned.
This is Snopes-confirmed. Also be aware this is very common in sugar free food of many kinds. The retriever puppy who I know of who died of xylitol poisoning got hold of a pack of sugar-free gum.
Xylitol is also the typical ingredient in sugar free candies and some baked goods. Other names, if you’re checking labels:
What other names is Xylitol known by? Birch Sugar, E967, Meso-Xylitol, Méso-Xylitol, Sucre de Bouleau, Xilitol, Xylit, Xylite, Xylo-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol.
Tumblr is just a nice little place where you can take off your ‘real person’ face and roll around in piles of garbage tailored to your unhinged hyperfocus five minutes before you stand up and go back to your zoom meeting
The company was launched out of stealth last year.
The fact that Mark Cuban can do this is just further proof of how much capatalism is f*cking people over.
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban launched an online pharmacy Thursday that offers more than 100 generic drugs at an affordable price with a goal of being “radically transparent” in its price negotiations with drug companies.
For example, the leukemia drug imatinib is priced at $47 a month on MCCPDC compared to the $9,657 retail price.
The online pharmacy’s prices for generics factor in a 15% margin on top of actual manufacturer prices and a $3 pharmacist fee, the statement said.
yes this is pretty unbelievable right now—but just look at the replies and reblogs of this post—look at all these people on twitter talking about their own experiences with it now too—this is actually real
and yes everyone is waiting for a catch, but remember it is a PRIVILEGE to think about not sharing this information out of spite for billionaires rather than needing this opportunity regardless of how long it lasts or if mark cuban is doing this for his own gain
those posts always go around that are like “if you’re on Tumblr and you’re over 25 blah blah blah” but honestly if you’re on Tumblr and you’re under 25, I don’t know how the fuck you found this place. like I came here when it was actually kind of cool and then just never left because all my stuff was here. what’s your excuse
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