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Recently I have been watching kdramas and cdramas pretty exclusively so creating a tumblr to feed and grow my obsession.
Hoping to have the time of my life with everyone else in these trenches 😄
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Header by @leitorespacks in honour of Business Proposal, which was my first ever kdrama
Ye Li really said by god I'm going to bring light in your sad miserable life and it can either be pleasant sunlight from the window or the bonfire flames of your self flagellation knick knacks you choose
pursuit of jade: piggies of the fan family
Out of my drama slump with Perfect Crown and I am having a lot of fun watching it. I think we should have more modern monarchy dramas because just like the drama explicitly states, the royals have zero power beyond a hollow title and public recognition. Even the position of the King is ceremonial. They are basically celebrities.
If someone like the Queen Mother wants to scheme against the Grand Prince and cause issues for his chosen wife she can't just have her maid plant something incriminating somewhere and have her imprisoned/exiled/executed like her ancient counterpart could have. Even Huiju can be her brazen self without fear of getting killed for disrespecting the royals because that's just not acceptable in a modern society.
So what we do have is the Queen Mother, the Prince and Huiju all passive aggressively rage baiting each other on live national television and smiling through gritted teeth the whole entire time. And I for one think this is a top tier dynamic and way more interesting than a normal historical drama.
Feels like it's been months since I've posted here but somehow it's only been a couple of weeks. I am just not able to get into any drama at the moment and the thought of 30 plus episode cdramas feels very mentally exhausting.
I have spent the last few days working my way through my very long bookmarks list on Ao3 including works from fandoms I have not been a part of for the better part of a decade so that's been something
I did watch the Perfect Crown episodes though and I'm really interested to see where this is going
Years late for this, but I'm finally watching Story of Kunning Palace.
Unfortunately the first Bai Lu drama I ever watched was TTEOM, and I hated her character so much I have not had sufficient motivation to watch another of her dramas since. I also previously had no opinions about Zhang Linghe either way, so this drama just slipped way down my watch list.
Now greatly saddened by the fact that we could not see Xie Zheng be unhinged, I have turned to Xie Wei instead who I have heard does not disappoint.
The guy has barely appeared on the screen and I can already see the crazy rolling off of him in fumes, I'm very much seated.
Chasing Jade - ep.36
Pursuit of Jade ep 1-28 is going on my "Will definitely rewatch multiple times" list. The rest of it I will either try to actively forget (29-33) or just be indifferent to its existence (34 onwards).
i found the bro gang's indignance here to be very sweet.
translation: don't go start coughing up blood again, i've publicly committed
quickest way to get this man to rebel is to try to steal his wife. look at him, he's already mentally moving troops around.
kind of hilarious how everyone is at least a little bit like "makes sense because fan changyu" even as they're all extremely opposed.
i imagine that no one is more relieved by fcy's response than xie wu, because man is tired. he doesn't need more of his boss's weird jealous schemes in his life.
I love this because if you are not a book reader, you may be wondering why this has mad “I am not trapped here with you, you are trapped here with me” energy but if you are me and thus a book reader familiar with this scene you know exactly why and are vibrating like a struck tuning fork.
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Ever wondered just how many characters (usually don't) die from falling off a cliff? Well, that's what this blog is for: a newly born archive of all those fictional cliff falls and their aftermaths. As with any proper archive, let's lay down some terms: What counts as a cliff?
Any very tall rock formation where a reasonable (realistic) expectation is that anyone falling off of it would die. The cliff has to be dry but can have a body of water underneath it (a wet cliff is called a waterfall). Ledges and islands are also disqualified, as are pits rip Hualian* and (anything you wouldn't call a cliff). *If this series has a cliff fall I'm not remembering, lmk What counts as a character? (Who is eligible?)
Any FICTIONAL character from any* commercial media (books, TV shows, animation, movies, comics, etc.; NOT Fanworks). This is an archive of commercial media. No Real Life Examples. Character must be Named (Main or Minor Characters only) *Media must be in a setting where characters are NOT Cliffed to avoid an onscreen death (this disqualifies most kid shows and a lot of Disney media because it will skew our results). The point of the archive is to chronicle the contrary expectation of cliff falls (usually not) being fatal. Can I submit a character? Yes please! Google Form As we get more characters listed, please check the blog before submitting. Can I help archiving?
That would be brilliant! If you are interested, check out some of our character posts first (to understand how character posts are made) and then message the blog. You will need a Tumblr account. Questions, comments, concerns? Did I forget something? Let me know!
PURSUIT OF JADE 逐玉 (2026) — Go tell the little Emperor that if he doesn't want to sit on his throne anymore, this Marquis can easily find someone else to sit on it for him.
now why would the princess make this cutie cry when he was in the middle of proposing SOBBB
NAUR MY GUY CRIED YOU BROKE HIMMMM he gave such a nice speech for the proposal lmao why did you do thattt made him cry cri
the stumble back am sobbing WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT GIRLLL
girl he is malfunctioning lmao give him time to process after you just broke his heart ahhhh
WOAH I WANT TO SEE THAT AHHH I love libraries
the ans is all
yessss
awww bro smiling
Ok I could not help it and I'm watching ahead. Reached up to episode 35 now.
I have long since given up on the plot and logic and I'm now here for the vibes only. Spoilers below the cut.
All of what I didn't like about Changyu's characterization and decisions in the recent episodes regarding her General arc has been said by others already, but as someone with a younger sister and a big enough age gap between us that I have been looking out for her since forever, I have to put in my two cents.
After the Lin'an massacre Changning was missing for months with no way to know if she was alive or dead. As far as Changyu knew, the best case scenario of finding her alive still involved her being in the hands of child traffickers. And regardless of what Xie Zheng apologized for, Changning wasn't kidnapped by Psycho Sui Bro #2 because of his identity, she was kept alive because of it. Changning was already caught by them and if he had known before that she was just Changyu's sister and thus in his mind not valuable as a bargaining chip with the Marquis of Wu'an, I can't imagine what he would have done.
Not to mention the way things stand at the end of episode 28, Sui Yuanqing has been rescued and is out there. He is certainly planning to get revenge for his humiliation while captured. Changyu has killed one of the rebel army generals and earned more of their hatred. These people know who Changning is and what she looks like. To top it all off this baby is just 5 years old, scared and traumatized.
If I were Changyu, there is no way in hell she would be leaving my side let alone my sight. And no way in hell that I would send her off alone with strangers (trusted soldiers of Xie Zheng notwithstanding) into the war torn world to go off on a rescue mission with no plan or direction.
I haven't read the novel so this is me purely criticizing drama Changyu's actions.
Lol so FCY can just decide to knock out other more experienced soldiers to prevent them from fighting? Lol. And these soldiers who have been following Li Huai just… decide to ditch him and cheerfully follow FCY? lol. I cackled when she was like “I’ve seen war and I know the horrors of the battlefield.” Um, girl, you’ve been in like two or three battles. I also cackled when Li Huai told her that she will eventually outshine Marquis of Wu’an. XZ, who grew up on the battlefield and believed he would die on the battlefield - who has a empire wide reputation and is praised by the Emperor himself - is being outshone by a butcher who grew up in a small village, who has fought in a few battles and magically now has all of the experience of being a seasoned warrior who is completely competent and knows what she’s doing in wartime. lol.
They’re trying waaaayy to hard to push the feminist agenda. Sad. I like how FCY gets pissed when other people don’t respect her decisions, but somehow she’s allowed to do shit like this and it gets celebrated and she is always victorious and she gets promoted and famous. It makes no sense. I have no qualms about women who can fight and can lead troops as long as it’s realistic (Fated Hearts, Wonderland of Love, Who Rules the World, LotfG, etc.). This is not realistic. There’s no way that a person would ever get promoted to general by repeatedly disobeying military law and military leaders, knocking out their superiors to prevent them from fighting and kidnapping important prisoners of war to rashly provoke an enemy.
Can we just get this arc over with and get to the capital already? I’m still hanging onto hope that Xie Zheng will finally be allowed to have the spotlight. I s2g if they try to make me believe that FCY will somehow become a master at palace politics and political scheming I will lose it.
