[mj220991]

Because of Changfengdu, i feel like i need to make a list or introductions of the author's novel (墨书白)

The ML's usually crazily devoted and the FL is crazily competent. I will write some of her historical ones first. (English is not my 1st language, so sorry if there's some mistake)

I'll tag @dangermousie and @mercipourleslivres, maybe you guys can enjoy some of this!

长公主 (The Grand Princess)

This one is a double rebirth story of a princess and her estranged husband. They both died (at age 50's) thinking they killed each other. They born in a time before they married. In their new life they started as friends.

Our FL is Li Rong, is a prideful princess and in the 1 st life married our ML Pei Wen Xuan because he's the most handsome XD. The emotional part of this novel feels so delicate and raw. The longings, remorse, regret, especially from the ML really hook me up. The bloody drama also not only come from the main couple but basically everyone. There's no such a thing as npc chara, everyone have their own purpose. I know many people said Li Rong don't deserve Pei Wen Xuan ( nahh do we read the same novel?) Both are at faults. This one is not for the faint heart. Last time i heard they will adapt this into a drama with Zhao Jinmai and Wang Anyu, i don't want them to touch this.

山河枕 (Mountain river pillow aka the eldest wife is my wife)

This one is a rebirth story. Our FL Chuyu already married the 2nd ML in her 1st life. But her love was wasted and her husband didn't treat her right. After being reborn, she choose to married her supposed to be husband, Wei Jun (the eldest son of a border general). You know what happened to the generals who lives in the border right? Right, scapegoat of the politics in the capital.

Short story, the wei general and his 6 son died (including Chu Yu husband) as a traitor in battlefield leaving the youngest son Wei Yun bring his father and brothers coffin. The real story begin here as Chu yu keep helping Wei Yun to keep the Wei family legacy.

Poor Wei Yun, is all that i can say :p.

From the news i see Song Qian and Ding Yuxi name, please just no :(.

论撩世家子的技巧 (the trick to teasing a noble family son)

This is not the famous one but WORTH READING. Oh and this a crossdressing novel. Our FL Wei Lan is a reborn, but not from your usual world. She came from a matriarcal world, when women is the leader in society and men task is in the backyard. When she came to the her new world, the 1st thing she do is change identity with his brother. Yes you hear me right, Wei lan become the brother and her brother Wei Hua become the sister. Our ML is Xie Zichen, also a reborn. He died being betrayed by the prince that he supported.

This novel is hilarious in the beginning as Wei Lan feels like douchebag,and feels that women is far superior than men. She FLIRT a lot. Because her thoughtfulness, all of these men of course being tempted. Our ML too think like that but reverse. But don't worry there's chara development from everyone, i cried a lot and too be honest my fav chara is one of the FL suitor who end up died.

I change my mind, i'll write her Xianxia and modern too here XD.

琢玉 (Carven Jade)

One of my fav danmei together with Yuwu. Our Gong is Fu ChangLing and Shou is Qin Yan (ma babies). This is a rebirth story. In the 1st life Fu Changling killed Qin Yan out of revenge and hate thinking that he is the one who killed his family and bring demise to the cultuvation world, little did he know that Qin Yan did all of that for him.

After being reborn Fcl did everything to keep Qin Yan safe and sound. I love how devoted they are to each other. All the support characters also great. I really love the parents story too.

剑寻千山 (sword of searching mountain)

This is a broken reunion story. Our FL Qin wanwan and our ML Xie Changji were married. The FL didn't know that our ML cultivated the heart of sword way ( the way of being indifferent, throw away feelings and other desires), she think the ML doesn't love her.

Our ML lives with sadness and trauma for hundred years. Our FL sects also meet a demise around this time and it so so sad. This novels feels emotionally heavy.

Xie ChangJi is up there for me for Crazyily masochist obsessed devoted ML. This one is not my fav but have some really good part. All the support chara also awesome.

余生有涯 (rest of my life)

TW : R&pe, Suicid*

This is a modern setting novel but being the heaviest of the bunch. Definitely not for everyone. This is a realistic novel about our FL Ye Sibei who is getting r*pe after office drinking party. Usually her husband pick her up, but he didn't do it on that day.

This is very hard to read for me, only 39 chapters with knife in it. Felt very real, the one that didn't felt real was her husband Qin Nan (definitely doesn't exist). Do not recomend ro read this when you're feeling down. But very uplifting.

[da-man-si]

Wishing You Eternal Happiness is an all time favourite cnovel with one of my favourite OTPs. And this trailer seems perfect. I know drama adaptations make changes (sometimes a lot) and that's fine but one thing they better not change is the ride or die of the OTP, especially the FL. Dramas nowadays sometimes tone down the FL's love for the ML and if they change that about drama!Jiafu, I will never trust another cnovel drama adaptation ever again.

[dangermousie]

The trailer for Wishing You Eternal Happiness looks amazing, and gets both the vibes and the narrative of the novel - of course trailers can be misleading but it really looks like it will be a reasonably faithful adaptation.

Song Zuer was born to play the role and Chen Xinhai looks on point. Can't wait!

(Side note - this novel is proof you can have two wonderfully good and kind protagonists and not make the story too sunny or fluffy or facile or boring.)

[nexttimeisnotthesame]

尚公主 (2026)｜扶摇直尚 (Crazy ver.)

[dangermousie]

The Noble looks mini as fuck BUT I AM SO SEATED

[aysekira]

Tigers Sniff the Rose 《尚公主》 - First Trailer (eng subbed)

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

Yan Shang said softly: “You think being lovers is good? A relationship without responsibility is good?”

Mu Wanyao: “What are you unsatisfied with? You can have everything without worrying about getting me pregnant, without having to be responsible for me. Don’t all men dislike being responsible for women? I’ve directly solved this problem for you, isn’t this good? You’re not at a loss! You haven’t lost anything, you haven’t suffered any loss!”

Yan Shang’s vision darkened. He felt both angry and disappointed. He felt waves of cold, and the entire room seemed to start spinning before him from the aftereffects of the wine.

He tried hard to control himself, but his voice still rose: “I haven’t suffered any loss? I’m not at a loss. Does all the emotion I’ve invested in you count for nothing? My feelings, my love, these aren’t investments? Do only material investments count as investments?

“You were the one who came to attract me first! Yet this is how you treat me in the end! What am I supposed to do? You didn’t tell me many things at first, only saying them now. The feelings I’ve invested can’t be taken back, what am I supposed to do?!”

Tigers Sniff the Rose

The sheer amount of gender reversal in this novel. She's all about an endless situationship with consequence free sex and he's all, "I need official status how dare we have sex without intentions"

[dangermousie]

AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE BED

[deokmis]

The First Jasmine (dir. Lam Yuk Fan, Leung Sing Kuen)

[dangermousie]

I'd say I am eating it up but there is no spoon in the world big enough for this!!!

The way they are folded around each other...

Or this!!!!

I love them I love them I love them I love them.

[dangermousie]

I love the narrative allowing them the moments of mundane domesticity and it's the little touches like her warning that her hand are cold that get me but also WHERE IS SHE RUBBING HMMMM

He is soooo aware of her, YUM

Seriously, the domesticity! This is a very different narrative and characters than Moonlight Reunion but it reminds me of it (and first half of PoJ) in certain intense groundedness of it all - the people feel real and the world feels lived in and there is a sense of cherishing and proper pace.

Awwww adorable!

The way he freaks out at his own boldness and thinks she's offended but she's just off to get a pillow...

[cdramasource]

Mo Xiuyao, do you have a nickname? Take me, for example. I'm Ye Li. People close to me call me A'Li. I've always called you Your Highness. Sometimes I call you by your name. It feels distant and makes us seem distant. My parents used to call me A'Yao. My brother and sister-in-law also called me that. Then I'll call you that too. The First Jasmine (2026)

[juliemolinaz]

Just caught up on The First Jasmine and I’m obsessed. I just love the exploration of the effects of trauma, both the physical aspects through Mu Xiuyao and the psychological aspects through both Mu Xiuyao and Ye Li but the effects of Ye Li’s psychological trauma is way more severe. Ye Li is such a fascinating character with how her trauma fractured her and made her unaware of all her various protective mechanisms. I’ve seen people saying Ye Li has schizophrenia or dissociative identity disorder and out of the two of them, I’d say dissociative identity disorder because Ye Li’s brain has created different identities that come out for various reasons as a result of her trauma, which is what dissociative identity disorder is.

I really love the hints and slow peeling back of the traumas Ye Li experienced. I’m very curious as to how long Ye Li was alone on Lishan Mountain. It seems like it was for a while, which is why Ye Li’s brain split into different parts to help her be able to manage the intense loneliness, which is really sad.

[dramastream]

Heo Nam Jun│Ep. 02 My Royal Nemesis 멋진신세계 (2026) dir. Han Tae Seob

[respectthepetty]

Am I watching My Royal Nemesis simply because I noticed it was color-coded?

NO! I started watching it because I noticed the almost $4,000 red leather Gucci purse.

And that's how I realized the purse (along with everything else) was color relevant.

So now I am watching it because it's color coded.

But that's not the only reason I'm watching it! I'm also watching it because it's sun and moon coded/light x dark dynamic, which is why an eclipse happened in both timelines.

But also, there's a whole thing about red flowers, specifically peonies, "the king of flowers," and how they are the most beautiful flower in a garden full of beautiful flowers.

(The flowers are her)

Because she was the most beautiful flower blooming in the royal garden before she was plucked and crushed.

But she wasn't always the red flower and her love interest wasn't always the dark cloud.

He was blue. Loyal. Smart. Kind (to her).

And she was pink, even in the current timeline.

So I think the past and the present Shin Seo-Ri are the same person since the grandmother mentioned an accident occurred and Shin Seo-Ri forgot who she was then, so maybe she had an accident at work again and woke up with full memories of her past life . . . but that's not what this post is about. It's about the colors, and how slowly, these two are getting back to their softer colors.

Instead of always being red and black, they are gradually moving to pink and blue one color step at a time.

And it's probably because they found each other again in the midst of an eclipse with a shining red comet included.

Or maybe it's because love (mixed with this bokeh effect) reveals everyone's true color.

Either way, count me in!

[dramastream]

Your silence says it all. You have already given him your heart. Foolish girl.

MY ROYAL NEMESIS 멋진신세계 (2026), Ep. 08

[dangermousie]

We are 150 days into 2026 and the total amount of cdramas I loved this year is 6.

Veil of Shadows, How Dare You, Generation to Generation, Swords into Plowshares, Affinity, Light of Dawn.

I also loved large parts of Love Beyond the Grave and Pursuit of Jade, so if we include that it brings our total to 8.

That’s horrible. When you add in that this year brought us two of the worst cdramas I’ve ever seen in my almost 20 years of watching (Rebirth and Seeds of Scarlet Longing), we are entering into serious yikes territory.