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oh, she’s invented sesame oil now? fuck. off.

oh fuck this show for driving it home that lianzhou “chose wrong”

yeah, sure, mudan’s dad is absolutely a misogynist who doesn’t understand her, but also he’s also absolutely correct that she can only do all this because she has a powerful husband backing her up, and the show’s refusal to actually engage honestly with the second point continues to drive me up the wall.

#she’s extremely capable #but shes also EXTREMELY lucky

the heir looks like something i’d enjoy but i’ve hated flourished peony and it’s really put me off yang zi. and it seems like this is going to be the exact same vibes.

flourished peony turning into another dream of splendor smdh

#i'm always going to sympathize with the ex #when the narrative so clearly turns him into a punching bag #so the leads can smugly pontificate to him #even if i don't like him #also mudan dropped the ball so so hard on shengyi #and her lack of understanding there #was no less than ex's lack of understanding for her #also wtf did she think was going to happen when she expanded her business that much #even if ex had completely left her alone #his parents wouldn't have #and the chances of her being found out were extremely high #also ML has spent allllllllllll this time creating an untrustworthy persona #but ex is supposed to treat him as the supposedly genuine guy he is #rather than the guy everyone knows him to be #make it make sense

people making up a thing to get sad about 🤝 people making up a guy to get mad about

#sometimes things that are fanon are worse.jpg

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SUN ZHENNI as PIAN RAN Till the End of the Moon 长月烬明 (2023) | Episode 10

#i was looking for something else but #ah i miss pretty fox jiejie

i enjoy cheng yi a lot, but his solo fans are so annoying, especially when they act like he's the only reason mlc was such a hit. mlc was such a hit because it was almost uniformly strong on every level, including, very importantly, a good and tight script, and a second lead who could match him and give him more to work with. an actor who doesn't have to carry everything is always going to look better than an actor who does, even if we admire the effort. and it's just a nicer watch for everyone.

#the newly announced show is everyyyyyyyywhere #i'm also intrigued #but people are being so obnoxious again #hopefully this project gives him those things i mentioned above

“这部剧只有曾老师在认真演戏，其他人都在拍MV… 只有他没有被郭导的风格腌制入味”

这是真的。

tteotm has been everywhere lately because of the anniversary, and it's so sad that i've gone off bai lu, because i still think it's my favourite xianxia.

sometimes i’m reminded about yanxi palace and how many complaints i have about it. beautiful opening sequence tho.

follow your heart had more potential throuple action than mlc, because there actually was a pull between yan nanxing and bai yuan, even though it was clearly going nowhere and existed in the same framework of the third party continually refusing to take no for an answer and needing some kind of reformation.

#and jiang xinbai and shang bieli had better and much more equal antagonistic-to-bros chemistry

sorry, ship whatever you want, man, but it's seriously laughable to suggest the relationships in mlc are structured like a throuple or that the plot isn't mainly about llh and fdb and their relationship.

#i like dfs too but c'mon people #he's a distant third lead #just look at the last scene between the three of them #that's the whole story right there #whether fdb & llh are besties or something else #they're a unit and dfs is a sometimes-ally #like #that's just the show #sorry

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i think i’m in the mood to start a new drama, but i don’t yet know what i’m in the mood for.

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guess i’m watching veil of shadows now

no horse in the 🍄 discourse race, but fwiw “judge” in the context of the work makes me think of judge dredd and “arbiter” just makes me think of the character from chess the musical

i think i’m in the mood to start a new drama, but i don’t yet know what i’m in the mood for.

#maybe i’ll watch one of the million di renjie films in the meantime

there are so many shows about women i'd love to talk about, but no one seems to have watched them, or they seem to have watched them once and then moved on, and all the content about women is about either non-characters in shows about men being turned into 'badass' OCs and/or m/m couples being turned into lesbians, which usually amounts to about the same thing.

#tbf a lot of recent shows that apparently center women have been utter tripe #feud my feud is with you #but that's because they're doing the same thing fandom tends to do with those OCs #i'm not going to say something like new life begins is high art #but i also think it's notable for not having a fl who's perfect even in her flaws and who everyone is obsessed with #and does a good job with distributing talents and weaknesses #and not talking down to its characters much if at all

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