#mu jin

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Jae-yi: I love murder mysteries! Hong-rang, trying to impress her: I've been a suspect in four murder cases.

[nocassandra]

'Hong rang' and Mu jin

Must prevent our sister's wedding.

[minoyrheyr]

Mu Jin: No need to fight. Are you in a bad mood? Sun Ashina: What do you think? Mu Jin: *laughs* I know you haven't had fire in a while. Bear with it for now. Someone is probably waiting for you to make a mistake. Where are you going? Sun Ashina: To loose!

[kdram-chjh]

KINGDOM (킹덤) '백야 (Long Live The King)' MV

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDo7cQ8mnyI

[naciela]

Raafa grandpa (man who cause all family drama)

[daktyl-z-jordanii-blog]

if it wasn't for you, i must've died 1000 times

[originalluv]

[thinkingaboutdramas]

We all have our preferences, our favourite tropes, and I absolutely adore the relationship progression of enemies to allies to friends to lovers. I still occasionally read Naruto fanfiction that focuses on the Warring States Period, and my favourite stories explore how the Senju and Uchiha clans must come together and build their village. The tensions, the arguments, the misunderstandings, and the eventual realisation of, ‘Oh, you’re not that bad.’

We’ve had a few battle scenes in The Long Ballad, which tested our leads, but also showed us what they’re capable of. Ashile Sun and Li Changge were interesting on their own, leading their troops—I do love characters who are decent strategists, but who also leads in battle. But after the battle, there is the aftermath—which I’ll talk about in a different post—and now Li Changge is living in Ashile tribe territory. Enemy territory.

I’m here for this.

We get to see Li Changge inspecting the camp. Watching the children. We get to see how the enemy lives, and how they treat slaves—how the women treated Mimi Guili versus how some of the soldiers treated her. Of course, this drama has a certain target audience, and we won’t see dark moments that would be at home in shows like Black Sails.

I wonder if we’re going to see some clash of culture and tradition. See, Mimi Guli offered Li Changge chopsticks, but Li Changge rejected them and said, ‘Do as the locals do.’ But how long will that last? But on the other hand, because she’s in enemy territory, because she experienced tragedy, I feel that the rejection of the chopsticks can also mean that she’s feeling utterly lost. She lost her home, her family, her dignity. 

I’m a storyteller, and I enjoy analysing tv shows and movies because that helps me improve my own work, and I would put importance on the moment when she does use chopsticks again. Again, on the other hand, Li Changge told Mimi Guli that etiquette requires reciprocation, so I would say that she hasn’t rejected her core, her beliefs, her training.

Also, we get to see Ashile Sun’s men interact away from Ashile Sun, and if you know me well, you would know that I have a thing for supporting characters. I feel they’re important. They breathe life into a story; the main cast of characters don’t live isolated on an island, and how they interact with the supporting cast says a lot about them. Giving the supporting cast time to shine gives the story that extra oomph that I enjoy. 

Every character has a story to tell.

Lastly, I wonder if I’m the only one who’s watching Mimi Guli closely. 

See, when she arrived in the camp, the slaves are either looking down or looking ahead of them with an unfocused gaze, but she’s looking up and inspecting the place and people. We could say that she’s somewhat brave, but I wonder if she has another purpose—Mimi Guli looked at Mu Jin, then looked back at him as she walked away. Lastly, when Li Changge asked if Bu Zhen is Mimi Guli’s family, Mimi Guli stayed silent.

I tend to put moments together like the pieces of a puzzle, and I wonder if Mu Jin and Ashile Sun will have problems in the future. Mu Jin is Ashile Sun’s right-hand man, and I wonder if Mimi Guli will whisper toxic thoughts into Mu Jin’s ears.