#rising feather

[dangermousie]

EXCUSE ME?!

The censors have died.

[purplehanfu]

Rising Feather: Episode 1

notes: Spoilers! Master list of all recaps

We start with… oh my.

Have not seen this before in a cdrama.

But we don't have time to dwell as we need to keep the story moving- we only have 12 minutes per episode, after all.

We meet our male lead Yun Huan who is out in the woods, exterminating Princess Huai's rebels. Just as he finishes the fight, a messenger arrives with a letter. It must be important to be delivered in the dead of night in a remote wooded location, right? Not really- it's Yun Huan's father-in-law Lord Mu announcing that he's taking in a new concubine. Yun Huan heads home immediately as instructed.

And when I say home, I mean a brothel where the concubine-to-be is dancing a solo. Tonight's lucky lady is the female lead Qing Que, who has a complicated past, if all the flashbacks are anything to go by.

Qing Que begins to make meaningful eyes at Yun Huan as soon as he arrives, and tries to incorporate him into her act.

Yun Huan shoves her away but steals a sachet from her as they tussle.

Later as she walks back to her room, Qing Que has a flashback where we find out Que is an assumed name and she's targeted Lord Mu's family on purpose. The ultimate goal: assisinate Yun Huan. And speak of the devil, he's in her room waiting for her.

He tells her he knows there is poison in the sachet. Instead of turning her in, he gives it back to her and essentially says good luck murdering your new husband. He also makes the following observation:

(This will become important in less than a minute.)

After she returns to the party, Lord Mu grabs Qing Que and starts to remove her veil.

The veil comes off and Lord Mu recognizes Qing Que. So does Yun Huan. Cut to flashback!

It's snowing and no one is wearing a coat but everyone has an umbrella that they can dramatically let fall to the ground at just the right part of the OST.

We find out that Yun Huan and Qing Que had a relationship.

A relationship that ended when Yun Huan found out that Qing Que was Lord Huai's daughter.

Oh noes, those are the rebels he was fighting back at the start of the episode! This level of betrayal merits a stabbing.

oof, right in the ovary

Yun Huan lets Qing Que slide gracefully to the ground and sadly makes the following promise:

Naw dog, I'm good. Qing Que is still alive, but Yun Huan roots around her clothes and steals a broken jade ornament.

Then he walks to where his current wife is waiting for him and they leave.

Cue the single tear. End episode.

why do I keep switching directions?

Final Thoughts This is either a masterpiece of non-linear storytelling or a hot mess.

Master list of all recaps

[storge]

Guo Haojun | Rising Feather (2023)

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: Rising Feather (2023)

Gifs of Ending of cdrama "Rising Feather"

ENGSUB 【青雀成凰 Rising Feather EP01】 李九霖肖雨旧爱组队复仇双向奔赴 | 古装爱情片 | 李九霖/肖雨 | YOUKU COSTUME

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvPUlTUMB40

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endless list of favorites

青雀成凰 RISING FEATHER (2023)

There was a girl whose favorite thing was flying a kite. I remember the first time I saw her. She was like a new light. We had some good times together. She wanted to fly high like a kite, but I just wanted to walk with her towards the light.

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This is the most romance novel cover pose I've ever seen done with real people. Good for you! (But not for your back.)

Anyway, I finished this and lost a few IQ points but it was all sorts of fun.

PS I adore that they matter-of-factly had the bad secondary girl/jealous wife of ML decide fuck it he don't love me but this rebel doctor is hot and move on, becoming friends with FL in the process. Fact that her new flame murdered her dad was merely a minor obstacle to bliss.

[dangermousie]

I am too brain dead to watch more EB so I decided to watch more of Rising Feather, a totally bonkers short drama which requires no brain power whatsoever.

Btw, this man and this woman are son in law and mother in law.

The way he dramatically rips open his shirt shows his time at stripper school was not wasted!

Close ups are vvvv important for the plot.

Ahahahah

[dangermousie]

This is THE trashiest drama I've ever seen and I watched Vampire Gigolo.