#sun lang

[shijiujun]

In which it takes the whole damn village to help Boss Ning kiss his girl, and it pays to have friends like Yu Shisan (most of the time)

A JOURNEY TO LOVE 一念关山 (2023) | EP 12

[lyselkatz]

Happy Lantern Festival! 🏮

(Yes, I'm still not over A Journey to Love 一念關山 and I'm still living in the Nile denial!🤪)

I started this weeks ago, it was supposed to be for the Lunar New Year but my elusive Muse has decided otherwise... 😅

🖌Commission

[melodious-tear]

the squad + last words

[ladynamie]

A Journey to Love 一念关山 (2023) | 1x14

[psychokangaroo]

Headcanon that Sun Lang from AJTL is actually a Disney Princess.

HEar me out okay. so in ep 26, Yu SHisan and Sun Lang were hanging out when they heard rustling on the rooftop. Being a good spy/secret service agent, Sun Lang wants to go check it out. Yu Shisan, being more people-saavy, tells Sun Lang to leave it alone. It's just cats fighting. Sun Lang was like... but cats are cute, adorable, gentle babies. THey never fight.

But. ANyone who has ever been around a cat knows that while cats are cute and adorable, they have non-gentle moments. And someone who spends as much time with cats and other soft critters should know that. You need good cat manners to befriend so many cats like Sun Lang.

Unless, of course, you have DIsney princess aura, and all animals are just soft and adorable and gentle around you. BEcause of the DIsey priness aura.

Maybe SUn Lang has never seen cats throw hissy fits because he has a Disney Princess aura. All animals, cats included, just become soft and gentle in his mere presence.

Maybe they just walk up to him.

He's actually just a Disney Princess so he has actually never seen an animal become aggressive.

Sun Lang is a Disney Princess QED.

[pippin-pippout]

So I dragged myself kicking and screaming and, yes, mostly in denial, through the last episodes of A Journey to Love.

My thoughts can be summarized as follows:

Obviously this is mainly due to me being horrifically traumatized by Yuan Lu’s death. After all, they told us from the get go he wouldn’t live to 20. They made it clear he had a deadly heart disease. And then. They had the nerve. They had the audacity. They had the actual fucking bahoonga BALLS to follow through!?

But then I found myself sobbing at literally every good guy death scene, plus all of the mourning scenes. The latter was in large part thanks to Alen Fang's acting - deepest apologies to him for just referring to his character as 'the slutty one' for the majority of the show. Not that I was wrong. Also thanks to strong performances from He Lan Dou for Yuan Lu's death.

Anyway so I need to add this gif x4 for the Liudao Hall babies:

Qian Zhao, da ge, who made mistakes but always did right in the end

Sun Lang, who just wanted to hold something fluffy at the end, dying a hero

Yuan Lu, who died in his princess's arms after running to deliver a letter rendered useless by the Emperor of An's greed.

Yu Shisan, who lived as he lived and had such a happy moment with Chu Yue right before it all became irrevocable.

When they added Yu Shisan to the snowball fight, I just about lost it. Liu Yuning's acting there - having the realization about Shisan's death as he watched them play in real time was so well done. Really hurt.

Plus I'll make a couple of versions with edits.

For the Wu Emperor. I knew it was gonna happen from the spoilers but damn, him genuinely learning the value of friendship and brotherly love made me root for him. Dude did not deserve to go out like that. Thank goodness for the magic of CDramas where he lived just long enough to pass on his will to Ning Yuanzhou, and do one last act of good.

It also ensured Duke of Chu was able to pass on his command to his daughter, Chu Yue, before dying of the same (was not clear if her bro died or not, or if dad was always going to choose her).

And for Deng Hui. Started out thinking he was just a sexist bastard. Turns out he was one of the most principled characters in the show.

Their deaths didn't make me cry, but I respect them.

Also loved Chen Du Ling's (Empress of Wu) small part in this. I may not like all of her characters but she can deliver a scene and hold a room. It was a bit cathartic to see her put every man in their place, and basically decide the fate of two countries, even though her lament that she'd only ever have power through another held true.

Ah Ying, my baby girl. This is a character that could have turned people off from the beginning. Thanks to strong writing and stronger acting, it did not. I was super impressed with He Lan Dou. She can dial it up and dial it down in a single take, and can play big dramatic scenes with a subtlety that some older actors cannot grasp. This was the first thing I've seen her in, though for her and Chen You Wei (Yuan Lu) I might watch Tiger and Crane if someone tells me it's good.

I still think Li Tongguang is a perverted and creepy child, who never managed to learn (except in literally the last ep), but at least I trust that he will treat Ah Ying well. I don't hold it against him for screwing up the battle - he was trying to be benevolent but made a bad choice.

The main couple win it for me this year. What an inspired pairing. They beat out heavy hitters including Bai Lu x Everyone which was near impossible. Something to do with letting Liu Shi Shi use Liu Yuning's height against him at every possible moment. Also the 'if you die, I'll finish the job and then follow you' is my favorite dynamic. I swear when Ruyi threw those bombs, NOT NEEDING TO HAVING ALREADY SUCCEEDED AT KILLING THE KING AND PRINCE, just to join him, y'all I died. Good for whoever posthumously gave her the Marquis title on her own (not just furen) - couldn't tell if it was Li Tongguang acting as regent or Dayang (great shot of those two at the end).

The final episode was one of the best final cdrama episodes I've seen. I might have to make another post about that. In sum, despite losing a large portion of the well-loved cast, the remainder gave a world-class finale. The visuals were incredible (explosions are my favorite). The final scene was beautiful (though I'm a bit surprised they gave it to Chu Yue instead of Ah Ying who knew all 6 of them closely).

[pinkbiskit]

[peachy-runa]

part 2 of i have come up with the perfect "a journey to love" alternate ending.

OK, so, after thinking about it all night. I have come up with the perfect (personally) "a journey to love" alternate ending. The ending, w

9. Yu shisan will admit that he likes chu yue. But, he still doesn't find it right to just... stay. because yu shisan is someone that likes freedom. And he wants to search for his new passion, the one that would make him feels alive eventhough he lose his vision. With that, he and chu yue will go on long distance relationship (cause why not). because chu yue is the main heir of chu family, and she's still li tong guang wife. Also, chu yue is someone thats ambitious, she wants to make sha xi tribe be the most powerful which means that she will be BUSY. that's why, they meet once or two every month!! and then if chu yue is too busy to meet him, she will write him a letter!! The gang will help yu shisan read her letter and write his (with contansly teasing shisan words😂😂)  10. Yuan lu will say goodbye to yang ying... after the war, the two meet. yuan lu didn't confess, he didn't need to. cause both of them know what they feel towards each other. Yuan lu said that in the next life, he would be the first husband, not the back up one. And yuan lu would said that he's so lucky to be alive and see yang ying that is SO pretty in front of him. Yang ying would admit that the only time where she feels like a child is the time that she spent with him. she said that she will not forget about him. she will love him. and when yuan lu told her to not love him cause now she's already have li tong guang, she would said that just like an emperor that have many concubine and love all of them equally, she love him equally as she love li tong guang. (i want to make fanfic for this so please look forward to it :3)   11. Li tong guang would still call ning yuanzhou as his shifu. and ltg will be a great king for an. and he have many people beside him that will love him. and he will try to make a healthy relationship with yang ying. He even made friends with yuan lu!! Yuan lu would said that in the next life, he would be yang ying first husband. that's why ltg should treat yang ying right. and ltg, with his sarcastic tone, would emphasize that NOW he is the one who became ying husband. both of them will laugh and tell each other to stay alive.   12. After the war, the gang (ning, ruyi, qian, yuanlu, sunlang, shisan) will just stay in countryside together (as in they are in one house). Ruyi will be a martial arts teacher. Ning yuanzhou will be a writer and the headmaster! Qian zhou will be a traditional healer. Sun lang would be selling goat, bunny, cat, everything thats furry. Yu shisan will be a painter! and he will remain as the most handsome man in the town. yuan lu will be a technician, he would try to make everything on their home (which makes the house blow up several times, makes yuan zhou stressed as always 😂) and if he's succed, he will give it to six realm. OH! and ding hui (the one from six realm, not the one from crimson guard. the one from crimson guard is deng hui) will be six realm new chief!! 

and THAT'S the happy ending for y'all. thank you.