#untouchable lovers

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Zhuque

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She looks like she's plotting his murder

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Cdrama: Untouchable Lovers (2018)

Gifs of Ending of cdrama “Untouchable Lovers”

《凤囚凰 Untouchable Lovers》 EP01：楚玉坠河性情大变 | 关晓彤、宋威龙、许凯、吴谨言、白鹿 | 古装宫廷爱情剧

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_uq7fNAsi4

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If I didn’t look, how would I know that you two were doing something indecent?

Untouchable Lovers (Chinese drama, 2018)

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Huanyu Entertainment shares new pictures of Zhao Yiqin

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Dark Blue costumes in Guzhuang:

From left to right, top to bottom:

Yuan Chun (元淳) played by Li Qin (李沁) - Princess Agents (楚乔传)

Tan Yunxian (譚允賢) played by Liu Shishi (刘诗诗) - The Imperial Doctress (女医明妃传)

Sheng Minglan (盛明兰) played by Zhao Liying (赵丽颖) - the Story of Minglan (知否知否应是绿肥红瘦)

Lin Xi (林奚) played by Zhang Huiwen (张慧雯) - Nirvana in Fire: The Wind Blows in Changlin (琅琊榜之风起长林)

Wan Mei (晚媚) played by Li Yitong (李一桐) - Bloody Romance (媚者无疆)

Liu Chuxiu (刘楚琇) played by Guan Xiaotong (关晓彤) - Untouchable Lovers (凤囚凰)

Li Weiyang (李未央) played by Tang Yan (唐嫣) - The Princess Weiyoung (锦绣未央)

Bi Yao (碧瑶) played by Zhao Liying (赵丽颖) - Noble Aspirations (青雲志)

Qu Tan’er (曲檀儿) played by Liang Jie (梁洁) - Eternal Love (双世宠妃)

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Thoughts that I’ve had while watching Untouchable Lovers (I watched during my Tumblr hiatus after wanting some idol-esq historical drama and I’m still not sure if that was a good life plan or not).

What is the point of the first 17 episodes? Look Yu Zheng, I don’t expect much from you plot wise (although I will admit that I actually really liked Palace because Boys Over Flowers actually made way more sense in a historical context), but can you at least link your show together?

Episodes 18 and on — I kinda love but wish it was better executed? In a really this is not well written but it’s written for my Id kind of way? I mean, look, I love the general plot of a feisty/plucky heroine melting the heart of a cold, calculated male lead. So, yes, which brings me to my third point.

The casting is a...choice. Look, I will fully admit that SWL is extremely handsome in a way that makes me feel like a dirty old lady. But he was too young for the role. I don’t think Guan Xiaotong was a bad choice as Chuyu, but Zhang Zhehan of Yunxi who was a Huanyu actor at the time would have been a slightly better choice? But also 摄政王 should not be a goddamn 20 years old.

The love triangle was weird. Very Goodbye My Princess but with more scheming. And I don’t know if it worked that well? I tend to like these love triangles when the female lead isn’t the official wife (I.e., Singing in the Rain), or in the case of say, Glory of Tang Dynasty, when Jingyao actually brought things to the table that Zhenzhu did not. Ultimately the issue was that the resolution was kind of a whimper? Like what was the point of the love triangle?

Which brings me to my last point: WAY TO BURY THE LEAD SHOW. If the whole point was that Chuyu had to be sacrificed for Rongzhi to gain the throne or 天下 and that’s the ultimate source of the conflict, please don’t wait until episode 46 or something to bring it up. And look, I’m not saying that I’m of a sucker for male lead giving up the throne for woman he loves — I grew up on Huan Zhu Ge Ge — but if that’s the central conflict every episode should reflect that?