tale of twin cities
Feb. 2nd, 2022 10:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bingo_a So basically, after finishing Under the Power and From Five to Nine, I became completely obsessed with Tale of Two Cities. I binged on everything that was out and translated until there was nothing left, so now I'm in waiting mode LE SOB. In the meantime, I've gone back to Psych Hunter, which continues to be endlessly entertaining and visually pleasing. I don't watch a lot of xianxia, but for some reason, ToTC has totally gripped me. I can't even explain why bc the main couple is about as boring as they possibly could be. I am not feeling their eternal love or whatever lol.
The basic premise, as far as i can figure, is that the merpeople tribe are in exile from their home thanks to Kongsang rulers sealing their dragon deity 7k years ago or smth like that. They have various weaknesses and not a lot of power, so they're endlessly abused by the Kongsang and Cangliu people. The show starts at a point where Kongsang is about to be conquered by Cangliu, but at the same time, they were trying to foment a marriage between the crown princess from the Bai clan and the king's son. THere's a convoluted thing involving the princess's seal and the merdude sent to break it. But supposedly they really fall in love lol like i said not feeling it.
Anyway, 100 years later, the merdude Su Mo is Emperor of the Sea and has loads of power. He's trying to return his tribe to their original home. Meanwhile, the Kongsang people are trying to break the seals they used to keep Cangliu from wiping them out. The first half of the show was used roughly to set all of this up and now they're finally looking for the seals and whatnot. There's also a Central Plains (read: human) girl who's along for the ride, having accidentally taken the Kongsang prince's super cool ring.
I guess what i like about it is just the world and the characters generally. It seems like a very well-developed world idea and such. Lots of magic and mayhem lol. I also really like LI Yifeng as Su Mo. He's so broad hahah. Tbh i like him as an actor a lot so it's now making me want to go back and finish Sparrow.
SO YEAH i still honestly couldn't tell anyone what about this show that is so addictive but i guarantee if all the episodes were out, i'd have it done by the end of this week probably.
The basic premise, as far as i can figure, is that the merpeople tribe are in exile from their home thanks to Kongsang rulers sealing their dragon deity 7k years ago or smth like that. They have various weaknesses and not a lot of power, so they're endlessly abused by the Kongsang and Cangliu people. The show starts at a point where Kongsang is about to be conquered by Cangliu, but at the same time, they were trying to foment a marriage between the crown princess from the Bai clan and the king's son. THere's a convoluted thing involving the princess's seal and the merdude sent to break it. But supposedly they really fall in love lol like i said not feeling it.
Anyway, 100 years later, the merdude Su Mo is Emperor of the Sea and has loads of power. He's trying to return his tribe to their original home. Meanwhile, the Kongsang people are trying to break the seals they used to keep Cangliu from wiping them out. The first half of the show was used roughly to set all of this up and now they're finally looking for the seals and whatnot. There's also a Central Plains (read: human) girl who's along for the ride, having accidentally taken the Kongsang prince's super cool ring.
I guess what i like about it is just the world and the characters generally. It seems like a very well-developed world idea and such. Lots of magic and mayhem lol. I also really like LI Yifeng as Su Mo. He's so broad hahah. Tbh i like him as an actor a lot so it's now making me want to go back and finish Sparrow.
SO YEAH i still honestly couldn't tell anyone what about this show that is so addictive but i guarantee if all the episodes were out, i'd have it done by the end of this week probably.
