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May. 18th, 2021 01:50 pm
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 Sitting here watching someone's dog and I can't decide what I want to watch since I only have my lappy with me.   I found a thing that discussed the original novel behind ROP and it's interesting that the Zhiwei character seems like she was at least as ruthless as Ning Yi.  Bc in the drama version of ROP, they wove a certain ridiculous idealism into Zhiwei's character that allowed her to be offended far too much at the things Ning Yi did. And furthermore, led to the ridiculous ending where she decided she couldn't live with the trail of death that she and Ning Yi wrought.  Despite the fact that most of those deaths were due to others trying to kill THEM and those others often killed innocents who were in the way. Like Shaoning for example.

But don't let facts get in the way of your tragic ending. :B

I said I understood and even accepted the ending, but tbh, I like the idea of a Zhiwei who gave no fucks right along with Ning Yi. I also saw some promo pictures that highly implied Zhiwei and Ning Yi marrying after the latter became emperor, so I wonder whose ass they pulled that ending out of. 

Aaaaanyway lol.  As I've been catching up on everything Chen Kun lately I watched the Mojin movie the other day. It was aight. Nothing amazing. Visuals were good but it was very short on plot and there was absolutely ZERO excuse for Chen Kun and Shu Qi's characters not to kiss at the end please.  I was also highly amused at the first flashback where all the dumb commie kids pulled down those old statues and got eaten alive by demonic insects. 8D  In things that should happen IRL.

I found Chongqing Hotpot on YT though and like Mojin, I've been wanting to see that for awhile too. It seems like a dark?? comedy of sorts and believe it or not, as hot as Chen Kun is, he's also quite funny. 

I wanted to try Psych Hunter but it looks like my only real choice is those pirate sites bc it's not on YT and it's only available for IQIYI VIP.  My gosh it's so annoying though whenever I go to shoutboxes on MDL and have to watch a bunch of dumb girlies bitching about female characters in dramas. Like, just say you hate women and go.  No one ever ranks on the annoying male characters as if there's not any. They are always saying the female characters are in the way of their perceived bromance lmao, like sorry to inform you, but guys can be close close best friends and still be into girls. sTUpid incels.

Twitter is so boring mid-afternoon my time like everyone's asleep. One of the many things I hate about stan twt is when ppl defend their fave by dragging the person's fave who's dragging THEIR fave. As if that makes it better or makes any kind of difference. Been constantly seeing Chanyeol fans drag Chen in response to presumably Chen fans dragging him and it's like????  Kay. Now you're a trash idiot too yay. I also don't understand why PCY fans have to insist that his ~scandal~ was definitely not true. It's like the Jim Jones nonsense with Suga. The best way to shut these idiots up is just say you don't care. I don't care if PCY cheated on his girlfriend with every hot girl in Seoul. I seriously do not.  I don't care that Suga used a sample of a Jim Jones sermon. I still have that copy on my hard drive and listen to it all the time. 

These are not real problems, you weirdos. Where PCY sticks his dick has no affect on your life. Jim Jones is dead. A sample of him saying some random verse in the Bible won't hurt you. If you didn't know who was saying it, you'd be none the wiser. Knowing changes nothing except in your stupid head. 

I saw some quote from Suga that was so wise. THe gist of it was something like, most of your problems are in your head. He was talking about himself like, he realized that most of his perceived problems were in his head and that's exactly right. Too many people let foolish shit get to them.
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 Right, so I'm finishing ROP here with two episodes left and like, I find it really grimly hilarious that all the insane Ning brothers think that Ning Yi crafted this genius plan to the throne when like MOST of it was just him reacting to his dopey brothers constantly trying to kill him. And in the end, the Emperor makes him the heir on his death bed.  Meanwhile, icb ZIyan and Ning Yi break up in like, the first few scenes lmao.  I might be officially sick of Zhiwei though bc the Dacheng ppl are just ridiculous and selfish. Especially the bald fuck. As far as I can tell, they literally still blame Ning Yi for something he did as a fucking eight year old.  And I really had higher hopes for Zhiwei to be a reasonable, intelligent woman, but she's gone full emo. LIke, Helian literally tries to shoot Ning Yi, and the latter shoots him back and to her, HE'S the bad guy??? Shenme??

I feel like the writer is ruining her characters. I can understand some of the stuff I'm seeing, but I was really holding Zhiwei in particular to a high standard and she is disappointing me big time lol. Her decisions here in the last several eps don't make sense.  As far as I can see, she doesn't even realize that Helian had a crossbow?  It was obvious in the frame. 

One thing I've decided to remember though is that when it comes to anything serialized, the Big Picture and/or ending is almost always disappointing compared to the journey of getting there, i.e. the episodes.  It's just kind of a fact.  That's part of why I wanted to end this at episode 68 when Ning Yi becomes emperor. 

I'm also extremely laughing at Chen Kun's extremely dramatic deep voice he's affecting as emperor. I mean, it's kinda hot but is it necessary? 

Ok, so how are we supposed to believe that she doesn't think Helian was tryna kill either her or Ning Yi when she turned right as he was holding up a crossbow??? I can't get over this. It's such a huge plot gap.  The part where Yueling tells both Zhiwei and Ning Yi that they have so much blood on their hands...well, did she lie?  And yet...again, wasn't most of it reactionary?  And most of it ppl trying to kill them. 

I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING.

This show plays around WAY too much with the unreliable narrator.  Like, to the point it's kinda cheap. How tf is the emperor still alive lmao. 

Ooop my favorite ship in Ning Yi and Ziyan isn't dead after all. |D  I'll just go with their marriage instead hao ma?

Is she really gonna believe the old man's bitter words?

And the answer is yep. 

Welp.  I won't give away the actual factual ending.  But...on one hand, it wasn't as bad as I was expecting, however, on the other, I feel like they had to twist Zhiwei's character mightily to get there and I'm not super happy with that.   Oh well. It could have been worse I guess.  And the show itself was truly epic. The acting was top notch, and the twists and turns had me on the edge of my seat at times. So ultimately, yes, I would totally recommend it. One of the best Cdrams I've seen and certainly the best ancient drama of ANY sort that I've seen. 

END
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 I'm almost done with YAMH and Lost in 49 at 12 and 14 eps left respectively. I keep switching between which one I'm addicted to at any given time lol. YAMH is dragging a little bit, unfortunately. I'm hoping they have another good arc or whatever yet before it's over. I don't really find giving Kelei a medical problem to be all that gripping lol. I'll probably avoid modern dramas for awhile again after this one. Unless I decide to watch that other one with Jingting set in the old folks home lmao.  Lost in 49 was getting super interesting where I last left off but then I started bingeing on YAMH.

BUT as it's a boring chill Saturday, I want to watch something less intense so I decided to go back to watch the Four.  Gives you the feeling of like, Saturday matinee nonsense as a kid lol.  I'm watching on Viki and I see that Mojin the Lost Legend is there.  I've been wanting to watch that movie for awhile. I mean, Shu Qi and Chen Kun and tomb robbing?  HOw come i haven't watched it yet?  QIGUAI.    

My drama moods are weird and I try to police them unnecessarily lmao.   I'm still thinking about starting Psych Hunter but I want to finish at least one other drama first.  I've also lowkey been thinking about trying  Confession with Junho and/or Secret Royal Inspector with L.  I've been wanting to see him in something else since I tried that stupid mask drama but he's only been in annoying romcoms. SRI sounds kinda funny. In that One More Time drama i remember being surprised by his comedic skill bc he always struck me as super serial. 

Anyway...omg The Four has a bunch of super boring talking scenes about fate and deep love lmao. Too much wuxia is bad for the brain.  Like het versions are bad enough, imagine tryna watch heteronormative BL.  Gad the cringe.   I wish there was some wuxia like The Four with either a group of guys and no girls or a group of girls and no guys. No romance, just action. 

Oh special, Viki has decided to fuck up and i haven't gotten through one episode yet. Feihua. 
bingo_a: (5)
 I've been heavily thinking about starting You Are My Hero (Bai Jingting and Ma Sichun) for awhile now, and I finally decided to when i saw a moot on Twitter mention it and that it looked like a DOTS ripoff. That's what i thought too tbh but ig it's based on an original novel so...  I've never seen DOTS, though I thought about starting it back when it came out. But the premise IS kinda the same: a surgeon girl and a special forces guy fall in love against the backdrop of war or natural disaster kinda thing. The difference I guess is that this guy is SWAT and clearly the natural disaster or war or whatever that forces them together doesn't happen until later in the drama. Also, I think the persona of the guy is different as well. The guy in YAMH, Captain Xing Kelei, is kind of the "mean male lead" trope.

Though, in my opinion, I just realized last night when I was watching ep.5 that he is basically Gu Nanyi relocated to the modern era lmao. There ARE some differences, but there are a lot of similarities too. Like the fact that he's just good at everything physical and becomes weird and awkward when he has to have too much social interaction. So yeah anyway I've gone through 5 episodes. It's on Viki. There's a lot of random medical stuff, which is not something I like. One of my most hated drama genres is medical lmao. But there is also lots of action and gun fights apparently based on the last one I watched huhu. 

Lol one of my thoughts last night when I was watching though, I was like, damn this drama is SO straight. Mainly bc Kelei is that perfect alpha cool guy who's super strong and good at everything. Like if you're a woman with even only one straight bone in your body, this guy is hot. But plus, the side couple is the same way, except Shu Wenbo is a lot more chivalric and nice compared to Kelei. 

I did go back to Lost in 49 so I could swoon over Chen Kun some more. Zhicai and Liwen are annoying, but not nearly as annoying as Ning Yi and Zhiwei. I've got 20 episodes left on that one now. 

Istg fujoshis are such pathetic misogynistic weirdos. I'm so sick of these C-ent accts I follow constantly posting shit about Word of Honor. It looks like cheap trash. Bad acting, bad fight choreo, stupid story, etc.  Like what even is the point. As far as i can see, it's just a way for crappy actors that no one would bother casting to get work. I actually do the opposite. I avoid everything they're in. Except Xiao Zhan bc his fandom did some serious damage to fujoshi land lmao. 

See, I have nothing against shounen ai in principle, hell I even write it myself, but I have something against it in practice, i.e. in terms of what a bunch of straight female incels drool over. Bc they make it all heteronormative and fetishize the relationships.  And most of these BL Cdramas are totally pathetic lacks of chemistry with goofy lines that just sort of give the fujoshis license to believe there's an actual intimate relationship there lmao. It's really lame. 

I can't wait to angrily try that bat drama with Mao Zijun so I can mercilessly mock it if it fits any of the above parameters. I mean, tbh, even though I enjoyed Killer Healer, it was mainly bc of the Jiang Yuelou character and the overall story. I can fully admit that onscreen, him and Ian Yi had almost zero chemistry once again. It was very onesided. It's kinda funny bc offscreen, I watched a lot of interviews and stuff, and they were cute and funny together. So, to a certain extent, I blame the lack of chemistry on the constraints of the doctor character, but it doesn't change the fact that it was barely there and I fully admit it. 

aiyo

May. 6th, 2021 06:59 am
bingo_a: (7)
 Ning Qi: Kneel, or I will charge you with impudence. I'm the heir to the throne.

Ning Yi: Heir to the throne? :))))  It's not like I haven't killed one before.


Lmao I still love Ning Yi. The only thing keeping me in this clusterfuck.  Well, I tell a lie. It was great getting to about episode idk 55 or so and then it took a weird turn where no one's actions lined up with their goals and motivations and I really can't fully understand why Ning Qi turned into such a douche.  Was it just brief contact with Ning Sheng?  Why does literally all the emperor's kids except Ning Ji and the late Ning Qiao have a hate boner for Ning Yi???  He didn't step on them on his way to the top, they kept trying to kill him and they'd already done things to him and his mother. 

Let me just reiterate what I said in the last post about Bai Jingting being the only youngish actor in this with a big role. He's damn good and holds his own with the veterans. The two significant scenes with him and Chen Kun were just whewwwww. The tension was simmering. And they both nailed it. 

I've been having this debate with myself on whether it's a writing error to not have characters actions line up with their motivations and goals.   On the surface, it /feels/ like it is a mistake, but then again, IRL, people make dumb decisions against their own interests all the time. It's that fine line between crafting realistic characters and a realistic narrative but also remembering that real life doesn't always make the best fiction. Sometimes it's boring and frustrating to read/watch bc you expect fictional characters to be BETTER in a way. To be more heroic and do things that make sense lmao. 

But there's a lot of missing parts in this drama that never get revisited. I have two eps left and Ning Yi is now the emperor (and somehow grew a mighty fine goatee before his actual coronation), but I still don't know what Nanyi told Ning Yi about his mother's death that Ning Yi said he believed. Bc previously, he was ready to kill Nanyi, and Nanyi's actions that day didn't make a BIT of sense, not when he was already questioning his master's actions and that he didn't want to kill Ning Cheng OR Ning Yi. So something else obviously went down off-screen and that's what he was confessing to Ning Yi. But they never showed what it was. 

LE SIGH. IN any case. I'm tempted to just stop at ep.68 and woot Ning Yi is emperor now who tf cares about Zhiwei's stupid goals. But obviously I can't do that.

I did leave off last night though and went back to Lost in 1949, which is a bit less frustrating bc I can at least understand some of Liwen's behavior and Zhicai doesn't really know what he wants, that's fairly clear.  Still waiting for the reveal that Yiying is gay though bc /come on/.