i remember when i used to avidly read conversations about #CDrama and #KDrama eagerly looking for more to add to my watch list.
Now I just keep reading until I find the post which tells me I won't be able to cope with it and this is another series I should probably miss.
How do you stress addicts manage it? Like seriously. How do you cope with all of the cortisol and stress reactions from your entertainment?
Current List:
• Doom At Your Service (9?/16)
• ???
• The Untamed (46/50)
The ??? might be determined by a poll, though I haven't decided yet. There's a couple of shows that have caught my eye enough for me to just start watching them, so...
Also on my recently completed list:
• The Ghost Bride
• Semantic Error
Watching #MyLovelyLiar now and after the raging intensity and angst of #MeteorButterflySword it feels like things are slower, like eating warm scones instead of raging hot Thai green curry.
It is not bad, though I have to admit I am wondering what the hype is about.
Am I just jaded or something? 😆 Or do I just miss seeing people vomiting blood 🤣
Honestly, I am just tired of superhero movies. What, it has been 10 years of them? People want something different.
That's why I have retreated to #KDrama#CDrama spaces. I also watch Western dramas, but usually one thay doesn't run for seasons. I am also SUPER TIRED of tv shows getting cancelled before there is a proper ending!!
The genuine confusion you feel when almost the entire world loves #LoveBetweenFairyandDevil and you detest it to the depths of your very being. 😆 🙃
But that's par the course for me - I tend to dislike very popular dramas. Disliked Ashes of Love too. Two things are deal breakers for me: An infantile female lead & terrible acting.
When you have both together, well, that show doesn't stand a chance with me lol.
I binged from ep 1 to ep 11 of Mysterious Lotus Casebook today so consider this a recommendation from me. It's a wuxia crime/mystery drama. Very good pacing, light on the romance/relationship, more on the mystery/crimes and the main characters are hilarious.
One of them bullshits like he's BORN for it, another is a rich young master turned detective wannabe (ran away from an arranged marriage) who is way too easily lied to, and the third is (very unexpectedly) a muscle-head RIVAL!11 of the grandmaster of bullshit with a shared past (TEN YEARS AGO, THEY FOUGHT and nearly killed each other). Together, they solve crimes! (mostly!)
I'm helping someone I met elsewhere connect with us here. They want to find others who are also keen on K and C drama and made an account on Firefish for this @pseudo
(pseudo: follow these hashtags like you would an account #KDrama#CDrama
So a Discord group I am part of asked - what 12 dramas will I recommend people?
So this is a list of my favourite #CDramas and #KDramas. Have you seen any of them?
I've started a rewatch of #theuntamed and am noticing some stuff I didn't before. (I had NO idea what was going on the first time thru.) Lan Wangji likes Wei Wuxian more than everyone thinks. Jin Zixuan seems to actually like Jiang Yanli, but just like LWJ he can't bring himself to express his feelings. MianMian seems to be the one stirring everything up, yet WWX blames JZX instead of her (I don't think he realized she was being catty.) And Xue Yang's related to the OG yin iron guy? #cql#cdrama
Omg I am still hungover and sad after finishing #BloodOfYouth. I need a bromantic #CDrama to fill the void.
One thing the show made me realise was how much I missed classic #Wuxia dramas. So many CDramas revolve around romance - I miss heroic, adventuring around the jiang hu stories. There are precious few of them these days. So if you know of any do recommend me some!
Some shows that come to mind:
Ever Night
Joy of Life
Sword Snow Stride
Ancient Detective
Lan Sizhui‘s actor plays a „playboy prince“ who always talks about his „loves“ who „followed him from faraway“ in this I‘m-stuck-in-a-video-game #cdrama, and a) it‘s weird, and b) I think his „loves“ are gonna turn out to be like, dogs or hamsters or something
Mysterious Lotus Casebook Watch Party Announcement
Based on a random conversation on here, a few of us will be watching this drama next week, together but asynchronous. How it works is, you pick a time convenient for you, watch the eps, and post your thoughts on Fedi~
Starts 29 September 2023 (ep 1 and ep 2)! We're mostly watching on the weekend so Fri/Sat/Sun, 2 eps a week. Feel free to join in!
#cdrama I watched She and Her Perfect Husband all the way through this weekend, and I had some thoughts.
Summary: A high dollar lawyer lied on her resume saying that she was married. When the person from her photoshopped marriage photo shows up, she has to convince him to pretend to be her husband to keep her job and possibly get a promotion.
The show had lots of interesting moments, and I liked the husband character especially, but it also revealed some problematic aspects of Chinese culture.
From MyDramaList's 2023 year summary. This is actually a good reflection of my taste in dramas. (Note the lack of romance dramas lol and lots of wuxias & thrillers hehe.) And apparently 90% of my dramas are rated 7 or 8, and about 8% or so are 9.
Watching a #CDrama and very impressed by something I don't ever recall seeing in any of the 300 or so #KDramas I have seen - a male lead who chooses not to drink alcohol. The way #KDramas continue to glorify Korea's toxic drinking culture is a persistent bane for me
A #Cdrama that most Chinese folks around the world would know would be Journey to the West (1986).
My dad would tape every episode into VHS and us kids would replay the drama over and over again. It was a sad day when the VHS tapes ended up having mold growing in them, rendering them unwatchable.
Journey to the West is a “shen mo” - a Chinese fantasy genre that revolves around Chinese mythological characters.
Am now watching episode 7 of “In Blossom” with Liu Xueyi and Ju Jingyi 🌸 The premise with the swapped faces requires suspension of disbelief but it’s an effective plot device for the love story to unfold. The main couple are still wary of each other but are perhaps beginning to respect each other a little.
Still no chemistry but then again the love part hasn’t unfolded yet. I like this drama; it looks beautiful and the male lead is handsome and charming.
I need more recs for happy, found family, make-you-smile-and-warm-your-heart type of dramas. I don't mind murder and chaos as long as my people have a happy ending. Recent likes have been #BlossomsInAdversity, #StoryOfKunningPalace, I also liked #JoyOfLife & #MeetYourself.
Any #cdrama fans watched wuxia ‘Heroes’ (2022)? Thoughts?
Viki is streaming it. Noticed it has my crush Liu Yu Ning AND Joseph Zeng in it. Plus Baron Chen as villain.
Director is same as the beautiful Farewell My Princess.
Based on a novel by Woon Swee Oan, the Hong Kong-based Malaysian Chinese poet and writer who also inspired series & film, The Four. The novel is about the nature of heroes.
:dancing_panda: Creation of the Gods I is on Netflix! Just in time for Chinese New Year.
This is the xianxia I remember - where the gods care for something beyond romance, but is there to guide and protect humanity. Based on the 16th-century Chinese novel, "Investiture of the Gods".