Miaomiao, wait for me!
my man seriously goes around thinking THIS look makes him seem disgusting and ugly
seriously
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“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙌𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙, 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙇𝙪 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙠𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙨.
𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙇𝙪 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙠𝙤𝙣𝙜? 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙨?
𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧.”
一休一宿, 小红书
Look at that star, the brightest one. Do you know what star that is? What star is that? It’s a Star of War. It’s you.
LOVE YOU SEVEN TIMES (2023)
“Lu Changkong existed. As long as someone remembers him, he hasn’t disappeared. Right?”
One of my favourite lines of this arc, and of this drama.
Ding Yuxi and his micro expressions
Lately, Ding Yuxi has trended in weibo for his phenomenal acting in Love Game in Eastern Fantasy and people have started calling it “jinjiang style acting” for being able to portray the fancy and wordy description or narration jinjiang (JJWXC) novel authors use. For context, jjwxc is a chinese website for publishing novels.
Someone in weibo has created a compilation of his micro expressions and let me tell you, if you appreciate good acting, watch this.
Link to the original post here.
NOTE: All subtitles were MTL’d! I only added subtitles so that when I rewatch it I don’t have to rely on my notes for the translations. It’s all really for ease of watching. I apologize if there are mistranslations within the video.
The Legend of Shen Li 与凤行 (2024)
Dir. Deng Ke – Ep. 39
You see, xianxia dramas look good when they’re given enough time to showcase a decent epilogue.
the 'big surprise' cdrama for me in 2023 that clearly didn't hit for anyone else but strangely I was all about it: Love You Seven Times
"This way, in the next life, and the life after that, you'll be able to find me."
"I may forget who I am, but I will never forget you again."
tbh 80% of the times I enjoy myself a xanxia but by the end I don't ship it. The couples torment each other too much and I emotionally disinvest. I started out already prepared to not care too much about the Love You Seven Times relationship, before one of them starts stabbing the other in the heart while marrying someone else. And then these bastards kept... not doing that? They sucked me in!
(Spoiler-heavy review)
When we are introduced to the 2 leads, they seem like your prototypical xanxia main characters. She's a super young cloud spirit. He's a jaded, cold & arrogant god of war who is impatient and derisive towards her hapless accidents & naivete.
But what's eventually revealed is that you aren't seeing the beginning of their story. These are actually the second incarnations of the essential characters - an immortal couple who are absolutely ride & die for each other, come hell or high water - and who cannot be kept apart or made to betray each other, no matter what tribulation they transmigrate into or how their memories are restricted.
We get:
* their original rom com to tragedy story, where they are wronged by the villian but never wrong each other
* a god arc [the story's bookend] where they are both missing their memories but come together again
(reborn as baby animals 🐯)
* mortal arc where she is transmigrated into a story and he is trapped in-character
* mortal arc where he transmigrated into a story and she is trapped in-character
* body swap mortal arc where they are both aware transmigrators
* demon realm arc where they are deep undercover and lie to each other while trusting implicitly
* a secret 8th thing, cause their love never dies
Usually the 'love trial' arcs get a heavy fast forward from me. But here you have to invest or not watch at all. And I got interested because while per usual the mortal personas are Not Them... They then carry the collection of personas with them. Those experiences change them and actively linger. And the way the couple occupies these stories is fun - playing it straight, playing along, role swapping, cat demon petting...
This xanxia's lore says that the person's essence, the heart of them, is present deep-down: regardless of the outline proscribed by the Fate Book. And these guys are so very extra that they skew every trial they participate in. I liked how near the end, FL says do you know who I am? and ML lists all of her different identities she's carried. In Eternal Love, I was super annoyed by Ye Hua telling Bai Qian that I know you, you're Su Su. Sorry but to me Su Su has nothing in common with Bai Qian. But here, by the end, I did feel like all of those people are a part of FL and she feels that too.
"Who are you this time?"
For these two, I can believe it doesn't matter.
They then carry the collection of personas with them. Those experiences change them and actively linger.
This is why Lu Changkong and his regrets will always be one of the most painful thing of all, because in the end who will make up for Lu Changkong and his regrets?
DING YUXI as LU CHANGKONG
Love You Seven Times 七时吉祥 (2023) – Ep. 12
Ding Yuxi’s eyes are enough to tell a thousand words
For years I have been following Ding Yuxi, supporting him albeit not as strong as the cn fans, constantly seeing his effort in every drama that he works on. Every year I have prayed for some miracle that he would have his breakthrough. And wishing for yyxh to be that drama was something I was eyeing on since it’s Stellar and it’s an S+ drama.
Everyone wasn’t interested in the drama, didn’t like the trailers because it wasn’t interesting enough, because it’s another fantasy/xianxia/xuanhuan brainless plot, because it’s cliche and all that.
But to everyone’s surprise, even to myself, it’s now the most raved drama as it currently airs. My social media account is just full of it. Weibo, xhs, douyin are full of it. My heart couldn’t be happier than this.
Am I expecting this to be xiaoding’s break? Yes. But I also prepare my heart in case that it isn’t. But regardless, this drama will always have a soft spot on my heart because it’s xinxin and xiaoding aka my Moonlight cp.
Things I learned from watching Cdramas.
It doesn’t matter if you’ve watched tons of Kdrama or Jdorama. Cdramas are totally different from those two. I’ve watched a couple of Kdramas and Jdoramas so I know it will be hard to not compare these three. Whatever your ideas you have of Cdrama in your mind, toss them out. I cannot emphasise this more, start with a clean slate.
If you’re thinking that their fight scenes are quite ridiculous, that’s okay. I’m not gonna deny that fact when I sometimes do think that way too. However, after watching a couple of Cdramas, it just now feels like those fight scenes are part of their culture, a part of who they are. They might not have the best CGI in the world, but I personally think it’s the most fitting to the story they are conveying to the watchers.
It might get draggy, but do not drop things immediately. When I was watching Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms, it felt like it was dragging the story longer. Had I dropped that drama, I would have not get the chance of watching one of the best shows I’ve watched so far. Just think that Cdramas always want to play the long game. And really, Cdramas will teach you patience.
What I’m trying to point is that, Cdrama is totally different from the other dramas out there. They are their own thing, and if you try to be open, you’ll find that there are something more than those sometimes silly fights and draggy stories.
Love You Seven Times Watch Order
As the title says, this watch order combines the main story and all the scenes that were cut but released as small clips.
The Mini Theater is a series of clips of Lao Sun and his friends talking about Xiang Yun and Chu Kong like fangirls lol
🔗: Love You Seven Times BTS (deleted) scenes - YouTube playlist