This is beyond obsession

If they do not release The Myth on dvd with subs, I just might expire.

Am on ep 17 and if it wasn't for the need for sleep, I would not stop.

I love how it combines things my girly heart adores (the romance has kicked in and it's epic and amazing - the scene where she was ill with the plague and he came in to try to cure her - into the plague quarters - and was taking care of her - OMG when he was helping brush her hair and tried to lie to her people were not dying outside, and despite all the horror they were so happy - and then their eyes when they realized their time was up. The scene where the emperor comes in and he stands in the hallway with the servants (of course) barring his way and he watches the emperor walk into Yu Shu's room and then the doors close into his face and we only see his eyes - OMG) And interesting thoughts on compromise and decency and what to do if you are basically thrown into a theater of cruelty as the chief entertainment choice - Xiao Chuan’s stubborn refusal to give up his humanity, no matter what happens to him (and some truly horrible things do) is contrasted with Gao Yao’s slow slide into ambition and darkness and revenge – I admire Xiao Chuan but I understand Gao Yao.

The thing I love the most about Xiao Chuan is, actually, precisely his angry decency – he just refuses to bow down to the ‘realities’ of this world – I want to say he feels helpless anger but he does not – he always tries to do something. Even if he is afraid (most of the
time – he is not insane), his willingness to put his life on the line to protect someone is admirable but it’s more than that – you get the sense that he is also protecting his humanity. It would be safer to become a soldier (as offered), to leave that dying laborer instead of helping him walk and share rations, to not help fellow slaves escape, to run away during the tests (for the fellow slaves’ freedom – if he fights and wins, they are let go), to just turn turn turn away but he cannot. I love that about him – I love how quietly stubborn he is, how he insists on his principles, and I love that the world is cruel enough not to let him get away with them all the time (he says he will never kill but a day later he kills a man in battle to protect a comrade and the horror on his face just stays) but he still does not break, no matter how many psychic and physical wounds he acquires – instead the guilt and the issues spur him on (in a way, he lives as if he has to repay Susu’s gift in saving his life at the cost of her own – he spends his time paying forward the debt).
This drama gets incredibly dark (it really is a catalogue of horrors – what happens to both Xiao Chuan and Gao Yao – it does not have a rosy-eyed view of the past at all) but, oddly, it does not lose its funny spirit – Xiao Chuan’s tongue-in-cheekness is never fully repressed and occasionally pops out and there are other small moments.

This has become my favorite period drama. It is gorgeous, clever, passionate, complex. The love story is amazing but secondary to everything else, but it does not bother me. The characters are also complex and strong – both men and women. I really should meta about this but I am about to pass out, so for another day, perhaps.

Have a MV:

This is beyond obsession

If they do not release The Myth on dvd with subs, I just might expire.

Am on ep 17 and if it wasn't for the need for sleep, I would not stop.

I love how it combines things my girly heart adores (the romance has kicked in and it's epic and amazing - the scene where she was ill with the plague and he came in to try to cure her - into the plague quarters - and was taking care of her - OMG when he was helping brush her hair and tried to lie to her people were not dying outside, and despite all the horror they were so happy - and then their eyes when they realized their time was up. The scene where the emperor comes in and he stands in the hallway with the servants (of course) barring his way and he watches the emperor walk into Yu Shu's room and then the doors close into his face and we only see his eyes - OMG) And interesting thoughts on compromise and decency and what to do if you are basically thrown into a theater of cruelty as the chief entertainment choice - Xiao Chuan’s stubborn refusal to give up his humanity, no matter what happens to him (and some truly horrible things do) is contrasted with Gao Yao’s slow slide into ambition and darkness and revenge – I admire Xiao Chuan but I understand Gao Yao.

The thing I love the most about Xiao Chuan is, actually, precisely his angry decency – he just refuses to bow down to the ‘realities’ of this world – I want to say he feels helpless anger but he does not – he always tries to do something. Even if he is afraid (most of the
time – he is not insane), his willingness to put his life on the line to protect someone is admirable but it’s more than that – you get the sense that he is also protecting his humanity. It would be safer to become a soldier (as offered), to leave that dying laborer instead of helping him walk and share rations, to not help fellow slaves escape, to run away during the tests (for the fellow slaves’ freedom – if he fights and wins, they are let go), to just turn turn turn away but he cannot. I love that about him – I love how quietly stubborn he is, how he insists on his principles, and I love that the world is cruel enough not to let him get away with them all the time (he says he will never kill but a day later he kills a man in battle to protect a comrade and the horror on his face just stays) but he still does not break, no matter how many psychic and physical wounds he acquires – instead the guilt and the issues spur him on (in a way, he lives as if he has to repay Susu’s gift in saving his life at the cost of her own – he spends his time paying forward the debt).
This drama gets incredibly dark (it really is a catalogue of horrors – what happens to both Xiao Chuan and Gao Yao – it does not have a rosy-eyed view of the past at all) but, oddly, it does not lose its funny spirit – Xiao Chuan’s tongue-in-cheekness is never fully repressed and occasionally pops out and there are other small moments.

This has become my favorite period drama. It is gorgeous, clever, passionate, complex. The love story is amazing but secondary to everything else, but it does not bother me. The characters are also complex and strong – both men and women. I really should meta about this but I am about to pass out, so for another day, perhaps.

Have a MV:

This is beyond obsession

If they do not release The Myth on dvd with subs, I just might expire.

Am on ep 17 and if it wasn't for the need for sleep, I would not stop.

I love how it combines things my girly heart adores (the romance has kicked in and it's epic and amazing - the scene where she was ill with the plague and he came in to try to cure her - into the plague quarters - and was taking care of her - OMG when he was helping brush her hair and tried to lie to her people were not dying outside, and despite all the horror they were so happy - and then their eyes when they realized their time was up. The scene where the emperor comes in and he stands in the hallway with the servants (of course) barring his way and he watches the emperor walk into Yu Shu's room and then the doors close into his face and we only see his eyes - OMG) And interesting thoughts on compromise and decency and what to do if you are basically thrown into a theater of cruelty as the chief entertainment choice - Xiao Chuan’s stubborn refusal to give up his humanity, no matter what happens to him (and some truly horrible things do) is contrasted with Gao Yao’s slow slide into ambition and darkness and revenge – I admire Xiao Chuan but I understand Gao Yao.

The thing I love the most about Xiao Chuan is, actually, precisely his angry decency – he just refuses to bow down to the ‘realities’ of this world – I want to say he feels helpless anger but he does not – he always tries to do something. Even if he is afraid (most of the
time – he is not insane), his willingness to put his life on the line to protect someone is admirable but it’s more than that – you get the sense that he is also protecting his humanity. It would be safer to become a soldier (as offered), to leave that dying laborer instead of helping him walk and share rations, to not help fellow slaves escape, to run away during the tests (for the fellow slaves’ freedom – if he fights and wins, they are let go), to just turn turn turn away but he cannot. I love that about him – I love how quietly stubborn he is, how he insists on his principles, and I love that the world is cruel enough not to let him get away with them all the time (he says he will never kill but a day later he kills a man in battle to protect a comrade and the horror on his face just stays) but he still does not break, no matter how many psychic and physical wounds he acquires – instead the guilt and the issues spur him on (in a way, he lives as if he has to repay Susu’s gift in saving his life at the cost of her own – he spends his time paying forward the debt).
This drama gets incredibly dark (it really is a catalogue of horrors – what happens to both Xiao Chuan and Gao Yao – it does not have a rosy-eyed view of the past at all) but, oddly, it does not lose its funny spirit – Xiao Chuan’s tongue-in-cheekness is never fully repressed and occasionally pops out and there are other small moments.

This has become my favorite period drama. It is gorgeous, clever, passionate, complex. The love story is amazing but secondary to everything else, but it does not bother me. The characters are also complex and strong – both men and women. I really should meta about this but I am about to pass out, so for another day, perhaps.

Have a MV:

Subs tech help

Has anyone ever ripped subs from viikii?

And if so, how do you do it?

(Yes, I am obsessed enough with The Myth to make my own softsubs)

Subs tech help

Has anyone ever ripped subs from viikii?

And if so, how do you do it?

(Yes, I am obsessed enough with The Myth to make my own softsubs)

Subs tech help

Has anyone ever ripped subs from viikii?

And if so, how do you do it?

(Yes, I am obsessed enough with The Myth to make my own softsubs)

The Myth The Myth The Myth

I am so in love with this MV for the OTP of The Myth:

You know, I have not been THIS obsessed about a drama for years - maybe not even since all the time long ago when they were airing Silence and I would watch raws for a drama I did not understand a word of, and for which I learned to download.

You know the level of my obsession?

1. I have been watching this for less than 48 hours and I am on episode 20 already

2. I am downloading raws and plan to make softsubs from viikii subs - (a) I do not know how to time and will be learning and (b) this drama is 50 eps long - that is a LOT of timing/subbing.

3. I am this close to buying an unsubbed dvd set from YesAsia just so I could look at the gorgeousness on my screen.

It as if someone has looked around my brain and found out what would be a perfect drama for me and made it. (I skip the modern story almost entirely - from what I've seen it's good but my emotional investment is 100% with the period part of it). It has everything - darkness, romance, bravery, gorgeous shots. It is complex enough that I and fire_snake had plenty to talk about (in-between admiring Hu Ge's inhumanly gorgeous bone structure - I am developing an unhealthy fixation on him). It reminds me a little of Hard to Be a God by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, one of my favorite novels.

P.S. Liu Bang and Lu Zhi scare the hell out of me but not as much as Zhao Gao does. I don't think any main character except for the alcoholic doctor is fully sane any more, but the three of them - scary. Beyond scary.

P.P.S. This is bucking for my favorite drama ever status.

P.P.P.S. My friend fire_snake had never seen a drama before nor had any interest - she has never been interested much in any Asian entertainment in general - but she has watched all the eps with me so far in a crazy marathon, demanded links for the rest, went scrounging for spoilers, and has totally fallen for the drama and Hu Ge. I love my friends.

The Myth The Myth The Myth

I am so in love with this MV for the OTP of The Myth:

You know, I have not been THIS obsessed about a drama for years - maybe not even since all the time long ago when they were airing Silence and I would watch raws for a drama I did not understand a word of, and for which I learned to download.

You know the level of my obsession?

1. I have been watching this for less than 48 hours and I am on episode 20 already

2. I am downloading raws and plan to make softsubs from viikii subs - (a) I do not know how to time and will be learning and (b) this drama is 50 eps long - that is a LOT of timing/subbing.

3. I am this close to buying an unsubbed dvd set from YesAsia just so I could look at the gorgeousness on my screen.

It as if someone has looked around my brain and found out what would be a perfect drama for me and made it. (I skip the modern story almost entirely - from what I've seen it's good but my emotional investment is 100% with the period part of it). It has everything - darkness, romance, bravery, gorgeous shots. It is complex enough that I and fire_snake had plenty to talk about (in-between admiring Hu Ge's inhumanly gorgeous bone structure - I am developing an unhealthy fixation on him). It reminds me a little of Hard to Be a God by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, one of my favorite novels.

P.S. Liu Bang and Lu Zhi scare the hell out of me but not as much as Zhao Gao does. I don't think any main character except for the alcoholic doctor is fully sane any more, but the three of them - scary. Beyond scary.

P.P.S. This is bucking for my favorite drama ever status.

P.P.P.S. My friend fire_snake had never seen a drama before nor had any interest - she has never been interested much in any Asian entertainment in general - but she has watched all the eps with me so far in a crazy marathon, demanded links for the rest, went scrounging for spoilers, and has totally fallen for the drama and Hu Ge. I love my friends.

The Myth The Myth The Myth

I am so in love with this MV for the OTP of The Myth:

You know, I have not been THIS obsessed about a drama for years - maybe not even since all the time long ago when they were airing Silence and I would watch raws for a drama I did not understand a word of, and for which I learned to download.

You know the level of my obsession?

1. I have been watching this for less than 48 hours and I am on episode 20 already

2. I am downloading raws and plan to make softsubs from viikii subs - (a) I do not know how to time and will be learning and (b) this drama is 50 eps long - that is a LOT of timing/subbing.

3. I am this close to buying an unsubbed dvd set from YesAsia just so I could look at the gorgeousness on my screen.

It as if someone has looked around my brain and found out what would be a perfect drama for me and made it. (I skip the modern story almost entirely - from what I've seen it's good but my emotional investment is 100% with the period part of it). It has everything - darkness, romance, bravery, gorgeous shots. It is complex enough that I and fire_snake had plenty to talk about (in-between admiring Hu Ge's inhumanly gorgeous bone structure - I am developing an unhealthy fixation on him). It reminds me a little of Hard to Be a God by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, one of my favorite novels.

P.S. Liu Bang and Lu Zhi scare the hell out of me but not as much as Zhao Gao does. I don't think any main character except for the alcoholic doctor is fully sane any more, but the three of them - scary. Beyond scary.

P.P.S. This is bucking for my favorite drama ever status.

P.P.P.S. My friend fire_snake had never seen a drama before nor had any interest - she has never been interested much in any Asian entertainment in general - but she has watched all the eps with me so far in a crazy marathon, demanded links for the rest, went scrounging for spoilers, and has totally fallen for the drama and Hu Ge. I love my friends.

Just an FYI

Seeing that most of you have friended me because of Korean, Japanese, or Taiwanese dramas, I consider it only fair to warn you that for the next couple of weeks any discussion of the above will be pretty scarce as I plan to embark on an epic Hu Ge binge. Once I finish The Myth, I am going to go back and finish Legend of Condor Heroes. After that, I plan to watch Young Warriors of the Yang Clan, Little Fairy and even Chinese Paladin 3 (despite the fact that I did not care for CP1).

Seing that Mainland Chinese dramas seldom seem to be less than 40 eps, all total, I have close to 200 eps to get through (AAAAAAAAH HEAVEN). Even with my obsessiveness, this will probably take a while. So be warned.

Oh, and I bring you this very very pretty Chinese Paladin 3 MV:

Also, since am shameless - any idea where I can get Hu Ge icons?

And now I desperately want more Chinese period dramas to get subbed (it's hard to find any non-wuxia period Mainland dramas subbed for some reason). Even if they do not star Hu Ge, i still waaaaant!

Just an FYI

Seeing that most of you have friended me because of Korean, Japanese, or Taiwanese dramas, I consider it only fair to warn you that for the next couple of weeks any discussion of the above will be pretty scarce as I plan to embark on an epic Hu Ge binge. Once I finish The Myth, I am going to go back and finish Legend of Condor Heroes. After that, I plan to watch Young Warriors of the Yang Clan, Little Fairy and even Chinese Paladin 3 (despite the fact that I did not care for CP1).

Seing that Mainland Chinese dramas seldom seem to be less than 40 eps, all total, I have close to 200 eps to get through (AAAAAAAAH HEAVEN). Even with my obsessiveness, this will probably take a while. So be warned.

Oh, and I bring you this very very pretty Chinese Paladin 3 MV:

Also, since am shameless - any idea where I can get Hu Ge icons?

And now I desperately want more Chinese period dramas to get subbed (it's hard to find any non-wuxia period Mainland dramas subbed for some reason). Even if they do not star Hu Ge, i still waaaaant!

Just an FYI

Seeing that most of you have friended me because of Korean, Japanese, or Taiwanese dramas, I consider it only fair to warn you that for the next couple of weeks any discussion of the above will be pretty scarce as I plan to embark on an epic Hu Ge binge. Once I finish The Myth, I am going to go back and finish Legend of Condor Heroes. After that, I plan to watch Young Warriors of the Yang Clan, Little Fairy and even Chinese Paladin 3 (despite the fact that I did not care for CP1).

Seing that Mainland Chinese dramas seldom seem to be less than 40 eps, all total, I have close to 200 eps to get through (AAAAAAAAH HEAVEN). Even with my obsessiveness, this will probably take a while. So be warned.

Oh, and I bring you this very very pretty Chinese Paladin 3 MV:

Also, since am shameless - any idea where I can get Hu Ge icons?

And now I desperately want more Chinese period dramas to get subbed (it's hard to find any non-wuxia period Mainland dramas subbed for some reason). Even if they do not star Hu Ge, i still waaaaant!

Ahhh, the object of my latest obsession...

And even better in armor:




Bonus from Legend of Condor Heroes:



I remember how I used to boggle at people finding Hu Ge good-looking. Ahhhh, the irony the irony, it burns.

Though I gotta say, if you are Mrs. Bloodthirsty Emperor of Qin, it doesn't matter how gorgeous he is, or how awesome his fighting skills are, or how he saved your life repeatedly, or how he was willing to die to save people he did not know, or how he nursed you through the plague - do not EVEN think about it. Honest. Seriously, unless you have the worst death wish ever. Hey, he offered for the two of you to run away before you got married and at that point there actually wouldn't have been too much fuss. You refused so you made your bed (literally speaking), though I suppose you didn't realize how bad it was going to get, missing your bf but still - seriously! Head. Is Good. When Attached to Body.

The OTP worry (I ship them like mad but it is INSANE, what they are doing) is going to drive me grey.

Ahhh, the object of my latest obsession...

And even better in armor:




Bonus from Legend of Condor Heroes:



I remember how I used to boggle at people finding Hu Ge good-looking. Ahhhh, the irony the irony, it burns.

Though I gotta say, if you are Mrs. Bloodthirsty Emperor of Qin, it doesn't matter how gorgeous he is, or how awesome his fighting skills are, or how he saved your life repeatedly, or how he was willing to die to save people he did not know, or how he nursed you through the plague - do not EVEN think about it. Honest. Seriously, unless you have the worst death wish ever. Hey, he offered for the two of you to run away before you got married and at that point there actually wouldn't have been too much fuss. You refused so you made your bed (literally speaking), though I suppose you didn't realize how bad it was going to get, missing your bf but still - seriously! Head. Is Good. When Attached to Body.

The OTP worry (I ship them like mad but it is INSANE, what they are doing) is going to drive me grey.

Ahhh, the object of my latest obsession...

And even better in armor:




Bonus from Legend of Condor Heroes:



I remember how I used to boggle at people finding Hu Ge good-looking. Ahhhh, the irony the irony, it burns.

Though I gotta say, if you are Mrs. Bloodthirsty Emperor of Qin, it doesn't matter how gorgeous he is, or how awesome his fighting skills are, or how he saved your life repeatedly, or how he was willing to die to save people he did not know, or how he nursed you through the plague - do not EVEN think about it. Honest. Seriously, unless you have the worst death wish ever. Hey, he offered for the two of you to run away before you got married and at that point there actually wouldn't have been too much fuss. You refused so you made your bed (literally speaking), though I suppose you didn't realize how bad it was going to get, missing your bf but still - seriously! Head. Is Good. When Attached to Body.

The OTP worry (I ship them like mad but it is INSANE, what they are doing) is going to drive me grey.

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Was reading wikipedia articles on various real-life historical figures the protagonist runs into in The Myth and learned that one of them had a concubine who travelled everywhere with him, battlefield included, and then after a bad defeat one day performed a sword dance in front of him and then stabbed herself to death, so as not to distract him from war.

Ummmm.

I can see where wuxia stories get their inspiration for awesome insanity.

Seriously. All that historical stuff I was reading was like kdrama on LSD.

(no subject)

Was reading wikipedia articles on various real-life historical figures the protagonist runs into in The Myth and learned that one of them had a concubine who travelled everywhere with him, battlefield included, and then after a bad defeat one day performed a sword dance in front of him and then stabbed herself to death, so as not to distract him from war.

Ummmm.

I can see where wuxia stories get their inspiration for awesome insanity.

Seriously. All that historical stuff I was reading was like kdrama on LSD.

(no subject)

Was reading wikipedia articles on various real-life historical figures the protagonist runs into in The Myth and learned that one of them had a concubine who travelled everywhere with him, battlefield included, and then after a bad defeat one day performed a sword dance in front of him and then stabbed herself to death, so as not to distract him from war.

Ummmm.

I can see where wuxia stories get their inspiration for awesome insanity.

Seriously. All that historical stuff I was reading was like kdrama on LSD.

Since they are historical people, is it RPShipping?

EEEE! This will probably make no sense to anyone on my flist since I don't believe anyone else has watched The Myth but eeeeeee! Xiang Yu just met Xiao Yue and fell for her at first sight eeeeeeee! I want them to be an OTP! (Xiang Yu is one of the few people protagonist met who was good to him, plus, he's hot and Xiao Yue is a dead ringer for protagonist's present-day gf but he is not interested in her - she is awesome though).

EEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I checked the relationship chart and they do hook up (I bet she is the sword-dancing suicide concubine). OMGYAY.

Since they are historical people, is it RPShipping?

EEEE! This will probably make no sense to anyone on my flist since I don't believe anyone else has watched The Myth but eeeeeee! Xiang Yu just met Xiao Yue and fell for her at first sight eeeeeeee! I want them to be an OTP! (Xiang Yu is one of the few people protagonist met who was good to him, plus, he's hot and Xiao Yue is a dead ringer for protagonist's present-day gf but he is not interested in her - she is awesome though).

EEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I checked the relationship chart and they do hook up (I bet she is the sword-dancing suicide concubine). OMGYAY.

Since they are historical people, is it RPShipping?

EEEE! This will probably make no sense to anyone on my flist since I don't believe anyone else has watched The Myth but eeeeeee! Xiang Yu just met Xiao Yue and fell for her at first sight eeeeeeee! I want them to be an OTP! (Xiang Yu is one of the few people protagonist met who was good to him, plus, he's hot and Xiao Yue is a dead ringer for protagonist's present-day gf but he is not interested in her - she is awesome though).

EEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I checked the relationship chart and they do hook up (I bet she is the sword-dancing suicide concubine). OMGYAY.