Still FWC craziness

The idea of a party in the misbegotten town Lanyan lives in seems to be going to see a public hanging of Lanyan for murder while throwing things at her. WTF. The glee is exceptional because she dared to break the whole "he abuses you but you keep mum" thing so in punishing her, they are restoring natural order. Barf.

Playboy, who must have a deathwish the breadth of the Nile, has meanwhile escaped his household's protective custody and is off to find her and, when he finds her being marched to her execution, insists if she's getting executed, he should be executed too ("Dead or alive, I'll share everything with you. I won't leave you." Ahhhhh, swoooooooon). And then he starts yelling he's the one who killed Lanyan's husband. Oh, you crazy crazy awesome darling. ILY. You clearly are some sort of a genetic aberration in this area though, or maybe a mutation, because you actually act like a Y-chromosome possessor I do not want to strangle - the sole one in this place of lunacy.

And then they both get beaten up by the crowd which doesn't seem to want to wait for the proper hanging.

Seriously, this town is the pits. I want to take the OTP and move them about 2000mi away.

Oh, and I sort of forgive Childhood Love (though I don't want him with Lanyan in a million years) because he was investigating the murder in hopes of clearing her. You are useful for something, after all. He finds out they didn't do it in the nick of time.

It turns out the real murderer was...ta-dun...puppy killer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For once, I don't blame her because Lanyan psycho hubby tried to rape her.

I am glad he's dead. Buhbye psycho! You actually made me root for puppy killer.

ETA: They accidentally convicted heroine best friend's brother (try saying that ten times fast) for murder instead and killed him. Puppy killer had a good time framing him. Well, that should put a spoke in Childhood Love/Best Friend courtship. A pity, as that pair of sanctimonious pigs fit each other like a pair of gloves.

ETA2: And now they are sending Lanyan to a nunnery (!!!!) because they are afraid it will look bad if they release her and she marries Playboy. WTF! I mean, if both of them are innocent, and she's a widow now, who the hell cares? When Playboy dares to protest both her punishment and his feelings, everyone is horrified as if he's just contracted the plague and Childhood Love, fast losing the meagre points he gained by his investigation, hits him while Playboy is tied up (very honorable of him) because Childhood Love is feeling inadequate in the face of someone actually openly showing love. As well he should, as Childhood Love and every other male in this hellhole, wouldn't know what it is to love a woman if their grimy obnoxious lives depended on it. This town really is in purgatory.

Still FWC craziness

The idea of a party in the misbegotten town Lanyan lives in seems to be going to see a public hanging of Lanyan for murder while throwing things at her. WTF. The glee is exceptional because she dared to break the whole "he abuses you but you keep mum" thing so in punishing her, they are restoring natural order. Barf.

Playboy, who must have a deathwish the breadth of the Nile, has meanwhile escaped his household's protective custody and is off to find her and, when he finds her being marched to her execution, insists if she's getting executed, he should be executed too ("Dead or alive, I'll share everything with you. I won't leave you." Ahhhhh, swoooooooon). And then he starts yelling he's the one who killed Lanyan's husband. Oh, you crazy crazy awesome darling. ILY. You clearly are some sort of a genetic aberration in this area though, or maybe a mutation, because you actually act like a Y-chromosome possessor I do not want to strangle - the sole one in this place of lunacy.

And then they both get beaten up by the crowd which doesn't seem to want to wait for the proper hanging.

Seriously, this town is the pits. I want to take the OTP and move them about 2000mi away.

Oh, and I sort of forgive Childhood Love (though I don't want him with Lanyan in a million years) because he was investigating the murder in hopes of clearing her. You are useful for something, after all. He finds out they didn't do it in the nick of time.

It turns out the real murderer was...ta-dun...puppy killer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For once, I don't blame her because Lanyan psycho hubby tried to rape her.

I am glad he's dead. Buhbye psycho! You actually made me root for puppy killer.

ETA: They accidentally convicted heroine best friend's brother (try saying that ten times fast) for murder instead and killed him. Puppy killer had a good time framing him. Well, that should put a spoke in Childhood Love/Best Friend courtship. A pity, as that pair of sanctimonious pigs fit each other like a pair of gloves.

ETA2: And now they are sending Lanyan to a nunnery (!!!!) because they are afraid it will look bad if they release her and she marries Playboy. WTF! I mean, if both of them are innocent, and she's a widow now, who the hell cares? When Playboy dares to protest both her punishment and his feelings, everyone is horrified as if he's just contracted the plague and Childhood Love, fast losing the meagre points he gained by his investigation, hits him while Playboy is tied up (very honorable of him) because Childhood Love is feeling inadequate in the face of someone actually openly showing love. As well he should, as Childhood Love and every other male in this hellhole, wouldn't know what it is to love a woman if their grimy obnoxious lives depended on it. This town really is in purgatory.

Still FWC craziness

The idea of a party in the misbegotten town Lanyan lives in seems to be going to see a public hanging of Lanyan for murder while throwing things at her. WTF. The glee is exceptional because she dared to break the whole "he abuses you but you keep mum" thing so in punishing her, they are restoring natural order. Barf.

Playboy, who must have a deathwish the breadth of the Nile, has meanwhile escaped his household's protective custody and is off to find her and, when he finds her being marched to her execution, insists if she's getting executed, he should be executed too ("Dead or alive, I'll share everything with you. I won't leave you." Ahhhhh, swoooooooon). And then he starts yelling he's the one who killed Lanyan's husband. Oh, you crazy crazy awesome darling. ILY. You clearly are some sort of a genetic aberration in this area though, or maybe a mutation, because you actually act like a Y-chromosome possessor I do not want to strangle - the sole one in this place of lunacy.

And then they both get beaten up by the crowd which doesn't seem to want to wait for the proper hanging.

Seriously, this town is the pits. I want to take the OTP and move them about 2000mi away.

Oh, and I sort of forgive Childhood Love (though I don't want him with Lanyan in a million years) because he was investigating the murder in hopes of clearing her. You are useful for something, after all. He finds out they didn't do it in the nick of time.

It turns out the real murderer was...ta-dun...puppy killer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For once, I don't blame her because Lanyan psycho hubby tried to rape her.

I am glad he's dead. Buhbye psycho! You actually made me root for puppy killer.

ETA: They accidentally convicted heroine best friend's brother (try saying that ten times fast) for murder instead and killed him. Puppy killer had a good time framing him. Well, that should put a spoke in Childhood Love/Best Friend courtship. A pity, as that pair of sanctimonious pigs fit each other like a pair of gloves.

ETA2: And now they are sending Lanyan to a nunnery (!!!!) because they are afraid it will look bad if they release her and she marries Playboy. WTF! I mean, if both of them are innocent, and she's a widow now, who the hell cares? When Playboy dares to protest both her punishment and his feelings, everyone is horrified as if he's just contracted the plague and Childhood Love, fast losing the meagre points he gained by his investigation, hits him while Playboy is tied up (very honorable of him) because Childhood Love is feeling inadequate in the face of someone actually openly showing love. As well he should, as Childhood Love and every other male in this hellhole, wouldn't know what it is to love a woman if their grimy obnoxious lives depended on it. This town really is in purgatory.

Jade Palace Lock Heart

My patience has been rewarded. Withs2 has just released eps 19-28 subs for VIA. I've been hoarding eps 13-18 for an epic binge and an epic binge thus shall ensue.

God, how I love this drama. It's visually gorgeous, I love all the characters (well, I love to hate some of them, but they are all enjoyable to watch), the OTP turns me into a 12-year-old, and the whole thing is so light and sparkling with just the right amount of angst embedded in it. It's hard to believe this is made by the same person who made the verklempt Four Women Conflict, which is the opposite of joyful.

Did I mention the visually gorgeous part?




Just look at the background details. Mmmmm. Qing Chuan can keep Eight, I want her living quarters.

Also, the constant matter-of-fact threat of death everyone dwells under - eeeeek - seriously reminds me that time-travel sounds like a really really bad idea.

Jade Palace Lock Heart

My patience has been rewarded. Withs2 has just released eps 19-28 subs for VIA. I've been hoarding eps 13-18 for an epic binge and an epic binge thus shall ensue.

God, how I love this drama. It's visually gorgeous, I love all the characters (well, I love to hate some of them, but they are all enjoyable to watch), the OTP turns me into a 12-year-old, and the whole thing is so light and sparkling with just the right amount of angst embedded in it. It's hard to believe this is made by the same person who made the verklempt Four Women Conflict, which is the opposite of joyful.

Did I mention the visually gorgeous part?




Just look at the background details. Mmmmm. Qing Chuan can keep Eight, I want her living quarters.

Also, the constant matter-of-fact threat of death everyone dwells under - eeeeek - seriously reminds me that time-travel sounds like a really really bad idea.

Jade Palace Lock Heart

My patience has been rewarded. Withs2 has just released eps 19-28 subs for VIA. I've been hoarding eps 13-18 for an epic binge and an epic binge thus shall ensue.

God, how I love this drama. It's visually gorgeous, I love all the characters (well, I love to hate some of them, but they are all enjoyable to watch), the OTP turns me into a 12-year-old, and the whole thing is so light and sparkling with just the right amount of angst embedded in it. It's hard to believe this is made by the same person who made the verklempt Four Women Conflict, which is the opposite of joyful.

Did I mention the visually gorgeous part?




Just look at the background details. Mmmmm. Qing Chuan can keep Eight, I want her living quarters.

Also, the constant matter-of-fact threat of death everyone dwells under - eeeeek - seriously reminds me that time-travel sounds like a really really bad idea.

Ep 13 thoughts

You know you have reached the heights of insanity when you find this particular look not only hot, but hotter than the way the actor looks in real life - i.e. with normal hair. Send help!

( Prettiness and angst. In other words, Qing Chuan, please fall for Eight already, dammit! )

Ep 13 thoughts

You know you have reached the heights of insanity when you find this particular look not only hot, but hotter than the way the actor looks in real life - i.e. with normal hair. Send help!

( Prettiness and angst. In other words, Qing Chuan, please fall for Eight already, dammit! )

Ep 13 thoughts

You know you have reached the heights of insanity when you find this particular look not only hot, but hotter than the way the actor looks in real life - i.e. with normal hair. Send help!

( Prettiness and angst. In other words, Qing Chuan, please fall for Eight already, dammit! )

JPLH - who wouldn't love a heroine who rescued herself?

Eps 14 and 15 of JPLH, a.k.a. "Qing Chuan plans her escape from the mortuary temple" were a bit slower/less fun than the previous eps but still good.



The reason I liked them somewhat less what a total absence of Eight. The thing with Eight is that he might not be the only decent person Qing Chuan meets in this new world, but he is the only one who seems to possess capacity for joy. Somehow, improbably, he's managed to maintain some degree of spontaneity despite the palace. And so when he's off the screen, the fun quotient goes way down - there are plenty of schemers to replace e.g. Four if Four got taken out of the story, but nobody to replace Eight's sense of fun.

But eps 14 and 15 are still good. You know why?

a. Qing Chuan is an entirely new but equally dangerous and harsh place. She has no Eight to rescue her, or Four's words to use a comfort, or even Su Yan's friendship. She's utterly isolated and alone. And guess what? With her usual optimism, inventiveness and strength of will, she manages to rescue herself. You have no idea how much I love it! In fact, it does prove that outside the palace, QC will do just fine. She won't have a royal prince to come to her rescue, but any danger outside the palace (i.e. the Emperor's whims) she can deal with. She doesn't need royal protection unless she's in danger from another royal in the first place.

b. It's a weird thing for an Eight/QC shipper to say, but I love that the time total she spends moping over either Eight (or Four, who she did have a bit of a crush on) is zero. I love that she doesn't regret her decision to tell Eight she doesn't want to be with him. JPLH gets right what the original Hanadan manga got right and so did the Meteor Garden adaptation, but every other version either diluted (Hanadan) or wrecked altogether (BOF). That is the very important notion that gratitude and love are different - Eight might have saved QC's life at the risk of his own and this entitles him to QC's gratitude but not QC's heart. She does not owe him to love him because he saved her. And that makes the OTP so much more satisfying when it does happen - she won't be with him out of gratitude or fear or self-interest or as a desire for protection - clearly she does not need him in any way unless she wants to be with him and needs him because she loves him. And that is so much more satisfying.

( Some pretty caps )

I keep wondering about the sequel btw - is it going to be set in modern day or the past? Because the former could be a lot of fun but it's going to lack to overwhelming stakes of the past - the fact that death for the slightest transgression is ever-present and attitude to it is so casual is what gives JPLH the sense of danger and darkness that underlays the gorgeous fun and makes it matter.

JPLH - who wouldn't love a heroine who rescued herself?

Eps 14 and 15 of JPLH, a.k.a. "Qing Chuan plans her escape from the mortuary temple" were a bit slower/less fun than the previous eps but still good.



The reason I liked them somewhat less what a total absence of Eight. The thing with Eight is that he might not be the only decent person Qing Chuan meets in this new world, but he is the only one who seems to possess capacity for joy. Somehow, improbably, he's managed to maintain some degree of spontaneity despite the palace. And so when he's off the screen, the fun quotient goes way down - there are plenty of schemers to replace e.g. Four if Four got taken out of the story, but nobody to replace Eight's sense of fun.

But eps 14 and 15 are still good. You know why?

a. Qing Chuan is an entirely new but equally dangerous and harsh place. She has no Eight to rescue her, or Four's words to use a comfort, or even Su Yan's friendship. She's utterly isolated and alone. And guess what? With her usual optimism, inventiveness and strength of will, she manages to rescue herself. You have no idea how much I love it! In fact, it does prove that outside the palace, QC will do just fine. She won't have a royal prince to come to her rescue, but any danger outside the palace (i.e. the Emperor's whims) she can deal with. She doesn't need royal protection unless she's in danger from another royal in the first place.

b. It's a weird thing for an Eight/QC shipper to say, but I love that the time total she spends moping over either Eight (or Four, who she did have a bit of a crush on) is zero. I love that she doesn't regret her decision to tell Eight she doesn't want to be with him. JPLH gets right what the original Hanadan manga got right and so did the Meteor Garden adaptation, but every other version either diluted (Hanadan) or wrecked altogether (BOF). That is the very important notion that gratitude and love are different - Eight might have saved QC's life at the risk of his own and this entitles him to QC's gratitude but not QC's heart. She does not owe him to love him because he saved her. And that makes the OTP so much more satisfying when it does happen - she won't be with him out of gratitude or fear or self-interest or as a desire for protection - clearly she does not need him in any way unless she wants to be with him and needs him because she loves him. And that is so much more satisfying.

( Some pretty caps )

I keep wondering about the sequel btw - is it going to be set in modern day or the past? Because the former could be a lot of fun but it's going to lack to overwhelming stakes of the past - the fact that death for the slightest transgression is ever-present and attitude to it is so casual is what gives JPLH the sense of danger and darkness that underlays the gorgeous fun and makes it matter.

JPLH - who wouldn't love a heroine who rescued herself?

Eps 14 and 15 of JPLH, a.k.a. "Qing Chuan plans her escape from the mortuary temple" were a bit slower/less fun than the previous eps but still good.



The reason I liked them somewhat less what a total absence of Eight. The thing with Eight is that he might not be the only decent person Qing Chuan meets in this new world, but he is the only one who seems to possess capacity for joy. Somehow, improbably, he's managed to maintain some degree of spontaneity despite the palace. And so when he's off the screen, the fun quotient goes way down - there are plenty of schemers to replace e.g. Four if Four got taken out of the story, but nobody to replace Eight's sense of fun.

But eps 14 and 15 are still good. You know why?

a. Qing Chuan is an entirely new but equally dangerous and harsh place. She has no Eight to rescue her, or Four's words to use a comfort, or even Su Yan's friendship. She's utterly isolated and alone. And guess what? With her usual optimism, inventiveness and strength of will, she manages to rescue herself. You have no idea how much I love it! In fact, it does prove that outside the palace, QC will do just fine. She won't have a royal prince to come to her rescue, but any danger outside the palace (i.e. the Emperor's whims) she can deal with. She doesn't need royal protection unless she's in danger from another royal in the first place.

b. It's a weird thing for an Eight/QC shipper to say, but I love that the time total she spends moping over either Eight (or Four, who she did have a bit of a crush on) is zero. I love that she doesn't regret her decision to tell Eight she doesn't want to be with him. JPLH gets right what the original Hanadan manga got right and so did the Meteor Garden adaptation, but every other version either diluted (Hanadan) or wrecked altogether (BOF). That is the very important notion that gratitude and love are different - Eight might have saved QC's life at the risk of his own and this entitles him to QC's gratitude but not QC's heart. She does not owe him to love him because he saved her. And that makes the OTP so much more satisfying when it does happen - she won't be with him out of gratitude or fear or self-interest or as a desire for protection - clearly she does not need him in any way unless she wants to be with him and needs him because she loves him. And that is so much more satisfying.

( Some pretty caps )

I keep wondering about the sequel btw - is it going to be set in modern day or the past? Because the former could be a lot of fun but it's going to lack to overwhelming stakes of the past - the fact that death for the slightest transgression is ever-present and attitude to it is so casual is what gives JPLH the sense of danger and darkness that underlays the gorgeous fun and makes it matter.