A little breezy bit of love, giggles, and bad fashion: Romantic Princess is cotton-candy sweet

[dangermousie]

Since I finished the incredibly wonderful Hello My Teacher, I didn’t want to start on another absorbing drama for a few days (I always like a bit of breathing space).

So I started on one I know I will enjoy but one that, hopefully, would not lead to crazy fixation. Would lead to giddy fun though.

Drama of choice? Last year’s popular twdrama, Romantic Princess. I did a long summary/vids/pics/pusher post of it here (I considered watching it earlier), but a very short summary is this: our heroine, played by Angela Zheng, is a very ordinary girl who discovers that she is the long-lost grand-daughter of the richest man in Asia. Grandpa takes her in and she has to get used to the new life, and also deal with Wu Zun, grandpa’s previous heir, who might not be too pleased at the intrusion.

Or then again, he might be:



Think pure sugar-spun modern fairy tale, a fluffy, light, romantic Cinderella for 14 hours or so, with large houses, kisses in the rain, and scary fashions, with a dash of angst thrown in. Even though it has the ‘one poor spunky girl interacts with a bunch of very rich haughty guys’ set-up, this is more Ouran than Hanadan in tone (without Ouran’s delicious quirkiness, though). I am about half an episode in, and Angela is quite adorable, sweet without being cloying, and looking like a cross between Taiwanese Aishwarya Rai, Bambi, and a doll. I could break her in two with one hand, she is so tiny, but she is so irresistably cute, one can see how and why reserved, upper-class Wu Zun falls for her so easily. Wu Zun looks and acts, as always, super-appealing and charming. He was made to do dramas like this. By now he could probably do his usual ‘reserved Prince Charming’ character in his sleep, but who cares? I love watching it. This is not the drama to stretch one’s thespian skills anyway, it’s delicious cotton-candy. Pink.

Will watch more tonight.



Our Heroine. Here is when I knew I was going to love this drama:




Riiiiich. Verrrrrrrrry riiiiiiiich. Iiiii rrrrrrr vvvvvv



Emo but cute heroine sans mask:



Choking her adoptive parents with the power of skinny arms:



Our Hero, who is looking put out either about new heiress or the fact that he is wearing a waiter’s jacket, a ruffled tuxedo shirt, and a bolo tie. I think I know what happened to the designer from Goong:





I am not sure what is worse, the chef’s coat, the bib, or the hair which would be better off on a 15-year-old girl:



Angela’s new house. Or maybe just guards against all the Farenheit fangirls:



The four Girlymen (tm calixa) of whatever-it-is family, who live in Grandpa’s house. The Elderly Gentleman must be a masochist, to voluntarily inflict four male twenty-somethings on himself. I am amused to note drama is anxious to make it clear they aren’t related to Angela in any close fashion. Thus you know it’s not kdrama or jdrama. Those would slaver at the merest hint of ‘cest but this twdrama just threw it all away:

Comments

[janlake83.livejournal.com]

i did watch this and although fluffy it was pretty cute..... and wu chun in a yellow girl shirt so they can meet soooo cute

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEE! Excited for fluff!

[calixa.livejournal.com]

She is very pretty. And of course Wu Zun is amazingly good looking as usual. I might give this one a try... keep us posted on it!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Will do :)

[boycottbananas.livejournal.com]

I've been meaning to watch this, and I started it when the episodes were being subbed as they were released, so that's probably why I stopped. XD;;

Plus, I've heard mixed reviews. And...I love Ella/Chun. D:

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

It's cute but I'll see how it goes...

[filmi-girl.livejournal.com]

I love the Fahrenheit/S.H.E. theme song to this! You'll have to let me know if it's worth watching.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

So far it's cute but not memorable. So I started Hotaru no Hikari!!!!

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

Romantic Princess is sweet. Perhaps too sweet. It's angst-less (well, the most angst you get is when the heroine runs away to then be found by hero, and they almost make out.. ooops... did I give too much spoilers away there? XD). But Wu Chun is so cute there. And so are the other boys. Personally I want to stuff Angela Zhang with a huge burger so she doesn't look like she'd be crushed by Chun :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

LOL, she is very skinny.

I do like a bit of angst in my dramas.

[village.livejournal.com]

For the first three or so episodes of this drama I wanted to stab myself in the face because I couldn't handle the general badness of it all. It was only until I let go of all standards that I was able to give myself over to the pretty and enjoy it in a visual, leave your brain at the door kind of way. heh.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heeee. I'll see whether cuteness or boredom will win.

[lenabean.livejournal.com]

Dangermousie, this is terrible. I swore off this drama last year because I have no faith in Wu Chun's acting capabilities, but now this post made me give it a try and I am liking it, darnit.

Angst was in first 2-3 episodes of drama. On ep.4 now, and I am wondering if it will be pure fluff all the way. In any case, am loving it. This is such a nice break from the hectic schoolwork. :D

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Ehhh, WC can't act. That's OK, they don't stick him in dramas where acting is required :)

Glad you like!

[lenabean.livejournal.com]

LOL, that is true, all he has to do is look pretty and say a few prince charmly things every once in a while and he is set. (And I can't believe I am actually saying this, but he is actually growing on me a little in this drama...O_O)

I watched 7 eps of it, which is one story arc, and now it's onto a new one. This drama is really, really weak on plot. It's very contrived, but I like the characters enough and the Cinderella story is such a classic that I'm enjoying this enough to want to finish it.

[lenabean.livejournal.com]

PS: I love all the characters, and OTP chemistry is pretty good, too. And Angela is really very pretty (even better than BX in Corner With Love, I imagine), though she's a bit on the thin side. So my ship for this drama would really have to be Nan Feng Jin/Xiao Mai + 10 lbs.

[kitkat-cat.livejournal.com]

I must be one of the few remaining fangirls in existence who is completely unmoved by Wu Zun...i don't know what it is...is it the fact that his head looks ickle compared to his body, or maybe it's those little, but far-too-much-lipstick lips, or is it the hair...hmm

My 18 year old little sister keeps pimping this to me(i wonder why), but I am not convinced and frankly, that pic of him in that bib-thing is making me cry...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

that pic of him in that bib-thing is making me cry...

I think the designer must have been coming off a drug binge...

[kittykatz.livejournal.com]

Gosh I'm not even sure if Wu Chun could persuade me to watch this. And I dunno if it's me or has Angela Zhang lost a lot of weight, I hardly recognised her.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Haven't seen her before but she is awfully skinny.

[kittykatz.livejournal.com]

I did watch half of MVP Lover which I have yet to finish still and I don't remember her being this skinny.