#drama thoughts

[blobofcolour]

39集真是画龙点睛，终于有人把番外也拍出来！！

I love love love ep39, it was the perfect icing on the cake to end off The Legend of Shen Li.

霸气王爷和她那柔弱不能自理的林小娘。🤣

I’ve seen complaints that this drama is too slow and/or boring and hey, it’s ok if this doesn’t work for you, just move on to one that does. But me? I’d watch 10 episodes of their married life in the mortal realm where Xing Zhi is now free to unleash his gremlin self.

Hotpot, mahjong and drinks! I definitely did something like this with my girlfriends where we talked about our relationship problems lol.

It’s hilarious how much details the drama went into for these ‘casual’ scenes cos Xing Zhi was being serious with his sauce mixing (as we all are when we go Hai Di Lao) only to have it taken away by Boss Wifey. And Ms Jin orders to have the beef tripe added to the hotpot without missing a beat. 感情再苦，也要好好吃！

Thank you director for all the lovey-dovey scenes and letting me witness Lin Geng Xin be 小鸟依人.

给导演100只鸡腿🍗

完结撒花🎉

能看到如此有诚意的作品，我心满意足了。❤️

#cdrama #the legend of shen li #与凤行 #赵丽颖 #林更新 #zhao liying #lin gengxin #drama thoughts

[jesusagrees]

I think the reason why Baek Ryeon doesn't have a red thread of fate is because she's going to be able to choose who she ends up with and who she loves.

She keeps deciding her own fate and making her own destiny, so I think that's what the twist will be. She'll be able to finally live freely and love who she wants, not because it's decided for her.

#my man is cupid #drama thoughts #kdramas #im jinah #nana #jang dong yoon

[iwocrack]

finally watching alchemy of souls part 2 and...

why the hell is jin allowed to roam free without consequence?

why is the crown prince so dumb and easily swayed by jealousy?

WHY DIDN'T MAIDSERVANT KIM AND THE EX LEADER TELL JANG UK ABOUT HOW HE WAS BORN?

god i really wanted jung so min back as bu yeon but they pulled this shit on me. there goes my bu yeon and seo ship.

bu yeon's soul did not deserve this shit tbh.

like it's so dumb how she's a powerful priestess and yet the bells somehow affected naksu at the end of part 1. usually bu yeon comes out to save her ass but because of the ~plot~ she didn't and hell broke loose.

ALL I WANTED WAS JUNG SO MIN AS BU YEON REUNITED WITH HER FAMILY NAD SEDUCING SEO 🤧

the new actress is very fun but ngl her and jan uk's story ain't that interesting to me. like i'm watching him nurse her back to health and i feel nothing.

THE JIN WOMAN DESERVES DEATH BTW. she is so annoying jesus christ. SHE SACRIFICED HER DAUGHTER'S SOUL JUST SO THE BODY STAYS ALIVE AND WANTS TO TREAT THE BODY AS A BREEDING MACHINE? nah sorry idc how much you missed your daughter nobody deserves this treatment and I wish naksu kills her.

the younger jin sister is also annoying. fam why you mad he couldn't stop naksu - NOBODY COULD and your dad rightfully got the death he deserves.

i feel like as i continue i will complain more about this show lmao

#why am i watching it #because i watched part 1 and enjoyed it until the last episode #now im just bored and seeing it till the end #drama thoughts #rambles

[rudjedet]

#*finds hornets nest* #*throws large rock at it* #no need to scroll the blog for recent drama #this just crops up every two months or so so i thought i'd beat it to the punch this time

[glassrooibos]

Everything stays right where you left it huh guys

#dimension 20 #fantasy high #adaine abernant #fantasy high junior year #I loved this parallel from Siobhan #none of these guys are getting a break huh #IM ABOUT TO LISTEN TO THE NEW EP TOO #Hope nothing upsetting or unsettling happens :0) #ps I have no idea what sauce you put with strudel #I would have thought custard #but the symbolism… #THE DRAMA of a red berry sauce #I dunno guys #should I do more freshman and junior year parallel pieces? #lmk #I love you bye

[bixels]

Hot to the Touch

(Sunset x Thea)

#mlp #sunset shimmer #twilight sparkle #twiset #my art #fanart #the grand galloping 20s #illustration #rarijack is my funny goofy ship your american drama “the fashionista falls for the farmgirl!” #but twiset is my pull at your heartstrings drama romance shit #at least for this au #what if thea was the only one who could calm sunset's rage #what if sunset knows she should hate thea for “replacing” her for being the witch she was supposed to be but she can't bring herself to #what if thea was the guiding star who saves sunset's soul and brought laughter and peace and love back into her jaded tired life #what if they loved each other more than they ever thought they could but it wasn't meant to last. sunset must leave and thea must stay. #what if i ran off a bridge

[8pxl]

PSA 🗣️ another scammer using genAI without disclosing it

pixlgirl has been posting generated AI (targeting fandoms) without disclosing it, passing it off as their genuine art and has apparently scammed at least one person into ‘commissioning’ them. this is a public PSA so yall can block them, and not interact. please do not harass them!

it’s incredibly shitty to be disingenuous while posting AI but even shittier to scam people with it 🤢 stay diligent yall

#i hate making ‘call out’ posts but kinda feel obligated since so many people have trouble spotting it #pixel art #pixelart #anti ai #i’ve been seeing them in the tags for a few weeks but saw they’re now scamming people so i thought id make a post #the animations they’ve posted are just filters on the AI lol #please don’t harass them #this is for those who don’t want to interact with AI #genAI #fuck genai #fuck ai #fuck ai art #zelda #pixel aesthetic #text post #these types of losers always just block me lol #art drama #drama #artist on tumblr

[chngmins]

this man is really doing overtime (enthusiastically) just so he can be free to see and cook with his soon to be boyfie over the weekend

#when will it be me #drama thoughts #zm

[fence-time]

#fence posts #hermitblr #hermitcraft #this is about the hermit twt shipping drama . i am tired of it I thought we got over this shit in 2019? (I think)

[k-odyssey]

Happy new year, fellow drama-obsessed people!

If I am to believe my MDL recap, I completed 37 dramas in 2022. Feels like a lie tbh. Must be all those webdramas. Here's my top 5 of 2022 dramas :

Love Like the Galaxy: Part 2

Old Fashion Cupcake

My Tooth Your Love

Summer Strike

A Business Proposal

I'm surprised myself, but I guess I did rate them this way!! Love Like the Galaxy had great character building and an epic love story. Old Fashion Cupcake was warm and cute, with one of the most impactful confession scenes of the year (Eien no Kinou is also up there for me).

My Tooth Your Love was a pure delight. I love Bai Lang to pieces and didn't mind the cliches (rain trauma anyone?). Plus I really like how the drama made a point of Bai Lang having a great BFF throughout.

Summer Strike brought me comfort. It had it all: a fresh start in a small town, an ever-empty library, a lovely, straightforward romance, beautiful friendships... and crimes. Also a cute dog.

A Business Proposal was great fun tbh! Even if I had my frustrations with it. And I should mention I rated it the same as like 5 other dramas haha. It just appears first on MDL...

To My Star 2: Our Untold Stories [how is this so high on my list? not sure. guess i just enjoy watching characters suffer if it means they'll get a good reunion in the end.]

Love Like the Galaxy: Part 1 [it's supposed to be 2 parts. honestly don't remember what i liked more about the 2nde one, i think it was something to do with the plot.]

Eien no Kinou [warning : this is sad teen love. it's also weird and good and hopeful]

Kabe Sa Doujin Sakka no Neko Yashiki-kun wa Shouninyokkyuu wo Kojiraseteiru [wow i did watch more jdramas than ever this year. lots of BL too. main reason is they're now on viki, and this is where i do most of my watching. this one was fun and sweet]

Silent [i've written about this already, it's a thoughtful story about becoming/being different, growing apart and then growing closer again.]

I feel the need to mention The One and Only was mostly a 2022 drama, and I did also give it a high rating! Although the beginning of last year feels so long ago.

Pls share your faves, I'm curious what others have been watching!

#drama thoughts #2022

[cuddlytogas]

So I accidentally almost got into an argument on Twitter, and now I'm thinking about bad historical costuming tropes. Specifically, Action Hero Leather Pants.

See, I was light-heartedly pointing out the inaccuracies of the costumes in Black Sails, and someone came out of the woodwork to defend the show. The misunderstanding was that they thought I was dismissing the show just for its costumes, which I wasn't - I was simply pointing out that it can't entirely care about material history (meaning specifically physical objects/culture) if it treats its clothes like that.

But this person was slightly offended on behalf of their show - especially, quote, "And from a fan of OFMD, no less!" Which got me thinking - it's true! I can abide a lot more historical costuming inaccuracy from Our Flag than I can Black Sails or Vikings. And I don't think it's just because one has my blorbos in it. But really, when it comes down to it...

What is the difference between this and this?

Here's the thing. Leather pants in period dramas isn't new. You've got your Vikings, Tudors, Outlander, Pirates of the Caribbean, Once Upon a Time, Will, The Musketeers, even Shakespeare in Love - they love to shove people in leather and call it a day. But where does this come from?

Obviously we have the modern connotations. Modern leather clothes developed in a few subcultures: cowboys drew on Native American clothing. (Allegedly. This is a little beyond my purview, I haven't seen any solid evidence, and it sounds like the kind of fact that people repeat a lot but is based on an assumption. I wouldn't know, though.) Leather was used in some WWI and II uniforms.

But the big boom came in the mid-C20th in motorcycle, punk/goth, and gay subcultures, all intertwined with each other and the above. Motorcyclists wear leather as practical protective gear, and it gets picked up by rock and punk artists as a symbol of counterculture, and transferred to movie designs. It gets wrapped up in gay and kink communities, with even more countercultural and taboo meanings. By the late C20th, leather has entered mainstream fashion, but it still carries those references to goths, punks, BDSM, and motorbike gangs, to James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Mick Jagger. This is whence we get our Spikes and Dave Listers in 1980s/90s media, bad boys and working-class punks.

And some of the above "historical" design choices clearly build on these meanings. William Shakespeare is dressed in a black leather doublet to evoke the swaggering bad boy artist heartthrob, probably down on his luck. So is Kit Marlowe.

But the associations get a little fuzzier after that. Hook, with his eyeliner and jewellery, sure. King Henry, yeah, I see it. It's hideously ahistorical, but sure. But what about Jamie and Will and Ragnar, in their browns and shabby, battle-ready chic? Well, here we get the other strain of Bad Period Drama Leather.

See, designers like to point to history, but it's just not true. Leather armour, especially in the western/European world, is very, very rare, and not just because it decays faster than metal. (Yes, even in ancient Greece/Rome, despite many articles claiming that as the start of the leather armour trend!) It simply wasn't used a lot, because it's frankly useless at defending the body compared to metal. Leather was used as a backing for some splint armour pieces, and for belts, sheathes, and buckles, but it simply wasn't worn like the costumes above. It's heavy, uncomfortable, and hard to repair - it's simply not practical for a garment when you have perfectly comfortable, insulating, and widely available linen, wool, and cotton!

As far as I can see, the real influence on leather in period dramas is fantasy. Fantasy media has proliferated the idea of leather armour as the lightweight choice for rangers, elves, and rogues, a natural, quiet, flexible material, less flashy or restrictive than metal. And it is cheaper for a costume department to make, and easier for an actor to wear on set. It's in Dungeons and Dragons and Lord of the Rings, King Arthur, Runescape, and World of Warcraft.

And I think this is how we get to characters like Ragnar and Vane. This idea of leather as practical gear and light armour, it's fantasy, but it has this lineage, behind which sits cowboy chaps and bomber/flight jackets. It's usually brown compared to the punk bad boy's black, less shiny, and more often piecemeal or decorated. In fact, there's a great distinction between the two Period Leather Modes within the same piece of media: Robin Hood (2006)! Compare the brooding, fascist-coded villain Guy of Gisborne with the shabby, bow-wielding, forest-dwelling Robin:

So, back to the original question: What's the difference between Charles Vane in Black Sails, and Edward Teach in Our Flag Means Death?

Simply put, it's intention. There is nothing intentional about Vane's leather in Black Sails. It's not the only leather in the show, and it only says what all shabby period leather says, relying on the same tropes as fantasy armour: he's a bad boy and a fighter in workaday leather, poor, flexible, and practical. None of these connotations are based in reality or history, and they've been done countless times before. It's boring design, neither historically accurate nor particularly creative, but much the same as all the other shabby chic fighters on our screens. He has a broad lineage in Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean and such, but that's it.

In Our Flag, however, the lineage is much, much more intentional. Ed is a direct homage to Mad Max, the costuming in which is both practical (Max is an ex-cop and road warrior), and draws on punk and kink designs to evoke a counterculture gone mad to the point of social breakdown, exploiting the thrill of the taboo to frighten and titillate the audience.

In particular, Ed is styled after Max in the second movie, having lost his family, been badly injured, and watched the world turn into an apocalypse. He's a broken man, withdrawn, violent, and deliberately cutting himself off from others to avoid getting hurt again. The plot of Mad Max 2 is him learning to open up and help others, making himself vulnerable to more loss, but more human in the process.

This ties directly into the themes of Our Flag - it's a deliberate intertext. Ed's emotional journey is also one from isolation and pain to vulnerability, community, and love. Mad Max (intentionally and unintentionally) explores themes of masculinity, violence, and power, while Max has become simplified in the popular imagination as a stoic, badass action hero rather than the more complex character he is, struggling with loss and humanity. Similarly, Our Flag explores masculinity, both textually (Stede is trying to build a less abusive pirate culture) and metatextually (the show champions complex, banal, and tender masculinities, especially when we're used to only seeing pirates in either gritty action movies or childish comedies).

Our Flag also draws on the specific countercultures of motorcycles, rockers, and gay/BDSM culture in its design and themes. Naturally, in such a queer show, one can't help but make the connection between leather pirates and leather daddies, and the design certainly nods at this, with its vests and studs. I always think about this guy, with his flat cap so reminiscient of gay leather fashions.

More overtly, though, Blackbeard and his crew are styled as both violent gangsters and countercultural rockstars. They rove the seas like a bikie gang, free and violent, and are seen as icons, bad boys and celebrities. Other pirates revere Blackbeard and wish they could be on his crew, while civilians are awed by his reputation, desperate for juicy, gory details.

This isn't all of why I like the costuming in Our Flag Means Death (especially season 1). Stede's outfits are by no means accurate, but they're a lot more accurate than most pirate media, and they're bright and colourful, with accurate and delightful silks, lace, velvets, and brocades, and lovely, puffy skirts on his jackets. Many of the Revenge crew wear recognisable sailor's trousers, and practical but bright, varied gear that easily conveys personality and flair. There is a surprising dedication to little details, like changing Ed's trousers to fall-fronts for a historical feel, Izzy's puffy sleeves, the handmade fringe on Lucius's red jacket, or the increasing absurdity of navy uniform cuffs between Nigel and Chauncey.

A really big one is the fact that they don't shy away from historical footwear! In almost every example above, we see the period drama's obsession with putting men in skinny jeans and bucket-top boots, but not only does Stede wear his little red-heeled shoes with stockings, but most of his crew, and the ordinary people of Barbados, wear low boots or pumps, and even rough, masculine characters like Pete wear knee breeches and bright colours. It's inaccurate, but at least it's a new kind of inaccuracy, that builds much more on actual historical fashions, and eschews the shortcuts of other, grittier period dramas in favour of colour and personality.

But also. At least it fucking says something with its leather.

#everyone say 'thank you togas' for not including a long tangent about evil rimmer in red dwarf 5x05 #Our Flag Means Death #Togas does meta #and yes these principles DO fall apart slightly in s2 and i DON'T like those costumes as much #don't get me wrong they're fun and gorgeous - but generally a bit less deep and more inaccurate. so. :( #I'm not sure this really says anything new about Our Flag but I just needed to get my thoughts out #i hate hate hate Gritty Period Drama costumes they're so boring and so ugly and so wrong #god bless OFMD for using more than 3 muted colours and actually putting men in heels (and not as a shorthand for rich/foppish villainy) <3 #looking at that Tudors still is insane like they really will go to any lengths to not make men feel like they've got bare legs XD #image descriptions in alt text #and yes i DID just sink about two hours into those so you'd better appreciate them

[blobofcolour]

可能剧看太多也看太久了，这几年让我感动的剧寥寥无几。行止与沈璃之间没有呼天抢地、没有歇斯底里，但眼神流转之间的隐忍和克制却叫我鼻酸。

你知，我知。

你认，我也认。

却是爱而不得。

进退失据，怅然若失

#cdrama #the legend of shen li #与凤行 #林更新 #赵丽颖 #drama thoughts

[super-sootica]

I'm so fascinated (respectfully) by people who experience sexual attraction.

That's wild, you were just going about your business one day and what? The puberty fairy gave you an intense desire to kiss some thighs? You looked around and saw a bum and were like 'nothing would bring me greater pleasure than to grab that bum' It sounds made up.

#allosexuality #i literally thought you were all just drama queens about aesthetic attraction for years #asexual #asexuality

[waterghostype]

crusty kid

#baby lloyd would totally be all over capitalistic free to play hiearchal roleplay simulation websites #ninjago #lloyd garmadon #ninjago lloyd #dude i LOVED animal jam it was my life #i rmb the day i got membership the world was revolutionary… then i stopped playing #now im old enough to pay for my own membership #but being a senior high student also means i cant play animal jam #it’s so weird to think im now the age of all the ytbers i used to watch #animal jam drama was truly something else #anyways i love this little shitbaby lloyd #hes so stupid i love him #cant wait for him to experience the horrors #when i first watched ninjago i was confused why lloyd was a baby bc i thought that lloyd was everyone’s fav prettyboy #i initially thought lloyd was totally loyal to evilman garmadon and started off as an actual formidable enemy #though now i want to make an au like that #aphid’s ninjashits

[tilhii]

my friends convinced me to start 9-1-1 and this guy’s taken over my life

#evan buckley #911 abc #911 fox #evan buckley fanart #911 fanart #tilhii art #i never thought I’d be drawing fanart for a procedural drama but here we are #enjoy

[skitskatdacat63]

"Fernando" S1E4 - Fernando Alonso & Carlos Sainz Sr.

#im sorry i also thought i qas done gifing this season #but then i was rewatching it today and remembered this scene existed #ive talked abt this before but ahhhh theyre very cute to me #like how theyre both older drivers but act very young with each other and tease each other #but in this ep especially nando is so so so cheeky with him #but the mood lighting and the camera angles my god #its filmed like a gay romance drama i swear #'do you think two old racing drivers can fall in love? 🥺' #fernando alonso #carlos sainz sr #what's their ship name?? #carnando #??? is that it??? #f1 #formula 1 #fernando(show) #we do a little bit of f1 #fernando s1e4