#Bu Bu Jing Xin

[sqewed0722]

I didn’t realize Lin Gengxin was in Bu Bu Jing Xin. I watched half of that series but haven’t gotten around to completing it. Now, I have a more compelling reason to finish it. Hehehe.

#bu bu jing xin #scarlet heart #cdrama #cdrama actor #lin gengxin

[lightsinthemist]

I lose it every time they play the LOTR music in Scarlet Heart

#scarlet heart (2011) #bu bu jing xin #cdrama #every dramatic scene is like “guess we're going to mordor now”

[linggluu]

10 years man. What a wild ride for them and for us 🥹❤️🫶

#longshi #nicky wu #liu shi shi #bu bu jing xin #startling by each step #步步惊心 #wu qi long

[dangermousie]

Watching Lee Jun Ki (the man is 41!!! How?!) tear it up in Arthdal made me think about Moon Lovers that came out in 2016 and brought me back to kdramas after a long long hiatus. I was fucking obsessed beyond anything.

Objectively it was wildly uneven (many supporting characters were acted/written - ehm, tho my biggest annoyance of a character had a hell of a payoff so maybe not.) A remake of 2011 cdrama Bu Bu Jing Xin, which was one of my favorite dramas, it took elegant restraint of the Chinese version and turned it into full blown shoujo opera. Very different and yet so very gloriously designed for my personal specs.

90% of the reason this drama became my obsession was Lee Jun Ki playing Wang So as the epitome of “I can fix him” trope - the man stole the whole damn drama. In the original, the Fourth Prince is an understated bureaucrat, elegant and quiet and restrained (except for a few shockingly effective scenes.) Lee Jun Ki’s Fourth Prince is all feral damage, thorns and violence and yearning. With his mask and his hair and his need for love, he’s the purest of shoujo heroes and how could I resist?

It’s a wildly different take in a wildly different tone and it works. I love both Nicky Wu’s Four and Lee Jun Ki’s equally.

They also changed the FL’s attributes - in the original, Ruoxi is sharp and smart and observant and a perfect lady at least outwardly (and Liu Shi Shi played her to perfection.) But that type of character would have been out of place in the story of Moon Lovers and would have never gone for LJK’s Four. So IU’s take is quite different but unfortunately it doesn’t work nearly as well as the changes in ML character.

There is also the fact that I adored Kevin Cheng’s Eighth Prince and shipped him with FL hard in first half of BBJX and one of the reasons the narrative is a tragedy is Eight’s arc. Kang Ha Neul is a stellar stellar actor but his Eight evoked nothing in me but a desire to brain him from the very start.

Ultimately, BBJX is a quiet, exquisitely contained masterpiece - a tragedy of two people who loved each other and who were compatible in so many ways but where it was still not enough, where the ending is as tragic as it’s inevitable. Four is the architect of his own (and Ruoxi’s) emotional doom and it could never be otherwise. And I wept non stop for the entirety of the last ep. You can love with all your heart a person who also loves you with all their heart and it can still not be enough.

Moon Lovers is not that deep. Sweet girl and damaged boy are not the same. But it’s still gloriously tragic even if in larger than life shoujo-glorious way and I will always love it for both bringing me back to kdramas and giving me basically the deepest desire of my drama id on screen.

PS it’s hard to find a good quality mv of BBJX due to it having come out in 2011 but this one is not bad at all:

#Youtube #cdrama #kdrama #moon lovers #bu bu jing xin

[renewedmotionforjudgment]

Things that I think about instead of catching up on my drama backlog:

I can’t believe Wallace Chung was nearly the 4th prince in BBJX. Like don’t get me wrong, Wu Qilong is fantastic and BBJX remains one of my favorite cdramas of all time. But Wallace Chung as 四爷 might have actually destroyed me???

#cdrama #bu bu jing xin

[linggluu]

想当年 this made me cry so hard ;;

#步步惊心 #吴奇隆 #刘诗诗 #bu bu jing xin #bbjx #startling by each step #cdrama #nicky wu #liu shi shi #longshi #wu qi long #my gif

[tavina-writes]

8 shows to know you

I saw @jaimebluesq make a post about this, and I was like "oh... that sounds so interesting I want to make one" so here I am. This goes in chronological order of when I watched these and they ended up in my brainspace. (I also wanted to make an entirely cdrama list because !!!! cdrama lives in my brain rent free and has since I was a kid.)

Legend of the Condor Heroes - 1983

This is the classic version of LOCH! Made by TVB in the 80s! Turned a whole generation of people into HYS apologists bc this show was written by HYS apologists. Beloved (kind of evil) Wuxia Dilf and Petty Conwoman Daughter remains beloved and cute in my heart. My love for them is >10000.

2. The Eloquent Ji Xiaolan - 2001-2009

The inherent comedy of these three! This series remains one of my childhood favorites and honestly kudos to the actors there's like 145 episodes of this Qing Dynasty political corruption show. (Also there was drama once because my dad lent out the dvds of the third series of this show that he'd bought in Beijing and carried back to the US in a suitcase to a so called "friend" and they straight up never gave it back.)

3. Scarlet Heart/Bu Bu Jing Xin/Startling By Each Step - 2011

One of the most UE UE UE of dramas AND one of the most banging soundtrack OSTs. Tell me that listening to Ivy Yan's "Three Inches of Heaven" 三寸天堂 does NOT make one UE UE UE into the nearest Kleenex.

4. The Story of Yanxi Palace - 2018

In my opinion, theee palace harem drama. As this poster explains there are only like two men in this drama. It's like the opposite of a danmei this drama is so sapphic vibes and I have so many ships and it's NOT FAIR NOT FAIR NOT FAIR. Anyway the reason I could get through this one when I have to persuade myself to think long and hard about Qing dynasty dramas in general is because there's really only 2.5 men here and they wear hats sometimes so I can ignore that they're bald. IN ANY CASE: WATCH YANXI.

5. The Story of Minglan - 2019

I watched this show as it came out and I think it's forever altered my brain chemistry when it comes to writing about historical women and also thinking about history and writing in general. There are no words to describe how much I love this show. The force of 100000 suns. THIS SHOW. I rewatch it almost every year and have since it came out, and honestly like, there are new things to discover every time I watch it. This is an amazingly well put together production and it deserves every episode it has and more.

6. Love and Destiny - 2019

It will be a very long time before they make a xianxia show like Love and Destiny again, with all the lush gorgeous visuals and the lavish costumes plus the classic xianxia reincarnation identity reveal plotline. This was a big budget production and it shows in how absolutely beautiful it looks. I love the main ship in this so much, but I also really really really love the mortal arc of this show (and honestly mortal arcs are kind of ehhh for me overall so anyway this show banging.)

7. The Untamed/CQL - 2019

While this came out in 2019, I was deep in my Minglan-L&D era at that point and did not listen to @autumnslantern who tried to get me to watch this until around like, March of 2022. Which probably is a mistake because now I'm a NHS apologist which could've happened sooner but like, here we are. Beloved flop man....

8. Love Between Fairy and Devil - 2022

This was my favorite show of the past year. This is a xianxia, which looks like it's a fun tropey romcom between star crossed lovers until it sneaks up on you and starts shanking you with a knife. And then you thank it for shanking you. and giving you feels. Anyway I'm so glad I watched this and WHILE the mortal arc is full of clowns....this is just a SHOW.

tagging @shadaras , @fortune-maiden, and @autumnslantern!

#8 shows to get to know me #legend of the condor heroes #the eloquent ji xiaolan #bu bu jing xin #the story of yanxi palace #the story of minglan #love and destiny #the untamed #love between fairy and devil #my posts

[yello-nailpolish]

Imma be honest, Qing dynasty clothes were always my least favorite era clothes until Yanxi Palace and Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace.

For how many times I watched BBJX, her fucking pink outfit AND THE EMPRESSES NEON GREEN OUTFIT were 😭🤢🤢🤢

#bbjx #bubujingxin #bu bu jing xin #qing dynasty clothes #NO BECAUSE WHY WOULD YOU CHOOSE NEON GREEN WITH PINK #ESPECIALLY WHEN THE NEON GREEN WASN'T AN ACCENT. IT WAS THE MAIN FUCKING COLOR #ugly all around #but Yanxi palace had cute patterns #and Ruyi's was pretty too #i dunno just me probs

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: Bu Bu Jing Xin (2011)

Bu Bu Jing Xin mv - One Persistent Thought

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBCPzULxJTA

#Bu Bu Jing Xin #步步惊心 #Scarlet Heart #Startling By Each Step #2011 #Hunan TV #cdrama #Chinese drama #youtube #MV #Liu Shi Shi #Cecilia Liu #Nicky Wu #Wu Qi Long #Nicholas Wu #Kevin Cheng #Cheng Ka Wing #Zheng Jia Ying