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lyselkatzfandomluvs · 8 months

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Chén YìHán 陳意涵

WB update 2023.08.17

#chen yihan #estelle chen #mysterious lotus casebook #i am the years you are the stars #love like the galaxy #mysterious lotus casebook cast #dance of the phoenix #hanfu #chinese actresses #huafu

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palehorsemen · 6 months

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Cdrama posters Part 1

The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty

The Blood of Youth

Ever Night

Miss the Dragon

Legend of Yunxi

Dance of the Phoenix

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deathbyoctopi · 1 year

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boy, Wang Haoxuan going three for three in the role of Evil little dipshit who Wants to love but Doesn’t Know How To

#wang haoxuan #starring (in order)#yu mingye #dance of the phoenix #xue yang #the untamed #(dragon prince) aoxuan #immortal samsara #lovable little gremlin #2 out of those 3 pics he's looking as his crush #guess which ones >w<

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dtopia · 5 months

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I have to make a confession.......... I'm in love with Wang Haoxuan and his bad boys

#art #portrait #fanart #sketch #the untamed #xue yang #wang haoxuan #yu mingye #dance of the phoenix

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autisthottygoth · 3 months

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Watching Dance of the Phoenix like an Untamed AU is so much fun, we finally get the Jingyi x Xue Yang sass we deserved + Wen Zhuliu redemption arc?????

#honestly this might be going in my list of favorite dramas #which is getting longer by the day lmao #dance of the phoenix #the untamed #feng mingjing #guo cheng #wang haoxuan

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lasenbyphoenix · 5 months

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1 Character per CDrama - Inktober 2023

4. Yu Mingye, Dance of the Phoenix.

Enjoyable enough to watch but ultimately not as memorable as other shows on my watched list, Yu Mingye was the character that left an impression and certainly deserved better.

#art by lasenbyphoenix #1 character per cdrama #inktober 2023 #yu mingye #dance of the Phoenix

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bestofwhx · 1 year

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#wang haoxuan #王皓轩 #yu mingye #御冥夜 #dance of the phoenix #且听凤鸣

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generalmoony · 2 years

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#yu mingye #dance of the phoenix #fan art #my art #artists on tumblr #he 💕

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nnenteyn · 2 years

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My first commission art!

#dance of the phoenix #Yu Mingye #Yan Da Fu #the birth of the drama king #my art

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lyselkatzfandomluvs · 8 months

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Guo Chéng 郭丞

WB update 2023.08.18

Happy Birthday!

#guo cheng #the untamed cast #cql cast #run for young #cdrama #a league of nobleman #dance of the phoenix #chinese actors

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palehorsemen · 2 months

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Some other illustrations to different cdramas part 2

Lighter and princess

Under the skin

Yesterday once more

Justice in the dark

Dance of the phoenix

Legend of two sisters in the chaos

Part 1

Thank you everyone for your support! 😊

#yesterdayoncemore #undertheskin #lighter and princess #dance of the phoenix #justice in the dark #modu #dianranwowennuanni #cdrama #fanart #cnovel #cdramaart #illustrations #art #legend of two sisters in the chaos

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deathbyoctopi · 1 year

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making a rec list so I don’t forget

It’s more or less a year since I got started in the Chinese series, and I want to share Opinions with y’all!! 😁😁

I’ll place them more or less in preference order, with tiers and whatnot, so of COURSE we have to start with:

GOD TIER (aka. The absolute best)

The Untamed. Amazing. Can’t say much without rambling for six hours, so I’ll just say this was a wonderfully addictive thing to discover. Saw the series and donghua, read the manhua and the books, got me hearing some bits of the audiobook too and I’m going insane with the fanfics and fanart. Dead evil overlord resuscitates and meets childhood classmate, they solve mysteries and go on adventures together, which both isn’t and is an euphemism.

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DEMI-GOD TIER (because there’s really only one untamed):

Heaven Official’s Blessing. Going with the books here, bc the gods immortal know when (If!) we’re getting a series of that one. But the story is interesting, the characters very likable, the main ship is downright adorable... And what little donghua we’ve got so far was delightful (praying for that one not to be discontinued, plzzz). Twink God with the worst luck imaginable meets piss-your-pants-scary Ghost King and they go on adventures together. Still an euphemism.

The Dumb Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Another book/manhua rec, bc I’m looking just as forward to get the series, and who knows... This one has a base concept that comes straight from fanfic dreamland!!! In the best way possible, too! Reccomending this having read only 2 books so far, but it feels warranted. Evil overlord goes back in time to his youth and decides not to repeat the mistakes of his first life. The mistakes follow him, tho. Also, he’s so horny for his shizun, who he Hates™ very much.

Word of honor. A series so bent on showing everything they can of the main characters relationship without showing it that it may have changed the gears in censorship ^^U I found the story a bit confusing, with a myriad sects and intrigues, but the character dynamics are so fascinating!!! (Speaking only for the series, haven’t read the book). Angsty repentant master spy with a Mysterious Past wants to go die in peace, but handsome leech with a Mysterious Past says otherwise.

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MUST TIER (Very recommendable! I’d force-feed all those to you if I knew where you live)

Blood of youth. A series (maybe a book and manhua, idk) about a dumbass young hero that wants to prove himself in the martial art world, a mysterious youth obsessed with money and a handsome (and also mysterious) monk with almost godlike powers entangled in a conspiracy that reaches deep in the Imperial palace... Engaging story and characters, particularly the supporting roles, because even though they’re not the focus, they’re memorable enough to feel relevant.

Scum Villain Self-Saving System. Books (NEVER mind the very short, strangely paced digital art donghua) about a man transmigrated to the martial art world from a trash webnovel he loves to complain about. He’s the villain there, and doesn’t want to be for the life of him precisely because it will kill him unless he can get in the main character’s good graces. And he does that. All too well XD

Sleuth of the Ming dynasty. A series (is there a book? I’d like to read it) about an official of the Imperial Government who solves cases. No world-breaking powers, no flying swords, just very real crime and clues and palace intrigues (the Imperial family are recurring characters). The main two characters are an absolute delight: the Detective, who is brilliant and socially clumsy, and nevertheless manages to leech off the Soldier to the point that gets in his house and manages to get a lifelong loyalty out of him.

Thousand autumns. There’s a donghua, which is as weird and uncanny as the svsss one, but since the books got recently translated I’m going more with those. Handsome Horrible Man Extraordinaire harasses, gaslights, bullies and almost kidnaps Pretty-Faced Frail Twink, and they end up invariably together. I can barely remember the story, something something Book Of Martial Arts Awesomeness that everyone and their mother wants, but that’s irrelevant. The story is worth it just because of those two idiots.

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OK TIER (Recommend if you’re bored and want something entertaining, but not life-changing)

Birth of the drama king. A half-serious, half-silly series about two warring sects that sic spies on each other. One might be too successful, almost getting attached to the other sect’s leader, because (presumably) they are long-lost brothers. The story is decent, but an absolute point on its favour is the (very handsome, if only a bit lackluster) role of Song Jiyang as doctor Yan. And the fact that he’s so serious, while being the Universe’s punchbag. Seriously, he gets hilariously abused in almost every episode. Love it.

Till the end of the moon. A long, epic battle between good an evil with a romance so strong that can (well, ought to) defy destiny and the will of the gods. If it wasn’t for all the miscommunication!!!! >:3 This one was very difficult for me to place in this list, because what is good about this series is marvelous, and what is bad (boring or frustrating) is almost painful to sit through. Of the latter, the aforementioned lack of talking skills of these two endlessly suffering dumbasses and the epic battles, which do nothing for me, though might be great for other people. And the good things... if the whole series had been like the first ten or so episodes, this would be now in the demi-god tier. The premise!!! The execution!!!! The acting!!!!! Give me the whole early stage of Tantai Jin and Ye Xiwu’s marriage, up to that new year, and nothing else!!! After that, it’s a slow but sure decline.

Stick to the script. An extremely self-aware comedy sketch show with the transmigration premise and an almost surreal beat. The main point is of course Wang Haoxuan, but it also has good puns, quick humor and at least a couple scenes so absurd I had to laugh out loud. But the episodes are so short!!! I found that very distracting, they last only 2-3 minutes each. I enjoyed it MUCH MORE finding a compilation on youtube. It lasts 2 hours in total, so it’s very manageable like that :)

Be my cat. Another series with an absurd premise, and amusingly self-aware, but sweet and occasionally fun enough to be worth a watch. The plot is about a girl who receives from her cultivator brother (who’s gone missing) a sphere with a yao cat, that escapes and possesses the dying body of a young general. The resulting human-shaped cat forms a reluctant bond with her, and she enlists his help to find her brother and the other three lost animal spheres, with their respective yao that wreck havoc.

Dance of the phoenix. A series about a young cultivator girl whose powers and memories are stolen, so she has to fend for herself while attracting an alarming number of suitors, old rivals and admirers. The plot is serviceable at best, and the characters not very interesting... but the effects are quite good, and damn my weakness, it has Wang Haoxuan too!! The ending was mightily confusing, tho. I have no idea what that was about.

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PASS TIER (Watching that wasn’t technically a mistake, but... ugh)

Immortal Samsara. Yess, it’s well-made and well-acted, but the story is soooo slow!!! And soooooo boring!!!!! The character’s actions don’t make sense more often than not, she subtleties of their behaviour clashes with some very drastic and unreasonable course of action, the lack of communication in this one is downright painful to behold... Only the second third gets a bit interesting, the stakes are higher and the characters finally less stiff and more enjoyable, but bloody hell... It’s not worth it, not at all.

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dreamingsushi · 1 year

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Dance of the Phœnix - Episode 19

I don’t remember going as far in the series, so I wonder if Youtube has history of me looking at the Chinese subs to confirm my translations. I really don’t know, but oh well. So last episode, Zhao Ge got hurt because of Mu Yao’s scheme to bully her. Even though she’s punished, Feng Wu feels it’s not enough to make sure that Zhao Ge won’t be persecuted again and decides to go against Zuo Qingluan for the sword dance selection thingy. Even though she was planning on avoiding growing any feelins for Jun Linyuan, she ends up being helped by him to prepare for the selection.

Zuo Qingluan is really pissed at Mu Yao for hurting their sect’s reputation and Zhao Ge. Mu Yao is still jealous of Qingluan’s preference for Zhao Ge when she, on the other hand, keeps Qingluan at a distance. I was hoping for more backstory between Qingluan and Zaho Ge, but they didn’t feed us much more than what was given last episode.

Xuan Yi takes care of Zhao Ge. He’s also really pissed and promises her that Feng Wu will take revenge for her. Feng Wu is training really hard with Jun Linyuan towards that goal. Zhao Ge gets up because she wants to watch the competition and cheer for Feng Wu. She feels bad towards Zuo Qingluan because she’s herself not very skilled, her mom put all of her hopes for the sect on her talented senior sister instead. She must always win everything. She wants FEng Wu to win because has more meaning to her. Zuo Qingluan hears all of it. Xuan Yi encourages Zhao Ge to get better so she can improve her skills. Qingluan feels Feng Wu gets everything that should be hers. I actually fel bad for Qingluan. She doesn’t really have anyone by her side because she’s so skilled and has such a responsibility to perform well. It doesn’t give her any excuses to justify her poor choices, don’t get me wrong, but to some extent, she’s the pure product of what her master made her become.

Moment of truth. They aren’t allowed to hurt each other in this competition. Things aren’t looking so great for Feng Wu in my opinion, even though she improved by learning the technique Jun Linyuan taught her. But then Zuo Qingluan gets kind of poisoned on the hand she wears the phœnix blookd bangle and so she recognizes this as a technique from Jun Linyuan’s sect. Hence she goes harder against Feng Wu, releasing more power. I have no recollection of her making an iced phœnix. Anyways, that CGI isn’t really well done. The ice starts to propagate over Feng Wu, freezing her legs. It looks very fake. Qingluan says that back then, she should have killed her, basically but kind of in a nicer way. She sends the iced phœnix over Feng Wu, but the coloured bird sends a fire phœnix from the ring to save her. Lots of suspense... Feng Wu off Zuo Qingluan’s ribbon from her arm and thus wins this challenge. But then, she notices the bracelet and it kind of calls to her, so she grabs Qingluan’s arm asking what it is. Feng Wu accuses her of having stolen her phœnix blood. Maybe that’s what the bird told her, I got distracted at that moment by my own handsome mister. Yu Mingye takes Feng Wu’s side, but then the empress arrives so she has to release Qingluan. Feng Wu asks the empress to reclaim her phœnix blood for her, but then the empress says she’s the one who gave that bracelet to Qingluan. So Feng Wu can’t argue any longer and in doing so accuse the empress. The boys are doubting Feng Wu, Zhao Ge also doesn’t believe Qingluan could have done something so bad. Only Yu Mingye fully believes her. So far.

Jun Linyuan actually believes Feng Wu, however he can’t really act freely in front of his stepmom. So he asks Feng Xun and Xuan Yi to investigate the matter for him. They promise to expose the truth.

Qingluan reports to the empress and asks for punishment since she failed to win. The empress brushes it off, she would rather like to see the bangle. Qingluan is reluctant to show it, but she ends up handing it over. The empress says that it is useless for someone to have it if it’s not compatible with them. However as long as Feng Wu doesn’t have it, it’s good enough, because as long as she doesn’t have it, she will never be accepted by the court as the consort princess. So she tells Qingluan to hold on the bangle and protect it. She is dismissed and as she leaves, her master is waiting outside for her. She takes the medicine the empress sent for Qingluan and scolds her for losing the competition, bringing dishonour on their sect. She’s not allowed anymore mistakes.

So it indeed was the bird that told Feng Wu about the phœnix blood. She feels disheartened because the empress protects Qingluan and she’s far too weak to be an opponent for the other girl. As she mops around, Jun Linyuan pays her a visit. At first, I thought she was inside the ring talking to the colourful bird, but he seems she wasn’t. Oooooh! It’s the place he took her to practice. The romantic dream like place. She’s mad because he doesn’t believe her. He says he does, but couldn’t say it in front of his stepmother before they gain some sort of proof. They can’t act rashly. He promises to be by her side forever and they look at the moon together. Cute. Almost.

The birthday celebration of the empress is finally there. Zhao Ge is now feeling much better and Xuan Yi gets closer to her before Feng Wu and Jun Linyuan’s performance. However, when the empress makes her entrance, she’s accompanied by Zuo Qingluan, which makes everyone wondering what is happening. Are we going to pronounce her as the Crown Prince’s fiancée? We’ll see. In any case, the emperor seems quite pleased. So far, I feel this character is really useless. He’s the big dude on top of everyone else, but he has no presence, doesn’t say anything very clever, doesn’t make any decisions. I don’t know. He would be almost even more useful sick in his bed, unconscious. Ah and of couse, Mu Yao’s beaming with joy because Qingluan is favoured by the empress. As mean and narrow minded as she is, she makes me sad. Her idol, Zuo Qingluan, actually doesn’t care about her, but she still roots for her. I don’t think Qingluan is very nice to her disciple sisters. She’s rather only acting for appearances. It’s saddening to see how they all devote themselves for her, when she gives nothing true back in return.

Feng Wu and Jun Linyuan make their big entrance for the sword dance. Lots of close ups of their faces. I didn’t really need that, it doesn’t show any feelings or anything of the sort. They go into a demonstration of martial sword wielding of sorts. I think the stunt double for Feng Wu is actually male. I can’t quite confirm since they are wearing masks, but even so, it’s very obvious that they swapped the actors. I mean, it’s pretty rare to have actors do their own stunts, but you still have to make an effort so it doesn’t show too much. You can’t just slack because there’s a mask on their face... The performance is going well until something starts happening with the phœnix blood bangle. It pulls away Feng Wu’s mask as she’s standing on Jun Linyuan’s sword and she loses her balance. It doesn’t really make any sense to me. However, Jun Linyuan saves her from the fall, drops his mask and they keep going as if it was all planned. They wish a happy birthday (but more ceremonial) to the empress and go get changed. Then Madam Yan and her sister tell the emperor how she helped for Madam Yan’s delivery and that she’s the next head of the Feng family. The emperor asks if it isn’t the girl that was engaged to Jun Linyuan and the empress confirms it so. Then she motions Zuo Qingluan to come over to offer her present, some sort of very rare and expensive silk. They use that moment to plant the idea that she’s suitable for Jun Linyuan in the emperor’s mind. They’re likely about to bestow them to each other, but Jun Linyuan comes back right then with Feng Wu and he declares he has intentions of marrying her. That angers the emperor. As he walks towards them, he picks up the little book Feng Wu gave Jun Linyuan, with the drawings of him growing up. He seems to like it. He says that as long as she recovers her phœnix blood, he will allow her to marry his son. Jun Linyuan is overjoyed. Both the empress and Zuo Qingluan are really unhappy about this.

And that concludes this episode. I’m really confused about the story. One minute she’s in love with Jun Linyuan, the next she’s not, and then she is again. It’s lacking a bit of consistency for me. Hopefully it will get better? I think that what happens is that there is much more going on than they let on in the dramas and they perhaps edited out a lot from the novel? I don’t really know.