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wuxiaphoenix · 2 years

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TV Series Review: Fox in the Screen

Don’t mind me, I’m just here for Yu Yan.

Ahem. I’m giving Fox in the Screen (aka 屏里狐, Ping Li Hu, The Screen Foxes) about 3 out of 5 stars. Because this is a stunning example of having a neat concept and potentially interesting characters and not being able to tell a coherent story.

The concept: Young lady painter Zheng Xuejing wakes up with a hangover and three strange handsome men in her house. The hangover is totally explainable. Last night her long-time fiancé broke it off because he’s marrying her best friend Qionghua instead, there apparently being a child on the way. On top of that her landlord demanded the rent (which she didn’t have ‘cause another screen shop’s been deliberately ruining her business) and said if it wasn’t paid in full by the end of the month, she’d be out on her ear with nothing - she wasn’t a “real” relative, just a daughter of someone’s concubine, after all.

So. Drinking ensued. And in the process of said drinking she apparently stumbled into a yao contest for a magical screen and paintbrush. And won it, because she is a painter. She painted three foxes, Red (Yu Yan), White (Bai Sheng), and Black (Xiao Hei) - all of whom happened to be huli jing trapped in the screen, now bound to her by contract for ten years. The screen apparently is a yaoguai trap, and there’s all kinds of “people” who want it for the spirits trapped inside.

On top of that while Bai Sheng and Xiao Hei are just relieved to be out, even if it means serving a human, Yu Yan is a full demon lord, had been in the screen almost a hundred years, and apparently was one day away from being set free by the limits of the screen’s own power when... suddenly ten-year contract to a mere human. He is beyond ticked off. The only reason he doesn’t kill Xuejing for the insult is he’d still be in servitude to whoever ended up with the screen next. And at least a human painter isn’t an evil Daoist or Japanese mage out to drain yao energy to fuel his own spells.

(Yes, both of those show up later.)

Me after the first ep: “Oh, awesome! We’ll get a slice-of-life of an ancient Chinese painter building her business up to success, interspersed with magical mishaps, yaoguai attacks, and Yu Yan and Xuejing working out how to work together without killing each other. Sounds cool!” In short, I was hoping for something along the lines of Chef Hua, only with painting and fox spirits.

That is... not what happened.

I’m three-quarters of the way through and just to cover some of the wild tangents so far, Xuejing’s been in a painting contest with magical cheating, been poisoned, effectively died, was brought back by a magical flower that was itself poisoned and rescued by magic, took in the girl who poisoned her (yes, the former best friend - turned out not pregnant, and has made at least one more attempt on her life so far), suddenly declared she had a vow to find out why her father died, ended up insulting the emperor by saying her father had been sentenced unjustly, was sentenced to be executed if she didn’t clear her father’s name... and found out she was actually adopted, her birth mother being killed by some eunuchs literally minutes before she could meet and talk to her. (I won’t spoil you on who her actual parents were in case you want to be surprised; I will say the plot twist was overdone and unnecessary.)

There is almost no painting, and definitely no “this is how a screen shop works and becomes successful in this time”. After Chef Hua and My Heroic Husband? I am incredibly disappointed. I was hoping to see painting stuff!

At this point I’m just watching it to take mental notes of “okay, interesting bit to possibly salvage for other stories” and “Oh dear how did they go off on that tangent?” It’s like the writers were incoherent mangaka trying to cobble together each next episode on a few scraps of the last three scripts, ideas discarded from palace dramas, and sooooo much caffeine it isn’t funny.

I honestly think the actors are doing an excellent job with what they have to work with. The costuming department is on their game, and whoever chose the look for the three foxes deserves all the thumbs-up. Instead of giving them more obvious inhuman traits, each fox has streaks of their color in their hair. (Black has purple streaks.) It’s subtle and very pretty. Also the gradient of red to black in Yu Yan’s outfit is classy. As far as characters go, Yu Yan is the Honorable Demon/Defrosting Ice Prince, Bai Sheng is the gentle homemaker with a dark past, and Xiao Hei is... a puppy. So much a puppy. (It’s explained early on that he’s still barely more than a kid, and while his mother was a proper huli jing his father was actually a dog martial god. Which may explain why his approach to problems like “must win contest!” is “kidnap contest judge and threaten him for the right result”.)

I think this series is a cautionary tale about writing too much by the seat of your pants. If you don’t have a clear image of where your story starts and where you want it to end up, you end up throwing in things at random just to keep the plot going. And I hope Luo Yun Xi (Yu Yan) gets more roles with... better plotting. Because he’s a definite bright spot. And he can sing!

This is the guy who plays Yu Yan, and yes, he does sing the end theme himself.

#fox in the screen #screen foxes #yu yan #tv review

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aimeegbbs · 9 months

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falling for your rival (henry's version)

#red white and royal blue #rwrb #rwarb #rwrbedit #filmedit #filmgifs #dailylgbtq #userbean #first prince #alex claremont diaz #henry fox mountchristen windsor #i need this movie and these two disasters on my screen rn #also sorry for the quality #**

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voidstilesplease · 9 months

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the way he translated half-royalty half-movie star, depressed gay, and hrh prince dickhead from pages to screen so effortlessly 🥲

#his casting is A+#nicholas galitzine #rwrb #firstprince #red white and royal blue #prince henry fox mountchristen windsor #i knew he'd be perfect since day 1 #the reviews from the london and nyc screening are stellar so far

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mixtercandy · 6 months

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Shout out to the REAL fnaf mvp SPARKY THE DOG !!

#cand posts #cand arts #fnaf #five nights at freddy's #fnaf movie #freddy fazbear #foxy fox #bonnie bunny #chica chicken #sparky the dog #Im SO proud of you being in the movie you were my favorite hoax AND NOW LOOK AT U.. ON THE BIG SCREEN..#I LOVE YOU SM SPARKY u guys have no idea even after the hoax was confirmed i still make like toy n funtime designs #like years ago HGUEHGUH- BUT I NEVER GAVE UP HOPE ON YOU.. U R NOW OFFICAL #(atleast in movie canon but thats better than no canon at all so)

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yrsonpurpose · 8 months

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RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE (2023) book → screen (x)

#rwrb #rwrbedit #red white and royal blue #alex claremont diaz #henry fox mountchristen windsor #firstprince #usersteen #usernuria #uservik #usermaloune #chrissiewatts #userveronika #mine*#dont look at me this start off as...something #anyway the comparison discourse is Old so im not trying to start it again #HOWEVER its so nice to see how some things adapted and translated to screen #some times for the better #i needed to have taylor say then fucking have me so badly GODDDD

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bisexualfbiagents · 5 months

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THE X FILES | Fight the Future (1998)

#the x files #txf #txfedit #xfilesnet #dailytxf #dana scully #fox mulder #mine #fight the future #ftf #can't believe i've never giffed ftf my beloved #someone invent a time machine so i can go back to 1998 and watch fight the future on the big screen as god intended #i was only 3 when it came out 😭😭😭

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0vergrowngraveyard · 3 months

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my boy

#i have injected the idea that sails is missing an ear into my veins it is consuming my entire being #anyway i love my pirate son #i wish he got more screen time #but at least he got to pilot the big robot #sails the fox #sonic prime #art

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snowthedemonfox · 16 days

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ive been messing around with these lil guys for the past 2 hours

#theyve been walking around my screen all day and its literally free serotonin for me #i love them smmmmm #arctic fox speaks #murder drones #i think the artist is gonna make a J one next so im excited for that #uzi doorman #serial designation n #serial designation v #cyn #nuzi #yes i ship it dont @ me

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silverspadesss · 1 year

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no thoughts, just zac’s smile when pib saw the fox and the rabbit were alive <33

#neverafter spoilers #d20 #neverafter #dimension 20 #tricksters #pib #puss in boots #the fox and the rabbit #i love my little shithead animals and their twenty minutes of screen time together #they’re FRIENDS your honour #the way zac’s voice softened at ‘i remember the last time we saw each other.’#he deserved this win and to see his spirit friends again :)

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emilylprentiss · 3 months

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THE X FILES 1.10 – "Fallen Angel"

#his face 💀#the x files #fox mulder #david duchovny #txfedit #thexfilesedit #tvedit #usercats #usertj #userrinanoir #userleah #userveronika #useralien #singinprincess #sophiedevreau #kallypsos #txf gifs #i did this the screen recorder way bc i didnt have the patience for downloading/capping tonight. idk if it even looks different but 🤷#*mine

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dathomirdumpsterfire · 4 months

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okay hear me out...

fan made visual novel where the reader is the new chancellor of the republic after sidious dies under mysterious circumstances. (*coughitwasyoucough*) all the various jedi and sith are alive. the clone wars continue. multiple endings, morality system, dating options. 🤓

(art credit: photomanip of imperial throne and maul from comics, cleaned up and spliced together with a ui.)

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sh-0-w-1-sh · 10 months

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Chaos Sonic is so “^o^” coded

#miles tails prower #sonic the hedgehog #sonic fandom #tails the fox #sonic #sonic prime nine #sonic prime #shadow fanart #shadow the hedgehog #metal sonic #chaos sonic #ahhhhhh since I’m posting it today no post on Saturday (prob I might just post tik Tok screen caps)#BUT AHHH I NEED THE FANFICS RN #(literally had this already made 2 days in advance)#FREAKING OUT OVER SONIC PRIME #THE ENDING AHHH #NOT GONNA SPOIL UNTIL SATURDAY BUT AHHHH I LOVE EM SM

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fexarii · 4 months

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Kanako deserved sm better dawg, fym ur mom just injects u with some Mystery Possibly Corrupt Liquid cuz u were having confidence issues and u instantly die uughh, , beats Ceroba up ,,,/lh

anyways now she's slop in Alphys' basement forever, how we feeling gang (i cried)