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deng-yi-deng · 2 years

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Dramas I finished in 2021

This is the first year I dropped more than I finished, and I took a reaaaally long break after Broker because...it broke me.

Currently watching and enjoying Luoyang but likely won't finish it this year so I'll save it for next year's wrap-up.

Listed in order of how much I liked them - ymmv.

Word of Honor - (5/5) we all loved this so I don't have to write my own redundant review detailing point by point why it rocked. Thank you WoH team for making an excellent wuxia. Early on everyone was selling this as 'omg, watch it it's so gaaaAAYyyy' which (yes it was and yes that was fun but...) more than that it was so well written it still brings a tear to my eye. See, it's possible. It's possible to have a well-written cdrama that is simultaneously fun and doesn't insult the audience's intelligence. Sure, I also like the actors but my hero is the writer, Xiao Chu. 💌

The Imperial Coroner (4.5/5)- a surprise delight that didn't rely on tropes to move the plot along or get certain characters together. Well paced, decent acting, fun characters, and a plot that actually kind of made sense. Both male and female characters act like...humans? not cardboard cutouts. Hm, I wonder if... yes. The screenwriters were both women - suspicious. Low-budget but made the most of it. Yes, it is very anachronistic (regardless of which vague time period it's supposed to be set in) but still cute and a quick watch.

Dear Diary (4.5/5) - Don't let the ridiculous premise, or the fact that Youku shelved it for years, keep you from watching this. Though superficially it's a romance, the underlying theme of the drama is about learning to accept and embrace your younger self. The plot basically makes sense and the acting from everyone is fabulous. The supporting characters are real and enjoyable. Pacing is tight, and they film on locations!? (except for one cheap set which we'll just ignore). There are a few more plot holes near the end but in general touching, oddly relatable, and the ending is not trite or stupid! Oh wait I'm 3/3 the screenwriter is a woman.

Duolou Continent (3.5/5) Cute characters and enough action/fights to keep me content (though the whole spiritual sausage thing was....a little gross tbh.) I'm not familiar with the source material so can't compare, but it was on the whole fun and in terms of low-budget costume dramas with Xiao Zhan worth a watch. Moved pretty well, though episodes were short. Was very happy to see Calvin Chen (who I only know from KO One) and his surprise six-pack, lol.

My Heroic Husband (3.5/5)- watched because it included many actors from Joy of Life. It mostly held together and was funny in places - I do love a dumb time-traveler joke (the wheeled suitcase was my favorite gag by far.) My main complaint is the FL was unnecessarily weakened/sidelined as the show went on - you don't have to have a helpless wife to be a heroic husband, ok? I feel strange saying it but there could've been more....business focus?? weird. It also indulged in one of my least favorite tear-jerking plot devices (unsure if it's common enough to be a trope but I hates it.)

The Legends (2019) (3.5/5)- yes this is a couple years old but since I like both Xu Kai and Bai Lu, and it's a wuxia...veering into xianxia... gave it a try. The first 12? 14? eps are brilliant. Loved it. FL is written more like a man - morally questionable! smart! independent! but then gradually the plot and characterizations fall apart. I've been informed this was intentional on the part of the writer which is too bad. Some of the secondary characters/relationships are also really good.

Court Lady (3/5)- wasn't sure what to expect, mostly watched for the costumes, setting, and Xu Kai (the first two were solid....last reason was ill informed since he wasn't in it that much and his character was...meh.) The costumes and hair were amazing (sets - a bit anachronistic) in general the art direction was pretty good, but still not Longest Day in Chang'An good. They did ok with the female characters, making them more well-rounded and interesting, but the FL was maybe a bit too too clever/lucky. There were soooo many eps and it followed so many character's sub-plots I kinda lost interest but powered through to the end despite a bit of boredom. Favorite characters were (as usual) secondary. The HE was rushed and cliche and strangely unsatisfying.

The Devil Punisher (3/5)(TW) - started in 2020, finished in 21. Premise was solid but - it was just ok. I enjoy a good cheesily-acted Taiwanese drama now and again. Too much use of misunderstandings between the CP trope - and I don't really like a love rivalry as the main plot device when it could've been something way cooler. Honestly with the longer 1hr plus episodes I may have nodded off during some of the later eps since it didn't entirely hold my interest after we found out (not a shock) who the villain was.

Movies

Including for completeness: both Yin-Yang master movies. I liked the one with Mark Chao and Deng Lun more - it was visually really pretty (are they purposefully making movies giff-able in the same way museums are making some exhibitions instagrammable now??) and I liked the plot. The one with Chen Kun was more of a family movie I guess?? anyway they were both ok.

#2021 cdrama wrap-up #what i watched #cdrama review #tried to keep this spoiler free i hope?#not gonna tag all the dramas you'll either see this or you won't

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gotmilk5101520 · 4 years

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Miraculous Ladybug Rewatch Episode 3 Stormy Weather

Honey you got a huge storm coming.

“If you can handle Manon for a day, any villain here on out will be a piece of cake” Season 1 villains yeah. Season 2 and 3 villains? A whole other story.

“Let me guess, another you couldn’t say “No” favor?” “No. I just couldn’t... Say... No” Welp you gave Felix a huge no to the face.

No reason for this other then being funny.

Ha! Gaaaaayyyy!

You know i’m lowkey disappointed that not many people ships them. Come on guys.

So Akumas can do this? And how come we haven’t seen this again? First episode weirdness.

“Maybe a cat? Nah forget the cat” She has a point though. Once she and Adrien get marry, they would already have a cat at that point. And i’m not talking about Plagg.

This show’s weird obsession with hamsters started here.

Isn’t this Alya’s Instagram avi?

Boink.

Reason i became i furry part 1

The fandom after season 3

Boink 2

“Already? But i look so good in a swimsuit” Still waiting for that pool party episode.

“Hey! That girl reminds me of someone” “It’s her” *Rage in French*

Ladynoir in one picture.

“I don’t care how many enemies i need to throw at you to win” Spoiler alert Hawky. No matter the number of enemies you do throw at them you still lose.

“But i will be victorious” *Insert Victorious theme song here*

Happy Adrien.

Disappointed Adrien.

They defeated the akuma, but still lost at the end of the day.

So have you guys ever wondered what it will be like if Joseph Joestar used Caesar’s bubbles? We’ll get that tomorrow.

#miraculous ladybug #milk rewatches miraculous ladybug

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garden-ghoul · 7 years

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two blogs, part 8

“feeling pleased with myself because I own multiple vegetables AND a jam right now”

Just like me, the hobbits are thinking of their next meal:

OF HERBS AND STEWED RABBIT

I’m jazzed because I think my boy Faramir is gonna be in this one. The Shigeo to Boromir’s Ritsu. Anyway, there is supposed to be food and water for the scavenging in the place where our heroes are going! They have to go through Ithilien to get to Cirith Ungol, which we all must agree has a much more pleasant and scavenge-able sound than blasted hell-plains of ultra-despair. So they set off on their way! It says "a single red light burned high up in the Towers of the Teeth,” which is kind of ominous considering I don’t remember those being mentioned, ever. Maybe it’s because I was practically asleep last chapter.

Our heroes find their hearts much lightened to see trees again, and they realize that they’ve come so far south that it’s already spring here. Mm I want to figure out what the actual latitude difference is between the Shire and Cirith Ungol. Hold on a sec. It’s a north-south distance of about 800 miles (nice going guys!!), which is about the same as Boston to Charleston, SC, or from London to Madrid. In ANY case, it’s spring in Ithilien, and “Ithilien, the garden of Gondor now desolate kept still a dishevelled dryad loveliness.” What a great phrase! really good aesthetic. Tolkien goes in an amazing amount of detail about exactly which kinds of plants there are--one assumes this is Sam POV again, because Frodo probably knows the names of about 12 kinds of plants. Gollum breathes in the strong perfume of the flowers and chokes, which is another relateable Gollum feeling.

We also observe that even in this beautiful land there are signs of the Enemy; apparently orcs just go around carving random shit on trees, which is kinda endearing. The text describes it as “evil runes,” but come on it’s probably mostly “Yalbakh is a wanker.” “7th company rulez.”

Sam had been giving earnest thought to food as they marched. Now that the despair of the impassable Gate was behind him, he did not feel so inclined as his master to take no thought for their livelihood beyond the end of their errand; and anyway it seemed wiser to him to save the waybread of the Elves for worse times ahead.

My logistics son. He asks Gollum very politely to catch something hobbits can eat; while Gollum is out hunting, Sam just stares at Frodo’s Beautiful Chiselled Sleeping Face and mutters “I love him.” Gaaaaayyyy. Then he starts thinking of how to cook the rabbits Gollum has brought back. Hobbits learn to cook before they learn to read! This delights me greatly. I want to live in a culture that prioritizes having everyone able to cook! Gollum comes back with water and realizes Sam is going to cook the rabbits. Horror of horrors!! This is one of the cute... ish.... Sam and Smeagol interactions, because there’s barely any threats of maiming at all! Just good old fashioned cultural misunderstandings. Sam tries to get Smeagol to find him some herbs or root vegetables, by which Smeagol is Bewildered. What the fuck is taters, precious?? He huffs himself away into the forest somewhere, indignant.

Sam and his master sat just within the fern-brake and ate their stew from the pans, sharing the old fork and spoon. They allowed themselves half a piece of the Elvish waybread each. It seemed a feast.

::3

A little later Sam realizes his fire is smoking, and that someone in the forest is sloppily imitating bird calls. He hurries to Frodo’s side, and they hear some people who sound like they’re discussing Gollum. You’d think Gollum would be the stealthiest, the least likely to be spotted, but I’m guessing the Gondorians (Gondorrim?) have seen him before.

‘Nay! Not Elves,' said the fourth, the tallest, and as it appeared the chief among them. 'Elves do not walk in Ithilien in these days. And Elves are wondrous fair to look upon, or so 'tis said.'

'Meaning we're not, I take you,' said Sam. 'Thank you kindly. And when you've finished discussing us, perhaps you'll say who you are, and why you can't let two tired travellers rest.'

At least we still have Sam to be passive-aggressive to gently bewildered humans who may or may not be about to kill him. But Captain Faramir has no choice to believe that they’re from his brother’s company when they share his own prophetic dream with him. Faramir goes, I guess, somewhere, leaving two men to guard the hobbits. The guards turn out to know some kind of elven language! How exciting! Frodo realizes they must be Dunedain. Awww haha and one of them is named Mablung. Faramir’s men are here to harass a company of Haradrim who apparently serve Sauron. It’s a good thing Faramir is captain, Mablung intimates; he leads a charmed life! Nothing unlucky can possibly happen to him! ...well, depending on whether you count his brother dying unlucky. But I guess Frodo and Sam don’t actually know Boromir is dead. Faramir... might, actually? Just now, Faramir is coming back in pursuit of some guy, and--yep--he’s shot him dead full of arrows.

It was Sam's first view of a battle of Men against Men, and he did not like it much. He was glad that he could not see the dead face. He wondered what the man's name was and where he came from; and if he was really evil of heart, or what lies or threats had led him on the long march from his home; and if he would not really rather have stayed there in peace.

::( Same. Nobody wonders whether orcs are really evil at heart, though. Wonder, damn you! The battle ends and Sam goes to sleep immediately. Okay.

THE WINDOW ON THE WEST

When Sam wakes up, everyone is sitting in a circle for story time, I mean, watching Faramir interrogate Frodo. Faramir is like, trying to trick Frodo into... admitting he killed Boromir? Maybe? Frodo is just shocked to find out that Boromir is dead, but Sam is having none of this rudeness.

'See here, Captain! ' He planted himself squarely in front of Faramir his hands on his hips, and a look on his face as if he was addressing a young hobbit who had offered him what he called ‘sauce' when questioned about visits to the orchard.

SAUCE. FARAMIR, YOUNG HOBBIT. No I’ll bet Sam is actually a good bit older than Faramir. Also Faramir’s men are kind of delighted to see him being told off by this 3-foot-tall super indignant guy. But Faramir tells Sam off right back and then goes right on, though he’s marginally more polite to Frodo. He tells about finding Boromir’s body in the funeral boat. Frodo fears that this means everyone else is dead too ::( ::( “Will you not put aside your doubt of me and let me go?” says Frodo. “I am weary, and full of grief, and afraid. But I have a deed to do, or to attempt, before I too am slain.” TFW honestly. Our heroes walk with Faramir to a safehouse nearby (actually ten miles away, a long distance for short legs!) and he makes an incredibly good guess at why it sounds like Frodo and Boromir weren’t BFFs. He totally understands that Frodo can’t say any more:

'Alas! it is a crooked fate that seals your lips who saw him last, and holds from me that which I long to know: what was in his heart and thought in his latest hours.’

I love that thing where... there is something someone Absolutely Cannot Say, and everyone knows they’re talking in code and they’re in trouble over that thing. It’s not that common? Right now I can only remember it happening in Full Metal “hostage situations everywhere” Alchemist. Anyway it’s my jam. Faramir talks wistfully about how warlike Boromir always was, and how Faramir just wants to see the White Tree bloom and to see Minas Tirith at peace. I am just CONSTANTLY thinking to myself “Faramir is going to die!” and then I remember he actually survives and is happy and I’m just, utterly astonished. This happens like 3 times a minute. It’s incredibly stupid.

They get to the safehouse, which is Very Beautiful. Faramir’s men prepare some food. “Sam, not used to being waited on, looked with some surprise at the tall man who bowed, holding a basin of water before him.” [begins chanting] Wait on Sam! Wait on Sam! After eating Faramir comes to question Frodo some more, but, like, friendly. Frodo wants to please him so he talks about how Valiant Boromir was. For some reason this is kind of heartbreaking to me. That feel when you are trying hard to remind yourself that you are not safe and never will be again, that you cannot trust anyone... Also when Faramir is talking there’s this sense that Gondor is slowly dying. Maybe that’s why I absolutely can’t believe Faramir survives this trilogy. Rohan is still young and strong though, so that’s good! Gondor’s history is just too long. It’s tired. The civilization is too old and is overdue to crumble.

‘As the Rohirrim do, we now love war and valour as things good in themselves, both a sport and an end; and though we still hold that a warrior should have more skills and knowledge than only the craft of weapons and slaying, we esteem a warrior, nonetheless, above men of other crafts.’

Faramir does not love war, and he doesn’t want to be a warrior. He’s a good man and I like him. These harsh days make everyone wary and sharp. Sam accidentally gets going on the subject of Galadriel and reveals that Isildur’s Bane is the Ring, and Faramir gets a Weird Look on his face. “A chance for Faramir, Captain of Gondor, to show his quality! Ha!” But don’t worry, my dears, he’s only quoting some nasty thing his father said to him, I think. He doesn’t want to even see the Ring. He’s a stronger man than his brother. Go to sleep, my good friends, and have no fear he’ll try to take it from you. Frodo suddenly blurts out exactly what their errand is... and then faints. Faramir carries him gently to bed.

#hey gogol I wrote approximately 16 entire lines in cantos 2-4 today #I'm Winning #the game of... attempt to do something #blog of the rings

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anderfels · 7 years

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Your little gil/Scott fics are great I meant to send other prompts but forgot soooo.... gil/scott, 10, or 23 (could be after meridian maybe????), or 65.

aw bby thank you ;; im cryin /////

why not all 3 let’s do t h i s. [slams fist on table] [recoils because ouch]

10: “i think i’m in love with you, and i’m terrified”

title: revelationpairing: gil/scottsummary: gil isn’t entirely used to this feeling.a/n: once again this one was under the fluff category but????? this is like… half fluff half angst??? flangst © isaiah. also i kind of see this as a continuation of this fic?? (it even opens the same way lol)

+ a version for m!reyder

“you’ve been quiet lately,” scott says as he enters the engineering room. the door closes with a soft woosh behind him. ever since that little confrontation in the galley, they haven’t really talked. he misses the banter, the poker games, and especially the smile that graced gil’s face when he told one of his dumb jokes.

gil taps at something on the screen, his back facing scott. “have i?” he doesn’t turn around.

scott feels like stomping his damn foot (and he almost does. dad always said he was childish sometimes). gil brodie is absolutely infuriating. instead, he sighs as he takes a step forward. “gil, is this about what happened on the flagship?”

“no. i’m over that,” gil answers. he looks over his shoulder at scott. “you really want to know what it is?”

“yes.”

“promise you won’t say anything until i’m done?” he turns back to the screen and exits out of something. two taps later, and it’s off.

“i promise. pathfinder’s honor.” scott lifts his right hand as if he’s making an oath.

gil snorts as he turns around. he crosses his arms and leans his lower body against the console. it’s not the most comfortable position, but it’ll do for now. “you heard what i said back there. i care for you.” he watches scott’s face for any change in emotion, anything that reveals what he’s thinking. “i care for you a lot. the truth is, scott, i think i’m in love with you, and i’m terrified.” scott inhales sharply, and gil isn’t too sure if that’s good or not. he looks down at the immaculately polished floor. “i’m terrified because-” he waves a hand- “because you’re the pathfinder. you go off to god knows where, and sometimes i’m not even sure if you’ll come back. call me selfish, but i just don’t want my heart broken.” he uncrosses his arms, letting them hang at his sides.

“christ, gil,” scott breathes out. gil feels like running away and hiding when he hears that. maybe he shouldn’t have said that. maybe he should’ve just let scott think that it was still about the flagship. but he knows that scott likes him too, and he just thought- “you don’t have to be scared.” scott is getting closer and closer and closer, and calm yourself, brodie. “can i…?” scott hesitantly takes gil’s hands in his. he seems afraid that gil would snatch them away, but he doesn’t, thankfully. “you don’t have to be scared, because i’ll always find my way back to you.”

“god, you’re so cheesy, ryder.” there’s that smile that scott loves so much.

“only for you, brodie. only for you.”

ha gaaaaayyyy. tbh not too sure how i feel abt this one but???

next one let’s go

23: “shh, it was just a bad dream. just a dream, okay? none of it was real.”

title: nightmarepairing: y’all know by nowsummary: scott has a bad dream, but luckily gil is there to help him.a/n: i’m always a sl*t for some hurt scott. :))))))

scott all but catapults himself upright, sweating dripping down the side of his face as he breathes heavily. ever since meridian, he’s been having these terrible, terrible dreams full of what-ifs. what if the archon had succeeded and eos was destroyed? he can see prodromos in flames as august berates him for not stopping the kett. what if, god forbid, sara didn’t come out? then he’d be well and truly alone. what if? what if? what if- “scott!” he’s snapped out of his reverie by gil’s concerned voice. “scott, sweetheart, are you alright?” he turns and blinks owlishly at gil, who is sitting up right next to him.

“sorry, i… did i wake you up?” he asks.

gil puts a hand on scott’s shoulder, and he allows it. “whether you woke me up or not doesn’t matter. what happened?”

“i saw- prodromos, on fire- the archon- sara-” it all comes out at once. even he’s not quite sure what he’s saying. shit, shit, he can feel the tears welling up in his eyes. part of him is angry. angry at himself for being so easily affected, and angry at those goddamn dreams.

gil pulls him in close as he lets out a choked sob. “shh, it was just a bad dream,” gil says as he runs his fingers through scott’s hair, “just a dream, okay? none of it was real. we’re still here, sara is still here, and i know for a fact that prodromos is not on fire.”

they stay like that for a while, scott burying his face in gil’s shoulder. if gil notices how his shirt gets steadily wetter, he says nothing, and scott is grateful for that. gil’s hand eventually strays from scott’s hair to his back, rubbing it comfortingly. he hears gil hum a little rhythm, and he clutches at gil’s shirt even tighter.

“feeling better?” gil asks when scott’s sobs die down. scott nods. “wanna go back to sleep? i’ll stay up with you if you don’t want to.”

scott pulls away from gil’s shoulder. his eyes are red and puffy, and gil feels his heart twist. ”can we stay up just a little while longer?” he croaks out.

“‘course. i can put something on, if you want. i think liam just got his hands on that elcor remake of star wars. they archive anything and everything, apparently.”

“an elcor remake? of star wars?” scott repeats with a disbelieving smile on his face. “…put it on.”

give me an elcor remake of star wars you COWARDS

neeeexxttt one

65: “are you happy now? huh? does this make you happy?!”

title: two-timerpairing: gil/scott, side reyes/scottsummary: scott gets himself into some deep, deep shit.a/n: i found it kind of weird that gil never confronts you if you’re in a relationship with reyes and you start one with him. soooooo…… scott dun goofed. messed around with the tone and wording of it as well. you’ll see :3c

gil feels like he’s about to throw up. he braces himself on the table and he stares down at it. god, how could he be so foolish? how could he expect the pathfinder, a man who can get anything or anyone he wanted, to settle for him? he wishes cora didn’t tell him.

his hands shake as he sends a text message to scott asking if he can talk to him in private. he doesn’t trust himself enough to send a voice message and keep his voice under control. steady breaths, in and out, brodie. just talk to him. a ding alerts him to scott’s reply.

…

his heart races as he stands outside of scott’s room. a deep breath, and he announces his arrival through the door. it opens, and he sees a smiling scott greet him. “what’s this about gil?” scott asks, as if he doesn’t have a care in the world. or maybe he does. but it’s not gil.

“reyes,” gil says, deadpan as he takes a few steps into the room. he sees the way scott’s eyes widen, the smile disappearing entirely from his face. like a deer caught in the headlights, gil thinks. “i know.”

“who… who told you?” scott plays with the hem of his shirt. he’s uncomfortable. good. he should be.

“you don’t need to know.” gil crosses his arms, and he’s determined not to show any emotion. scott doesn’t need to know how badly this affected him. “but i want to know something. was what you said a lie? all that shit about wanting to be safe? i told you, scott. i told you i wanted trust. and this- this is how you- is this what you think trust is?” through some sort of divine miracle, he manages to keep his voice mostly level.

the tension in the room is so thick, you can cut it with a knife. scott stays glued in his spot, not daring to even sneak a look at gil’s face. “…did you pity me, scott?” gil adds on. the bob of scott’s adam’s apple as he gulps tells him all he needs to know.

“i’m sorry, gil.” that’s all that scott can say. gil wants so badly to believe that it’s genuine.

a few more moments of silence. “are you happy?” he asks, just loud enough for scott to barely hear. “huh? does he make you happy?”

“yes.”

that word is the final knife in gil’s heart. he nods once, then nods again, multiple times. “that’s- that’s all i wanted to hear. have a nice life, ryder.” he turns on his heel and leaves the room.

scott doesn’t try to stop him.

i love writing angst it is my LIFE FORCE….

#my... writing?#thank u for sending all of these in i had fun!!!#please dont be afraid to send in multiple prompts they make me happy bc #1) that means at least someone like my writing lmaoo 2) i like writing and 3) i like making ppl happy #tevinternet

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