#Jinna Fu

[lycoris-radiata-dreams]

How even weeks after finishing the drama, I can’t get this reference out of my head.

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: The Letter from the Cloud (2022)

Gifs of Intro of cdrama “The Letter from the Cloud”

【ENG SUB】 EP1 Chen Yu and Rooster marry! 《The Letter from the Cloud 云中谁寄锦书来》 【MangoTV Drama】

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA0FzncknOs

[dreamingsushi]

Dance of the Phœnix - Overall review

Now that I finally completed the series Dance of the phœnix, here’s my general review. For those who don’t know about this drama, it is the story of Feng Wu, a prodigious cultivator that lost all of her memories when someone stole her phœnix blood, which made her special. As she tries to regain her spiritual powers to awaken her sleeping master so she can return where she comes from, she makes friends, allies, but also many ennemies.

Plot

I would say the story is overall promising at the beginning, but as we progress through the series, things start to go astray. Character development isn’t a strength, they are all mostly the same at the beginning of the drama and at the end, except for Yu Mingye and Zuo Qingluan, who are in my opinion the two solid strengths of this story. Without them, it would have rather boring. 

My biggest issue with Dance of the phœnix is the many plot holes. Some characters disappear sometimes without any explanation and then they come back without any details as to why they left in the first place. Maybe it has something to do with the actors being unavailable? But the writers could have done a better job than that to hide it. Also, when we read the official summaries everywhere, it says that Feng Wu’s name is Meng Yuan and that she’s a medical student. BUT NEVER EVER IN THE DRAMA IS THAT MENTIONNED! There are clues here and there about the fact that she would be from our world (blowing candles for a birthday, eating ramen but has the quick ones in a box, references to Liu Bei, etc). Mu Jiuzhou, her master, mentions that she’s from another world, but we never get to learn how she came and where is she from. It really bothered me. Also there were a few stories that were a little useless. Especially the one about the wolf lady. It was cute. Then it became extremely sad and I’m still very very mad about what happened. The whole motives behind the bad guys was very weak in my opinion. Overall, it had potential, but it was wasted.

Overall, plot wise this does not deserve more than a 6/10.

Acting

There was good acting and bad acting. It wasn’t so consistent for Yang Chaoyue. I’ve seen comments saying that she seemed emotionless, but that is not what bothered me so much. I feel sometimes she was going way over the top in her acting and it wasn’t matching the character. But at some point, her character wasn’t consistent in the script to begin with, so it must have been hard to keep up. Jun Linyuan did an okay job, like it didn’t strike me as exceptional, but it wasn’t bad. It’s hard to judge when they play an emotionless character. But there were definitely some nice scenes from him, especially after he got a little more comfortable around Feng Wu as Jun Linyuan and he started teasing her.

The two actors that really impressed me were Jinna Fu and Wang Haoxuan. Jinna Fu had to portray the so ever complicated Zuo Qingluan and she did very well. I could believe in every mood swings she had. She made me hate her character, to the point I couldn’t see any redemption for her. And at the same time, I loved Zuo Qingluan just for that. She was alive, albeit motivated by the wrong reasons. I can’t say I’ve ever seen her out of character, even when it seemed a little inconsistent to me (I blame more of the writing than anything else). And finally, Wang Haoxuan. Can we talk about how Yu Mingye was perfect at all times? It was such a complex character, thorn between the expectations of his father, but his gentle nature. He could be cheeky and arrogant without me falling out of it. He made me laugh and cry. I think it was the most relatable character and Wang Haoxuan did an excellent job at showing all the different sides of this tormented child.

For me, the acting in general deserves a 8/10, but that’s because Jinna Fu and Wang Haoxuan did a wonderful job, the average was around maybe 7/10 for me.

Visuals

Here, this is what drew me first to this drama. I really liked the soft look of scenes. The costumes were simple, yet elegant. I enjoyed the colours being consistent for each sect of cultivation. The hairstyles were really a joy to look at, especially for the disciples of the Biluo Palace. I was very impressed. For sure, I’ve seen much more intricate costumes watching historical/xianxia drama, but here it was just enough. The colouring of the scenes were always appeasing. The one thing I didn’t really like is that they made the empress go darker and darker to show that she was the villainess while I think it would have made more sense if she became brighter and brighter. But that’s just my opinion.

The CGI really wasn’t so bad to be honest. Some creatures weren’t that great, but the little bird was great. I just wish they didn’t give it a robotic voice, but oh well. Also they didn’t go overboard with the spells, it wasn’t all over the place and they kept it minimal in special effects, which I like better. Cool special effects are nice, but once it starts becoming overwhelming, I lose all interest.

This drama gets a 9/10, because nothing’s perfect, but they did very well in that aspect.

Soundtrack

I think the soundtrack was one of the strengths of this drama. I really liked both the opening and the ending songs, though I didn’t listen to them every time I watched an episode. I also feel that in general, the music was appropriate to what was happening and really set up the mood of the story.

Here again, it’s 9/10, even though I don’t have as much to say.

Should you watch this drama? I would say no. It has lots of good things and I was pretty excited since it was from the same director as the Untamed, but however it didn’t live up to my expectations. It’s a sweet love story, but unfortunately, I don’t think it’s worth the 30 episodes. Everything was resolved in a very unsatisfying way, a lot of questions were left unanswered and to me the writers didn’t do a very good job to make everything coherent. This drama gets a 7/10, and I’m generous because when I first started watching, I really liked it.

List of full recaps

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The trailer for Blemish Flaw (棕眼之谜) just dropped and I cannot contain my excitement to see so many people who worked on Heroes (天行健) reunited for a new project!

The main leads are Qin Junjie (Men San Dao) and Maggie Huang (Gege) but some supporting actors namely Jinna Fu (Ms Huo) and Pang Han Chen (Wang Jialuo) are also back.

It's so funny to see so many characters from Heroes reincarnated in the modern setting:

Men San Dao is still a detective but this time he's trying to find his fiancée who has disappeared without a trace.

Wu Lanshan (Gege) is married to an abusive husband whom MSD suspects to be the murderer of his missing fiancee.. and even in this timeline these two cannot help falling in love with each other!

And we got to see Wang Jialuo who now works as a policeman (somehow i'm not surprised at all!), pursuit of justice is in his blood!

The villain husband is played by Wang Duo (you might know him from a League of Nobleman). He's a ceramic artist and it seems that his modus operandi is to burn his victims in his kiln :D

The direct translation of the title 棕眼之谜 is "the Mystery of a brown eye" where the "brown eye" stands for dark spots that can be found in ceramics (i.e. porcelain) if they are contaminated with iron. Hmm i am curious to see how it'll pan out.

The aesthetics in this drama are quite strong, every shot shown in the trailer has a nice lighting and creative environment.

**MSD is totally not obsessing over his princess and how the heck could he take this photo for his crime board**

I know nothing about the original novel but I have absolute faith in the screenwriter (白一骢) and the director (卫立洲) as they have already proved they can tell compelling original stories, can't wait!!

[yourmoonandstar]

This is a masterpiece. I love everything about this drama, EVERYTHING!

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Jinna - November 7th 2021

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➹ updated: jinna gif icons ➷

#275 gif icons have been added to suji’s fu jing resources HERE, last updated 09/11/2018 for a new total of #375. please refer to our rules, and like or reblog if you’re planning on using or if you found this helpful!

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Fu Jing: You're standing on thin ice.

ChaoYue: I'm standing on the floor.

Fu Jing: It's an expression.

ChaoYue: It's a carpet.

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180906 jinna

[lycoris-radiata-dreams]

And how can we forget the resolution in imagery

Bufan and Qin could finally rest with no regrets.

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: The Letter from the Cloud (2022)

Gifs of Ending of cdrama “The Letter from the Cloud”

【ENG SUB】 EP1 Chen Yu and Rooster marry! 《The Letter from the Cloud 云中谁寄锦书来》 【MangoTV Drama】

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA0FzncknOs

[dreamingsushi]

Dance of the Phœnix - Episode 17

It has been a while since I started this drama, back when I was still subbing dramas and somehow I stopped watching even though I really enjoyed this show back then. I was still curious about this series and the ending, and doing some cleaning of this blog made me think about it again. I totally forgot everything about the story or almost, so I just finished binge watching the first 16 episodes. Now, I see a lot of inconsistencies in the story, it is definitely not as great as remember, however I am still very much in love with the soundtrack and the costumes. One might argue that they aren't very accurate, but I love the simplicity and the details: scarce but pretty enough to stand out discreetly. Totally my style.

Anyways, as a quick reminder, Feng Wu was a very talented cultivator until her phœnix blood was stolen by another fellow swordswoman, Zuo Qingluan. Since then she lost her past memories and attempts to gain back her energy to start cultivating again. As such, she meets her childhood sweetheart Jun Linyuan, with whom she falls in love really quickly, and his opponent of always Yu Mingye. As she recovers her spiritual energy, she embarks on a quest to revive her sleeping master, the notorious Mu Jiuzhou. This tasks brings her to become a student at the Junwu Academy. That's the storyline so far. I don't remember all the terms for translation, so it might differ than in previous posts, so for that, I apologize. I also noted, reading back, that some of my recaps are inaccurate at moment, hence the following disclaimer: I write my recaps as I watch the shows, so sometimes I miss part of the action or might have misinterpreted some events because I was focused on a previous part. I hope they are helpful to anyone watching, but please refer to your own understanding as required. Thank you and let's now embark on this journey, because I have lots of questions and I need answers.

Jun Linyuan, Feng Wu, Zhao Ge, Xuan Yi and Feng Xun all get into the Junwu Academy together and this is day one as a student. There is a commotion right at the entrance, which is Feng Wu asking Mu Yao to call her Daddy since she passed the examination for the Academy. See that's one of the things that doesn't really make sense. Feng Wu knows a lot of stuff about modern day that she shouldn't know in the context of this drama and so far there are NO explanations. It has been said that she is not the real Feng Wu, but that doesn't say a lot. Zuo Qingluan tries to talk Mu Yao out of this, but Feng Wu won't stand back. Jun Linyuan and Yu Mingye both take Feng Wu's side, so Mu Yao doesn't have a choice to. Nobody understands what Daddy means. It sounds weird in English, but makes sense in Chinese. It's like... Daddy never existed, but only Father.

First class, Feng Wu sleeps through it. She thinks Jun Linyuan takes her away to review everything she slept through. However he wanted to give her the Jade vase as he promised her. She runs away to bring it to the Colorful bird. It breaks it and they obtain the first broken piece to awaken Mu Jiuzhou.

Feng Xun and Xuan Yi are having lunch together. Zhao Ge brings some baozi she made herself for Xuan Yi. Pressed a little by Feng Xun, he takes one, but before he can take one bite, Feng Xun grabs the second one and eats it thinking Feng Wu cooked it. However, after one bite, he spits it out right away, because it is too salty. Zhao Ge says she made it herself and that she will take it away if it's bad. She runs before Xuan Yi can grab a bite and he scolds Feng Xun. Feng Wu finds Zhao Ge feeeling down and she grabs the baozi. She says that it was for Xuan Yi and Feng Wu says he's bad for not wanting it. Zhao Ge compares him with Jun Linyuan who also isn't really good at showing his feelings. Talking about him, he just comes to bring her lunch and Zhao Ge leaves the two of them alone. Feng Wu promises to study seriously so she can fight alongside with Jun Linyuan.

Mu Yao is still very upset about what happened. She still roots for Zuo Qingluan as Jun Linyuan's partner.

The Master of the dark court realized that someone is trying to revive Mu Jiuzhou. This is going against his plans. Yu Mingye is tasked with enquiring about it. For now the only one they can think of might be Wu Youdao, since his style is quite similar to Mu Jiuzhou.

Feng Wu gets scolded in class for sleeping and someone framed her for taking the teacher's ruler, I'm too lazy to check my dictionary, but whatever kind of stick that was. It seems it was the ladies from Biluo Palace. She breaks Mu Yao's desk and is kicked out of class. She is not allowed to come back again until she melts a block of ice and makes tea out of it.

Meanwhile, Yu Mingye is going about with his mission, spying on Wu Youdao. As a special entry student from the Dark Night court, he can attend classes as he wishes. However he is quickly noticed by the old man. He advises him, without uncovering him, not to meddle in his business. Then he bumps into Zuo Qingluan. He tells her to mind her own business. She warns him that if she can't stop him, Jun Linyuan will. And she tells him that if he does anything to harm any of her disciple sisters, she won't leave him alone. Yu Mingye upsets her. She then threatens him saying that Feng Wu is his weakness and he leaves asking if she doesn't have any.

Zhao Ge made some cakes with Feng Wu for Xuan Yi. Feng Xun this time won't eat. It isn't really tasty, but he manages not to let know Zhao Ge and hurries back to class so he won't have to eat anymore. This time around, Feng Xun helped a bit, instead of hurting the lady's feeling.

Jun Linyuan is called back home. The empress/queen asks about his betrothal and he says he already has his plans for that. She pretends to be sad that he thinks her not competent enough to make a selection for him. His dad says she should take care of it since everything she did up till now was done properly. Jun Linyuan begs on his knees not to which angers the emperor/king. His son should do as his parents tell him too. The empress pretends to side with Jun Linyuan. He is punished for being rebellious. He is sent to a place filled with lightning to kneel for a long time.

As I end watching this episode, I realize I might have already watched it and wrote the recap in my notebook back then. At first I thought everything was so familiar because I was subbing this project, but Youtube tells me I already watched both episode 18 and 19. Crazy thing. Anyways, I probably now have a better insight of the story, even though I should probably watch with English subtitles since I haven't been practicing my Chinese much the past few years. I am a little proud though to rely on translations. None of my questions were answered, but that has to be it for today, because I'm tired and I still have so much to do left before tonight. See you next time!

[kpopmultifan]

Getting into C-Pop: Rocket Girls 101

Rocket Girls 101 is the 11 member debut girl group from the 1st season of PRODUCE 101 CHINA & is notable for k-pop fans because 2 of the members are WJSN’s (Cosmic Girls) Meiqi & Xuanyi. This explains why they’ve been absent from WJSN activities for quite a while now (there was a bit of drama about it at the time, but that’s not important now).

1. Meng Meiqi (of WJSN/Cosmic Girls) 2. Wu Xuanyi (of WJSN/Cosmic Girls) 3. Yang Chaoyue 4. Duan Aojuan 5. Guo Ying (Yamy) 6. Lai Meiyun (Sunny) (of C-Pop girl group S.I.N.G) 7. Zhang Zining (of C-Pop girl group MERA) 8. Yang Yunqing (Sunnee) 9. Li Ziting (Mimi) 10. Fu Jing (Jinna) 11. Xu Mengjie (Rainbow)

After the conclusion of PRODUCE 101 CHINA, Rocket Girls debuted on June 23, 2018, with their debut song “Rocket Girls.” From the best that I can find, there isn’t an MV and I can’t find it on either Apple Music/iTunes or Spotify; however an unofficial YouTube audio can be found [here]. In fact, most of Rocket GIrls’ music can’t be found on Apple Music/iTunes/Spotify.

Rocket GIrls’ debut EP “Collide” was released on August 18, 2018, and featured the tracks “Collide,” “Born to Win,” “Light” [MV], & “Sailor Moon” [Lyric Video].

Rocket Girls also released the singles “Calorie” from the OST of the 2018 film “Hello Mr. Billionaire,” “Venom is Coming” from the OST of the 2018 film “Venom” [MV]; “Rampage to the Next Stop,” “Galaxy Disco” [iTunes/Apple Music][Spotify] from the OST of the 2019 film “Crazy Alien; & “Rocket Boom.”

[iTunes/Apple Music] [Spotify]

[iTunes/Apple Music] [Spotify]

On June 23, 2019, Rocket Girls released their 1st full album “The Wind” which featured the title track “Wind” & solo tracks from all the members.

*NOTE: Unofficial upload of the MV

Rocket Girls have also released the singles “A Little Light” in October 2019 & “Be Happy” in honor of Chinese New Year.

[rivalzhq]

mwf?? and is it mandatory to have a discord?

discord isn’t mandatory at all! it’s mostly going to be a space for ooc talk/for muns to be able to get closer. it’s also a space where some extra tasks will take place. but whether or not you have discord will not effect your ability to be included in this rp! it’s just an extra/fun space

mwf: otomonai mina (chanmina), bae yoobin (binnie), zhang zining, kim chanmi, park yeeun (yenny), ahn somyi, cheng xiao, hwang yeji, jung wheein, ahn hyojin (le), cao lu, yoo jeongyeon, kim sejeong, lee soonkyu (sunny), kim yongsun (solar), kwon boa, chonnasora sajakul (sorn), fu jing (jinna)