#Lou Yao

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💕 | Yu Cheng En e Zhao Lusi (Lou Yao e Niaonaio)

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Everyone, the second they watch the Bloodivores anime: Gay

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LouZuo x BingQiu

Lou Zhu & Shen Yuan: Funny transmigrator with a fan who's trying to survive Zuo Yunqi & Luo Binghe: Gay son who don't have good relationship with their father

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Cdrama: Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023)

你以为“差一点天下第一”就是好惹的？ | 莲花楼 Mysterious Lotus Casebook | 成毅 曾舜晞｜❤︎ 爱奇艺心动剧场 ❤#shorts

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jrDY5bVHpQs

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TENDER LIGHT 微暗之火 (2024)dir. yao xiao feng

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do you wanna send me art rqs I promise I can actually draw sometimes

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[atamascolily]

Thunderbolt Fantasy + text posts, part 8.

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I don't know why but for some reason global/international version of iqiyi cut out the last 50-ish seconds of episode 24. But hey, here's the clip

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Suzhou River (苏州河) (Suzhou he) (2000) Lou Ye

January 21st 2024

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Whenever people are allergic to see a mild/morally good version of the original complex morally questionable character from Danmei, I'm like "If its too vanilla or not too evil for you, blame the adaption? Not people who like it?"

They are fine with The Untamed's Wei Wuxian erasing his flaws from the novel? But when it comes to Jiang Cheng, Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu. They are not even downright evil. Just morally questionable. No, I'm not excusing their actions especially Qi Ye's Zhou Zishu. I just find it weird why they refused to acknowledge the character's soft side that actually existed in original material? I'm too jaded to expect perfect faithful cdrama adaption so I'm good as long as they get what I care about the character. To Jiang Cheng, his connection with Wei Wuxian and Jin Ling are still a big deal in The Untamed that's why I still like it. I don't really care if he's softer than the original. I don't like his new connection with Wen Qing though because guy is too aroace for me. To Wen Kexing; his hatred, his ghost valley's crimes and affection for Zhou Zishu are still there even if he gone back to the right track when he avenge his parents, reduced to shidi role and I hate his miscommunication. To Zhou Zishu; his Tian Chuang's crimes and his love for Jiuxiao are still present in Word of Honor even if its toned down. Sure, he's softer but he's still masculine in his own way. I especially like his Hobo Axu because the Tian Ya Ke ZZS is strong in that one. I'm not fond of immortal ending and WOH Zhou Zishu's naiveness toward Wen Kexing tho. They are all imperfect portrayal of my favorite characters but I still like them.

What matters to me is I can still see the fragments or small similarities that I like from their original self despite the drastic changes. I just treat it like I'm watching Disney's adaption of Grimms' Fairytales. You Yao's Lou Zhu is also like that. A morally questionable character in the novel but became a hero figure in donghua adaption. Actually everyone in You Yao novel are antiheroes, not only him lol The donghua team understand his deep connection with Zuo Yunqi so they even made sure they are reunited in the ending that's why I forgave them with the changes. Ghibli's adaption of Howl's Moving Castle is also a good example and I still like it. Tbh there's no perfect adaption and sometimes it just depends if I vibe with them or nah. Simple as that.

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Cdrama: Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023)

Our Trio is Back❤️ Mysterious Lotus Casebook #chengyi #josephzeng #xiaoshunyao

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KXgqaBmV3kE

[justawanderingbabbit]

Yuan Shen: You're rude and naive and boistrous. Who'd want you?

Cheng Shaosheng: You do know negging doesn't work even in ancient China, right?

Lou Yao & Ling Buyi: Niaoniao is the best, anyway. *nods at each other sagely*

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Zhou Yafu and Huo Buyi

Zhou Yafu, 周亞夫, was a minister in the early/mid Han period. His father was the paragon of military virtues, he made a name for himself fighting the Xiongnu with economic and military strategy, and he was responsible for ending the Rebellion of the Seven Princes in less than three months.

While Ling Buyi's character relies on a lot of tropes, there are also some particular historical figures that are being played with.

(There's a certain sense of humor to it in lltg (can't speak for the books) like making Ban Jia terribly sheltered and easily lost--snerk)

Some interesting things about Zhou Yafu:

He worked mostly under Emperor Wen's successor, Emperor Jing

The Rebellion of the Seven States was shut down under Emperor Jing

He was given the title "Defender-in-Chief" for, among other things, actually training his armies

He, like Huo Buyi, was General of the Cavalry and Chariots and deputy minister of the household

His older brother was executed for committing murder, thus he inherited his father's title and fief

Emperor Jing would eventually lose faith in Zhou Yafu and he would be fired and later imprisoned

When his son was discovered to be stealing from the Imperial Armory, they were both accused of treason, and he starved himself in prison

He tried starving himself once before in prison, but css his wife talked him out of it

Today he is thought of as some paragon of principled, martial virtue

There aren't a ton of direct parallels, but something about the details when Wendi was talking about his sworn brother, Huo Chong, reminded me of Zhou Bo, Yafu's father.

I'm sure it colored my research, but after I decided that lby was based on Zhou Yafu, I started thinking about the show as an au retelling. Like, history, but what if Zhou Bo and all of lby's siblings were murdered during the Lü Contention.

[As a further aside, even if I do think that Zhuo Yafu was the historical inspiration for Hou Buyi, Emperor Jing is not the third prince. Third prince is Emperor Ming]

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Thunderbolt Fantasy + text posts, part five.