#The Romance of Hua Rong

[zhoufeis]

China, 2019, dir. Danny Ko. 一夜新娘 THE ROMANCE OF HUA RONG

[dailyasiandramas]

[lemoticon]

2022 BEST DRAMAS

Choose 5 dramas it’s difficult. So I decided to choose my favorite ones for this year. 

Tomorrow 

Extraordinary Attorney Woo 

Business Proposal 

Hometown Cha-cha-cha 

Oh my Venus (it is a 2016 k-drama, but I only watch it this year)

Juvenile Justice

Love Between Fairy and Devil  (c-drama)

The Romance of Hua Rong 2 (c-drama)

[binging-asian-dramas]

The Romance of Hua Rong season1-2 9

Story: 10

Acting: 10

Chemistry: 10 🔥

Comparable to: ?

This is going to be a total shameless guilty pleasure drama for me . The storyline is a bit far fetche sometimes, it has the rinse and repeat storyline effect too and the main female lead can get annoying sometimes. But, and keyword here as being but, what made me want to keep watching and have the total giggles with the googlie eyes is the male lead, Yuan Hao, who’s beyond handsome plus charming, and sexy. He just nails his role in this and instantly makes up for the flaws in the show. (The costumes are by far my favorite in this) His character growth is probably my favorite in a long time. He’s just *sigh* a great character and the actor did him soooooo well. Like I mentioned above even though the female lead may have her faults she still has some great moments too especially in season 2, the chemistry is amazing between both of them. This is a cute fluffy pirate’y adventure romance. I throughly enjoyed this one immensely.

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: The Romance of Hua Rong (Season 2) (2022)

He is MY husband!!! 😒|Girl jealous moment 🙄 |Romance of hua rong ❤ #shorts #cdrama #love #historical

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Q5CpnMMRn9Q

[shellyb04]

The Romance of Hua Rong (2019)

The Romance of Hua Rong (Cdrama)

Hua Rong runs away from home, determined to be a great swordswoman and hero, following the path of her hero Yuan He. She uses his book almost as a guide for herself. On her first assignment she crosses paths with Pirate Captain Qin Shang Cheng. She winds up his prisoner and he winds up madly in love with her. When she escapes, he chases her down and begins to woo her properly. All the while, he is chasing an evil cabal responsible for the death of his adoptive father.

8/10

Overall, this has a lot of trope things: fake death, forced marriage, stupid break-ups, etc., but somehow, they don't really detract from the story. The main couple is so enjoyable and has amazing chemistry which kept me entertained. The pace is pretty good as it has several small story arcs that feed into the bigger one. I wish there had been less of a rotating cast of females as Hua Rong gets a new friend and leaves another behind every 5 or 6 episodes. This also had a different feel because of the pirate island stuff. It felt different to me. So while I know that the cliche plot and the tropes used throughout will turn some people off to this story, I enjoyed it quite a lot. Now to watch Season 2!

[bellaroles]

Finished reading Heaven official’s blessing. It’s so damn romantic! I can’t help but be moved by their journey. Still, there’re so many side plots that still not properly cleared up and I really want to know more.

[cheshirefaggot]

it’s funny how jwqs has all the elements that i hated in tgcf (too long, too much political talk etc.) but jwqs is now extremely dear to my heart while tgcf was dropped like a hot potato.

[ttoca]

Liu Yao’s Army ‘The Yang Alliance’

(Left to Right)

Top Row

Xu Gong, Taishi Ci, Ze Rong

Upper Middle Row

Lu Kang, Yan Baihu, Yan Yu

Lower Middle Row

Liu Xun, Zhou Xin, Zhu Hao, Sheng Xian

Bottom Row

Hua Xin, Liu Yao, Wang Lang

A motley collection of scholars, warriors, eccentrics and opportunists.

Ze Rong was a treat to design. I’m surprised he doesn’t get more attention in 3K-related media.

[artasianinspiration]

[humanoidtyphoons]

hmm? that pirate? yeah, fell in love with him, yeah yeah yeah. what about it?

[zhoufeis]

Someone stole your key. Who did? She.

一夜新娘 The Romance of Hua Rong China, 2019.

[mikaela-the-slut-expert]

I got this idea (completely platonic reader btw, sometimes I just need nice friendships rather than romance 😭) :

what if heavenly official gn!reader who is pretty chill & terribly practical it seems like they completely ignore their own emotions.

They become a friend of Xie Lian when he first ascended decided help him out during his banishment & keep him company without the knowledge of other officials.

Over time they become really close friends & XL discovered a habit of the reader- they would randomly make little sketches & crafts like origami & give it to the people they trust the most.

In the beginning XL is one of the very few people who received these, but a few days after Hua Cheng exposed the truth about Yong An massacre in QR's cave, reader gives one of these to HC as a symbol that they trust him to protect XL.

(maybe it's a little E-ming sketch/origami? )

I'm sorry if it's confusing & if there are some gaps in it. Please dont push yourself too much & feel free to ignore this ask if it causes stress

Origami

HuaLian x gn!reader platonically

You and Xie Lian have been best friends for a long time.

You began a friendship with him once you ascended

He didn't have many friends and you offered to help him through his banishment even though you technically weren't allowed to.

It went from there

Through the years, the many, many, many years you've gained Xie Lian's trust and he's also gained your trust

Your love language is giving people things.

And you have a knack for origami.

Xie Lian knows that being friends with you means having lots of paper designs given to him

You're really good at it too

Making swans, butterflies, flowers.

You're amazing and the origami always comes out pretty

His shrine is covered in origami trinkets.

It's how you spread your love and show Xie Lian that you trust him and your guy's friendship

So when Xie Lian and Hua Cheng become a thing he's very surprised when you so quickly warm up to Hua Cheng.

After you all got out of Qi Rong's lair you tell Hua Cheng to hold out his hands.

Then you drop some origami in his palms.

On closer inspection Hua Cheng and Xie Lian look at the e-ming origami even his little red eye! You made some silver butterflies too.

Xie Lian is very excited to tell his lover what that means.

Hua Cheng is very honored to receive your gifts.

You're one of the only gods he likes so now that you trust him so much, he feels very happy.

Hua Cheng will protect them with his life

He proudly sets them on shelves or frames them.

Xie Lian is happy that his lover and best friend get along.

[blackkatmagic]

as a fellow lover of trashy cdramas, I would love your recommendations! (and where you find them rofl I watch mostly on youtube but dear purple gods above why ads) I got hooked by ruyi's royal love in the palace and just. kept on going

Oh, that's a fun one!! I usually watch on Viki, since it's easiest for me.

A couple of my current favorites:

General's Lady Lost Track of Time The Love You Give Me Till the End of the Moon Oh My General A Dream of Splendor Princess Silver Legend of Fei (this one is on Youtube, iirc) Qing Luo A League of Nobleman (like. technically it's a detective story not a romance. but it's so gay and I love the MC) The Romance of Hua Rong Legend of the White Snake (Netflix) Love Between Fairy and Devil (also on Netflix)

[lryghe]

MXTX thoughts; themes

Okay so this was supposed to be a post about themes AND conventions common throughout MXTX’s writing, but I literally wrote too much for one post so I’ve split it in half. This is the half that addresses two of the most prevalent themes splayed across MXTX’s novels. Yes, this post will contain spoilers for all of MXTX’s works (though probably minor ones in terms of plot points). Expect the second half in the next week as I’m kind of busy over the next couple days!

REDEMPTION

In SVSSS, Shen Qingqiu has this genius moment where he realises that he’s now an active part of ‘PIDW’, that the people around him are actually affected by what he does. This comes in relation to (unsurprisingly) Luo Binghe, and the guilt he feels for having been so caring towards him before hurting him so soundly. And this realisation takes 70 chapters but when he does realise this, he actively starts making himself better, so that he’s ‘worthy’ of staying by Luo Binghe’s side, even after all the anguish he caused him. He’s attempting to redeem himself even from the very beginning though, because when he had transmigrated, his very first thought was to change the hand fate had dealt him, wanting to survive past his probable miserable ending in a pickle pot at the protagonists' hands. This wasn’t driven by guilt but over time the guilt complex gradually appears in the picture. 

MDZS is focused mostly on Wei Wuxian’s guilt complex and him working to forgive himself and move past his time as the Yiling Patriarch. Lan Wangji is a key factor in this, his presence being something that Wei Wuxian clings to when he comes back to life after the burial mounds siege. And it’s something so important to MDZS as a whole because it’s so lovely that although Wei Wuxian himself admits he had done horrible things, Lan Wangji is there to help him through it, and he eventually comes to forgive himself for his actions (even if the rest of the world probably hasn’t). I’ve already talked about this before on 4 separate occasions, so if you want more insight just find a post about MDZS thoughts on my page :) 

And finally, there's TGCF. The key characterisation point that Xie Lian has is the guilt he carries over the situation of Xianle and the death of just about everyone and their mum, but over the course of 800 years he eventually moves past it? He even feels guilt over how Qi Rong turned out, something that’s so stupid in the scheme of things, but he’s such an empathetic and intuitive character that he’ll stew in guilt over it anyway. I don’t think this theme is as important to TGCF because Xie Lian is also very mature (one would hope so after over 800 years of living) character, and he states (in one of my favourite quotes of all time) “rather than remembering how I was butchered and trampled hundreds of years ago, I’d prefer to remember that I ate a delicious meat bun yesterday”. And this gives important insight, because he feels the guilt but he moves past it, and Hua Cheng is central to this, helping Xie Lian realise he’s worthy of love, after 800 years of suffering.

LOYALTY

This is a rather obvious theme and I plan to actually write an analysis about loyalty in MDZS specifically, but I think we can categorise it and explore it in two different categories.

Firstly we have romantic loyalty, something that is prevalent throughout all her works considering that they are all romances. Each love interest remains steadfastly loyal to their main character, even through the rise and fall of dynasties, through death and through years of steadfast mourning. It’s so important that these characters remain loyal, because even though Lan Wangji mourns, and Luo Binghe has every chance to sleep with his future 3000 wives, and Hua Cheng could have destroyed his ashes when he lost track of Xie Lian 800 years previous, none of that occurs. They continue holding on to that loyalty and it fuels many of their motivations. You can also point out the loyalty that the main characters have for their love interests. Shen Yuan sits through 1000+ chapters of some horribly written stallion novel because he has some ridiculous crush on the protagonist of said story. Wei Wuxian has a similar type of obsession with Lan Wangji, every second thought something along the lines of ‘Lan Zhan would love this!’. And Xie Lian waits quietly at Puqi shrine for Hua Cheng, no matter how long it took for Hua Cheng to come back to him… “Last time, they spent eight hundred years running towards each other. This time, it only took an instant to fall into each other's embrace.”

Another type of loyalty that could be explored is familial loyalty. Yi Ziyuan, Jiang Yanli, and Jin Zixuan end up dying to protect their home, dying to save their brother, and dying trying to make their wife (and by extension, son) happy. Wen Qing and Wen Ning die to protect Wei Wuxian. Wei Wuxian sacrifices his core for his brother. Qi Rong spends time hanging out in his aunt and uncle's tomb for some weird reason. The various peak lords of Cang Qiong Mountain Sect spend years fighting for Shen Qingqiu’s body. Xie Lian cooks horrendous food, because his mother cooked the same way and even if its not on purpose, he holds true to her memory. This loyalty is the backbone of character backstories, whereas romantic loyalty is more of a plot device, but both are equally significant. 

There’s another version of loyalty that I want to talk about, but I think I’ll save it for my eventual post on analysing loyalty in MDZS.

I may post the second half of this post in a few days (I haven’t finished writing it (I haven’t started writing it)). Until then, goodbye.

Words: 997

Reading time: 4 mins

[danmeiconnoisseur]

mxtx characters as songs

mdzs

wei wuxian: control- halsey

lan wangji: my immortal- evanescence

jiang cheng: my mistake- gabrielle aplin

nie huaisang: the family jewels - marina

wen ning: take on the world - you me at six

lan xichen: go long - joanna newsom

jin guangyao: throne - bring me the horizon

svsss

shen yuan: problems - mother mother

luo binghe: im not crying youre crying - pinkshift

shang qinghua: working for the knife - mitski

shen jiu: choke - idk how but they found me

liu qingge: do i wanna know? - arctic monkeys

mobei jun: sunday - the cranberries

tgcf

xie lian: achilles come down - gang of youths

hua cheng: i deserve to bleed - sushi soucy

feng xin: boys will be bugs - cavetown

mu qing: i hate everything about you - three days grace

qi rong: lights out - mindless self indulgence

he xuan: i never told you what i do for a living- my chemical romance

shi qingxuan: the stranger - billy joel

jun wu: you’re gonna go far kid - the offspring

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