#The Romance of Tiger and Rose

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[zhoufeis]

an infinite amount of tiny cdrama moments living rent-free in my head ❖ [5/∞] “I have something to give to you.”

THE ROMANCE OF TIGER AND ROSE 传闻中的陈芊芊 China, 2020.

[dailyasiandramas]

dailyasiandramas’ sunday throwback ★ [WEEK 14]

THE ROMANCE OF TIGER AND ROSE 传闻中的陈芊芊 [2020] Dir. Cha Chuen Yee

[nemainofthewater]

Best Character surnamed : Su

Come and vote for the best characters with the same surname!*

What does best mean? It's up to you! Whether you love them, are intrigued by their characters, love to hate them, or they're your '2 second blorbos whose personality you made up wholesale', these are all reasons for you to vote for your favs!

*note, the surnames are not exactly the same in all the cases, as often there will be a different character. I am, however, grouping them all together otherwise things got more complicated.

Propaganda is very welcome! If I’ve forgot anyone, let me know in the notes.

This is part of a larger series of ‘best character with X surname’ polls’. The overview with ongoing polls, winners, and future polls can be found here

[xinyuehui]

✧ Men who make up romantic narratives for themselves ✧

The Romance of Tiger and Rose (2020) Royal Rumours (2023)

[whumpetywhump]

The Romance Of Tiger And Rose (2020)

Han Shuo

01: 

- Pretends to have a heart attack, collapses into his friend’s arms, taking medication

- Coughing, clutching his chest

02: 

- Forced to kneel, humiliated, coughing and clutching his chest, fed medication

- Humiliated, almost stripped in public

04:

- Coughing, breathless, clutching his chest

05:

- Clutching his chest, struggling to breathe, passes out, dragged to a bed, cradled, medicated, needs help to stand

06:

- Shot in the chest with a dart, collapses and passes out, chained up, cut across the chest so one of his ribs can be removed, protected, volunteers to let them cut out his rib to save his wife

11:

- Slashed across the back

12:

- Has the wound from last episode cleaned and treated, flinching

- Drugged with an aphrodisiac, dizzy, collapses to his knees, slapped in the face, fighting the effects, punches a wall, bloody knuckles

13:

- Still fighting the effects of the drug from last episode, collapses, passes out

15:

- Forced to wear a copper bracelet that brands him as his wife’s property, flinching in pain while it’s fitted, later seen with his wrist bandaged

17:

- Alternate Time Line: Face cut and bruised from battle, stabbed in the chest, pulls the blade out himself, witnesses his friend’s death, stabbed again, vomiting blood

18:

- Drugged, passes out, wakes up in a cell with his hands chained

- Betrayed by his wife, rips off the copper bracelet, bleeding from the wrist

- Exiled, still chained during transportation

21:

- Slashed across the arm in a swordfight

- Locked in a cell, sentenced to death, tied up and forced to kneel at the chopping block, rescued and protected

24:

- Stabbed in the chest, bleeding from the mouth, collapses and passes out, barely conscious in bed, diagnosed with terminal lung damage

- Trying to sit up, weak and coughing, falls while trying to stand, vomiting blood

- Unable to walk without support, vomiting blood again, collapses, cradled

- Alternate Time Line: Recovering in hospital after a car accident

TW: Contains themes of domestic abuse and noncon

[harocat]

Would anyone be interested in a costume Cdrama zine? Xianxia, historical, wuxia, and xuanhuan.

Not something I’d think too hard about putting together until the mini bang is over, and I would need some other mods of course. However, I have headed up a successful zine before.

[alloveydovey]

Hellooooo, dramas from this past month :) I had a lot of fun watching most of these, which hadn't been happening lately.

The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract, 2023 (kdrama) 7.5/8

A woman from the past travels to the future where she meets a man who resembles her deceased husband. In need of a wife, he strikes a contract with her, and blah blah blah, you know what happens next.

The chemistry was there 100%, the comedy too, but overall, I think it was just a mid watch for me. I was three episodes away from finishing but was struggling big time because I was getting bored.

The Romance of Tiger and Rose, 2020 (cdrama) 8

A scriptwriter ends up inside her own creation as a side character who dies early on in the drama and has a really bad reputation.

This was hilarious. Laughing out loud alone type of hilarious. It didn't make any sense at all, and it was extremely silly and sometimes even frustrating, but both actors were so great with the comedy (Zhao Lusi the actress that you are), so everything was just fun and romantic and cute... and weird enough, emotional af as well. I love these types of dramas where, after watching, you kinda feel empty inside lol. Comfort drama material? 100%

My Demon, 2023/24 (kdrama) 8

A demon becomes powerless after crossing paths with a cold heiress (who he obviously knew in their, guess what? Yes, past lives)

Kim Yoo Jung and Song Kang (his character is everything) were so cute in this! Their chemistry was definitely chemistring. I loved the concept and all, but for some reason, I couldn’t put my whole heart into this drama, which resulted in me being a bit disappointed. I’d get bored sometimes. I still don’t know if it’s my problem though. Maybe it wasn't the right time to watch it since I had been watching so many dramas with similar storylines. I’ll give them this, though, these two were truly a comedic duo™️

My Man is Cupid, 2023/24 (kdrama) 8

A love fairy accidentally shoots himself with an arrow and ends up in love with a human, condemning him and his group of cupids to 500 years on Earth. In modern day, he gets entangled with a veterinarian who might be connected to what happened in the past. Also! Murder mystery.

This one just goes to prove that liking a drama is all about vibes for me. Is this different from what I’ve been watching? Nope. It’s not better than the other ones above with similar premises. Yet somehow, unlike the others, it got my attention way more, and I totally binged it. Even when this particular one had some very confusing, probably so-so writing, moments. Granted, it has Nana in it. Nana makes everything worth it (Jang Dong Yoon was cute as well lol).

My Girlfriend is a Gumiho, 2010 (kdrama) (rewatch!) 7.5 ⭐️

A cute gumiho saves an irresponsible rich kid who wants to become an action star by giving him her bead. Both of them gotta stick together while he heals.

Like I said back when I first saw this, COMFORT!! And I was in the mood for something silly and sweet after the same themes over and over again. I can't get over how cute Shin Min A and Lee Seung Gi are in this.

Falling Into You, 2022 (cdrama) 9

A student-athlete wants to do high jump but doesn't have the required height for the sport, so a postgraduate student-coach decides to take him under her wing and train him. Noona love story ensues.

So... I have a lot of mixed feelings about it because, all in all, I think this is one of the best cdramas I've watched. It's beautifully shot, the music is incredible, and the pacing, story, characters, and acting are all impeccable. Aside from Meet Yourself (fav ever) it's truly one of the most naturally acted cdramas I've seen so far as well. Even outside the romance part, everything was really good.

Now, was it inappropriate? For me, at least, I think it was. This young student is supposed to be 20, and his coach is said to be about to turn 28. They are both consenting adults (let's put it that way), but the power dynamics thing is still there. Overall, it was a nice surprise, and I completely binged it.

Welcome to Samdal-ri, 2023/24 (kdrama) 9

After a scandal, a famous photographer runs back to her hometown. Her ex, with whom she had an intense fallout (childhood friends to lovers), is there, and it seems like neither of them has moved on. (Also about family, and grief)

From the moment I saw Shin Hye Sun and Ji Chang Wook's pictures next to one another on a tweet saying they were going to be in a new drama together, I knew this was going to be a 10/10 in my books. Maximized joint slay. Add the hometown cha cha cha vibes, and you have an amazing tear-jerker drama. The rest of the cast is a great complement as well; their acting and their stories just make everything really emotional (I cried a lot lol), but it is 100% worth the watch. I'll be honest about one thing, though. As much as I loved it, it took me a while to finish the last two episodes cause I feel like they dragged the story a bit.

Princess Hours/Goong, 2006 (kdrama) 8

In a reimagined modern SK, a girl from an ordinary family gets hitched to the crown prince because of a promise both of their grandparents made in the past. A Diana x Charles x Camilla drama ensues (but like, with a happy ending).

This is what I like to call DRAMA™️. The type you hate everyone's behaviors, and you laugh, and you hate the ML, but you also want him to get with the FL, and you start hate watching, and then you giggle when they share moments and completely forget ML is a really shitty person lol. I started this cause I got sick, and I got way into it. ML being a major asshole and the FL having no self-respect (like the good old dramas and telenovelas) aside, I enjoyed binging this, and I can see why it was so popular. Their romance, though deeply flawed and a product of the time the drama was made, had some great moments, slow burn and natural as well. I was lowkey hoping for a happier ending, tho, but it was cute enough. Also, music bro, that main song is never getting out of my head. Comfort drama material: 100%

Playful Kiss, 2010 (kdrama) 5

FL confesses to ML, and he rejects her harshly. When her house collapses, her father moves them in with an old friend, who ends up being ML's father.

So after Goong, I thought I'd probably be able to watch this. Wrong. Shin's got nothing wrong in comparison so Seung Jo. Seung Jo is probably my most disliked ML ever lol. I binged this, hoping it'd get better, or just like Shin in Goong, he'd change a bit after getting together with FL. But nope, he remained an asshole throughout the whole thing. Gotta love that consistency. Comfort drama material: 1% (I saw the comments on Viki, and I don't know how people rewatched this, lol.)

[cokalee]

Romance of the Orange and Banana

[smittenskitten]

Do you have a list of all time favorite cdramas? I’m fairly new to them and trying to figure out what I should watch. I tend to like when there’s a strong romance thread running through them - I get pretty bored with endless power struggles and palace intrigue if there’s not a good emotional story anchoring it. Would appreciate any recs you have!

Oooh this is hard. Most of my cdrama runs long and a huge chunk of it revolves around power struggles. But lemme try

Dear Diary

24 episode

if you ever wanted the RPF you wrote as a 12 year old in your diary to come to life, this is a drama to check out

strong romance vibes all around

You Are My Glory

32 episode

famous actress falls in love with aerospace engineer

strong romance between the leads

Love Between Fairy and Devil

36 episode

recently finished airing, very popular

body swap

the romance ufff

New Life Begins

40 episodes

another recently aired drama, also quite popular

arrange marriage

some court drama but real focus is on the romance

The Eternal Love (1,2,3)

ran for three seasons (so far)

each season set in different world but kindda follows the same plot

time travel/world travel

good romance thread between the leads

The Day of Becoming You

26 episode

another body swap

the build up to their romance was very organic

The Romance of Tiger and Rose

24 episode

Travels into the script she was writing

really cute, hate to love romance line

[palehorsemen]

[protoindoeuropean]

[zhoufeis]

[goldrockyroad]

me watching love you seven times and seeing the costume department actually do right by ding yuxi in every single one of chukong's lifetimes

[nemainofthewater]

Best Character surnamed : Lin

Come and vote for the best characters with the same surname!*

What does best mean? It's up to you! Whether you love them, are intrigued by their characters, love to hate them, or they're your '2 second blorbos whose personality you made up wholesale', these are all reasons for you to vote for your favs!

*note, the surnames are not exactly the same in all the cases, as often there will be a different character. I am, however, grouping them all together otherwise things got more complicated.

Propaganda is very welcome! If I’ve forgot anyone, let me know in the notes.

This is part of a larger series of ‘best character with X surname’ polls’. The overview with ongoing polls, winners, and future polls can be found here

[xinyuehui]

∞༺✦ Frenemies ✦༻∞

The Romance of Tiger and Rose (2020) Royal Rumours (2023)

With insp from @be-bi-do-crime ♡