#cdrama fall in love

[gravitasmalfunction]

RIP the Xu aide who had to report back on the contents of Commander Tan's press conference.

The absolute fear in that poor man's eyes.

[storge]

I'd mistakenly caused the First Princess, Shen Zhiyi, to fall in love with me.

Story of Kunning Palace (2023)

[sunset-sprinkles]

The magic of face cupping 👐🏻

[lurkingshan]

Hii, hope you're doing well!! I've been meaning to check out more c-dramas. I've never really watched any, but I keep seeing them on my dash and want to start giving some a shot since I watch every other type of drama (BL or otherwise lol). I saw you post often about c-dramas, so I wanted to ask if you had any other recs besides Tender Light (which I'm planning on watching when it's done)? I'm more curious about c-dramas in general rather than any specific genre, since I'm so new to them

Hello, thank you for the ask! I'm glad my obsessive Tender Light posting has got you curious about cdramas. Some of my all time favorite dramas are from Mainland China, and I would be happy to share some recs! Since you are looking for a general sense, I am just going to give you a sampling of some of my personal favs.

Tender Light

Obviously I will be taking this opportunity to talk up this drama some more, which will be ending its run this weekend. This is, hands down, my favorite drama of the year and easily going on my top 10 dramas of all time list. It's one of the most gorgeous and precise and unflinching pieces of media I have ever seen. This is definitely one for people who love smart mystery writing, dark themes (I mean this for real, if you have a lot of triggers ask for CWs), and explorations of the human condition. It will be staying with me for a long time.

Go Ahead

Another of my all time favs (and with cast crossover from Tender Light), this is a family drama that digs deep on the meaning of family, finding your people, and resilience through intergenerational trauma. I love it so so much (I am actually rewatching it right now).

Lighter & Princess

A fantastic romance and owner of a coveted spot on the ride or die drama couples list. In this story you get to watch these two fall in love twice, first in college and then as adults, and both times it's epic.

Reset

How about a time loop thriller? This is one of the best I have ever seen, and its relatively short run keeps it tight and tense all the way through. There's a romance in this one, too, but kissing is definitely secondary to finding their way out of this death trap.

The Rebel Princess

Let's dip our toe into historicals! Granted, I still have plenty of gaps in my historical cdrama watch list (there are just so many and they're so long, I am doing my best people!) but this remains my all time favorite to date. It's epic, it's shockingly well written and paced for its length, the characters are excellent and compelling all around, and it has one of my all time favorite male leads and drama couples (another from the ride or die list!). Don't let the episode number intimidate you, it will fly by much faster than you think.

The Untamed

You watch bl so I am assuming you already know about Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, but just in case I will also include this drama as a much watch. It's likely the best live action danmei we will ever get.

Love Between Fairy and Devil

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if a show put all your favorite fanfic tropes in a blender, cast beautiful people to act them out, and put them in lavish costumes? Well, here is your answer.

Love and Redemption

This one's for us angst with a happy ending girlies. An epic love story with lots of pining and struggle and strife, and it's so worth it.

Falling Into You

Back to the modern era, this is a classic sports drama with a noona romance. Very unassuming but full of charm and very well executed.

Fake It Till You Make It

An unusually mature take on adult romance from a cdrama, this one is about two career focused permasingle love skeptics who meet, realize they actually like each other, and try to figure out what the hell to do with that. I love it a lot.

That should be enough to get you started! There are many many more recs to be had, so once you give some of these a try and figure out what you like, feel free to hit me up for more!

[fateandloveentwined]

THE TEARS ep34

okay i don't know who is watching but i just had to trim a 1080p version myself

the resolution for the previous version found online was Low

the gentleness. the tenderness of his heart. woh's zhou zishu is so ooc but he makes the character ever more loveable.

[zhouszishu]

ji bai & xu xu + height difference

WHEN A SNAIL FALLS IN LOVE 如果蜗牛有爱情 (2016)

[movielosophy]

the legend of shen li | We can buy meat today! Yay.

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Liú HâiKuan 劉海寬

Wb update 2024.02.14

Another piece he composed, Kingdom.

KuanKuan also shared the music score in the comments!

[filthy-mudeoki]

This moment still sends me screaming 🥵🥵🥺🥺

Chen Zhe Yuan and Zhao Lusi - Hidden Love 2023

Tagging @kairadiamond because this moment here is EVERYTHING

[xiaogesword]

~ Zeng Shunxi sings to you while it rains ~

Wear headphones 🎧

Song: Zeng Shunxi's cover of How Can I Not Think of Her featured in his new drama A Lonely Hero's Journey. Includes: English translation, pinyin, Mandarin Native title: 教我如何���想她 by 赵元任 (1926)

Translation and rain sounds by me.

[gravitasmalfunction]

Fall In Love update: I've reached the Tan Xuanlin + Mu Wanqing era and watching these two run rings around other people is so satisfying. This show honestly went, let's start with off-the-charts sexual tension and then curve around into a competence porn double-act, and I am so here for it.

[zhoufeis]

Have you resolved the misunderstandings between the two of you last night?

护心 BACK FROM THE BRINK China. 2023.

[sunset-sprinkles]

Viva la Vida 🍉✨

"The charm of youth is never about getting what you want but about every unexpected tomorrow and every person you meet by chance" - When I fly towards you (2023)

“Nothing lasts forever. Everything is momentary. They all flow away. And that’s not always a bad thing.” - Twenty-five Twenty-one (2022)

Youth dramas always leave a deep impression specially when you are in your mid 20s and even early 30s. I think we tend to enjoy and feel nostalgic about things we probably never enjoyed in our youth. But we surely have been through that phase right? Some are already matured , some are too casual , some extremely emotional and some too carefree. It all wraps around the fact that youth is the best time of your life when you unapologetically learn and experience the best moments in life. Starting from 2521 to When I fly towards you and now Twinkling watermelon - the best part about youth dramas is that they flow they teach you touch you and then just create magic!! 🪄

[madamadragon]

Mysterious Lotus Casebook should be renamed Li Xiangyi and his harem because let's face it, anyone has been or would like to be with him

[aintgonnatellyouwhy]

Xu Kai (許凱) & Liu Xueyi (劉學義)

[serendipitousqueens]

modern cdramas are so funny because you can never just have a romance show, most of the time, half of it is a work for the good of the country in *add your specific field here* PSA. One of my favorite contemporary romances which is You are my glory had so much of this but it was balanced with a lot of OTP goodness you could forgive them, it's taking the good with the bad, Hidden love also managed to do this in a very minimal way, Falling into you had Olympic sports and they were so intrinsically linked with the otp I loved it, Fake it till you make it also did a great job of this where their professions had such an impact on who they were and it didn't glamorize the grind mentality and also highlighted a lot of complex women in the FL's job. So it can work and be done very well, but imo it's the exception rather than the rule.