#cdrama i love

[koremakaria]

The Favored Son,Parental Love, and Sibling Rivalry

Palace politics can be cutthroat like in the literal sense especially when you're a capable royal prince with the support of your royal father, the emperor, and your royal mother, the empress. (*info up to EP 15)

What can go wrong, you might asked and well ... apparently a lot can go wrong because ... see you also happened to have an older brother (from a different mother) who wants the throne and wants you cold and dead in the ground.

So you might be a good guy with a kind heart. Fighting off the enemies so that you can secure peace and prosperity for your people and your kingdom and still find yourself being framed for the death of 100, 000 people and a great fire you didn't start.

Such was the case for our ML ... the sad backstory of Murong Jinghe.

Even when MRJH was blamed for the brutal burning of a civilian city, his parents never stopped loving him. I just want to talk about the parental love for the favored son.

The Empress' Last Embroidered Screen

This piece was made when the empress was 'sick' to appease the people. Since she coughed up blood, it could also mean poison so the jury is still out on this. But I digress. The embroidered piece is the last connection between the empress and MRJH. She knew that one day he would be back in the palace and that he would be able to view the piece in person. She trusted her husband, the emperor, to one day bring their son home.

When MRJH returned, he thought that his mother died believing that he was a bad general. That he had deliberately went against her teaching. That he had become a cruel person. In Chinese and many Asian cultures to disappoint one's parents carry a great deal of shame because you (your accomplishments and failures) are a reflection of your parents and how they raised you. And so even when MRJH hated the blame of the fire he must have hated the fact that his mother thought he was a bad boy who did very bad things even more.

And so he cut the embroidery at the neck of the child's depiction of him because he couldn't stand to see the child version of him that his mother must have grieved before she passed. But with the help of Mei Lin, MRJH discovered his mother's hidden message written in the military flag positions. A coded message left for him to find. The fact MRJH only discovered the secret message with the help of Mei Lin symbolizes the importance of allies. Like he must have seen the embroidered piece many times before but had now just discovered the hidden message that told him that his mother never stop believing in him.

And then we get to the mending part. Old threads were taken to mend the ripped fabric. Mei Lin tried to help but ultimately our ML took over since it was his trauma to heal and only he could heal his own wound. MRJH said that he only knew how to embroidered because he was often mischievous when young and as punishment he often had to stand still and so he learned embroidery by watching his mother. Essentially he gained skills by making a mistake. This theme mirrors his current predicament. Being too good and too trusting was a mistake but because of it he also obtained new skills.

The message written in military flag positions is important here because it's his connection to the power of his mother's side of the family. Like the empress came from a military family and till the very end she left a military style message for her 'general' son that she loved him and that she believed in his goodness despite what everyone else was saying.

The Emperor's Love for the Third Prince

We see this paternal love numerous times in the drama and they are often subtle. I'll list a few that stood out to me.

When MRJH came back to the palace, his father asked him several times if he was still bitter about the many years of exile like the emperor was expecting his son to voice his grievance and he was ready to listen it seemed.

When princess Zigu wanted Mei Lin to stay at her residence instead of going to live with MRJH because she doesn't believe that he was truly in love with Mei Lin and that he might bully her friend, the emperor was quick to say that the third prince wouldn't do something like that. Like there was a complete conviction that his son was a good guy.

When father and son are together, we always get a feel that they have a good and trusting relationship.

When MRJH went missing, the emperor couldn't eat properly and basically ordered most of the military men to join the search and rescue mission. Like this is just one son. Clearly the favored child. I mean am I wrong?

When the emperor saw the 'fake' body of MRJH he remembered the ring that the empress gifted their son. Like that's such a detailed thing to remember. And the physical reaction to the news of his son's death was devastating.

All the evidence points to MRJH being the favored child. Despite being a disgraced military general his father still welcomed him back with open arms.

We don't get to see his skills as a military general yet but I'm sure that's coming soon. So our ML is a competent military general, has a kind heart, wants to protect civilians against harm, works for the greater good of his father's empire and is the only heir with the empress' bloodline ... all good stuff ... like these are great qualities for a crown prince which is why his older brother framed him.

Because envy has a name and it is Murong Xuanlie ... the current Crown Prince who got the position by sacrificing 100,000 souls.

[shijiujun]

The Transmigration Starter Pack

Confusion + Disbelief > Shock + Reluctance > Helplessness > Anger

— Love Game in Eastern Fantasy 永夜星河 (2024) | EPS. 01-03

[koremakaria]

Drama Gods: How much angst would you like for our leads?

Me: Yes.[sobs] I'll take all of it. [sobs] thank you!

Kill Me Love Me Ep.22 (2024)

little beggar, being alive is the real torture

[bellesdiaries]

LOVE BETWEEN FAIRY AND DEVIL + hands

[sandushengshou]

The Untamed | Jin Ling and Wei Wuxian in the middle of a hostage situation

[clj-art-blog]

拜见月尊和月主 (Baijian Yue Zun he Yue Zhu) | Greetings Moon Supreme and Moon Queen!

[xinyuehui]

# help! why is my jiejie like this?!

Love Game in Eastern Fantasy · 2024

[guzhufuren]

Thailand + releasing fictional chinese wuxia gays out of the dungeons in summer 2024 🗡

[fujunfuren]

"i Am THe gREaT DEMoN, zhU YAn"

FANGS OF FORTUNE (2024)

[chaos0pikachu]

everybody being like "how did xiao bao not realize huai en is a dude?" y'all don't watch enough c-dramas where the female lead rolls up to the sword society streets in a high bun in a full beat of makeup and all the relevant hot dude chars approach her like she's ginuwine & they're justin timberlake full on "fo'shiz! fo'shiz! what's up my sworn bromie?" like this is equality looks like people wake up and embrace it

[khaotungthanawat]

jin xiaobao + text posts

@asiandramanet creator bingo: blorbo

[koremakaria]

Just How Fast The Night Changes

Soooo ... you are telling me that in the span of 5 episodes we go from this!!!! 👇

To this!!! 👇

And you're expecting me to also believe that this particular reaction is absolutely and completely normal for a rich employer to have after witnessing their supposedly insignificant slave/employee getting injured during an unfair fight.

Yeahhhh ... about that ...

I'm not buying it! And we're only on EP 7

The romance ❤️ is coming fast and ohhhh I'm seated with my favourite blanket.

[sableeira]

You know how “the moon is beautiful tonight, isn’t it?” is used as an expression for love confessions? It’s said that Natsume Soseki came up with it after overhearing a student translate “I love you” to Japanese in a very literal sense. While there is no source confirming that this exchange actually happened, I still think a scene referencing the expression with Natsume randomly appearing would be hilarious

[bellesdiaries]

Love Between Fairy and Devil 苍兰诀 (2022) Dongfang Qingcang - best in hair award

[sandushengshou]

Kill Me Love Me 春花焰 | Episode 01

[mostlyfate]

Love Game in Eastern Fantasy 永夜星河 · 2024 22 | You freaked me out. Where else could I be? Can we snuggle like this all day? Why can't we?