#flight to you

[xiaonantingfan]

for the 2023 Beijing TV Drama Festival

[renewedmotionforjudgment]

I will say the first 9 minutes of Flight to You was unexpectedly nerve wracking. But I’m 100% sure it’s bc of my fear of flying.

[misunderst0od]

Asian Drama Themed Valentines: 2022 Edition

Part: 1 | 2

[mel-loves-kdramas]

Flight to You - EP38 | Kiss Under The Traffic Light

[chiveburger]

I think one of the best cases of a well written male character who was meant to be very collected, disciplined and cautious with love slowly opening up to a new relationship was wang kai as gu nanting in flight to you. he was not a mean person but he was definitely COLD and had an aversion to new social ties, inclusive of romantic ones. he started falling in love with a girl but the changes in his attitude weren't drastic like he wasn't just rolling around in bed like a schoolgirl then returning to his rbf the next day. he was so subtle with his words and actions, and his gradual build up in affection MADE his role realistic. he would inexplicably break his own rules when it came to his work ethics, he would hesitate when conversations arose about his feelings. he would question himself, and he'd feel conflicted when problems occured in their relationship. eventually it got to a point where him pursuing his crush, starting a fight because of her, running out to meet her in middle of the night was no longer unbelievable because he grew into this character who was capable of being sweet and tender. there wasn't a single moment in this show where I felt like what he did was off or weird, because they never changed him or rather, wang kai never acted too far away from who he was initially written to be. I was in love with his man after this and I still am but he's a prime example of what good writing and good acting can do for a show like I still think about him from time to time

[mytalemyworld]

Cheng Xiao: I can apply for the copilot exam after a 30 hour flight Gu Nanting: Including return and alternate time of the flight to Changsha, you still need 28 hours. Cheng Xiao: You know more clearly about my matters.

LMAO. He is officially lost.

I am dying...he puts the badges on their jackets except hers, gives the last one to her so she can wear it herself but she insists that he should do it. He is afraid that he might touch her chest accidentally, that’s why he sweats buckets, hahahaha, meanwhile she is aware of his struggling and enjoys teasing him.

Andddd she is in love!

[travelingstrawberry]

Round up of all my fics for this year’s Three Sentence Ficathon. The general theme is I completely failed at 3 sentences most of the time. 

Fandom: 锦心似玉 | The Sword and The Brocade (TV)  

economics 101: It is the job of a current landlord to teach his son and heir all the knowledge he needs to carry out his future duties. And Xu Lingyi takes his son’s education very seriously.

no cause to repine: “Do you feel the need to play the part of the virtuous wife, or do you really want me to have more concubines?” Xu Lingyi/Shiyi Niang fluff  829 words

Fandom: 当家主母 | Marvelous Women (TV)  

for better for worse: Today, Zeng Bao Qin was to become Ren Xue Tang’s official wife. Ten years ago, she would have wept in happiness at this day, and laugh at Cui Xi’s regrets. Cui Xi/Bao Qin, 510 words 

Fandom: 向风而行 | Flight to You (TV)  

flight over water: Gu Nanting watches Cheng Xiao on the beach after that ill-fated first Luzhou flight to Singapore. 1,115 words

with the wind | 顺风: Snippets of the pilots and crews of Luzhou Air, written for the Three Sentence Ficathon. See chapter 1 for Table of Contents.

dereliction of duty: How the investigation of the accident where Cheng Xiao turned the plane instead of braking like Jiang Tao ordered should have ended.  903 words

Fandom: 卿卿日常 | New Life Begins (TV)  

rolling the dice, got the wind in my hair: Hao Jia gives birth to a son, Yin Song wants to make her his official wife even if he has to get creative to get rid of Zhao Fangru, then so be it. Hao Jia cannot let this happen. For the Three Sentence Ficathon prompts "any, any, I stuffed them full of death caps / and killed my lover dead" and "any, any, it's a good day for someone else to die" but ended up being way longer than three sentences.  2,265 words

they three: You did not have to be just one husband and one wife to be happy, Li Wei realised, not when everyone was willing to be together. (Li Wei/Yin Zheng/Yuan Ying OT3)

incomplete the collection: Haitang vows their band of sisterhood would never, never reach 24.

memories feel like weapons: Alone in her cold chambers, sometimes Hao Jia thought the only friend she had was regrets.

Fandom: 如懿传 | Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (TV)  

green plum blossom promise: Loosely-connected three-sentence fanfics reflecting on Ruyi and Hailan's relationship.

Others

Milestones: You Are My Glory - this year’s 3sf entries start from chapter 25

the changing of the guard(s): It is the year of the Rabbit...or is it? (Anthropomorphic)

a certain step towards falling in love: “To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.”Michael was not so much fond of dancing as needing to dance to avoid match-making mamas. (Bridgerton Francesca/Michael)

lost and found: “Hi, have you seen a bag containing a Toblerone, a bottle of Talisker and a lemon?” (Cabin Pressure)

[cosmoglaut]

*sigh* Finished rewatch of Flight To You. I’m not saying it’s the best drama or whatever, but it’s scratching my id so precisely that I’m just not minding the secondary annoying characters. Hell, at times, I like them, like 🤷🏽‍♀️ In no particular order, things I’m smitten with:

Wang Kai’s hands

Wang Kai’s smile

Wang Kai’s voice

Tan Songyun’s energy

Cheng Xiao’s (FL) unrepentant competence (even at taking lead in romance <3)

Plenty of time-lapse shots of planes flying, planes taxing back in the hanger, planes taking off, landing (in one of the shots, you can see the moon just fast-crawling down towards horizon, it’s so adorable!)

Various flight cases

Sound track for their romantic shots

The way secondary love interests resolve their conflicts!

BTS of their various slow burn scenes 😂 Never thought it would be this funny!

[misspines]

Pilot or policeman?

I can't choose just one

[mihran12]

[hinamie]

post-graduation trip airport looks

[xiaonantingfan]

Tan Songyun for the iQiYi 2023 Scream night event

[renewedmotionforjudgment]

Keep telling yourself that buddy. Also, I only appreciate Cheng Xiao embracing her willingness to be a Shizunfucker

[jojaxcola]

the jojamart mockumentary that constantly plays in my mind

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[thethoriumreactor]

The colorblind Alastor headcanon is so fun to think about I made an entire comic page about it pls be proud of me guys

He chose the more vibrant one lol (if image quality is bad pls click on it)

Bonus doods (Alastor admitted the truth):

[chiveburger]

I have so many things to blog about regarding my vacation, but one thing that was really memorable for me was this one take off we had at the airport. I experienced probably some of the worst turbulence on this trip and on couple of occasions I straight up thought I was gonna die... first flight from vancouver to japan we were hit with such bad wind in narita that the pilot couldn’t fucking land TWICE and he’d be 200 ft off the ground and he’d like “nope!” and he’d fly back up into the sky. the plane was doing somersaults when we tried to touch the ground. I sharted but eventually we made it out alive. then when I flew back from japan to vancouver, it randomly started storming outside right before we were going to take off. so when we took off the plane was going bonkers and I could see how bad it looked outside and again, I thought I was going to die. once we hit ~10,000 feet the plane evened out and everything else was fine but ma’am? I was scurred. those were “memorable” but those were NOT the good core memories I wanted to remember, but one of the flights were. nobody gave a shit when I watched this, but a couple months back I watched “flight to you” which was a chinese drama that depicted the life of pilots and the career of flight. so there’s a scene where the main pilots would depart for a flight in the cockpit and the crew outside would be doing the final checks for the plane. they give them the clear to leave, and when they do they stand outside and wave goodbye to the plane and I know it’s protocol or something but there was something so sweet about that to me... so on one of my flights from japan to taiwan where I was sitting window I saw first hand the crew outside doing that. so when we left they all stood there and waved and I CRIED. I fucking teared up and all the memories of this drama flooded back, and it wasn’t even a sad show but I think it really gave me an insight into people who dedicate themselves to aviation. before we took off I listened to their soundtrack and I felt so emotional to be there, apart of this journey with these people who have probably been flying for years now. everything felt so sentimental and the intentions of the drama, showcasing all the goodness in those who chose this field really shined at that moment. long story short something about this moment struck a chord with me and made me appreciate the act of storytelling and showed me that this world is filled with humanity and love.