#in blossom spoilers

[melodious-tear]

Pan Yue | In Blossom ep. 21

[xiaolanhua]

So here are my thoughts about In Blossom!

This post may have some spoilers!

I finished watching it yesterday and decided to make a post about my opinions while the drama is still fresh in my mind.

So, the drama made me interested from beginning till the end and overall it's great! It's nothing really revolutionary in terms of plot/story (historical dramas tend to have some similar stories) but it delivered what was promised: mystery, romance, investigation, a bit of thriller with amazing shots and gorgeous costumes!

About the leads:

Liu Xue Yi as the male lead really raised the level of this drama. His performance was one of my favorite things while watching it and i'm so grateful to whoever casted him as the lead because he deserves it (enough with playing the bad guy who never gets his happy ending or the girl 🥲).

At first, I was a little bit concerned about watching because I wasn't a fan of Ju Jing Yi's acting from the dramas I've watched with her but after finishing this one I think she made a solid performance (it's not the best one but definitely her best one yet) and it didn't compromised the drama at all. I've seeing a bunch of not so nice comments towards her specially because people were not happy with the actress "swapping" and although I think the "original" Yang Cai Wei did a great job I'm still satisfied with how things turned out and I like both "Cai Wei".

About the main couple:

For me, it's really poetic how Pan Yue loved Cai Wei since childhood, got to reunite with her after 10 years from being apart of each other, to think he finally married her and then "she" dies on the eve of the wedding, and how he goes insane about her death that get white strokes on his hair and goes on a mission to know who is behind her murder WHILE Cai Wei it's alive by his side but with the face of someone he despises (Shangguan Zhi) and when they start to work together on the cases, they begin to be close to each other and he hates himself for developing feelings for Shangguan Zhi thinking he's betraying Cai Wei's memory. It get's even better because he's falling in love again as she's behaving like the Cai Wei he knows so he get's even more confused and watching all of this was a delight!

They had chemistry, their scenes were fun, interesting, tender and sometimes even hot so it's a win for me actually.

About the second couple (SPOILER!!!!):

Their interactions were pretty cute and they had chemistry but it's a shame what happened to them, specially with Lan Jiang (he deserved better). I always felt that they were a "doomed" couple and I'm sad that I was right about it, my heart hurts for them both as the characters themselves and the ship that didn't sail.

About the cases and the story:

Another thing i liked about this drama is how the cases were introduced, they were directly or indirectly related to the main "mystery" and every case were solved so they didn't left any loose ends. Some dramas of this genre tend to abruptly solve the cases and they end up not adding much to the narrative so I'm glad this were not the case here.

The pacing of the drama was pretty good but I do feel like the last two episodes were a bit rushed. We can't have it all, can't we?

The ending was good as expected (not for some characters I would say) but still good. SPOILER!!! I liked that the cliffhanger did not affected the characters so it could have a second season if the producers wanted but it's not necessarily needed (My Journey to You can't relate).

Overall, it was a pleasant watch so I rate 8.9 out of 10. It's not perfect but I would totally recommend!

[psychic-waffles]

man the last couple episodes of in blossom sucked for various reasons but more than anything i'm just so mad they didn't put yang caiwei back in her original body. it really felt like they'd been hinting at that in the first half of the drama

for starters her original body is perfectly preserved in a magic ice coffin, it's good to go any time, you just need to track down a suitable witch to help!!

and also early on there was A Whole Thing about pan yue falling for yang caiwei despite her not being the ""beauty ideal"". She was then immediately put in the body of someone who was considered the ""height of beauty"". If she doesn't get put back in her original body it undoes absolutely everything they were trying to say.

i'm just real disappointed tbh because this drama started off so strong and i really cared about yang caiwei and pan yue

[baek1nho]

pan yue feeling guilty about falling for shangguan zhi because he feels he's not grieving yang caiwei, but he doesn't know she is yang caiwei ahhh

[see-arcane]

Jonathan, between meals probably: “Are you sure I’m meant to eat an entire garlic bulb as a palate cleanser?”

The locals, sweating, trying their best to low-key vampire-proof this boy: “Yes. Absolutely. Very traditional.”

[looohser]

THANK YOU FOR THE VISION @condorclaw !!

Without text version + the inspiration lol:

[doctorcurdlejr]

toni is always giving her child a Name.

[thisautistic]

[khaotungthanawat]

honey, you got a big storm comin'

@asiandramanet creator bingo: free choice

[live-from-flaturn]

So I really like "Meet You at the Blossom" thus far...

[ramblingguy54]

"Kindness isn't a survival skill."

[nectarishes]

loosely based on “Almond Blossoms” by Van Gogh

[biorust-art]

Happy Dorym Week!

I've been busy with my new job but! I decided to try my hand as some redraws of my old Dorym art. I find it so funny that when Dorym week was planned, we had no idea our blue boy would come back, and with new outfits to boot. We are being fed so so much. Also I am so proud how close my own design of Dorian is to the official lvl 13, I am a little obsessed with the greek gold band crown.

IDs in Alt Text! Happy Dorym week yall <3

[psychic-waffles]

can we get pan yue a hug? can we please get pan yue a hug

[causticflower]

the wild life!desert duo race/species(?)swap situation that @mambodork pointed out and who's post has inspired this. madness

'sugar plum fairy'/vex grian & parrot/avian scar

(thought of adding their 'lives' on their wings but ehhh idk. too many colors for me)

[bahoreal]

i love romance. fuck that ghost xiaobao!