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FATEFUL LOVE 流光引 (2024)

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I realize that Tencent is basically dumping this probably because its airing license is about to expire BUT I am so excited for this it's sick.

If you watch the trailer, it looks old school (as it should because it was filmed in 2021) and while that might mean dated effects, IDNGAF because the trailer also gives me old school narrative vibes and that is what I like.

It has been AGES since I've seen a cdrama trailer where nothing made me cringe and instead got me excited.

It also helps that while Zhang Han has never been an amazing actor, I've enjoyed a bunch of his dramas and have a fondness for him just because I've watched him for such a long time (and it helps that he actually looks like an adult; I am too old for a lot of the boyish cdrama MLs alas) and Zu Xudan is also an actress who I find limited but pleasant on screen.

Bring on friday!!!

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: Fateful Love (2024)

Gifs of Ending of cdrama "Fateful Love"

ENG SUB 【流光引 Fateful Love】 EP01 韩紫晴捡到匕首来到古代，霸气整顿坏心家人（张翰、祝绪丹）

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBghZpasgjc

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Fateful Love

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The First Shot | The squad.

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Drama Gossip: The Spirealm (致命游戏)

Source: Google Images

It started off peculiarly; first, his domestic cat refused to let him cuddle it. Lin Qiushi soon found that a sense of disharmony and incongruity began to pervade everything around him. Then, one odd day, he pushed open a door, and he discovered that the hallway he was familiar with turned into a boundless corridor. At both ends of this corridor were twelve, identical iron gates. Thus, the story began.

Source: MyDramaList (2024)

Action, Adventure, Augmented Reality? Sign Me Up!

I do not consume everything that has the 'entering a virtual game with real life consequences' plot-line but when I do, I more or less will enjoy them. The Spirealm is exactly that plot-line and after just finishing 19th Floor (another Chinese drama with similar concept), I was expecting more and hoping for lesser disappointment.

This drama did not disappoint at all. Lets first talk about the roles and the cast. Brilliant job on the casting, everybody pulled off their role so wonderfully, it felt like they were made for their roles. As for the characters these actors portrayed, wow. I haven't been obsessed with a fictional Chinese character in such a long time but Ruan Lan Zhu is so easy to be obsessed with. The writing was brilliant because I very quickly grew attached to the main people and when shit hit the fan, yeah, I felt everything as if I was a part of them.

Spoilers going on from here so if you haven't watched the show, go and watch it now, please?

As I was saying, I was so attached to some of the characters, I really, wow... Say Li Dong Yuan first. I actually already was spoiled with his death, I even knew which door was going to cause his death yet when it happened, I physically gasped. Then his farewell scene came about and goodness gracious, Xiao Zhuang's reaction was absolutely heart-wrenching. It really did not help that right before getting stabbed, the door Dong Yuan went through for Ling Ling was one of the most entertaining and comedic doors.

After that Zao Zao's death? She was already trying her best in the real world, she tried her best in the spirealm. She gave one of the best speeches ever. Yet that chandelier... I never hated chandeliers as much as I do now.

That's the thing about The Spirealm. This show has plenty of heartbreaking scenes but at the same time, it has a bunch of hilarious scenes too. You really can go from laughing one second and then depressed the next. Exactly like when Cheng Yi Xie sacrificed himself for his brother? One second I was laughing at Lan Zhu begging for Ling Ling's forgiveness and suddenly I was pissed but before I could even get real mad, I was hit with a broken heart. This may sound like a complain but the roller coaster of emotions made this drama ten times more interesting than other dramas.

Moving on to the game or doors or levels (however you want to call them). I really, really enjoy shows with this concept but many a times, the stakes just aren't high enough. Not The Spirealm though. I mean, look at Dong Yuan, Zao Zao and Yi Xie. They are part of the main leads and that world did not go easy on them. As much as I hate that they died, I really appreciated the high stakes in this drama. It made watching the show so much more worth it.

Anyhow, despite thoroughly enjoying this drama, I have so many questions. First things first, did I miss the significance of the necklace Lan Zhu gave Ling Ling during the first door?

Also (this is not that important by the way), when the time comes, the players have no choice but through the door. We've watched Ling Ling enter his doors plenty a time. Now tell me how did Wu Qi survive?

I may be someone who loves an ambiguous ending but if the theory that everything was not real is in fact real, I hate it. Yet, everything being a part of Ling Ling's dream or "hallucination" does make sense, as much as I hate it. Remember where Ling Ling walked into upon completing the first door? He entered the door in the middle of the road and exited it into his house? The discrepancies started right from the beginning. Which (if I did not miss anything) might explain the lack of significance behind the necklace. It will also explain why Ling Ling's time between each door is never long yet Wu Qi's not worried about his next door when he witnessed Dong Yuan's death? Or that Chen Fei's advancement is so much slower than Ling Ling. Furthermore, I'm supposed to believe the crew learnt about a mysterious man who helped Xiong Qi reunite with Xiao Ke in the spirealm and they did not investigate more?

I really do hate the everything was not real theory but I also cannot deny it's the most reasonable one. There was another theory I chanced upon on Douyin a while back and have since forgotten most of the information. However, I like that theory a lot even though it was quite farfetched. Long story short, the user theorised that after Lan Zhu walked into the portal and cleaned the program, Ling Ling woke up and regained consciousness after being hit, right? That's not reality but the 12th door and the door god for this last door is Lan Zhu. That was all I remember but the user did provide explanations and timestamps for their theory and upon reading it, it did make sense too. Therefore, if I ever come across that video again, I will link it here.

In the meantime, let's wallow in the conclusion of The Spirealm. It was a quick and short ride but an extremely memorable one.

Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.5/5)

More productions from China here: 19th Floor (19层) | Under the Skin (猎罪图鉴)

[doshi-sukiru]

I had promised to publish this last year but so much shit happened before then (graduations, uni, mental sanity reaching an all time low-)

By the time I was actually done the date passed so long so I decided I'd post this now. It's mostly a fluffy fic for our girl. Happy birthday to my little child Jῑnzi!

Muzha: Jinzi's eyes are hazel, right?

Nezha: they're golden, with hints of hazel when the light hits just right

Muzha: and when was the last time she smiled?

Nezha: last night at 01:20 a.m when she was laughing about something the little monkeys said

Muzha: right...and when is my birthday?

Nezha:

Muzha: when is my birthday, Nezha?

Nezha: . . . Jῑnzi's birthday is on June the 12th-

Muzha, pulling out his melon hammers: When is my birthday-

Now I wanna draw Muzha-

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Liuguang

The cuties

Yin Guang + Liu Hua doodle for chapt 14 in the little Sun AU fic

The ask blog is changing its focus btw 👀 so the questions can be towards any of the characters in the little Sun AU - so YG , HC , QYZ etc etc OR even to me cuz I think it’ll be fun

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Listing Upcoming C-Drama's to watch in 2024 & beyond :-

Fox Spirit Matchmaker : Love in Pavilion (Lead- Liu Shishi & Leon Zhang)

Fox Spirit Matchmaker : Red-Moon Pact (Lead- Yang Mi & Gong Jun) Released

Fox Spirit Matchmaker : Sword and Beloved (Lead- Li Yi Tong & Cheng Yi)

Legend of the Female General (Lead- Zhou Ye & Ryan Cheng)

The Princess Royal (Lead- Zhao Jin Mai & Zhang Ling He) Released

Love of the Divine Tree ( Lead- Deng Wei & Julia Xiang)

Guardians of the Dafeng (Lead- Dylan Wang & Tian Xi Wei)

Fangs of Fortune (Lead- Neo Hou & Chen Duling) Released

Love in the Desert (Lead- Fang Yulin & Hanikezi) Released

Snowy Night : Timeless Love (Lead- Joseph Zeng & Li Qin) Released

Reborn for Love (Lead- Jing Tian & Zhang Lingh He) Released

Shui Long Yin (Lead- Fang Yilun/Xiao Shunyao/Luo Yunxi)

Lady Revenger Returns from the Fire (Lead- Xu Lu & Wei Zheming)

A Dream Within A Dream (Lead- Li Yi Tong & Liu Yu Ning)

Thousand Fragrances (Lead- Song Wei Long & Ju Jing Yi)

Love Game in Eastern Fantasy (Lead- Esther Yu & Ding Yuxi) Released

Legend of Dark River (Lead- Gong Jun & Chang Hua Sen)

Dashing Youth (Lead- Neo Hou & Hu Lian Xin) Released

The Story of Pearl Girl (Lead- Liu Yuning & Zhao Lusi) Released

Lin Jiang Xian (Lead- Joseph Zeng & Bai Lu)

Fall in Love with a Fox (Lead- Wanyan Luo Rong & Xu Hao)

Echo of her Voice (Lead- Wei Zheming & Xu Jia Qi) Released

Snowfall (Lead- Gao Wei Guang & Nana Ouyang) Released

Go East (Lead- Tan Jian Ci & Zhou Yiran) Released

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Thoughts on Dashing Youth - Blood of Youth

I HAVE THOUGHTS AFTER FINISHING BOTH DRAMAS. Spoilers ahead if you haven't seen them.

First things first: I heard of The Blood of Youth when it first came out and have had it on my backburner to-watch list for a long time, but I never got around to it. H O W E V E R, I didn't hear peep about Dashing Youth until it was airing and youtube threw it into my face. Dashing Youth automatically got bumped to the top of my watchlist because I will die before I miss a period/xianxia/wuxia drama starring Neo Hou, just saying.

Ergo, I watched Dashing Youth before I watched The Blood of Youth while thinking, "huh why does every drama have [Shao Nian] in its name nowadays?" only to find out later when I was watching the first few episodes that it was the PREQUEL to The Blood of Youth when my mom walked past and casually asked what this was because the names that were mentioned were in The Blood of Youth (she watched it a while back and recommended it; she's been right on the money so far with good recs--Mysterious Lotus Casebook was also hers and both of these dramas ended up on my top 3 favorite dramas list). A quick google search later told us as much.

That meant I had no context to the world we would be in for the next 80 episodes prior to watching Dashing Youth, and I had no idea who these people were and what would happen to them in The Blood of Youth (which, thank goodness. I would have been in tears the entire time if I watched it the other way around).

To begin--Dashing Youth sucked.

I said what I said; Neo Hou couldn't save this one. The story was bad, the CGI was...not great, and the pacing was THE WORSTTTTTTTTTTTTTT. The *only* thing the producers got right were the characters, because those were A+ spot on. Neo Hou and Xia Zhi Guang and He Yu were SO GREAT in this, and Zhang Chen Xiao was a welcome familiar face after Cang Lan Jue.

Side plug, did y'all know there was a scrapped romance subplot between Dongfang Xunfeng and Dan Yin in Cang Lan Jue??? I am so angry; we could have had all the good things, but no, we're not allowed.

I also absolutely adored the other disciples of Jixia Academy, Baili Dongjun's shixiongs. Lei Mengsha, oh my GOD he was so funny and I laughed every. single. time. he did his gremlin laugh on screen. The others also really grew on me, like...hold on, let me check my notes.../looks at scribbles on hand

The da shixiong who showed up for one arc and like two episodes, after which he was dropped like a sack of potatoes and never seen agani, third shixiong--the sword one with the badass wedding arc in the beginning who we don't care about, the fourth shixiong--Liu Yue, the pretty one, the fifth shixiong--the "ugly" (??? he wasn't???) one who I'm not convinced isn't in some sort of relationship with Liu Yue, the sixth shixiong--the music one whom we know nothing about--OOOH OOOH OOH I KNOW THIS ONE, the seventh shixiong--Prince Langya, Xiao Ruofeng!

Yikes. I wish the show would do these characters more justice, because the actors did GREAT in bringing them to life only to have them nuked because of screentime restrictions and lack of dialogue if they weren't Lei Mengsha, Liu Yue, or Xiao Ruofeng. I literally have the most barebone ideas of who they are. And even Liu Yue got nuked later on. Ugh.

Speaking of characters, I really loved Yue Yao and her drive to do what was right as the story progressed. She was so interesting when she decided to take charge of things instead of letting them happen to her, and then LOOK WHAT THE PRODUCERS DID WITH HER. Sidelined her and made her arm candy to Baili Dongjun when they could have been a badass fighting couple. A N D based on the timeline we got in the drama, they were together for like seven years and you're telling me they didn't get married until post-drama??? I don't believe you~

I literally powered through this drama, though credit must be given for the soundtrack, which I thought was overall better than The Blood of Youth's (save for a few songs, but I would sooner listen to the full OST for Dashing Youth without skipping songs than The Blood of Youth).

There was a lot of story and a lot of characters to cram into this drama so that it would set up for The Blood of Youth properly, which was by then a very established drama. Retconning is a nightmare, but the producers and screenwriters somehow MADE A PREQUEL WORSE because there were a lot of details and characters that dragged on for too long, took up too much screentime for NO purpose whatsoever (like Baili Dongjun learning the sword and dao technique that he maybe used like once?), and then caused the rest of the actually important details that need to set up The Blood of Youth to be SUPER rushed.

The pacing. Dear GOD, the pacing. If your drama requires multiple voice-over timeskip cuts, you're doing it WRONG (see: shoving in the Four Guardians of Tianqi without actually letting us see this badass team interact even once...nuking the seven disciples of Jixia Academy while then bringing back Liu Yue and Mo Xiao Hei at the end to fight Nanjue with Lei Mengsha ALSO without actually letting us see them together and then saying that they went back to jianghu after the battle without mentioning how Lei Mengsha died while fighting Nanjue in The Blood of Youth...how on earth Li Hanyi became the second City Master when Sikong Changfeng was explicitly namedropped by Luo Shui, the previous City Master of Xueyue...I could keep going).

This is bad writing at its finest and I am angry that the drama turned out this way when source material was actually so good.

--Then, The Blood of Youth.

This drama was everything Dashing Youth wanted and tried to be, but even with a template in front of them, they still managed to get it wrong. The audacity and freedom and shackles of youth, the adventure and the beginnings of romance, the court politics and the complexity of jianghu--The Blood of Youth did it RIGHT, and with excellent pacing and development.

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Web Novel Rarepair Masterpost

[Last Updated: November 20th, 2024]

Tournament Tag: #wn rarepair tournament

Submissions - CLOSED

Tournament Type: Single Elimination

Expected Start/End: November 25th–March 13th, 2024 (tentative)

Posting Time: 5 PM CST

Upcoming

Round 1

Round 1-A

Match 1, FengLian (Feng Xin/Xie Lian) 🆚️ XueWang (Xue Yang/Lan Wangji): November 25th–December 2nd

Match 2, Cold Hands (Zhuzhi-lang/Wen Ning) 🆚️ Golden Ghost (Jin Zixuan/Wen Ning): November 26th–December 3rd

Match 3, Eulef (Eulalie/Clef) 🆚️ Bamboo Balls (Zhuzhi-lang/Six Balls): November 27th–December 4th

Match 4, HeXian (He Xuan/Wei Wuxian) 🆚️ HengXiao (Gu Hengbo/Yuan Zixiao): November 28th–December 5th

Round 1-B

Match 5, HuangJi (Yushi Huang/Xuan Ji) 🆚️ MingLingYing (Liu Mingyan/Sha Hualing/Ning Yingying): November 29th–December 6th

Match 6, HuaXuan (Hua Cheng/He Xuan) 🆚️ Happy Ghost x Changing Ghost: November 30th–December 8th

Match 7, Yu Ziyuan x Qi Qingqi 🆚️ Gu Xiang x Gao Xiaolian: December 1st–8th

Match 8, SangYu (Nie Huaisang/Mo Xuanyu) 🆚️ NingSang/SangNing (Nie Huiasang/Wen Ning): December 2nd-9th

Round 1-C

Match 9, Lan Qiren x Jin Guangyao 🆚️ JingQing (Lan Jingyi/A-Qing): December 3rd–10th

Match 10, Yu Ziyuan x Lan Qiren 🆚️ TianJiu (Tianlang-jun/Shen Jiu): December 4th–11th

Match 11, LiOhn (Lilly Henituse/Ohn) 🆚️ XiaoYu (Xiao Xingchen/Mo Xuanyu): December 5th–12th

Match 12, XiaoQin (Xiao Xingchen/Qin Su) 🆚️ SuYao (Su She/Jin Guangyao): December 6th–13th

Round 1-D

Match 13, WangNing (Lan Wangji/Wen Ning) 🆚️ Qi Qingqi x Madam Meiyin: December 7th–14th

Match 14, HuaYinLian (Hua Cheng/Yin Yu/Xie Lian) 🆚️ Little Palace Mistress x Qin Wanyue: December 8th–15th

Match 15, JianJi (Jian Lan/Xuan Ji) 🆚️ XueXian (Xue Yang/Wei Wuxian): December 9th–16th

Match 16, JunLian (Jun Wu/Xie Lian) 🆚️ HuaXian (Hua Cheng/Wei Wuxian): December 10th–17th

Round 1-E

Match 17, Cayer x Redina 🆚️ Og!Cale x Og!Alberu: December 11th–18th

Match 18, GongZhi (Gongyi Xiao/Zhuzhi-lang) 🆚️ Xie Lian x OG!Lang Ying: December 12th–19th

Match 19, Xu Yu x Tatar Huna 🆚️ HanXian (Wen Ruohan/Wei Wuxian): December 13th–20th

Match 20, Xixian/Huanying (Lan Xichen/Wei Wuxian) 🆚️ OG!Luo Binghe x Lan Qiren: December 14th–21st

Round 1-F

Match 21, XiYiYuan (Helian Yi/Wu Xi/Jing Beiyuan) 🆚️ Olivia Lanze x Rowan: December 15th–22nd

Match 22, XueYao (Xue Yang/Jin Guangyao) 🆚️ YanQing/QingLi (Wen Qing/Jiang Yanli): December 16th–23rd

Match 23, MingGuang (Pei Ming/Rong Guang) 🆚️ ChuXian (Chu Wanning/Wei Wuxian): December 17th–24th

Match 24, Witira x Rosalyn 🆚️ LingHuang (Ling Wen/Yushi Huang): December 18th–25th

Round 1-G

Match 25, NieWangXian (Nie Huaisang/Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian) 🆚️ Original Shen Qingqiu x Sha Hualing (Shen Yuan): December 19th–26th

Match 26, XiSang (Lan Xichen/Nie Huaisang) 🆚️ Yu Ziyuan x Madam Jin: December 20th–27th

Match 27, ZhuShen (Zhuzhi-lang/Shen Qingqiu) 🆚️ LinShen (Linguang-jun/Shen Jiu): December 21st–28th

Match 28, SangXian (Nie Huaisang/Wei Wuxian) 🆚️ TianYue (Tianlang-jun/Yue Qingyuan): December 22nd–29th

Round 1-H

Match 29, BingYue (OG Luo Binghe/Yue Qingyuan) 🆚️ Liu Qingge x Zhuzhi-lang: December 23rd–30th

Match 30, Yue Qingyuan x Sha Hualing (Shen Yuan) x Original Shen Qingqiu 🆚️ WangSang (Lan Wangji/Nie Huaisang): December 24th–31st

Match 31, MingXian (Nie Mingjue/Wei Wuxian) 🆚️ HeHuaLian (He Xuan/Hua Cheng/Xie Lian): December 25th–January 1st

Match 32, NieShui (Nie Mingjue/Shi Wudu) 🆚️ MoBing (OG!Luo Binghe/Mobei-jun): December 26th–January 2nd

Round 2

Round 2-A

Match 33 - January 4th–11th

Match 34 - January 5th–12th

Match 35 - January 6th–13th

Match 36 - January 7th–14th

Round 2-B

Match 37 - January 8th–15th

Match 38 - January 9th–16th

Match 39 - January 10th–17th

Match 40 - January 11th–18th

Round 2-C

Match 41 - January 12th–19th

Match 42 - January 13th–20th

Match 43 - January 14th–21st

Match 44 - January 15th–22nd

Round 2-D

Match 45 - January 16th–23rd

Match 46 - January 17th–24th

Match 47 - January 18th–25th

Match 48 - January 19th–26th

Round 3

Match 49 - January 28th–February 4th

Round 3-A

Match 50 - January 29th–February 5th

Match 51 - January 30th–February 6th

Match 52 - January 31st–February 7th

Round 3-B

Match 53 - February 1st–8th

Match 54 - February 2nd–9th

Match 55 - February 3rd–10th

Match 56 - February 4th–11th

Round 4 / Quarterfinals

Match 57 - February 13th–20th

Match 58 - February 14th–21st

Match 59 - February 15th–22nd

Match 60 - February 16th–23rd

Round 5 / Semifinals: February 25th-March 4th

Match 61 -

Match 62 -

Round 6 / Finals: March 6th-13th

Match 63 -

Third Place (if necessary)

Completed

Preliminary Polls

Preliminary Polls will be released based on when a ship has been submitted. As more ships are submitted, more preliminary polls will be released. Currently posting at 12 PM.

Voted as Eligible (64)

MXTX

Cold Hands (Wen Ning x Zhuzhi-lang)

HeXian (He Xuan x Wei Wuxian)

NieShui (Nie Mingjue x Shi Wudu)

HuaXian (Hua Cheng x Wei Wuxian)

Original Luo Binghe x Lan Qiren

Yu Ziyuan x Qi Qingqi

MDZS

Golden Ghost (Jin Zixuan x Wen Ning)

Hanxian (Wen Ruohan/Wei Wuxian)

JingQing (Lan Jingyi x A-Qing)

Lan Qiren x Jin Guangyao

Nie Huaisang x Wen Ning

NieWangXian (Nie Huaisang x Lan Wangji x Wei Wuxian)

Mingxian (Nie Mingjue x Wei Wuxian)

SangXian (Nie Huaisang x Wei Wuxian)

SangYu (Nie Huaisang x Mo Xuanyu)

SuYao (Su She x Jin Guangyao)

WangNing (Lan Wangji x Wen Ning)

WangSang (Lan Wangji x Nie Huaisang)

Wen Qing x Jiang Yanli

XiaoQin (Xiao Xingchen x Qin Su)

XiaoYu (Xiao Xingchen x Mo Xuanyu)

Xisang (Lan Xichen x Nie Huaisang)

Xixian/Huanying (Lan Xichen x Wei Wuxian)

XueWang (Xue Yang x Lan Wangji)

XueXian (Xue Yang x Wei Wuxian)

XueYao (Xue Yang x Jin Guangyao)

Yu Ziyuan x Lan Qiren

Yu Ziyuan x Madam Jin

SVSSS

Bamboo Balls (Six Balls x Zhuzhi-lang)

BingYue (Yue Qingyuan x Original Luo Binghe)

Gongzhi (Zhuzhi-lang x Gongyi Xiao)

LinShen (Shen Jiu x Linguang Jun)

Little Palace Mistress x Qin Wanyue

Liu Qingge x Zhuzhi-lang

MingLingYing (Liu Mingyan x Sha Hualing x Ning Yingying)

Mobing (OG!Luo Binghe x Mobei-jun)

Original Shen Qingqiu x Sha Hualing (Shen Yuan)

Qi Qingqi x Madam Meiyin

TianJiu (Tianlang-jun x Shen Jiu)

TianYue (Tianlang-jun x Yue Qingyuan)

Yue Qingyuan x Sha Hualing (Shen Yuan) x Original Shen Qingqiu

Zhushen (Zhuzhi-lang x Shen Qingqiu)

TGCF

FengLian (Feng Xin x Xie Lian)

HeHuaLian (He Xuan x Hua Cheng x Xie Lian)

HuaXuan (Hua Cheng x He Xuan)

HuaYinLian (Hua Cheng x Yin Yu x Xie Lian)

Jianji (Xuan Ji x Jian Lan)

JunLian (Jun Wu x Xie Lian)

Linghuang (Yushi Huang x Ling Wen)

Mingguang (Pei Ming x Rong Guang)

Xie Lian x OG!Lang Ying

Yushi Huang x Xuan Ji

Other

Cayer x Redina from DPA [Tied]

ChuXian (Chu Wanning x Wei Wuxian)

Eulef (Eulalie x Clef) from Unlucky Clover

Gu Xiang x Gao Xiaolian

Happy Ghost x Changing Ghost from TYK/WOH

HengXiao (Gu Hengbo x Yuan Zixiao)

LiOhn (Lilly Henituse x Ohn) from LCF/TCF

Og!Cale x Og!Alberu from LCF/TCF

Olivia Lanze x Rowan from DPA

Witira x Rosalyn from Lout of the Count’s Family

Xiyiyuan (Helian Yi x Wu Xi x Jing Beiyuan)

Xu Yu x Tatar Huna from No Doubt In Us

Voted as Ineligible (4)

Liu Qianqiao x Luo Fumeng

MingLing (Liu Mingyan x Sha Hualing)

SongXue (Song Lan x Xue Yang)

Steincraft (Howard Phillips Lovecraft x John Steinbeck)

Rejected - Byakuya Togami x Izuru Kamukura from Danganronpa

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NAKU 🫵

[dangermousie]

I have honestly forgotten this drama existed (it was filmed in 2021) but I remember loving the poster and the set up and apparently IT'S DROPPING ON THURSDAY out of nowhere, no trailer out yet.

Heh. C-ent, never change!

ETA: trailer is out and MMMMM

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Cdrama: Fateful Love (2024)

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The Liu clan of Nanyang (HHS)

[HHS001]

The Epochal Founder [shizu], the Glorious and Martial [guangwu] August Emperor, taboo Xiu, courtesy name Wenshu, was a native of Caiyang in Nanyang. He descended from Gaozu in nine generations, springing from Emperor Jing, who begot King Ding of Changsha, Fa. Fa begot Marquis Jie of Chonglnig, Mai. Mai begot the Grand Warden of Yulin, Wai. Wai begot the Chief Commandant of Julu, Hui. Hui begot the Prefect of Nandun, Qin. Qin begot Guangwu.

Guang was orphaned at the age of nine sui, and was raised by his junior uncle Liang. He was seven chi, three cun tall, had pleasing whiskers and eyebrows, a big mouth, arched nose, and “sun horn”.

Zheng Xuan's Commentary to the Hallowed Documents' Central Expectations says: With “sun horn” is meant that the bone is raised in middle of the courtyard, and shaped like the sun.

He was by nature attentive to sowing and harvesting while his older brother Bosheng was fond of chivalry and supporting gentlemen, and who often sneered at Guangwu for his devotion to farming business, comparing him to Gaozu's older brother's Zhong. In the middle of Wang Mang's Tianfeng era [14 – 19 AD], he then went to Chang'an and received the Hallowed Documents and had a general understanding of the great right-mindedness.

The Eastern Watchtower Records says: He received the Hallowed Documents from the Middle Grandee Xu Ziwei of Lujiang. When his wealth was used up, he combined his money with his fellow student Master Han to buy a donkey, and made an attendant rent it out to provide for their public expenses.

[HHS010]

The Glorious and Ardent [guanglie] August Empress Yin, taboo Lihua, was a native Xinye in Nanyang. At first when Guangwu had gone to Xinye, he heard of the Empress's beauty, and in his heart was pleased with her. Later when he arrived in Chang'an, he saw that the chariots and cavalry of the Bearer of the Golden Baton were very abundant. Following that, he sighed and said:

Serving in officialdom, [I] must make Bearer of the Golden Baton, taking a wife [I] must get Yin Lihua.

[HHS014]

The Martial [wu] King of Qi, Yan, courtesy name Bosheng, was Guangwu's oldest brother. He was by nature tough and resolute, had a righteous fortitude and great steadfastness. From Wang Mang usurped Han he was always fuming with fury, and he held close contemplations of restoring the altars of soil and grain. He did not engage in the businesses of the people of his family, but poured out his person and expended his property, and made connections with the valiant paragons Under Heaven.

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Earlier, the Lord of Nandun took as wife the daughter of Fan Zhong from the same commandery, her courtesy name was Xiandu. Xiandu was by nature gentle and compliant since she was a little girl. If improper in appearance or dress, she did not leave her room. The clan respected her. She bore three sons and three daughters: The oldest boy was Bosheng, next Zhong, next Guangwu. The oldest daughter was Huang, next Yuan, next Boji.

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The Filial [xiao] King of Zhao, Liang, courtesy name Cibo, was Guangwu's junior uncle. In the time of Emperor Ping, he was recommended as Filial and Upright, and became Prefect of Xiao. When Guangwu and his brothers were orphaned young, Liang consoled them with considerable sincerity.

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The King of Sishui, Xi, courtesy name Jingsun, was Guangwu's senior kinsman, of his father's generation. Xi's son was Zhong, he and Guangwu as young were close to and fond of each other.

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The Respectful [gong] King of Chengyang, Zhi, courtesy name Jubo, was the son Guangwu's senior kinsman, the Hale [kang] Marquis of Chongling, Chang.

The Eastern Watchtower Records: In the beginning he was named Zhong. Later he changed it to Zhi.

Chang's great grandfather was the Steadfast [jie]Marquis, Mai. As the son of King Ding of Changsha he was ennobled at Chongling district in Liandao, and became Marquis of Chongling. When Mai passed, his son the Esteemed [dai] Marquis, Xiongqu, inherited. When Xiongqu passed, his son the Accomplished [kao] Marquis, Ren, inherited.

Ren, since conditions of the lands of Chongling were low-lying and damp, and the mountains and forest had venomous aura, sent up a letter seeking to reduce his estate and move inwards.

The Eastern Watchtower Records says: The Accomplished Marquis, Ren, at the time had 476 households. He sent up a letter desiring to reduce the number of households and move to Nanyang, while keeping his son Chang behind to ward the family tombs. Emperor Yuan allowed it.

Ren passed, his son Chang inherited.

Chang was unassuming, moderate, and fond of right-mindedness. He fully pushed forward the gold, treasure, wealth, and property from his father's time as gifts to his brothers. The Inspector of Jing province sent up his righteous actions, and he was designated Chief Commandant of Lujiang.

The Continued Book of Han said: The Marquis and others assisted the sacrifices in the Bright Hall [mingtang], and in accordance with precedent, he had added 200 households. Chang for having acted righteously, was designated Chief Commandant of Lujiang.

After about a year, it happened that his senior kinsman, the Marquis of Anzhong, Liu Chong, rose up with troops. [Liu Chong was another descendant of King Ding of Changsha.] Wang Mang dreaded and detested the Liu clan. He summoned Chang to Chang'an, and dismissed him to go home to his state.

The Eastern Watchtower Records says: Chang presided over Lujiang for more than a year. A drought happened. Patrolling the counties, people would bring withered rice plants, telling themselves that the rice plants were all withered. The functionaries forcefully demanded the taxes. Chang in response said:

The Grand Warden's affair.

He conveyed the withered rice plants to where the Grand Warden was. They had been drinking several rounds when he told it to the Grand Warden. The Grand Warden said:

It is nothing.

Chang showed him the withered rice plants. The Grand Warden said:

Is it the Chief Commandant's affair?

Chang angrily scolded the Grand Warden, saying:

Rat, how dare you!

The Inspector reported it in a memorial. Mang summoned Zhi to Chang'an, and dismissed him to go to his state.

Before this, in the time of Emperor Ping, Chang and Chong had gone to court at the Imperial Capital together, and assisted the sacrifices at the Bright Hall. Chong saw that Mang was about to imperil the House of Han, and privately spoke to Chang, saying:

The Duke of Anhan monopolizes the state's authority, the crowd of subjects do nothing but turn around and follow. The overturning of the altars of soil and grain has arrived. The Empress Dowager Chunqiu is of exalted [age] and the Son of Heaen is young and weak. The reason why August Emperor Gao allotted fiefs to his sons and brothers was presumably this.

Chang in his heart considered it to be so. When Chong's affair was defeated, Chang was afraid, and he therefore wished to make connections and guide and set up a faction. He therefore made Zhi take as wife the daughter of the Marquis of Gaoling, Zhai Xuan.

The Eastern Watchtower Records says: Chang made his son by his legal wife, Zhong, take Xuan's daughter Xi as wife. Xuan sent his son by his legal wife Ji to send of his daughter to enter the gates. After about twenty days, Yi rose with troops.

It happened that Xuan's younger brother Yi rose with troops and wished to attack Mang. In Nanyang they arrested and killed Xuan's daughter. Zhi was implicated, bound up, and imprisoned. Chang following that sent up a letter apologizing for the crime, and desiring to lead his sons, brothers, and clansmen as soldiers in the vanguard. Mang had newly assumed the administration and wished to comfort and calm the imperial house. For that reason he was not mutilated or killed.

When Mang usurped the throne, those of the Liu clan who had been marquises were all demoted be called counts, with revenue as the benefice of a Solitary Dignitary. Later everyone lost their feudal ranks. When Chang passed, Zhi consequently specially was deposed, and also did not get an official position or become a functionary.

Zhi, though the son of the former Marquis, Chang, acted genuinely and full-hearted, the lineage house all respected him.

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The Filial [xiao] Marquis of Chengwu, Shun, courtesy name Pingzhong, was Guangwu's senior kinsman. His father Qing, Continued Book of Han: Qing, courtesy name Weng'ao,was the Marquis of Chongling, Chang's full younger brother. Shun and Guangwu were from the same village, and at a young age had a deep friendship with each other.

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The Cherished [huai] Marquis of Shunyang, Jia, courtesy name Xiaosun, was Guangwu's senior kinsman. His father Xian was the Marquis of Chongling, Chang's full younger brother. The Continued Treatise of Han says: Xian, courtesy name Wengjun. Jia was orphaned early. He was by nature humane and deep-felt. The Lord of Nandun raised and look upon him as a son. Later he and Bosheng studied in Chang'an together, and practised the Hallowed Documents and Spring and Autumn.

[HHS011]

Liu Xuan, courtesy name Shenggong, was a senior kinsman of Guangwu. His younger brother was killed by a person, and Shenggong connected with retainers, wishing to revenge him. A retainer broke the law, and Shenggong hid from the magistrate in Pinglin [lit. “Flat Forest”]. The magistrate arrested Shenggong's father Zizhang. Shenggong pretended to die and sent people to carry the coffin to return home to Chongling. The magistrate therefore let Zizhang go, and Shenggong following that escaped and went into hiding.

The Records of Emperors and Kings says: Marquis Dai of Chongling, Xiongqu, begot the Grand Warden of Cangwu, Li. Li begot Zizhang. He took a daughter from the He clan of Pinglin and begot Gengshi.

The Continued Book of Han says: At the time Shenggong assembled retainers, his home had wine, and he requested a patrol officer drink. A retainer drunkenly sang the words “In the morning we feasted the two chief commandants. The patrol officer comes after, use him to tune the soup's taste.” The patrol officer was greatly angered, he tied him up and beat him several hundred times.

[HHS014]

The Filial [xiao] Marquis of Ancheng, Ci, courtesy name Ziqin, was Guangwu's senior kinsman. His grandfather Li was Grand Warden of Cangwu. Ci was orphaned young. His older brother Xian avenged an enmity by killing a person. A functionary arrested Xian and killed him. Ci and Xian's son Xin sold the fields and dwellings, together throw away wealth and property, and connected with retainers to seek revenge against the functionary. Both became fugitives to escape and lay low. There happened to be an amnesty and they returned home.

The Continued Book of Han says: In the time of Wang Mang, the Lius were repressed and discarded, and were intruded on by the commanderies and counties. In Caiyang state the Chief of Scouts for Fu Precinct got drunk and scolded Gengshi's father Zizhang. Zizhang was furious, and stabbed and killed the Chief of Scouts. More than ten years later, the Chief of Scout's son killed Gengshi's younger brother Qian. Ci's younger brother Xian wished to avenge the enmity. His retainers turned to kidnapping a person, and they were discovered. Province and commandery killed Xian within the prison. Ci and Xian's son Xin connected with retainers Chen Zheng and others, nine people, and burnt and killed the Precinct Chief's wife and children, four people.

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