#character: chu li

[movielosophy]

A Journey To Love |  I have to thank my sponsor

#i'm waiting for this pair's romance #i hope she can 'cure' him lol #a journey to love #cdrama #chang hua sen #character: li tong guang #chen hao yu #character: chu yue

[heymeowmao]

一念关山 | A Journey to Love E5 ° Yes, I'm afraid to get too close to you. Because I'm inferior, and yet I dare to dream big.

#一念关山 #A Journey to Love #cdrama #Chang Huasen #Chen Xiaoyun #character: li tongguang #character: consort chu #i cant tell if they're bad for each other or good for each other #meowmao gifs

[withered-owll]

„Good old days but not really…”

"The sun was slowly going down. Merchants were slowly closing their stalls and stores at the nearby market. To Xiyang, it was just another day of work in the tea shop owned by his buyer. He was about to place the last of the boxes filled with camomile tea from the latest delivery when he heard a familiar voice calling out to him from the distance. "Xiyang!"  Another monkey with fur the color of Chinese almond cookies was running towards him, waving her hand with a big smile plastered on her face. Right after her followed a female demon with ghostly pale skin and short dark hair. One of her horns was broken off, but she didn't seem to mind. She followed the smaller monkey with an amused yet soft smile. "Huh?" The dark auburn monkey demon turned around. "Chu-Hua! Momo!" He exclaimed, placing the last box down with the rest, before the smaller monkey jumped onto him, hugging him tightly. A shy blush crept upon his cheeks as Chu-Hua squeezed him. "Are you done for today?" she asked, letting him go and taking a few steps back. "I'll have to check in with Master first to make sure he doesn't need anything else, why?" He tilted his head slightly. "Chu-Hua wanted to hand out since apparently it's been 'sooo looong' since we did," Momo chimed in, imitating Chu-Hua's voice, and approached the other two monkeys. "I don't sound like that!" The almond-furred monkey scowled, looking at her friend. "Sure you don't," the demon rolled her hyacinthine eyes at the other. making Xiyang let out a soft chuckle. Chu-Hua was about to say something else when they heard the ear-piercing sound of a horn. They all froze. All of the slaves in the village were being called to gather on the main street. Their celestial masters were going to conduct a weekly census earlier than expected."

Today I come to you with some OC stuff :3 I intoduce to you: Liling's adoptive parents- Xiyang and Chu-Hua along with their friend Momo :DD [I promise to someday learn how to draw backgtounds properly but for now this shall do!]

See ya next time! *skiddadles*

#lego monkie kid #li ling #xiyang #chu-hua #lmk ocs #lmk #lost calamity au #lmk oc #lmk oc art #lmk shadowpeach au #side characters? #lmk fanfiction #fanfic #fluff before angst >:3 #if i suffer y'all suffering with me! #love y'all <3 #found family

[web-novel-polls]

Priest (Author) Character Tournament

[“Anti-propaganda” is not allowed. Please only give reasons to vote FOR a character, and please be courteous in the notes.]

Chang An from Bestial Blade / Shou Cong Zhi Dao 

Submission: 

Just a little guy with a big fuck-off saber. Was sickly from childhood (later in the book it's discovered to be a heart condition), but did not let that stop him from studying the blade. Sleeps a lot when he is not fighting. Beat his boyfriend with a stick that one time (was absolutely in the right).

Image Link (from cover of thai edition)

Chu Huan from Of Mountains and Rivers / Shan He Biao Li 

Submission: 

His vibes are insane. A character pipi made by putting Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu in a jar and shaking, and then wrapping the result in the most unassuming shell possible. That one post that went like "perfectly normal man that has something seriously wrong with him" might as well have been made about him. Kills like 20 ppl in his introduction scene, falls off a cliff, gets on a bus, and agrees to become a teacher for those random guys he met because one of them is hot. Speaking of, his bi awakening and accepting it happens in a span of like, one second. *Sees a hot guy* welp, homosexual attraction is not a sin! Also, somehow has perfect tumblr shitposter vibes. Was asked what's a word for "good brother" in his language and after careful consideration said "bitch". Did I mention he's insane? "Play me a tune, and I'll go along with your BDSM play." Or that time he woke up after being clinically dead for a bit (saw his deceased loved ones asking him to go into the light and all) and to his bf's frantic questioning of "Does it hurt?" immediately went "Yes. It hurts a lot. You have to kiss it better." like bestie your priorities.... Anyway yeah what a guy.

Image Link

#chang an #bestial blade #shou cong zhi dao #chu huan #of mountains and rivers #shan he biao li #priest #polls #priest upper round 1 #priest upper round 1 group A #priest character tournament #queue #priest upper bracket

[crabboytahomaru]

Global Examination got licensed LETS GOOOOO

(and the earth is online and kaleidoscope of death)

#global examination #guee #qqgk #you huo #qin jiu #yu wen #di li #chu yue #wen yuan #154 #tagging characters so people see it #teio

[poldrawer]

More old sketches of PoL!!

The first two is the one i'm really proud of ☆ミ

#Promise of lingyun #Xu rongyuan #🩵 #Xiao qian #💜 #Mu Linghao #💙 #Jiusi #Li wei #Chu tang #Jingxue #🩷 #Xu Rongyuan and Xiao qian are my fave characters among all the others🙏🙏 #Mu linghao is still a favorite though!! 💙

[dilebe06]

My Top Female Characters 2022

#my top female characters 2022 #korean drama #chinese drama #japan drama #nirvana in fire #princess li yang zhang #racket boys #yoon hae in #alchemy of souls #mu deok #alice in borderland #usagi aoiha #life #lee no eul #shooting star #baek da hye #tomorrow #goo ryun #assassin academy #han xiao chu #from now on showtime #na geum ok #go ahead #qi ming yue

[ginsoakedgirl80]

#New Tales of Wulin Heroes #Li Hongyi #Li Xingchen #when the queer subtext becomes the text #censorship doesn't mind queer characters if they are there for comic relief and it is one sided. #though Chu Yao having a massive crush on Bai Yue was also full on the table in Wulin Heroes. #then Xiao Xiao decided Yao should marry her and he reluctantly went with it bc comphet #ok Bai Yue is cursed to die early if he falls in love but Chu Yao doesn't know that so obviously he thinks what he would love to be true #Ye Xi telling Yao to have some dignity #the outtakes drive home the most beautiful bishonen in the region theme xD #episode 13 #excuse my bad quality screenshots #bishonen #Bai Yue #Chu Yao #Wulin Heroes screenshots

[wanghedi]

Just saw 长珩 do a cameo for the promotion of ding yuxi's new drama???? iqiyi xianxia drama cinematic universe????

#omg.... #also ding yuxi has dropped to no2 in my cdrama male actor ranking sorry #wang hedi is my best friend now.... #but ding yuxi is still very pretty i do love that dreamwork smirk mf #what if his new character mentions xlh omg... my zhou chuan and chu li 😭😭😭 #speaking of 月光变奏曲 i never actually finished it i think i had an episode left lol #esther yu the absolute legend that u are. she has chemistry w everyone she could chemistry with a brick wall if she wanted to #苍兰诀 #sidney talks shit

[cnovelartreblogs]

“Global Examination” by Mu Su Li. Manhua is from Bilibili; English translation is available for free - read it here!

#global examination #mu su li #e zi #official art #zhao wentu #chu xiaonan #lin tang #character id needed

[nemainofthewater]

Sweeping gracefully down from on high, their robes a pure, pristine white, untouched from the dust of the secular world...

How do they do it? Is it a special dirt repelling cloth? A talisman sewn into their robes? An army of servants following them at all times with a change of clothes?

Or is it... something more mundane. Something like Ancient Chinese Fantasy Bleach (all stains removed or your money back!).

(It is 100% also the army of servants, there's no way these characters are scrubbing their own clothes. They'd probably wear less white if they were responsible for their own laundry)

Whether this is because they themselves invented it or because exasperated (and overworked!) support staff or servants invented it for them, this is the 'Cdrama Character Most Likely to Be the Cause of the Invention of Ancient Fantasy China Bleach' poll

Vote for the characters with the best laundry regime! Propaganda, call out posts, and write-in candidates welcome!

#polls #word of honor #nirvana in fire #erha #the dumb husky and his white cat shizun #mdzs #guardian #heaven's official blessing #love between fairy and devil #svsss #oh my general #mysterious lotus casebook #blood of youth

[mirageofadesert]

Who is the most tragic character Luo Yunxi has portrayed?

#1 Rong Qi from Princess Silver

#2 Runyu from Ashes of Love

#3 Tantai Jin from Till the End of the Moon

#4 Zhou Xiao Shan from Broker

#5 Shangguan Tou from And the Winner is Love

#1 Rong Qui

Crown Prince Rong Qui has suffered from the moment he was born. The only happiness he has ever known was taken from him by the person who should have loved him, but her love was always conditional and the price he had to pay was high. Though he suffered many hardships, his heart remained kind, and this led him to sacrifice not only his happiness, but also his life. The reason I put him first is that even in death, he couldn't rest.

#2 Runyu

Another prince who has suffered since childhood, abused and neglected by his family and betrayed by the people he loved. Runyu grew bitter and vengeful, ultimately costing him everything he held dear. But there is still a chance for redemption.

#3 Tantai Jin

In a familiar pattern, Tantai Jin is another prince who has suffered from birth because he was born as a devil's fetus. The Ancient Devil God had planned a cruel and torturous fate for him that would make him experience all the darkness of human existence. However, the reason I put him in 3rd place is that he is ultimately able to escape this and choose his own fate, freeing himself from all of it all. And because I'm delusional, I think the open ending leaves room for a novel ending!

#4 Zhou Xiao

It's a testament to Luo Yunxi's choice of roles that Zhau Xiao is only number 4, after being blackmailed and oppressed, gaslighted, abused, lied to about his mother's death and his daughter's existence, and finally giving up his life because he couldn't trust the system to take the guy out. On top of that, he was torn between his sister, his child, his ex and his love, ultimately choosing them all over himself.

#5 Shangguan Tou

There are many tragic characters to choose from for my last spot, but I chose Shangguan Tou because he was abandoned by his father, drugged and (almost?) sexually assaulted. On top of that, he falls in love with an immature woman who can't express her feelings very well. A different kind of tragic love story in my opinion (the why-does-he-have-to-fall-for-her kind). The Winner was definitely not love.

Honorable Mentions

Luo Ben from Light Chaser Rescue and Li Zeliang from Lie to Love are not on the list, but they could be. Luo Ben lost his parents, feels guilty about his sisters' medical complications, but therapy could actually save this guy. Li Zeliang lost his father, failed to save someone and instead watched them die; an incident that cost him his leg and his passion. The latest addition to this list is Gu Yunzheng from Love is Panacea, who has severe abandonment issues due to a mother who left him and died, a neglectful father and a dead wife he couldn't save in time. But again, therapy could really work here.

I can't wait to add Chu Wanning from Immortality and Tang Lici from Shui Long Yin to this list! I have a feeling they will make it into my TOP5!

What is your ranking?

#luo yunxi #cdrama #till the end of the moon #shui long yin #and the winner is love #ashes of love #princess silver #罗云熙1227出道十三周年快乐

[m-jelly]

As I said before, I love your writing SOO MUCH >w< I hope you don't mind if I ask a request again, if so I'm sorry but I can't handle all these deaths in aot ˚‧º·(˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ )‧º·˚

Can I request a scenario where characters like Levi's team (Petra, Oluo, Gunther, Eld) , Hange, Erwin, Mike, Moblit and Nanaba live? They are in forest around the fire like the scene where Zeke is in the forest, they are all sitting together, chatting, drinking and having fun. The reader and levi explain them that they are married, maybe one of levi's rare smiles

(♡´▽`♡) thank you and if you don't want to do it or change it, it's okay

(^з^)-☆Chu !!Love you<33

@ladycheesington <3

A little outdoor celebration

Levi x fem!Reader

Canon AU, fluff, romance, married, celebrations, camping.

Levi takes you to a little camping spot to meet the rest of the scouts. The gathering was organised for the scouts to relax a little, but Levi turned it into an announcement to reveal the marriage between the two of you.

@ladycheesington @levisbrat25 @nyxiieluna @li-anne @galactict3a @youre-ackermine @thebobaprincess @2moth-anon2 @cypidity @notgoodforlife @demonsimp6 @nbinairyn

A warm evening breeze drifted through the trees. The warm hand of your husband was so soothing to you. It was exciting that he was taking you on a woodland walk, at night and in his uniform. You could never get over how handsome he was in his uniform. It all fitted him so well and his cravat was so cute.

Those alluring steel-blue eyes of his looked over at you causing your cheeks to heat up. A cute small smile that you had come to love spread over his lips. Though his smile was rare to others, it was something you saw a fair few times. A smile from Levi was reserved just for you.

His warm lips against the back of your hand made your heart flutter. Those dazzling eyes of his locked onto yours as he kissed. A desire overcame you, you just needed to feel Levi. With a gentle tug, you pulled him against you. Your loving lips pressed against his flustering you both.

Levi wrapped his arms around you and held you close against your warm body. His loving fingers tangled in your hair as his tongue moved against yours. He released your lips before gently kissing you to confirm his love.

He gently took your hand in his allowing him to continue his walk with you to the campsite. "We're a little late, but I'm sure they'll be okay with it."

"Where will we be sleeping?"

He looked up at the tall and imposing trees. "Up top." He glanced over at you. "We'll be sharing."

A heat consumed you as naughty thoughts took over. "R-Really." You gasped a moment. "Oh, I've never used your gear before. It'll be like flying when you take me. I can't wait!"

"I'll be fun."

A soft hum of talking and laughter got louder. The welcoming smell of a bonfire and food drifted over to you and Levi. It was exciting to meet the massive team after everything they'd been through. They'd faced the female titan and lived to tell the tale and met the beat titan for the first time and Mike fought back. It was a miracle they all lived and it truly showed how strong they all were.

"Levi!" Erwin strolled over. "You made it."

Levi pulled you closer. "We did."

Erwin leaned around Levi to see he was shielding you, which showed just how much Levi loved you. "You must be the woman Levi mentioned."

You gave your name. "Lovely to meet you."

He shook your hand. "You too. We have plenty to drink and eat. I also made suer the tent in the tree for Levi was big enough for two."

"Thank you."

Levi squeezed you against him. "Good. I would have been pissed if we weren't sharing."

You tugged on his shirt a little. "Levi? Could we get something to eat?"

He held your hand and pulled you to a little spot. "Here okay? Eat anything you like." He got you a bowl full of stew and a drink. "You deserve it."

Petra and Oluo decided to join you and Levi. Petra smiled at how Levi was with you. "Are you two dating?"

You stopped eating and looked at Levi. "Umm." You didn't say a thing because you knew Levi had kept his marriage to you quiet. It wasn't because he was embarrassed, but he just wanted privacy. "Levi?"

Levi took your hand. "We're not dating. She's my wife."

Your cheeks burned at his declaration. "Yeah, we're married."

Oluo stared. "The Captain? Married?" His head raced at learning something about someone he looked up to for years keeping information from him. "Marriage..."

Mike walked over and handed Levi a bottle. "Wine?"

Levi held his hand up. "No thank you."

Mike sniffed the air and hummed. "You smell like each other."

Levi released a long sigh. "I should announce it." He pulled you close. "Everyone? I want to tell you all something." He looked at you and smiled sweetly surprising everyone. "This is my wife."

Hange raised a cup. "A toast! To the married couple! Let's make tonight about the scout victories and Levi actually getting a woman to like him!"

"Tch, shitty glasses."

You giggled as the group cheered. "This will be fun."

Levi looked at you. "Mm, I suppose. What's important is you. Sleeping in the tree together will be fun."

You felt your cheeks burn. "I think so too."

#levi ackerman #levi #aot levi #snk levi #aot fanfiction #levi x y/n #fanfic #levi fanfiction #levi x you #levi x reader #captain levi ackerman x reader #captain levi #captain levi x reader #captain levi x you #captain levi fanfiction #levi x reader fluff #levi x yn #levi attack on titan #levi ackerman fanfiction #levi ackerman snk #levi ackerman attack on titan #levi ackerman x female reader #levi ackerman x reader #levi ackerman x you #levi ackerman x y/n #jelly fanfics

[web-novel-polls]

Priest (Author) Character Lower Bracket

[“Anti-propaganda” is not allowed. Please only give reasons to vote FOR a character, and please be courteous in the notes.]

Chu Huan from Of Mountains and Rivers / Shan He Biao Li 

Submission: 

His vibes are insane. A character pipi made by putting Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu in a jar and shaking, and then wrapping the result in the most unassuming shell possible. That one post that went like "perfectly normal man that has something seriously wrong with him" might as well have been made about him. Kills like 20 ppl in his introduction scene, falls off a cliff, gets on a bus, and agrees to become a teacher for those random guys he met because one of them is hot. Speaking of, his bi awakening and accepting it happens in a span of like, one second. *Sees a hot guy* welp, homosexual attraction is not a sin! Also, somehow has perfect tumblr shitposter vibes. Was asked what's a word for "good brother" in his language and after careful consideration said "bitch". Did I mention he's insane? "Play me a tune, and I'll go along with your BDSM play." Or that time he woke up after being clinically dead for a bit (saw his deceased loved ones asking him to go into the light and all) and to his bf's frantic questioning of "Does it hurt?" immediately went "Yes. It hurts a lot. You have to kiss it better." like bestie your priorities.... Anyway yeah what a guy.

Tong Ru / Lord Beiming from Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect 

“Beiming? Who deserves the title of Beiming? That’s merely an arrogant title given by some short-sighted people.” - Lord Beiming, Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect, Chapter 16

[No propaganda submitted]

“It’s just death, nothing serious.” - Lord Beiming, ch.30 

***I, the poll runner, have not gotten to the Lord Beiming reveal, so I’m not 100% sure the quotes from where I’m at are correct/for the same person (since there’s another person trying to claim the title of Lord Beiming)

(Also, Tong Ru and Han Muchun are sharing a picture because it’s way too blurry with just one lol)

Mu Xiaoqiao from Bandits / You Fei / Legend of Fei

Submission: 

"People tended to apply the highest of standards when judging the behavior of revered saints like the Sword of Mountains and Rivers: if they made even the smallest of missteps, they would be deemed unworthy of their sterling reputations, and be lambasted for hypocrisy. But people were much more magnanimous towards Mu Xiaoqiao and those of his vile ilk, for as long as these fiends didn’t go around killing everyone in sight…or as long as this violence was directed at others instead, they could sometimes even find something perversely charming about these villains." (Bandits, book 3, chapter 13)  Callout for who? Callout for me. Pipi is very right about this but also she is the one writing her murderous gays so epic and sexy and fascinating and irresistible and…

#chu huan #of mountains and rivers #shan he biao li #tong ru #liu yao #mu xiaoqiao #bandits #you fei #legend of fei #priest #polls #priest lower round 1 #priest lower bracket #priest character tournament #queue

[spriteofmushrooms]

Please nominate characters for the incredibly stupid event I want to run, The Annual & Eternal Allcheng Completionist Run Any% Event. Here's the random roll 2d10 table so far:

01 Jar Jar Binks (Star Wars)

02 Olaf (Frozen)

03 Heathcliff and/or Catherine Earnshaw (Wuthering Heights)

04 Six Balls (SVSSS)

05 Wang Lingjiao

06 Bowser (Mario)

07 Ganon and/or Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda)

08 Xenomorph (Alien) and/or any Predator (Predator)

09 GLADoS (Portal)

10 Shrek (Shrek)

11 You (you) and/or Your "Y/N" Name (reader)

12 Xie Lian and/or Hua Cheng (TGCF)

13 One Direction

14 Kairi, Riku, and/or Sora (Kingdom Hearts)

16 Song Lan and/or Xiao Xingchen

17 Gongyi Xiao and/or Zhuzhi-lang (SVSSS)

20 Luo Qingyang

23 Loki (any)

24 Xie'er (Word of Honor)

27 Shigure Shoma (Fruits Basket)

29 Ming Fan and/or Ning Yingying (SVSSS)

30 Jiao Liqiao (Mysterious Lotus Casebook)

34 Alucard (Castlevania)

35 Ianto Jones (Torchwood)

36 Sha Hualing and/or Liu Mingyan (SVSSS)

37 Ouyang Zizhen and/or Su Minshan

38 Qi Rong (TGCF)

40 Wei Changze and/or Cangse Sanren

41 Sephiroth (Final Fantasy)

42 PIDW Luo Binghe and/or SVSSS Luo Binghe (SVSSS)

43 Claude von Riegan (Fire Emblem)

44 Anne Elliot and/or Frederick Wentworth (Persuasion)

45 Haruhi, Kyoya, and/or Tamaki (Ouran High School Host Club)

46 Feng Xin and/or Mu Qing (TGCF)

47 Magnai (Final Fantasy)

48 Qui-Gon Jinn and/or Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars)

49 Yennefer, Jaskier, and/or Geralt (The Witcher)

50 Danyin, Dongfang Xunfeng, Jieli, and/or Shangque (Love Between Fairy and Devil)

51 Venom (Marvel)

52 Mobei-jun and/or Shang Qinghua (SVSSS)

53 Tadashi (Big Hero Six)

54 Tadashi (Sk8)

57 Jinzhu/Yinzhu/Jiang Cheng

61 Ling Wen, Pei Ming, and/or Shi Wudu (TGCF)

62 Wen Kexing (Tian Ya Ke/Word of Honor)

65 Elizabeth Bennet and/or Fitzwilliam Darcy (Pride and Prejudice)

66 Yue Qingyuan (SVSSS)

67 Sesshoumaru (Inuyasha)

69 Tianlang-jun (SVSSS)

70 Toji Fushiguro (Jujutsu Kaisen)

73 Riza Hawkeye (Fullmetal Alchemist)

77 Shen Qingqiu: Shen Jiu and/or Shen Yuan (SVSSS)

80 Qin Su/Wen Qing/Jiang Cheng

86 Sidon (Legend of Zelda)

88 Mo Ran and/or Chu Wanning (Erha)

91 Jin Guangyao/Lan Xichen/Jiang Cheng

96 Di Feisheng, Fang Duobing, and/or Li Lianhua (Mysterious Lotus Casebook)

99 Wang Yue (The Journey of Chongzi)

100 Pike Dexter (Big Eden)

Only 47 options to go! Ideally, your ship should have no fanworks on ao3, but having up to 10-25 is alright.

Please include a number to assign on the table since I know very few of these characters. You don't have to stick with bad = low.

#pallas.rtf #mdzs #jiang cheng #allcheng means all y'all

[pippin-pippout]

So I dragged myself kicking and screaming and, yes, mostly in denial, through the last episodes of A Journey to Love.

My thoughts can be summarized as follows:

Obviously this is mainly due to me being horrifically traumatized by Yuan Lu’s death. After all, they told us from the get go he wouldn’t live to 20. They made it clear he had a deadly heart disease. And then. They had the nerve. They had the audacity. They had the actual fucking bahoonga BALLS to follow through!?

But then I found myself sobbing at literally every good guy death scene, plus all of the mourning scenes. The latter was in large part thanks to Alen Fang's acting - deepest apologies to him for just referring to his character as 'the slutty one' for the majority of the show. Not that I was wrong. Also thanks to strong performances from He Lan Dou for Yuan Lu's death.

Anyway so I need to add this gif x4 for the Liudao Hall babies:

Qian Zhao, da ge, who made mistakes but always did right in the end

Sun Lang, who just wanted to hold something fluffy at the end, dying a hero

Yuan Lu, who died in his princess's arms after running to deliver a letter rendered useless by the Emperor of An's greed.

Yu Shisan, who lived as he lived and had such a happy moment with Chu Yue right before it all became irrevocable.

When they added Yu Shisan to the snowball fight, I just about lost it. Liu Yuning's acting there - having the realization about Shisan's death as he watched them play in real time was so well done. Really hurt.

Plus I'll make a couple of versions with edits.

For the Wu Emperor. I knew it was gonna happen from the spoilers but damn, him genuinely learning the value of friendship and brotherly love made me root for him. Dude did not deserve to go out like that. Thank goodness for the magic of CDramas where he lived just long enough to pass on his will to Ning Yuanzhou, and do one last act of good.

It also ensured Duke of Chu was able to pass on his command to his daughter, Chu Yue, before dying of the same (was not clear if her bro died or not, or if dad was always going to choose her).

And for Deng Hui. Started out thinking he was just a sexist bastard. Turns out he was one of the most principled characters in the show.

Their deaths didn't make me cry, but I respect them.

Also loved Chen Du Ling's (Empress of Wu) small part in this. I may not like all of her characters but she can deliver a scene and hold a room. It was a bit cathartic to see her put every man in their place, and basically decide the fate of two countries, even though her lament that she'd only ever have power through another held true.

Ah Ying, my baby girl. This is a character that could have turned people off from the beginning. Thanks to strong writing and stronger acting, it did not. I was super impressed with He Lan Dou. She can dial it up and dial it down in a single take, and can play big dramatic scenes with a subtlety that some older actors cannot grasp. This was the first thing I've seen her in, though for her and Chen You Wei (Yuan Lu) I might watch Tiger and Crane if someone tells me it's good.

I still think Li Tongguang is a perverted and creepy child, who never managed to learn (except in literally the last ep), but at least I trust that he will treat Ah Ying well. I don't hold it against him for screwing up the battle - he was trying to be benevolent but made a bad choice.

The main couple win it for me this year. What an inspired pairing. They beat out heavy hitters including Bai Lu x Everyone which was near impossible. Something to do with letting Liu Shi Shi use Liu Yuning's height against him at every possible moment. Also the 'if you die, I'll finish the job and then follow you' is my favorite dynamic. I swear when Ruyi threw those bombs, NOT NEEDING TO HAVING ALREADY SUCCEEDED AT KILLING THE KING AND PRINCE, just to join him, y'all I died. Good for whoever posthumously gave her the Marquis title on her own (not just furen) - couldn't tell if it was Li Tongguang acting as regent or Dayang (great shot of those two at the end).

The final episode was one of the best final cdrama episodes I've seen. I might have to make another post about that. In sum, despite losing a large portion of the well-loved cast, the remainder gave a world-class finale. The visuals were incredible (explosions are my favorite). The final scene was beautiful (though I'm a bit surprised they gave it to Chu Yue instead of Ah Ying who knew all 6 of them closely).

#a journey to love #一念关山 #yi nian guan shan #liu yuning #liu shi shi #he lan dou #alen fang #fang yilun #chen youwei #ning yuanzhou #ren ruyi #yang ying #yu shisan #yuan lu #li tongguang #qian zhao #sun lang #chu yue