#god of war zhao yun

[skullsandwineglasses]

The Legend of Shen Li First Impressions

It's been 1.5 years since I last watched a cdrama, but Zhao Liying and Lin Gengxin's second collaboration together was more than enough to pull me from my hiatus.

Episode 1 immediately won me over. I'm on episode 5 right now and I am unexpectedly overjoyed at Lin Gengxin playing a himbo. I am living for Shen Li falling for him precisely because he is a himbo.

His himbo-ness is what allows him to be so gentle with her. She enjoys seeing how he sees life, simple and uncomplicated. She feels safe and cared for, even though she claims to be taking on the role of the protector. He protects her in his own way and in a way that no one else has ever had.

It's funny how their role reversal actually makes her feel more feminine with him. She protects him and saves him, but he heals the inner girl in her.

I also watched Contrapoints' latest video essay about Twilight where she talks about the fluidity of yin and yang, and I think some of the concepts that she talked about can be applied to Shen Li and Xing Yun's relationship.

I also enjoy how Shen Li is not cold and hardened by her experiences, unlike the typical stoic and brooding god-of-war ML. She is guarded, but she is not stubborn. She quickly learns to trust Xing Yun and is charmed by him and acknowledges her feelings instead of brushing them off and denying them. She openly embraces her feelings for him, which is really cute to watch.

And of course Xing Yun isn't a complete himbo. He is far more perceptive than what Shen Li gives him credit for, and her learning about his perceptiveness is what draws her to him even more. His innocence and his carefreeness is what makes him strong. He is unaffected by mind tricks and spells that can cripple her.

The scene at the beginning of episode 5 sums up their relationship: Her powers are so immense and forceful that they're able to knock off the pants of the men who ambushed and burned down Xing Yun's house in the middle of the night. She's standing fearsomely in front of the cowering men, reveling in her own wrath, while Xing Yun steps up behind her in the middle of the burning chaos to put his hand over her eyes, saying that she's a female and she shouldn't look at such a filthy scene (referring to the de-clothed men). The scene is something so insignificant to her and she's unfazed by it, and yet Xing Yun wants to protect her from it by shielding her eyes to protect her innocence, because that's the only thing that he can do in that moment. And it just symbolizes how while she's taking care of the bigger things, he will take care of the smaller things for her.

This drama has been such a delight. I don't know if I'm prepared for the inevitable angst. My heart is out of practice.

#cdrama #the legend of shen li #与凤行 #lin gengxin #zhao liying

[dangermousie]

In support of Hot General Summer (tm)

I realized that my recent poll not only lacked visual support but also left out a lot of my fave cdrama generals. So, in support of my Hot General Summer agenda:

Xiao Qi, Rebel Princess

Wei Wu Ji, Sound of the Desert

Ling Buyi, Love Like the Galaxy

Zhousheng Chen, One and Only

Zhao Yun, God of War Zhao Yun

Sima Yi, Secret of Three Kingdoms

Han De Rang, The Legend of Xiao Chuo

Zhan Beiye, Legend of Fuyao

Gao Chang Gong, Lan Ling Wang

Xiang Yu, Story of Han Dynasty

Cao Pi, The Advisors’ Alliance

Meng Tiang Fang, Ancient Terracotta War Situation

Chu Bei Jie, General and I

Zhu Zan, Jin Jiu Ling

Wolfie, The Wolf

Xiang Yu, Legend of Chu and Han

Cheng Yi, The Promise of Chang’an

Liu Xiu, Singing All Along

Huo Xin, Painted Skin the Resurrection

Meng Qi You, Glamorous Imperial Concubine

Yang Bros, The Young Warriors

Weng Gui, Princess Jieyou

Xiao Ping Zhang, Nirvana in Fire 2

Pei Zhao, Maiden Holmes

Ji Ye, Novoland Eagle Flag

Zhu Qi Zhen, Imperial Doctress (it’s a reach he’s an emperor. But he leads his force in battle and I wanted Wallace Huo there so...)

Yuan Ling, Lost Love in Times

Yi Xiao Chuan, The Myth

Gu Tingye, The Story of Ming Lan

Lu Bu, Three Kingdoms 2010

Xu Lingyi, The Sword and the Brocade

Yue Fei, Patriot Yue Fei

Xiang Yu, The Myth

Ping Zhang, Nirvana in Fire 2

Guo Jing, Legend of Condor Heroes 2008

Xiang Yu, The Legend of Qin

#cdrama #the myth #the legend of qin #nirvana in fire 2 #three kingdoms 2010 #the story of ming lan #the sword and the brocade #singing all along #patriot yue fei #princess jieyou #general and i #legend of condor heroes #the story of han dynasty #the legend of xiao chuo #novoland eagle flag #ancient terracotta war situation #fight and love with a terracotta warrior #one and only #lan ling wang #legend of chu and han #the wolf #the promise of chang'an #god of war zhao yun #painted skin resurrection #lost love in times #the imperial doctress #glamorous imperial concubine #rebel princess #monarch industry #maiden holmes

[grand-theft-carbohydrates]

OK I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYONE TALK ABOUT THIS YET SO IM GOING TO ASSUME YALL HAVEN'T SEEN IT this is from total war: 3 kingdoms and I am fucking obsessed with all their game trailers because it is 100% made by people who Get It. Favourite things:

1/ the SONG. the FUCKING SONG. ok. this is based on the poem "Hard Roads to Shu" by Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai. The road to Shu was a treacherous mountain path that once led to sichuan and it's also a HOMOPHONE for the Kingdom of Shu Han, which Liu Bei creates with blood, sweat and tears. The first verse, as Liu Bei's army prepares to face Cao Cao: "The road to Shu is hard. As hard as climbing the great blue sky." the verse that plays when Liu Bei falls: "The ground splits, mountains fall, and stout heroes die."

2/ All the citizens are running while Liu Bei and his sworn brothers are walking towards the danger. 3/ Liu Bei helps a fallen man onto his feet. later on, it is the people who do not lose faith in him as his sworn brothers + zhao yun lift him back onto his feet (zhuge liang is also there!). the man lui bei helped before is the one who gives him back his sword.

4/ SMASH CUT TO THE BATTLE OF CHIBI, WITH LUI BEI LEADING THE LAND ATTACK.

5/ ok. yknow. when Cao Cao's calvary is seconds from bearing down on Lui Bei, the dust of their hooves blotting out the sun, and the last thing lui bei does is glance behind him to look at the fleeing refugees???????????? im frothing at the fucking mouth.

5/ im so inordinately pleased with Cao Cao's single, wordless gesture commanding his men to charge. he gets like 3 seconds of screentime and it's used SO well.

6/ I just really, really, really like the overhead shots showing the battle formations ok??? im a slut for a good battle formation. (small nitpick, lui bei actually outnumbered cao cao 2-1. not that it mattered, they were still totally outmatched bc they were basically all footsoldiers. i get this is visual shorthand to show they're the underdog, but still.)

7/ *gasp!* guan yu if you're here at dangyang then who is at jiangling escorting the refugees? you know what, i'll get it slide just this once because it's just that badass.

8/ im such a slut for historically accurate battle tactics you have NO idea, like that little detail of the archers retreating behind the pikemen and see how the pikemen are all STANDING STILL, bracing their ji INTO THE GROUND and NOT CHARGING? pay attention john woo that's how you're suppose to use a polearm against calvary!!!!

9/ OMG these are crossbolt archers!!!! hell yeah!!! also has the implication that lui bei has a less skilled, run-down peasant militia

10/ zhang fei's little wink before the battle. god how do these people sum up their personalities in .5 seconds so well????? 11/ I SEE THEM. I SEE THE BOYS. THEY INCLUDED HIS BIG STUPID DUMBO EARS!!!!!!!!!!!!! 100000/10 NO FUCKING NOTES.

#romance of the three kingdoms #lui bei #battle of changban #chinese history #total war three kingdoms #stop putting stuff like “plot” and “character” in your stories! give me a 50 page war manual of han dynasty battle tactics. with diagrams.

[1time2study4ravages]

Is that Liu Bei's world-renowned general Zhao Yun? Are those the so-called top warriors of each of your clans? Couldn't even defeat an old man [Zhao Zhen], what a joke! If that's your strength, forget about Jicheng, let alone challenging Cao Cao! Fortunately, we still have a god of war [Ma Chao] in Liangzhou!

chapter 594, The Ravages of Time

#the ravages of time #ravages of time #quotable #zhao ang #manga #manhua

[the-archlich]

Can you tell us about Xiahou Qingye and Gao Ze? The 2016 TV show "God of War, Zhao Yun" had him in a love triangle with them.

Fake

[tvhaycc]

Võ Thần Triệu Tử Long HD Thuyết Minh

Thông Tin Phim

- Quốc Gia: Phim Trung Quốc - Đạo Diễn: Đinh Ngưỡng Quốc - Diễn Viên: Cao Dĩ Tường, Cổ Lực Na Trát, Giả thanh, Kiều Chấn Vũ, Kim Jung Hoon, Lâm Canh Tân, Nghiêm Khoan, Yoona - Thể Loại: Phim Cổ Trang, Võ Thuật  

Phim Võ Thần Triệu Tử Long HD Vietsub Thuyết Minh

Võ Thần Triệu Tử Long (God of War Zhao Yun) được đầu tư tiền tỷ từ màng diễn xuất cho đến trang phục các diễn viên được châm chút tỷ mỹ. Đặc biệt phim Võ Thần Triệu Tử Long được sự tham gia của nữ ca sĩ nổi tiếng nhóm nhạc SNSD là Yoona cũng được chiêm ngưỡng tạo hình đầy đủ của nữ ca sĩ xinh đẹp trong phim truyền hình Võ thần Triệu Tử Long. Phim lấy bối cảnh thời Tam quốc và có nội dung xoay quanh cuộc đời nhân vật Triệu Vân – Triệu Tử Long (Lâm Canh Tân đóng). Triệu Tử Long có mối quan hệ tình cảm với Hạ Hầu Khinh Y (Yoona đóng). Tuy yêu Hạ Hầu Khinh Y sâu đậm nhưng Triệu Tử Long không thể đến với nàng. Bởi, trong một trận chiến trên sa trường, Triệu Tử Long đã vô tình giết chết cha của Khinh Y. Mặc dù gây nhiều tranh cãi khi đảm nhận vai nữ trong “Võ thần Triệu Tử Long” song phim cổ trang Trung Quốc đầu tay của Yoona lại đắt giá: được chào bán 2 tỷ đồng/ tập. Tạo hình này của cô được cho là xinh đẹp, song vẫn kém khí chất so với những mỹ nhân Trung Quốc. Ngoài nam nữ chính Lâm Canh Tân và Yoona, Võ thần Triệu Tử Long còn có sự góp mặt của Nghiêm Khoan, Giả Thanh, Cổ Lực Na Trát, Kim Jung Hoon, Cao Dĩ Tường, Kiều Chấn Vũ. Read the full article

#FullHD #GodofWarZhaoYun2016 #phimtvhay #PhimVõThầnTriệuTửLong #PhimVõThầnTriệuTửLongHDVietsub #tvhay #VõThầnTriệuTửLong #VõThầnTriệuTửLonghd #VõThầnTriệuTửLongHDVietsub #VõThầnTriệuTửLongphụđề #VõThầnTriệuTửLongtvhay #XemphimVõThầnTriệuTửLongvietsub

[mengziyifan]

#meng ziyi #孟子义 #zoey meng #meng zi yi #god of war zhao yun #shi yan

[nexttimeisnotthesame]

When Ahn Bo Hyun briefly mentioned Yoona ♥ | Knowing Brothers Ep. 232

#yoona #snsd #ahn bo hyun #girls' generation #im yoona #knowing brothers #jtbc knowing brothers #god of war zhao zi long #god of war zhao yun #i expect a drama collab between these two! i translated/posted alot about yoona's cdrama back then and i remeber this pic clearly! #so when ahn bo hyun mentioned yoona i immediately remembered this pic! #mygif #p: yoona #p: mix m #s: othery #being a yoona stan it's rare to see her take pictures with guys around her age so this was unexpected!

[mmarcexx]

Snsd´s Yoona for Elle

#YoonA #snsd #snsd yoona #girls generation #girls generation yoona #elle #korean actress #kpop #kdrama #im yoon ah #the k2 #the king loves #god of war zhao yun

[smileyanie]

「三国志 ～趙雲伝～」ユナ（少女時代）インタビューSP

#im yoon ah #yoona #snsd #girls generation #god of war zhao yun #cdrama #datv

[moodscreencaps]

god of war, zhao yun ep 2 (2016) dir. yong guo jian

#god of war zhao yun #yong guo jian #screencaps

[dangermousie]

List of completed cdramas I plan to watch/rewatch

I’ve seen a lot of them in whole or in part (tho most so long ago it’s like starting from scratch, also I am terrible at finishing) but I haven’t a bunch, either.

Here is what you might see in this tumblr (it will take me probably two years to get through all of this tbh, also I am sure I am forgetting stuff)

The Advisors Alliance both seasons

As Flowers Fly and Fade Across the Sky

Beauty’s Rival in the Palace

Bichunmu

Big Shot/Da Ren Wu

Bu Bu Jing Xin

Chinese Paladin 1, 3, 5

Cuo Dian Yuan Yang

The Dream of Chang’an

Dugu (both dramas)

Empress of China (I have uncut version with Russian subs)

Gong 1-3 seasons

Female Prime Minister

The Firmament of the Pleiades

The Four

Four Women Conflict

General and I

Glamorous Imperial Concubine

God of War Zhao Yun

The Great Ambition

The Great Shaolin

Handsome Siblings 2005

Ice Fantasy

The Imperial Doctress

The Investiture of the Gods

The King’s Woman

The Lady and the Liar

Lan Ling Wang

The Legend and the Hero

Legend of Banshu

Legend of Condor Heroes 2008

Legend of Fuyao

Legend of Heavenly Tear

The Legend of the Military Seal

Legend of Mulan

The Legend of Qin

Listening Snow Tower

Little Fairy

Longest Day in Chang’an

Lost Love in Times

Love and Destiny

Love and Fight with the Terracotta Warrior

Love Better than Immortality

Love and Redemption

Novoland Eagle Flag

Novoland Tribes and Empires

Orphan of Zhao

Patriot Yue Fei

The Promise

The Promise of Chang’an

Qin Dynasty

Rebel Princess

Red Dust

Return of the Condor Heroes 2006

The Rise of Phoenixes

Rouge Snow

Siege in Fog

Singing All Along

Secret of the Three Kingoms

The Shanghai Bund

Song of the Clouds

Sound of the Desert

Song of Glory

Starry Night Starry Sea (period season)

The Story of Han Dynasty

The Story of Minglan

Three Kingdoms 2010

Too Late to Say I Love You

Under the Power

Untouchable Lovers

Vigilantes in Masks

The Virtuous Queen of Han

Wu Xin

Xuan Yuan Sword

Young Blood

The Young Warriors

Zu Legend

Man, I have enough to cover me until inevitable WW3 starts and we all have to depart for our bunkers.

#cdrama #references

[mystarmyangel]

170718  What Qingyi of Eastern Han dynasty and Eun San of Goryeo have in common 

(Source from Ep 3&4 of The King In Love and Ep 5 of God of war zhao yun

#YoonA #The King In Love #The King Loves #Drama #God of War Zhao Yun #武神赵子龙

[mejomonster]

Some shout out honorable mentions, some shows where they played with gender and at the least committed to making lead characters bisexual:

The Heiress - a woman pretends to be a man, you’ve heard of that premise. Her love interest falls for her as a man and the plot goes on like that for a while including him accepting his sexuality.

The King’s Affection - I haven’t seen it but I am Assuming the same is true for this show, that the lead man falls for the girl in disguise and the writing is okay implying he may like men as well and not backing down from that implication.

Bromance - bonus points for being a taiwan drama that’s also exploring gender identity explicitly. The lead man realizes he’s bisexual and that is a plot point that is explored and committed to early on in the story.

Bureau of Transformer - bonus points because the endgame relationship is lgbt, neither lead is straight, bisexuality is explicitly brought up and affirmed throughout the writing all the way to the ending. Also it ends happily, its just very nice overall. Wu Aiai confessing feelings to Hao Yun is still one of my favorite confession scenes i’ve ever seen

Love and Redemption - Sifeng confesses his love to a woman, confesses his love to a man, that’s as explicit as you get as far as bi rep. Also shout out to Xuanji/God of War/Luohuo Jidu who’s both a woman and a man and as perfectly comfortable as both as far as its ‘explained in the show’ (i believe i’ve heard Luohuo Jidu/Asura was actually nonbinary in the novel), depicted as romantically involved with Sifeng throughout, therefore like Bureau of Transformers ultimately giving us a nonbinary lead hero and bisexual leading love interest (could not relate more, thanks show). Then there is, subtextually/implied whatever the fuck is going on with Bai Lin/Luohuo Jidu-God of War-Xuanji - either way Bai Lin well deserved his place as villain for how awful he is to Luohuo Jidu in all lifetimes. (I should’ve listed this on my explicit queer cdrama recs like BoT, what did I do to deserve this show existing it is my favorite romance xianxia ahh)

LORD Critical World - how could I forget??? As um bizarre as a show this is. The main character soul bonds with Lord Silver, and this bond is explicitly described as making him attracted to his partner, which comes up over and over plain as day, so that's certainly an explicit mention of our lead hero liking a guy (which evolves into a lot deeper of a connection in various ways). And our main lead also has a crush on a killer girl shown by him flirting with her. He's pretty explicitly shown liking both genders within a couple episodes and then that stays pretty consistent throughout.

honorable mentions:

Guardian - barely makes the cut but you know I’m going to add it, but I appreciate that by using Zhu Hong crushing on Zhao Yunlan and him turning her down, for Shen Wei, and Shen Wei being regularly shown as her love competition, it does a fairly decent job at implying Zhao Yunlan is bi. (one could argue drama Zhao Yunlan only shows attraction to men - aka one man Shen Wei lol, but I do think the show like the book was smart to use the crush Zhu Hong has to highlight Zhao Yunlan’s feelings for Shen Wei compared to how he’s generally been ‘seen by people’ in previous relationships, show-wise its also very fun to see what a show ‘bailing out’ would have done - pair him with the woman - versus Guardian committing to Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan’s relationship as something picked instead of a woman love interest. Even though story wise of course, Zhao Yunlan doesn’t pick her because he doesn’t like her that way, sees her as a friend, and doesn’t want to break her heart - its still storytelling wise a nice way to introduce a woman ‘love interest’ then show he’s picking the man love interest).

Once Upon A time in Lingjian Mountain - this show ultimately does not go explicit with any bl relationship (its just ‘playful’ subtext much like My Roommate is a Detective). What gives it an honorable mention is I think this show REALLY commits to exploring the m/m relationship option as worth merit, as much as if this had been a b/romance drama. Even though the main character will in the end be in a relationship with a woman, his relationship with a man is treated as equally important and in the first half of the story his Main Relationship. As such, it is given all the treatment of a full on romance complete with crying and begging forgiveness in the rain, carrying in arms, bathing together, all the usual fun xianxia romance fare. Also, since its treated about as forward/explicitly as the man/woman romance gets tropes later, the lead protagonist comes off as bi when watching. Its not explicit representation (no men kissing men here) but as far as ‘story treating b/b romance potential the same as b/g romance potential’ this show shines. (The only shows I can think of that get ‘similar’ to this level would perhaps be the Demon Princess and Prince Liking the heroine in Eternal Love whether they think she’s a woman or a man, demon prince and princess come off as fairly ‘bi’ throughout the story, although they have significantly see presence in Eternal Love compared to OUATILM’s protagonist who throughout his story acts rather romantically toward his new guy ‘friend’ pretty much until the halfway point when his ‘friend’ starts to like a girl, and that’s when the enemies/friends dynamic of the protagonist and his woman teacher starts evolving into something with more romantic tropes). 

Eternal Love - lol as much as it is not my favorite drama, this romance xianxia was fairly casual about being fine with implying the demon prince and demon princess can like a man or woman without ever backtracking about it (i liked the casual accepting implications of the writing even if the characters being bi wasn’t ever a main focus). the drama also included the phoenix/fox implied gay couple, which while all subtext is (as far as i’m aware) very much intentionally there and meant to be read as romantic. This drama in general, as much as it is ‘traditional romance xianxia’ fare, very okay with the implication of queer characters within its story and very okay with including intentional subtext in its story without invalidating it. The comparison to Ashes of Love is stark - Ashes of Love also has a main character who could have been interpreted as nonbinary, but then the writing implies she ‘needs’ to dress femininely and be interpreted as a woman, the main character has a woman propose to marry her which is quite nice and then the main man love interest laughs at that woman and declares women can’t marry women. I only saw maybe 12 episodes of Ashes of Love but I was extremely soured by how the show seemed to have very open-minded ideas for a setup (the first one being a possible aromantic lead which... they were never going to let me actually have :/ ), and then continuously INSULTED the interpretation of those setups and declared that our main character who didn’t care about gender ‘was a woman and NEEDED to adhere to gender norms’ ‘NEEDED to be involved in romantic relationships :/’ and ‘queer people are NOT allowed to marry haha!’ ugh. Anyway... as much shit as I give Eternal Love (because its just not my kind of story and I don’t like some inconsistent/problematic romance and main character writing choices toward the end :/)... Eternal Love is genuinely REALLY kind about being open minded toward lgbt possible interpretations, and with including subtextual lgbt characters and relationships. While yes its not Love and Redemption, since not every romance xianxia has a nonbinary hero and explicitly bi love interest (but i Wish lol), at least Eternal Love is still perfectly respectful and open minded for the most part with the world it depicts and people in it. (My only issues with Eternal Love involve some writing that just isn’t my think like the suffering in heaven as a mortal plot, some contradictory writing for Ye Hua toward the end, and some dubious consent scenes I didn’t think were romantic and would have preferred done differently - but that’s all general normal writing problems things can have, the show is never purposely hostile to its audience). 

#rec list #cdrama #cdramas #congrats Eternal Love i do in fact have good things to say about u for once! #as much as i Love the cast in Ashes of Love? the writing is so overtly homophobic and reinforcing of gender binary i fucking cant stand it #especially when there is NO excuse. especially even when a 'not perfect' Standard show of the genre like Eternal Love? #can manage to be inclusive to different genders and different presentations and different sexualities #i never once felt during Eternal Love like the writing gave a shit if lead heroine was a woman or man #i never once felt EL insulted a character for liking the same gender or same 'assumed gender' #it did a LOT of basic and flawed writing but the writing was Never hostile to the audience

[sunshine304]

On to eps 25 + 26, my friends! It’s heating up!

Yang Jin was concerned because he saw Yu Wenzhi’s troups – but he definitely, absolutely was NOT concerned for Li Yan, no no! XD They keep on going together, but only... for 5 min or so? Until Li Yan tells him to go help A-Fei in town, since she can make the rest of the way herself (that worked so well before...). It’s cute how Yang Jin doesn’t want to go, but she makes puppy eyes at him and so he leaves.

I guess in the long run that isn’t such a bad decision to send him to A-Fei’s aid. 

Poor Li Yan of course meets an outpost that’s already infiltrated by Disha. At least the man helps her instead of selling her out. And then it turns out that Li Sheng didn’t even include a message, just sending her away from where the attack will happen. Oh Li Sheng... He could have thought about how the outpost might be in Disha’s pockets, though, since it wouldn’t be the first time. Anyway, Li Yan steals a horse and goes to find help.

So much stuff is happening at the same time! Yang Jin asks after the Intinerary Gang who surely will help him (good idea), while Chuchu listens in on the Elders talking about how Li Sheng is very likely dead. She is devastated. T_T

Yu Wenzhi starts distrusting Kou Dan, because she now mentions a rumoured hidden path to the 48 Strongholds. She’s all like, “What, it’s just a rumour.“ and even I side-eye her for that. He wants to set a trap for A-Fei and leaves.

Meanwhile, Xie Yun has already strongly hinted to A-Fei that it would be an advantage if they could get YWZ to distrust at least Kou Dan. A-Fei uses YWZ’s ruse for just that, basically telling Gu Tianxian that this was an assassination attempt lead by Mingfeng Sect. 

OMG the kiss by proxy!! I flailed!! Give me moooore! ♥

XY is off to distract GTX while A-Fei looks for YWZ's new hiding spot. But before that she stares into space, thrown by XY's proxy kiss. I swoon along with her. XD

Li Yan meets Li Jinrong, who was on her way back anyway since she missed her husband yet again. The army seems to have some problems, though General Wen is… perhaps downplaying? Anyway, LJR now knows that 48 Strongholds is under attack and hurries home.

Shen Tianshu has waited out the fire, it seems, and is now in front of the main gate to the 48 Strongholds. Also, YWZ’s private army has arrived. All in all, this huge combined army consists of about 30 people; 6 of them leave to find the secret path. I can’t get over the fact that the mean villains only have so few people! You really didn’t have a budget, huh? XD I mean srsly, there are definitely more people hiding at the 48 SH! XD

Look at his smug face! He always squints smugly at everyone, he’s so weird! XD

Love how XY is leading Disha around. Also happy that Wang Yibo could do lots of wirework in that scene, since he likes to do that stuff. XD Meanwhile, YWZ feels super threatened. Rightly so, asshole.

Aww the Elders Zhao and Zhang at the 48 SH want to go fighting! I actually enjoy that this show has many older characters as well.

Aaaand A-Fei has found YWZ! And she fights! And then there’s Yang Jin and the IG to the rescue! I love how they’re all fighting, while YWZ just stands there and watches with Kou Dan protecting him. Kinda. I cheered for the IG just fighting with big sticks and whatever else was at hand against that trained (? I assume) private army with swords – and they win by brute force. XD

A-Fei is all confused and Yang Jin explains, “I met Li Yan on the road and she started crying. She’s so annoying, I can’t say no to her!” He is so whipped. XD

YWZ really is a totally useless fighter. A-Fei reaches him and overpowers him easily. What kind of position does that guy have in the government? Doesn’t seem to be an army position… Since they won they want to get Disha to stop the attack on the 48 SH.

Meanwhile I fucking knew it that Ma Jili would betray them! Did he actually kill that one Elder? Or did they really encounter Disha and the Elder got killed there? Hm.

Anyway, look at Chuchu grabbing a sword! That was cool, you go queen! Though she didn’t get to use it, I’m sure there will be another chance for her to fuck some shit up!

A-Fei is so devastated that Uncle Ma betrayed her. I feel you, A-Fei. And then Uncle Ma feels guilty (or… was also misled by Kou Dan?) and fights KD, which doesn’t end good for him. 

That fight between A-Fei and KD was really cool. Loved how they used the end credits song! I’m a sucker for that song! A-Fei gets her revenge and doesn’t even watch KD die.

Seriously, those poor kids will all be so traumatised. Yeah in CQL they all went to war at 19 or so, but they at least all had fighting experience in a real life situation against monsters, fierce corpses and whatnot. The kids from 48 SH grew up sheltered with this kind of fighting just a theoretical exercise. 

OH nooo Xie Yun uses the super power needle! O_O He sees that 48 SH will likely lose (how, against only 20 Disha ppl, IDK…) and decides on that, because he can’t lose A-Fei.

Look at his conflicted face!!!

He also throws some exposition in there, that Chuchu’s necklace is the main key for the HTYS which he is looking for. Okay. Whatever, now pls fuck Shen Tianshu up, my man.

He does. He also tells A-Fei that he wants to enjoy himself here. (Meaning he doesn’t have long afterwards anyway and wants to go out with a bang I guess. T_T) STS is shocked because it seems that Xie Yun has some SERIOUS FIGHTING SKILLZ.

This is getting really long... XD

Xie Yun fights and it's pretty cool! A-Fei also keeps fighting, but she gets weaker, and also seems overwhlemed by the situation. I can’t blame her.

And then Li Jinrong signals her arrival and Shen Tianshu kinda panics while A-Fei decides that this is a good moment to faint. She does a lot of fainting in this show.

Have this gif for the drama of it all. XD

Yay, Chuchu has found Li Sheng! She had to wade through some corpses for that at the river bank, but she is a badass and doesn’t care. MVP Chuchu! ♥

Excuuuse me!? STS punches (!!) Li Jinrong's horse. Seriously, asshole?! WTF?! LJR fucks him up anyway, destroys his metal hand (he later has a new one so I guess he just... has a lot of these things lying around?). Disha + YWZ’s troups finally retreat, and Chuchu immediately tells them where Li Sheng is. He is now safe, yay!

Okay this shot of LJR is really cool.

There LJR goes again with her tough mother routine. XD A-Fei is awake and happy to see her; she also aks after Xie Yun, and her mother is like, “Do you know who he is?” and A-Fei conveniently does not mention that she knows he's royalty and just tells her the important stuff like, “He does poetry and songs to make a living.” LJR just dismisses her with, “We'll talk about him later.” Oh oh.

Cute scene with A-Fei and Li Sheng, who tease each other good-naturedly. Li Sheng now can admit that A-Fei is better than him at martial arts, but he doesn't want to give up – perhaps he'll manage to be better than her one day anyway? ;D I like his growth so far.

Xie Yun comes over to flirt and invite himself into A-Fei's bedroom. XD But this time A-Fei flirts back! It's the, “I know I'm good looking, but you have to pay money to stare at me,” and A-Fei answers, “You can stare at me too and we'll call it even,” scene. XY is surprised and delighted. XD

That whole conversation between these two. ♥ T_T A-Fei knows XY so well by know that she sees through his act of putting on a happy face whenever he's worried. She wants to ask so many questions but doesn't because she thinks he won't answer them honestly anyway. T_T And she sincerely asks him if he's alright. T_T He's obviously thrown by all of this, and he talks around some things and yep, he isn't really honest. And then she asks too many questions anyway and he uses her accupoints to knock her out. My God, just talk to her!!

And there's the other ship that's shyly circling each other! Chuchu and Li Sheng have an awkward conversation, because now that it's not live or death they don't know how to act. XD He wants to look for Chuchu's brother and they perhaps could live at the 48 SH? *puppyeyes* I mean seriously, where is that kid?!

Shen Tianshu is pissed, Yu Wenzhi is too. He's going on about how Xie Yun (=Xiao Chuan) should be dead, damnit, since he was poisoned 10 years ago with that super rare and deadly Bone Piercing Blue poison (we remember, the one that 9th Madam Duan also suffered from until Li Zheng helped her). We get STS exposition that a master must've helped XY so that he survived (and the master should've died of it), but now that XY used the power needle his meridians are no longer blocked and the poison is free to circulate again = He only has a few months to live. OH NO! T_T They don't know if he's also looking for the HYTS but want to keep looking anyway; Disha masters are sent out after the two men yet again bitch at each other. XD

Sometimes it's nice to actually get some exposition here...

There's a funeral scene at 48 SH with cool music and all of them swearing their oath again to do their best with a clear conscience before Heaven, Earth, and themselves. That “clear conscience” idiom is really popular I think?

A talk between Xie Yun and Li Jinrong. She thanks him and seems sincere enough, but she also seems wary/distrustful of him (well, he fetched her ill husband to go to war again, sooo...). He yet again circumvents actually answering her questions about his former master (although I assume she at least has a hunch who he is), and he tells her she should perhaps be nicer to her daughter and compliment her from time to time. Well, I guess he's dying anyway and hasn't anything to lose. XD

She comments on his pale complexion, is he perhaps ill? Wow the passive-aggressiveness in this scene from LJR. XD Then she hands him a sigil to pass the guards and basically throws him out. Charming. Good start into that in-laws situation. XD

OMG Li Sheng sends pastries to Chuchu! ♥ And Li Yan is all excited, like, “Yes please fetch your little brother, I always wanted a little brother, that would be awesome!” XD

Xie Yun and A-Fei have a romantic stroll under the not-moonlight. ♥ They are holding hands, be still my heart! ♥  While they are hand holding we also get a MV of their best moments so far.

She tells him she's working on a gift for him, and she wants to help him look for the HYTS since it seems to be a shitty thing and she doesn't want it to fall into Disha's hands. Xie Yun would like to stay at 48 SH and of course doesn't tell A-Fei about his talk wit LRJ nor that he's, you know, dying. It's obvious that he will leave without her because he doesn't want to drag her into this (the trope of “I know what's best for you without giving you a real chance to make a decision yourself” ugh) and also because he's fucking dying. OMG. T_T

We end with A-Fei knocking on his door the next morning (where he very obviously isn't anymore) to give him her gift. Before she can actually see that he isn't there Chuchu intercepts her, so A-Fei tries to give her back the necklace. Chuchu is all like, “Nooo you keep it, it's far saver with you!” so there's that. This will surely be important later. The two girls leave for town to fetch medicine, while Xie Yun sits near the river and sadly plays his flute. T_T

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[jinofthewinds]

Oh shoot, I just realized I forgot to talk about the whole arc of  Zhao Gongming and his sisters which was a very important arc in this story. Still, I will do my best to explain after I did my research. 

So apparently in the very original story, Gongming Zhao was killed when fighting Jiang Ziya who was helping the Zhou overthrow the Shang. Gongming Zhao’s three younger sisters Zhao Yunxiao, Zhao Qiongxiao, and Zhao Bixiao were also killed by Jiang Ziya during the war.

Later, during a visit to the temple of Yuan Shi, Jiang was rebuked for causing Zhao Gongming's death. As ordered, Jiang carried Zhao's corpse into the temple, apologized for his misdeed, extolled Zhao's virtues, and deified Zhao Gongming as the Genuine God of the Profound Dragon Tiger Altar.

While in 2003 Legend of Nezha, Zhao Gaoming and Bi Xiao were both manipulated by Shen Gongbao to join the Shangs. First Zhao Gaoming was tricked  fighting against Nezha but eventually ended up being defeated and made peace with Nezha and Ji Fa. Though after Shen Gongbao found out he ended up poisoning Zhao Gaoming’s wine and killing him. When his sisters  Bi Xiao and Yun xiao found out that their older brother was dead  Shen Gongbao tricked them into saying that it was Ji Fa who killed him.  Bi Xiao was furious and wanted revenge against Ji Fa while Yunxiao was calm but suspicious of  Shen Gongbao.

In the last fight against Bi Xiao, Ji Fa ended up making amends with her by giving the magic golden scissors that were given to him which made her realize that he wasn’t the cruel person, exposed Shen Gongbao.

In other words,  Shen Gongbao and Shiji were pretty much responsible every bad thing that ever happened in the 2003 series. 

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