#the story of ming lan

[zhouszishu]

THE STORY OF MINGLAN 【知否知否应是绿肥红瘦】 (2018)

#知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 #the story of ming lan #userdramas #asiandramanet #cdramasource #asiandramasource #dramasource #usermare #useryd #udeokmis #roserayne #userxlh #natahjikio #cdrama #cdramaedit #asiandramaedit #perioddramaedit #mine* #mine*gif

[xiaolanhua]

I also love it when you’re so domineering and wanting to tear other people’s face.

The Story of Ming Lan (2018) Episode 50

#the story of minglan #the story of ming lan #cdrama #cdramaedit #cdramasource #userdramas #zhao liying #feng shao feng #gifs #my gifs #* #udeokmis #usermare #useryd #asiandramanet #asiandramasource #dailyasiandramas #periodedit #perioddramaedit

[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

[mercy-misrule]

If you ever want a rec for a Chinese historical drama, I'm not an expert but I have seen a lot of them.

My general all round recs are Empresses in the Palace (also known as the Legend of Zhen Huan) for classic palace drama, with a satisfying end.

I feel so spicy about this drama, its so good. Zhen Huan character of all time.

Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, which is probably my favourite I think? Zhou Xun, who plays Ruyi is astounding, very subtle and understated and emotive at the same time.

The Story of Ming Lan is so good, it's all about family and rising against circumstance. Ming Lan is a joy of a character, she's so clever and tough behind this delicate front, and she has such rage in her.

And Oh My General for being wildly queer while resolutely heterosexual in the weirdest ways.

What if a jock dated a theatre kid, but the jock was a female soldier who has been living as a man to lead an army, and the theatre kid was a spoiled imperial family member who has had nothing expected of him ever.

What if she was a goofball and he was a prissy bitch but then he falls in love with her because she's the only person whose ever looked at him and expected him to be something!

#empresses in the palace #legend of ruyi #ruyi's royal love in the palace #the story of ming lan #oh my general

[smittenskitten]

This man 😂😂😂😂😂

#the story of ming lan #cdrama text #he is seducing his wife with his long legs

[mirmidones]

basically

#i love them so much your honor what a scene #the story of ming lan #x

[cburambles]

Minglan & Madam Qin mirror each other

Something that intrigued me during the ending isn't really discussed is the way they framed Madam Qin's death. And why Minglan seems to have decided to let off Molan easy.

The scene isn't a triumph of evil. It's almost framed in a tragic way like it was meant to happen but every characters present are horrified & crying. If you listen closely, Gu Tingye even accidentally revert back into calling her "Mother" for a second when he realizes Grand Madam Qin is in the burning ancestral hall.

Grand Madam Qin kinda mirrors Minglan in a way she spent her life pretending to be something she's not, ended up scheming & banking everything on her biological kid to get the Marquis title which = power for her & ultimately commited suicide by setting the Gu ancestral hall on fire, which for her is a representation of her own misery (even tho she is mostly responsible for it), reminding the audience that she was as much her and her sister, a victim of the system.

Madam Qin is possibly how Minglan could have grown into if she hadn't the support of her grandmother, her servants or Gu Tingye. If she married had in the Qi's family & kept on her facade all her life.

And we know that like Madam Qin, Minglan is willing to scheme against her own family members & cause some servants to get hurt or killed to reach some her goals.

Not unlike Madam Qin who had a more powerful background, she too, would have to rely on the fickle support of her husband while hoping for her potential son to succeed. She would have probably ended up using Qi Heng in her schemes instead of having an actual partnership like she does with Gu Tingye.

We know Hualan struggled in her Counts in-laws. Can you imagine how hard it would have been for Minglan (who is concubine-born) under the Duchess if she ultimately decided to not disregard her prejudices?

I kinda get why Minglan, Minglan who schemed against her own family, Minglan who was willing to risk the Sheng's reputation to have Concubine Lin's killed, Minglan who broke a cup in anger upon hearing how Madam Kang was planning to harm Gu Tingye by pushing her cousin as a concubine (and also for a second seemed to be ready to almost physically harm her cousin as she suddendly stood up) , Minglan who declared about wanting to hack in pieces her aunt & feeding her to the dogs for harming grandma & had servants tortured, ended up begging Madam Qin to get out of the burning ancestral hall & cried as she watched her die after listening to her rant.

They may have hated each other but she knew where she came from. And for a moment, Minglan possibly saw how she could have turned as well if she had not the sincere relationships that she had in her life & kept pretending.

It's maybe (while she's not aware of Molan's participation in freeing Auntie Kang) also why she decided to extend an olive branch to Molan as a result.

#the story of minglan #the story of ming lan #cb's rambling #sheng minglan #grand madam qin #gu tingye #I saw ppl complain watching the show get more tedious for them after the marriage compared to when it was mostly Sheng household shenanigan #& while I get a bit why #I think it's as important as the first part #Minglan has to fight an older version of herself #That's why she's so quick at assessing Madam Qin #“ she's good at not opening her mouth & has other speak in her stead” guess who also applied that method while dealing with spy servants #acting weak & manipulating people so they can do do the job for her? Right minglan?

[gidaryeong]

Qi Heng vowing to kill himself for Minglan and then literally not doing that but agreeing to marry someone else the very next moment is so typical of his type (romantic idealist who has never truly struggled or schemed a day in his life). Also Gu Tingye presenting him with several ways to get out of it (and even offering to do the dirty work himself) and that scaredy cat still backs out 😤

#get you a man who would kidnap someone for you #or actually for your LAME ASS BOYFRIEND so that he can keep his SOLEMN VOWS to you and not ruin your marital prospects forever #meanwhile gu tingye has already broken with his fam for his random outside mistress #the story of ming lan

[dailyasiandramas]

#asiandramasthrowback #be melodramatic #legend of fei #the story of ming lan #search www #hotel del luna #girl from nowhere #couple of mirrors #17.3 about a sex #dailyasiandramas #polls #tumblr polls #zhao liying #lee ji eun #userstorge #userxlh #useryd #udeokmis #samblr #asianlgbtqdramas #since international women's day is close i thought this is a fitting theme for this week :)

[zhu-yilong-laying-on-things]

#zhu yilong #朱一龙 #朱一龍 #qi heng #the story of ming lan

[xiaolanhua]

@userdramas​ event 05: women – chinese female characters + color symbolism [insp]:

Wang Xuan – The Rebel Princess Li Wei – New Life Begins Si Teng – Rattan Xu Hong Dou – Meet Yourself Sheng Ming Lan – The Story of Ming Lan Xiao Lan Hua – Love Between Fairy and Devil 

#userdramas #cdramaedit #udeokmis #tuserjade #userhanyi #thoresque #yilinglaozu #roserayne #samblr #my gifs #* #the rebel princess #new life begins #rattan #meet yourself #the story of ming lan #love between fairy and devil #cdrama #graphic*

[bug-catcher-in-viridian-forest]

so my two cents on the love triangle in The Story of Ming Lan

it is true that at first it is truly sad that ming lan and qi heng don’t get together because he was as in love with her as one can be and whatever bad decisions he made were made under extreme stress, but it’s also true that unbeknown to him the version of her he loved was the facade she had put on because it was her mother’s last wish, clever but mild and sweet. the real ming lan was always clever and fierce, which presented an incompatibility of character. with qi heng, ming lan would have been happy but wouldn’t have been able to bloom as her true self, while qi heng would have been happy but living with someone he could never fully know. gu tingye is exactly the kind of person ming lan needed to express herself, while qi heng accidentally married a wife that is way more compatible with him.

#the story of ming lan

[grlwatch]

i can’t even describe what i feel when i watch minglan and her grandmothers relationship

#rewatching and i don’t know if it’s age but i don’t remember tearing up at every scene with them? #when the grandma casually went you’re the flesh of my heart I bawled #and when minglan was missing and then they got reunited? #don’t even get me started #the story of ming lan

[smittenskitten]

finally someone told him how it is

#the story of ming lan #cdrama text

[christaline]

Beyond funny that Molan’s mother really said “just fuck nasty and have a kid, i mean. That’s what i did to trap your father🤷🏾‍♀️” with no shred of embarrassment and she actually thought it was a good enough idea to actually do

#c drama commentary #the story of ming lan #hilarous #id have loooved to see more of molan in that disaster house tbh

[shieldmaiden-of-rivendell]

Hey, for anyone interested, they put the full OST for The Story of Minglan on Spotify.

#the story of ming lan #the story of minglan #cdrama #cdramedit #ost #Spotify