A Flower for Three Lives (2023)

Flowers & betrayal

This short web drama is a surprisingly well made chinese GL: the relationship between two women cannot in any case be mistaken for friendship like they are forced to do for BLs. There are no kisses and that speaks volumes about the skilled storytelling!

The title is fairly self explanatory: it is a love story spanning three lifetimes. A courtesan is betrayed and killed by her lover so with the help of her flower fairy she comes back to seek revenge and dies a second time. In the third life she is a flower fairy to but with a limited lifespan.

Story is a bit messy to begin with but as it is a short episodes' web drama that is to be expected. The actresses have good chemistry, the guy looks as creepy as the role demands, the special effects are quite good and the cinematography is excellent. All in all a very good short web drama....

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Disjointed but good chemistry

Look, for a show that's in 2023, from China, and about lesbians, our standards (unfortunately) can't be very high. And honestly, it was fun to watch.

The show in and of itself doesn't make much sense; the plot is very disjointed. I often didn't know what happened in between transitions until a flashback much further down the story explained it, but even with said flashback I was still a little lost on how (or why) things were happening. All three lifetimes also ended with one of the girls dying, so we're back to China only giving us queer content if it doesn't end happy. (Though I'm grateful for the little behind the scenes wedding!) But even so, I gotta say this little show did all it could to give us what we wanted. The chemistry between the two girls was great, the acting was decent, and the costumes were good. Even though the plot was disjointed, I could mostly understand what they were going for.

It's not the best short drama in the world, but it's a good one to binge (it'll only take you 20-ish minutes). I'm glad I watched it.

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