I've started watching this drama. Lead couple is cute.
But the Li Yan Ran character is obnoxious. I'm sure she's supposed to add humor but it's just falling flat.
Hopefully she will rapidly becomes like the clingy, obnoxious girl in My Fated Boy (which had a somewhat similar setup - older FL/Younger ML). In My Fated Boy, the obnoxious girl finally woke up from her obsession with the ML about a third of the way into the drama after she got into a fight with the FL and the ML looked at her with disappointment and hatred (by the end of the drama she actually became someone I was rooting for - just not with the ML).
ETD: I guess Li Yan Ran can be tolerated once you realize that her love line is actually with Xu Ning Yuan.
just finished this drama. the last ten episodes are really good. going to be one of my favourite costume cdrama.…
The name of the novel is A Lady's Tranquility.
Unfortunately, it's not fully subbed. Here's a link to its page on Novel Updates. Novel Updates provides links to the subbed chapters of the novel (couple of different subbers are working on it). Rephrased/Kunning has 130 of the 253 chapters completed. Novel Updates is free but I think you have to join in order for the links to work... https://www.novelupdates.com/series/a-ladys-tranquility/?pg=1#myTable
oooh! Did they fix the subtitle problem, where the song lyrics are wrecking the subs on some of the best scenes…
They didn't fix the subtitle problems in Episode 34, but you can get the SRT file from YT and strip out the song's wording from the subtitles so the words between the ML and FL are readable or replace the song's wording with the ML/FL dialog so their dialog is on screen longer. Just play the new SRT file with the video. The video and SRT file must have the exact same name and be in the same folder.
Episode 34 did have one of the best scenes between the ML/FL, making the slow burn romance so worth the wait...but I do agree, the dialog between the ML/FL is almost unreadable as originally subbed.
Ignore it - had to be done to pass censorship. Or you can interpret it as the modern day them 😬 hope you caught…
China has banned time travel in dramas as disrespecting history - so to get around the ban against characters time traveling it instead becomes a modern day person's imagination in writing a novel - the censors don't seem to have a problem with that.
And is the only fantasy element the FL waking up as her 18 yearild self
Yes, only fantasy is that the FL goes back in time. Drama is not a Xianxia like Eternal Love/Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms or Ashes of Love where you have immortal heroes and creatures. More like Love Like the Galaxy or The Long Ballad.
This is a very old drama that was filmed before the Chinese government in 2016 banned Korean actors from appearing in Chinese TV dramas. Several dramas filmed with Korean actors have been in censorship limbo for years. I think Park Min Young appeared in 2 Chinese dramas that were completely filmed but have never aired in China. Her Chinese drama Castle in the Air was recently allowed to air in Japan (but not China). Ji Chang Wook also has a drama that's hanging in China censor limbo. China has also banned Korean dramas from streaming in China.
So what was that wedding scene supposed to be about? I didn't see cameras or production crew for it to be a scene from a drama the FL was starring in...
Finished watching Twinkling Watermelon and really enjoyed it. The 18 year old Ha Yi Chan was by far my favorite character - so lovable.
But I have a few questions about Yoon Cheong Ah that I don't remember the drama explaining or I just missed the explanation: 1) Why did Cheong Ah's mother leave. The mother appeared distraught when she left like she was being forced out. I originally thought it was because the father was bringing in a new wife but he acted indifferent to Lim Ji Mi and she always treated him as a boss and not a husband (she always called him Mr Chairman...) and introduced herself to Cheong Ah as a tutor not stepmother... 2) Was Lim Ji Mi actually married to Cheong Ah's father? My Drama List calls her Cheong Ah's stepmother but she acted more like a hired teacher and in the end Cheong Ah's father told her she was "fired." 3) Did Cheong Ah's father adopt Lim Ji Mi 2 children. The father indicated that he was removing them from his register, implying that maybe he had adopted them... Were they the ones in the original time line who inherited the father's business? 4) In the original time line Cheong Ah said she was like an orphan...how did she lose touch with her father - did she run away from home? And why did she never try to contact her mother... 5) Lim Ji Mi said one time that Cheong Ah needed to use lip reading not sign language so she would not be considered disabled but I'm not sure I ever saw any evidence that Cheong Ah could actually read anyone's lips (Ha Yi Chan did ask her once why she was looking at his lips but that seemed to be the extent of any lip reading that I remember). 6) Just an observation - but not sure how Cheong Ah avoided flunking out of school - never saw any indication that she actually knew what was going on in any class other than her art class.
Looks like there are no plans to complete this drama. It seems like they should have planned for a season 2 before than even began season 1. As it is, I don't recommend this version to anyone as it's only half the story. There are several other good versions of this drama that include the full storyline. The Taiwanese version is the the classic, while the Korean version was also good (great ML and FL) but added a few angsty twists.
But the Li Yan Ran character is obnoxious. I'm sure she's supposed to add humor but it's just falling flat.
Hopefully she will rapidly becomes like the clingy, obnoxious girl in My Fated Boy (which had a somewhat similar setup - older FL/Younger ML). In My Fated Boy, the obnoxious girl finally woke up from her obsession with the ML about a third of the way into the drama after she got into a fight with the FL and the ML looked at her with disappointment and hatred (by the end of the drama she actually became someone I was rooting for - just not with the ML).
ETD: I guess Li Yan Ran can be tolerated once you realize that her love line is actually with Xu Ning Yuan.
Unfortunately, it's not fully subbed. Here's a link to its page on Novel Updates. Novel Updates provides links to the subbed chapters of the novel (couple of different subbers are working on it). Rephrased/Kunning has 130 of the 253 chapters completed. Novel Updates is free but I think you have to join in order for the links to work...
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/a-ladys-tranquility/?pg=1#myTable
shushengbar.net has a link to the original novel (which is in Chinese) and a link to one of the subber's website (if you don't want to join Novel Updates).
https://www.shushengbar.net/a-ladys-tranquility-story-of-kunning-palace-%e5%9d%a4%e5%ae%81-%e5%ae%81%e5%ae%89%e5%a6%82%e6%a2%a6-by-%e6%97%b6%e9%95%9c-shi-jing/
Episode 34 did have one of the best scenes between the ML/FL, making the slow burn romance so worth the wait...but I do agree, the dialog between the ML/FL is almost unreadable as originally subbed.
But I have a few questions about Yoon Cheong Ah that I don't remember the drama explaining or I just missed the explanation:
1) Why did Cheong Ah's mother leave. The mother appeared distraught when she left like she was being forced out. I originally thought it was because the father was bringing in a new wife but he acted indifferent to Lim Ji Mi and she always treated him as a boss and not a husband (she always called him Mr Chairman...) and introduced herself to Cheong Ah as a tutor not stepmother...
2) Was Lim Ji Mi actually married to Cheong Ah's father? My Drama List calls her Cheong Ah's stepmother but she acted more like a hired teacher and in the end Cheong Ah's father told her she was "fired."
3) Did Cheong Ah's father adopt Lim Ji Mi 2 children. The father indicated that he was removing them from his register, implying that maybe he had adopted them... Were they the ones in the original time line who inherited the father's business?
4) In the original time line Cheong Ah said she was like an orphan...how did she lose touch with her father - did she run away from home? And why did she never try to contact her mother...
5) Lim Ji Mi said one time that Cheong Ah needed to use lip reading not sign language so she would not be considered disabled but I'm not sure I ever saw any evidence that Cheong Ah could actually read anyone's lips (Ha Yi Chan did ask her once why she was looking at his lips but that seemed to be the extent of any lip reading that I remember).
6) Just an observation - but not sure how Cheong Ah avoided flunking out of school - never saw any indication that she actually knew what was going on in any class other than her art class.