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this is what Glorious-Sunset wrote on tumblre:
What’s in a name? For the characters of LBFAD (Love Between Fairy and


What’s in a name? For the characters of LBFAD (LBFAD)

DongFang Qing Cang - 东方青苍: “East, Cyan, Dark blue”

The surname “DongFang” means East, the direction of the rising sun. Both Dongfang Qingcang’s (DFQC) personal terrace at Silent Moon Palace and the replica Arbiter Hall he built for Xiao Lanhua (XLH) face East, and capture the most beautiful sunrises. DFQC (and previous generations of DongFangs) are well-respected by their people and enjoy the best locations and residences in Cangyan Sea.

The “Cang” in DFQC was named for his realm, “Cang” Yan Sea, as he was expected to be its leader and follow the path set for him by his father, and Lady Yan before him. Lady Yan chose to rid herself of emotions in order to wield Hellfire, and DFQC’s father forced the same decision onto him. The hanzi (mandarin character) for “Cang” in DFQC and Cangyan Sea means dark blue, and the darkness of this colour represents the darkness of the path he was expected to follow.

ㅋㅋㅋ I actually liked Red Sleeves more the longer I watched it. But that's just me, I like to meditate on ideas. The Chinese original title for Love between Fairy and Devil is like a pseudo spoiler. That drama is truly epic in every sense of the word.

Funny I'm not the only one who picked up on that trend of K-dramas increasingly catering for the Western consumer's tastes. This is why I have found myself drawn to Sageug the more I watch, because the Korean connection to its history is something that is so blatantly missing in Western cinema. Dramas like Red Sleeves, Moon Embracing the Sun, 100 Days My Prince still rank top of my list, but when it comes to purely contemporary settings, I frequently find myself exasperated. Shows like Glory, or even Squid Game, for that matter, use too many Western clichés for my taste. Rewatching works, as the repertoire over the years is huge, and one sees things with new eyes after a longer break, but I find myself venturing out to C-drama more often than not lately, e.g. Love between Fairy and Devil, which is also an opportunity to pick up a few words in another language and to do some comparative studies on societal subtleties.

I'm watching White Snake Legend for the third time, and you are my favourite. So sweet, such a strong and convincing character, cheeky, caring, sensitive, in short, brilliant acting throughout, and very beautiful! I am a K-drama addict, but this Chinese show takes top ranking on my list. What a wonderful and meaningful contribution to cinematic expression of profound philosophy.

Nobody 'hates on thr actors '. They do a job, and usually an excellent one. What people have a problem with is the concept of Westernised, shallow content seeping into thephilosophically high level, profound South Korean art scene.
Yes, it'smoneymotivated, which is fine, but the audience should be more picky, and distinguish between loud and sensational on the one hand, and meaningful on the other.

Disney used to be true, wholesome and even meaningful entertainment. It has meanwhile degenerated to playing social politics, serving agenda like the gender confusion and dissolution of family values, and as a consequence, has lost large sectors of its traditional audience. K-drama is very successful, exactly because it's based on traditional values and the actual nature of the human condition, and not on leftist political agenda.
Don't get me wrong. It is the task of the arts to effect social development like equal opportunity, women's rights etc., but the political Left is only interested in those as a stepping stone towards power, not because they care about women etc.

I haven't watched it, but find it highly interesting that productions that do well in the Anglo-Saxon countries rate poorly in S-Korea. Personally, I've noticed that the loud Western movie making style, with gun violence, revealing attire and inappropriate scenes take away a lot of the inner, philosophically differentiated substance that make K-drama special. It's those predicable, westernised shows that get good ratings in the West, and anything that requires subtlety in emotional sensitivity, is less appreciated. Let's stick to classic K-drama, and let's not try to imitate Hollywood etc.

Disney trying to get into the K-drama scene, after destroying the domestic market?

I'm glad. Although drink driving should not be taken lightly, and laws of curbing it are necessary to avoid casualties, it should not be something that stigmatises a person to the extent of ruining their career. It falls more into the category of "make sure it won't happen again".
Seeing he couldn't afford a driver, it's good that he's back on task.

One of my favourite supporting actresses. In Hometown Cha-cha-cha she's just amazing. Love the flip back scene where she loses it with her husband over him taking his socks off inside out. She had me rolling on the floor and crying at the same time. She just touches me.

Wrong. It's not Korea, it's Netflix eliminating subtle, highly emotional and philosophically profound content with cheap Western crime stories. Watch Korean production's like "My Golden Life", 'When the Camelia Blooms", "My Mister" or "Psycho but okay", etc. and it'll hit deep in your heart.

The tragedy is that Netflix substitutes the philosophical depth and subtleties of traditional Korean content with cheap Western crime thriller plots. This is a very disturbing development.

There are plenty of profound ideas coming out in the dialogues, especially after ep. 12, but it's often disjointed and random. What bothered me too was the pushing of Western concepts, being replete with Christian symbolism, whilst the way of thinking it portrayed was actually Buddhist/Taoist (which prevented it from becoming even shallower).
I sense a desperate attempt to "internationalise" Taiwan in order to make it more "attractive". That's something K-drama never does, and that's why K-drama is more real and more successful.
I do like the individual character portrayals. Some very good acting.
The music is catchy, but too little material, ergo repetitive and predictable.