I think this is the case with a lot of the heavy romcom ones but there are still so many great cdramas out there!…
There are a few Cdramas I love out there and I leave good reviews for those dramas too! Like Ashes of Love, Ultimate Note, The Untamed and Word of Honor. WoH was actually the last Cdrama I've watched and then everything that happened afterward just deterred me away from the Chinese Entertainment industry for now.... I'm sticking with Mandarin music & dance instead so I can listen & watch choreography videos on Spotify & YT. However, I'll give Legend of Fei a try since I know Wang Yibo is in there and the show is free to watch on YT with Eng subs. Thanks for the recommendation!
I'm so happy Cheng Ling is on this list! Yay! Also, I loved the babies from Begin Again, Unforgettable Love, and TMOPB - though I didn't like the dramas entirely and dropped two of them for different reasons. The baby boys from these dramas are adorable! Thank you for the article!
Thank you for this insightful article because it is very, very, very needed and I honestly don't watch Cdrama romances anymore. I wasn't a fan of the original manga from Japan 'Hana Yori Dango' bcuz despite the main female lead's struggle to not be with the main male lead - she still ends up being together with the school's biggest bully. (Not just any bully - but the richest, most handsome, and petty bully!) No thank you. Meteor Garden is not up my alley and one fan of the main male lead on YT told me that I needed to be more 'open-minded' when I told them I didn't like the show because of this toxic reason. I hope that fan realizes that fantasizing over an actor for an abusive role they played is not healthy at all. (I'm really worried about the way they phrased it '...if you saw meteor garden and you will follow him you'll know how wonderful he is!...I give all my heart to him...' what is that supposed to mean? I typed exactly what they wrote and it still baffles me. How can you give all of your heart to someone who doesn't know you exist? That's unfair to you and your heart deserves better.) Plus, the recent regulations on dramas might mean that there will not be much creativity and experimentation for new tropes in Cdramas for the next couple of years. Having a lack of variety in dramas means more Rinse & Repeat tropes like 'noncon/dubcon as romantic' or 'Rich man/Poor woman' or 'Cold Male Lead/Warm Female Lead'. All men are not uncontrollable monsters and all women are not innocent maidens that need some tough love to finally know what love is and be seen as a woman in society. That's a hard no for me.
I'm soooo ready for Immorality to come out! I checked the main actors' horoscopes and noticed Arthur and Leo are 12 years apart which means they share the same Chinese zodiac: Dragon! That great compatibility will hopefully reflect on-screen with great chemistry between the two. This wait better be worth it
Congrats on his success! I hope it continues! My first introduction to him was through Ultimate Note and his singing from the OST. Superb talent indeed
The government saw an "alarming" infatuation with SK men that does not sit right with the national image. Having…
??? “riding off into the sunset”? Yeah, that sounds like the premise for some shows in SK but the modern Chinese dramas have the same trope but it must be more appropriate then bcuz it’s Chinese men and not foreigners “romancing” their women. Smh. This article has been very educational indeed
It's good to see there are those that have a different opinion than some people about whether a BL show is good or not and they are brave enough to post it online. The fact that you have evidence from real people from their Tweets shows that you a have a foot to stand on and think that better and healthy relationship should be celebrated but unhealthy relationships and bad behavior should never be rewarded. I agree wholeheartedly. I picked up on this trend back when I was only reading manga. Even in hetero themed manga, the girls had really aggressive guys that pursued them and it honestly creep me out. How can you find that attractive? It's like all of the fans from the Twilight series came over to BL fandoms and projected that unhealthy, imbalanced fantasy onto other sexualities and relationships. It's not okay and especially if it's not consensual and unhealthy. I only watched HIStory Crossing the Line, Trapped and Right or Wrong and there are great! It's crazy to hear that the other stories in this series won't live up to that. But I always appreciate constructive critizism and you have very good points so thank you for posting this.
I'm sticking with Mandarin music & dance instead so I can listen & watch choreography videos on Spotify & YT. However, I'll give Legend of Fei a try since I know Wang Yibo is in there and the show is free to watch on YT with Eng subs. Thanks for the recommendation!
These are recent articles that talk about the more recent regulations and updates to the censorship of the Entertainment industry by the CCP. These regulations also cross over into more industries than just the Entertainment industry.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58394906
https://variety.com/2021/global/asia/china-crackdown-celebrities-zhao-wei-1235071553/
https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/gender-diversity/article/3151504/chinas-lgbt-community-caught-xi-jinpings
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-crackdown-tech-celebrities-xi/2021/09/09/b4c2409c-0c66-11ec-a7c8-61bb7b3bf628_story.html
Also, I loved the babies from Begin Again, Unforgettable Love, and TMOPB - though I didn't like the dramas entirely and dropped two of them for different reasons. The baby boys from these dramas are adorable! Thank you for the article!
Meteor Garden is not up my alley and one fan of the main male lead on YT told me that I needed to be more 'open-minded' when I told them I didn't like the show because of this toxic reason. I hope that fan realizes that fantasizing over an actor for an abusive role they played is not healthy at all. (I'm really worried about the way they phrased it '...if you saw meteor garden and you will follow him you'll know how wonderful he is!...I give all my heart to him...' what is that supposed to mean? I typed exactly what they wrote and it still baffles me. How can you give all of your heart to someone who doesn't know you exist? That's unfair to you and your heart deserves better.)
Plus, the recent regulations on dramas might mean that there will not be much creativity and experimentation for new tropes in Cdramas for the next couple of years. Having a lack of variety in dramas means more Rinse & Repeat tropes like 'noncon/dubcon as romantic' or 'Rich man/Poor woman' or 'Cold Male Lead/Warm Female Lead'. All men are not uncontrollable monsters and all women are not innocent maidens that need some tough love to finally know what love is and be seen as a woman in society. That's a hard no for me.
I would love to live vicariously through the FL in this drama. Yes to food and love! 🤣