Since I rewatched some scenes in Forever & Ever today, I just want to say how Zhousheng Chen is literally my most favorite romantic male lead in Cdramas. I like everything about him down to the smallest details. I love how gentle, devoted, patience and extremely loyal he is. He is not a simp, have his own goals and desires yet you know Shi Yi is his #1 priority. Most of his love are silent yet Shi Yi can feel it everywhere since his actions speaks louder than words. Do things for Shi Yi secretly yet he will passed it as something insignificant, just because he just love her unconditionally without asking anything in return. Respect his terrible mother yet setting boundaries at the same time -- thus showing how he is very graceful as a person. Have fantastic relationships with everyone around him and he is nice to anyone he encountered. And he could live a happy, secluded life yet he chose a difficult road instead so he can help more people. Flawed yet perfect at the same time. The way he is written makes him feel very 'human' despite these fantastic qualities and I adore how the writer managed to write him that way.
I love how Shiyi described him; ''Even when he's just there at home or in the study, I'm happy just looking at him. No, I don't even have to look at him, just thinking that he's mine, makes me happy.'' ❤️
No need. The drama stand on its own. But if you watched One & Only, it will elevate your feelings even more. You will understand the impacts on certain actions made by the characters. Like the first time Shi Yi said 'I love you' to Zhousheng Chen, you know how long she waited to say that to him. So, simple scene like this will bring tears to your eyes.
We start with Wei Zhou. He always tries to hide his identity and it reflected in what he wore as well. While being a minister, he always wore white to show he is pure and will do anything for the Emperor, no question asked. The irony of that is that he is known to be ruthless so he likes to wear the opposite of his image. But during his missions or time at Yueluo, he always wear dark colors; either black or dark blue. This is again aside from his attempt not to stand out -- he wore these dark colors as irony as well like he has 'bad intention' when in actuality, his heart is pure as he is fighting for the freedom of his people. In reality, the costume color supposed to be in reverse to reflect his heart but as he wants to hide his intentions/goals/identity, he wore them the opposite direction. Also, some details in his costume's color did make me laugh a bit like how its forbidden to wear red to wedding but thats what Wei Zhou wore when he wants to stop the Jiang Ci & Pei Yan's wedding -- he is not even subtle about it lol.
While for Jiang Ci. She always wore soft, colorful and pastel colored hanfus. Just like her soft, happy and bubbly personality, the costumes that she wore reflect herself as well -- no 'mask' unlike Wei Zhou. She is after all wore her feelings on her sleeve and when you look at her wearing this soft colors, you will also feel warm and want to be close to her just like the 2 male leads who automatically drawn to her as well.
And for Pei Yan, just like Wei Zhou, he likes to wear the irony to his intention in his costume colors. He always wear bold colors but actually, most of his action are subtle, swift and miniscule -- Wei Zhou also pointing it out in one of the scenes in the drama as well. As opposite at what he wants others to view him -- someone with bold moves, he is actually cunning and very crafty.
Since I watched some scenes from the drama today, I just want to point out that the costumes in this drama is telling us about the persons who wore it as well.
We start with Wei Zhou. He always tries to hide his identity and it reflected in what he wore as well. While being a minister, he always wore white to show he is pure and will do anything for the Emperor, no question asked. The irony of that is that he is known to be ruthless so he likes to wear the opposite of his image. But during his missions or time at Yueluo, he always wear dark colors; either black or dark blue. This is again aside from his attempt not to stand out -- he wore these dark colors as irony as well like he has 'bad intention' when in actuality, his heart is pure as he is fighting for the freedom of his people. In reality, the costume color supposed to be in reverse to reflect his heart but as he wants to hide his intentions/goals/identity, he wore them the opposite direction.
While for Jiang Ci. She always wore soft, colorful and pastel colored hanfus. Just like her soft, happy and bubbly personality, the costumes that she wore reflect herself as well -- no 'mask' unlike Wei Zhou. She is after all wore her feelings on her sleeve and when you look at her wearing this soft colors, you will also feel warm and want to be close to her just like the 2 male leads who automatically drawn to her as well.
And for Pei Yan, just like Wei Zhou, he likes to wear the irony to his intention in his costume colors. He always wear bold colors but actually, most of his action are subtle, swift and miniscule -- Wei Zhou also pointing it out in one of the scenes in the drama as well. As opposite at what he wants others to view him -- someone with bold moves, he is actually cunning and very crafty.
Also, some details in the costume did make me laugh a bit like how its forbidden to wear red to wedding but thats what Wei Zhou wore when he wants to stop the Jiang Ci & Pei Yan's wedding -- he is not even subtle about it lol.
i didng understand, why this cant happen in cdrama?
Because billing is an important aspect of the industry in C-entertainment. 1st billing actor/actress is the face of the drama and the one who will carry the success or failure of the drama. So, its impossible to get, in this case, four 1st billing actors to starred in one drama -- the budget wouldn't allow it. Famous C-actors are paid a lot, like really a lot.
All the 4 actors in this drama are 1st billing materials and have starred in their own successful productions. So, to have someone like Joo Jihoon or Lee Seyoung who used to play first lead to play second lead in this drama is pretty much impossible in Cdramas.
Same case like Playlist Hospital. All the 3 male actors (Yoo Yeonseok, Jo Jungsuk & Jung Kyungho) are 1st billing actors. So, to have them all 3 to star in one production is pretty great. Usually, most dramas can only managed 2 actors/actresses.
But both endings are happy endings though? The 1st one is a longer version where they show XiXuan & YaoYao met…
Yes, I did cry too since they took so long for their happy ending. I was really afraid its gonna end tragically so I was in tears too -- glad it wasnt.
Exactly his look gives a combined vibe of lu yan and autumn cicada character 😄and today is the opening ceremony…
Yes, his hair for the new drama is glorious. I'm excited as he always look extra good in republic dramas -- the fashion during that era is definitely the best.
I'm also excited since so far, all his republican dramas managed to become hits so I expect this will be another one to add on his list.
I'm just so happy that RJL decided to take this project. I've been wanting him to take another republican dramas like Autumn Cicada for years and he finally did it again. And this certainly makes me pumped up since its with an award winning director and the writer behind Day & Night so I expect it will be another great script to add for his dramas (hopefully! lol).
Words cant explain that this is certainly want I want him to take as next step in his career. Everything is looking great after he left Huanrui last year and I couldn't be happier. :D
But I read some where that this novel have 2 endings? Or they rewrite it or something is this true ?
Yeah, I figures that too. They like to make controversial endings so that it will improve their traffic since people will discuss more about it. They dont care even if its bad reception as long as people discussed and the traffic for the drama increased so they can show to the investors; 'See, the drama is popular. The traffic is high and people talks about it' even it sacrifice the integrity of the story.
But I read some where that this novel have 2 endings? Or they rewrite it or something is this true ?
Yeah, I cant stand it either. :(
BTW, do you know why they always did these open and sad endings? Isnt it make the fans rage when they did that? I remember The Double got a dive in their Douban ratings after the leak of the sad ending. A Journey to You as went when from 7.5 to 6.4 after the ending. And Tender Light as well got a rage from viewers that they have to change the ending for the TV version. Same with all the bad endings like A Beautiful Lie which drove viewers mad after the airing of the ending. Any idea why they think people like these sad and open ending?
But I read some where that this novel have 2 endings? Or they rewrite it or something is this true ?
I agree. I dont like it either. Thats why the novel's ending makes me shudder since I dont think it will be that dramatic. Because Xiao Huan will never allow her to do so if he could -- he would want her to live on and live happily for the rest of her life.
But like you said, she has her own perspective. The 'freedom' view is certainly makes sense. Also, she may not view it as an ending but a start. As in, she will follow him in death so she can meet him faster in their next life. That kind of love, we probably will never able to understand but it makes the drama even more interesting to me now, without a doubt.
This ending is different than in One & Only where Shiyi committed suicide since she cant live in the world where she is hopeless and there is nothing she can do to clear Zhousheng Chen's name -- that kind of hopelessness, injustice is just unbearable for her to keep on living. Or like Peng Xiaoran's ending in Goodbye My Princess where she chose to end her life for peace and also because death seemed like the only relief for her in that life.
I really hope they didnt do the same in the drama. Just ends with them happily with 5 children -- we always prefer this clear cut happy endings than a ~poetic~ ones that all these Cdramas like to do. But just to be clear, both One & Only and Goodbye My Princess' endings are good ones despite it being sad. For me, if you want to go for sad endings, you need to properly write it like this 2 dramas.
But I read some where that this novel have 2 endings? Or they rewrite it or something is this true ?
What a dramatic ending. It made me shudder. But it shown the kind of love they had for each other so I had my expectation even more for this drama. But man, what an ending. 😬
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I love how Shiyi described him; ''Even when he's just there at home or in the study, I'm happy just looking at him. No, I don't even have to look at him, just thinking that he's mine, makes me happy.'' ❤️
We start with Wei Zhou. He always tries to hide his identity and it reflected in what he wore as well. While being a minister, he always wore white to show he is pure and will do anything for the Emperor, no question asked. The irony of that is that he is known to be ruthless so he likes to wear the opposite of his image. But during his missions or time at Yueluo, he always wear dark colors; either black or dark blue. This is again aside from his attempt not to stand out -- he wore these dark colors as irony as well like he has 'bad intention' when in actuality, his heart is pure as he is fighting for the freedom of his people. In reality, the costume color supposed to be in reverse to reflect his heart but as he wants to hide his intentions/goals/identity, he wore them the opposite direction. Also, some details in his costume's color did make me laugh a bit like how its forbidden to wear red to wedding but thats what Wei Zhou wore when he wants to stop the Jiang Ci & Pei Yan's wedding -- he is not even subtle about it lol.
While for Jiang Ci. She always wore soft, colorful and pastel colored hanfus. Just like her soft, happy and bubbly personality, the costumes that she wore reflect herself as well -- no 'mask' unlike Wei Zhou. She is after all wore her feelings on her sleeve and when you look at her wearing this soft colors, you will also feel warm and want to be close to her just like the 2 male leads who automatically drawn to her as well.
And for Pei Yan, just like Wei Zhou, he likes to wear the irony to his intention in his costume colors. He always wear bold colors but actually, most of his action are subtle, swift and miniscule -- Wei Zhou also pointing it out in one of the scenes in the drama as well. As opposite at what he wants others to view him -- someone with bold moves, he is actually cunning and very crafty.
We start with Wei Zhou. He always tries to hide his identity and it reflected in what he wore as well. While being a minister, he always wore white to show he is pure and will do anything for the Emperor, no question asked. The irony of that is that he is known to be ruthless so he likes to wear the opposite of his image. But during his missions or time at Yueluo, he always wear dark colors; either black or dark blue. This is again aside from his attempt not to stand out -- he wore these dark colors as irony as well like he has 'bad intention' when in actuality, his heart is pure as he is fighting for the freedom of his people. In reality, the costume color supposed to be in reverse to reflect his heart but as he wants to hide his intentions/goals/identity, he wore them the opposite direction.
While for Jiang Ci. She always wore soft, colorful and pastel colored hanfus. Just like her soft, happy and bubbly personality, the costumes that she wore reflect herself as well -- no 'mask' unlike Wei Zhou. She is after all wore her feelings on her sleeve and when you look at her wearing this soft colors, you will also feel warm and want to be close to her just like the 2 male leads who automatically drawn to her as well.
And for Pei Yan, just like Wei Zhou, he likes to wear the irony to his intention in his costume colors. He always wear bold colors but actually, most of his action are subtle, swift and miniscule -- Wei Zhou also pointing it out in one of the scenes in the drama as well. As opposite at what he wants others to view him -- someone with bold moves, he is actually cunning and very crafty.
Also, some details in the costume did make me laugh a bit like how its forbidden to wear red to wedding but thats what Wei Zhou wore when he wants to stop the Jiang Ci & Pei Yan's wedding -- he is not even subtle about it lol.
All the 4 actors in this drama are 1st billing materials and have starred in their own successful productions. So, to have someone like Joo Jihoon or Lee Seyoung who used to play first lead to play second lead in this drama is pretty much impossible in Cdramas.
Same case like Playlist Hospital. All the 3 male actors (Yoo Yeonseok, Jo Jungsuk & Jung Kyungho) are 1st billing actors. So, to have them all 3 to star in one production is pretty great. Usually, most dramas can only managed 2 actors/actresses.
I'm also excited since so far, all his republican dramas managed to become hits so I expect this will be another one to add on his list.
Words cant explain that this is certainly want I want him to take as next step in his career. Everything is looking great after he left Huanrui last year and I couldn't be happier. :D
BTW, do you know why they always did these open and sad endings? Isnt it make the fans rage when they did that? I remember The Double got a dive in their Douban ratings after the leak of the sad ending. A Journey to You as went when from 7.5 to 6.4 after the ending. And Tender Light as well got a rage from viewers that they have to change the ending for the TV version. Same with all the bad endings like A Beautiful Lie which drove viewers mad after the airing of the ending. Any idea why they think people like these sad and open ending?
But like you said, she has her own perspective. The 'freedom' view is certainly makes sense. Also, she may not view it as an ending but a start. As in, she will follow him in death so she can meet him faster in their next life. That kind of love, we probably will never able to understand but it makes the drama even more interesting to me now, without a doubt.
This ending is different than in One & Only where Shiyi committed suicide since she cant live in the world where she is hopeless and there is nothing she can do to clear Zhousheng Chen's name -- that kind of hopelessness, injustice is just unbearable for her to keep on living. Or like Peng Xiaoran's ending in Goodbye My Princess where she chose to end her life for peace and also because death seemed like the only relief for her in that life.
I really hope they didnt do the same in the drama. Just ends with them happily with 5 children -- we always prefer this clear cut happy endings than a ~poetic~ ones that all these Cdramas like to do. But just to be clear, both One & Only and Goodbye My Princess' endings are good ones despite it being sad. For me, if you want to go for sad endings, you need to properly write it like this 2 dramas.