Her lifelong dream is to be remembered as being sickly, which I think is kind of a lame goal lol. But I guess…
That's only half-correct, she wants to be remembered as a sickly beauty (it's not so apparent in the drama, but in the novel beauty is very important to Hua Liuli). The notion is supposed to be romantic. There is a similar idea in European romanticism, Alexandre Dumas "Lady of Camellias" and the whole craze around Keats (a sickly poet himself, who died aged 26) can be seen as examples.
I have yet to watch the last three episodes. I want to watch them and at the same time I don't. If I watch them then that means this will be over... 😭😭😭
Hmmh, I'm slowly reading the novel and he was just introduced two chapters ago... I cannot say that he is a very…
It really depends. I've read quite a few novels that were made into dramas, there are those that follow the novel really closely with minor changes (like Eternal Love of Dream), those that were adapted, without changing their character (like Word of Honor) and those that were horribly mutilated and lost their essence (like Unchained Love). While original authors can be quite creative to create some unique characters, screen-writers seem to have a tendency to re-use the same old tropes (love triangles, obessive SFL, moronic maid) for everything. In my view Royal Rumour is quite a good adaptation because it keeps the character and tone of the novel. They toned down the CP's poison tongue a bit and gave him a cat (in the novel he only dreams that he had a white cat that someone wants to steal when he starts getting jealous over HL). They also changed/deleted some of the other princes , turning the 5th Prince of the novel into the 3rd Prince (which in the novel is the CP) and made him a painter of cute animal sketches (in the novel he thinks he's a painter but his pictures are really bad). In the novel Pei JiHuai doesn't work for the CP but is a Dali Temple investigator with a hilarious superior who keeps worrying about getting bald while staring at Pei JiHuai's full head of hair. In the novel the Emperor is scared of HL's mother and when the CP tells him about his intention to marry HL he tells him if ever he had a disagreement with his mother-in-law he should "run fast". There are hundreds of wonderful little details which they could have used to give us a few more episodes. I haven't even read a third of the novel yet, and the plot is more or less on the same level as episode 18 so I'm really wondering what else is still to come in the novel. I have to read faster...
The uploaded photos above spoiled it for me, but I'm not complaining xD Red is definitely my man's color! HE LOOKS…
He's a Taurus, so it is kind of natural. If I had my way he would be contractually obliged to only ever wear red/burgundy/maroon in historicals and xianxia.
It's not in all the scenes and there are some scenes when the Empress Dowager has just the same red eyes. I think some of the actors were probably allergic to the make-up they used.
Hmmh, I'm slowly reading the novel and he was just introduced two chapters ago... I cannot say that he is a very…
I'm probably way older than you... For me it's a life-long passion. So who knows, there may be a moment in your life when you pick it up again. This novel is really delightful to read. I did a machine translation and am now editing it while reading. It keeps the brain-cells from dying 🤣
I love the main male and female lead very much but cannot help it also looking into side character Yun Han. I…
Hmmh, I'm slowly reading the novel and he was just introduced two chapters ago... I cannot say that he is a very nice person there. Rather a bit full of himself and manipulative. No connection with the CP whatsoever, on the contrary: CP perceived him as a love-rival and had him arrested in a bout of jealousy. It'll be interesting to see how his story progresses...
I have to say that I really didn't like this cliff-hanger ending, especially since nobody seems to know if and when there will be the 2nd part. The "ending" confirms, however, my gut feeling about Lord Han, so not too surprise to see he really is a treacherous lying b*stard who will to anything to get rid of the competition on his way to the throne.
I watched the RR and the Romance of a twin flowers in the same time ( dropped after ep.19, no logic , infantile…
Comparing is human...we all do it! Just some people may not be ready to admit it. 😆
There are many good actresses around and it's not always those that are hyped the most. I first saw + liked Meng ZiYi in Ever Night. It was a good role! The FL in Twin Flower wasn't bad either, but the whole premise for the drama just had no logic (if she was such an independent, clever "modern" woman, why stay with an abusive a'hole of a husband?). Dropped it after the 1st episode.
While I'm overall enjoying this drama, I have to say that the horses that they used for this look truly terrible. It's rather abusive to make such emaciated creatures carry around people. Whenever there's a close-up, their eyes look dead. It's sad to see the life of horses in c-dramaland still hasn't improved much.
There is a similar idea in European romanticism, Alexandre Dumas "Lady of Camellias" and the whole craze around Keats (a sickly poet himself, who died aged 26) can be seen as examples.
If I watch them then that means this will be over... 😭😭😭
While original authors can be quite creative to create some unique characters, screen-writers seem to have a tendency to re-use the same old tropes (love triangles, obessive SFL, moronic maid) for everything.
In my view Royal Rumour is quite a good adaptation because it keeps the character and tone of the novel. They toned down the CP's poison tongue a bit and gave him a cat (in the novel he only dreams that he had a white cat that someone wants to steal when he starts getting jealous over HL). They also changed/deleted some of the other princes , turning the 5th Prince of the novel into the 3rd Prince (which in the novel is the CP) and made him a painter of cute animal sketches (in the novel he thinks he's a painter but his pictures are really bad). In the novel Pei JiHuai doesn't work for the CP but is a Dali Temple investigator with a hilarious superior who keeps worrying about getting bald while staring at Pei JiHuai's full head of hair.
In the novel the Emperor is scared of HL's mother and when the CP tells him about his intention to marry HL he tells him if ever he had a disagreement with his mother-in-law he should "run fast".
There are hundreds of wonderful little details which they could have used to give us a few more episodes. I haven't even read a third of the novel yet, and the plot is more or less on the same level as episode 18 so I'm really wondering what else is still to come in the novel.
I have to read faster...
I think some of the actors were probably allergic to the make-up they used.
This novel is really delightful to read. I did a machine translation and am now editing it while reading. It keeps the brain-cells from dying 🤣
The "ending" confirms, however, my gut feeling about Lord Han, so not too surprise to see he really is a treacherous lying b*stard who will to anything to get rid of the competition on his way to the throne.
This is a supposedly romantic trope even in modern dramas, but I find it rather lame and I really hate it!
There are many good actresses around and it's not always those that are hyped the most. I first saw + liked Meng ZiYi in Ever Night. It was a good role!
The FL in Twin Flower wasn't bad either, but the whole premise for the drama just had no logic (if she was such an independent, clever "modern" woman, why stay with an abusive a'hole of a husband?). Dropped it after the 1st episode.
It's sad to see the life of horses in c-dramaland still hasn't improved much.