Ning Yi (宁弈) – Strong Male Lead?
Ning Yi in Rise of Phoenixes is a well-written character, there’s no doubt about that. What we’re doing here is just figuring out HOW STRONG he is with our usual questions.Continue Reading
Eternal Love/Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms: Whose Names Are on the Stone (三生石)?
Besides Bai Fengjiu and he-whose-name-is-not-Donghua, viewers of the show have found many other names of characters in the show as well as famous historical and fictional figures on Sansheng Stone (三生石). Here’s what we have so far:Continue Reading
Xiaolongnü (小龙女) – Strong Female Lead?
Cold, innocent, and iconic in white, Xiaolongnü is the beloved female lead in Jin Yong’s novel Return of the Condor Heroes. Her journey with the hero Yang Guo is an all time loved romance that’s been made into more adaptations than we can remember. Here, we will examine her characterContinue Reading
Bai Qian (白淺) – Strong Female Lead?
Yes, the Bai Qian that sacrifices herself to “save the world”, the Bai Qian who marches into the Ghost Palace to fight her enemy and rescue her kidnapped son and teacher, the Bai Qian who waltzes into the Heaven Kingdom and punishes the person who bullied her in a visuallyContinue Reading
Fourth Prince (Yinzhen / 胤禛)- Strong Male Lead?
When a character gets both love and hate, it’s the first clue that it might be a well written character. That is the case with Ruoxi and the Fourth Prince (we’ll call him 4th for short) in the Chinese drama / novel Scarlet Heart. In this analysis, we’ll take aContinue Reading
8 Best Lines from The Journey of Flower (the TV series)
The 8 lines from TV drama Journey of Flower that never fail to entertain us. Here they are. (Post contains SPOILERS.)Continue Reading
Xia Ziwei (夏紫薇) – Strong Female Lead?
WARNING: this analysis 1) contains spoilers 2) is humor-free Xia Ziwei (夏紫薇) is one of the female leads in Qiong Yao’s novel Princess Returning Pearl as well as the TV series of the same name. Compared to the other female lead, Xiaoyanzi, Ziwei gets less attention and popularity. But theContinue Reading
Yanzhi (胭脂) – Strong Character?
Yanzhi is one of the minor characters in the drama Ten Miles of a Peach Blossoms. In spite of this, her character and story with Zilan are largely recognized. In this post, we will examine her character with ten questions that cover flaws, consistency, development, etc. To each question, theContinue Reading
Yehua (夜华)- Strong Male Lead?
Yehua is the beloved (or not, depends on how you look at him) character from the story Eternal Love (aka Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms) brought to life by actor Mark Zhao in the drama of the same name. In this analysis, we’ll put him through a series of 10Continue Reading
Bai Fengjiu (白凤九) – Strong Character?
Despite her undying love toward her one-and-only Donghua and an adorable personality, Bai Fengjiu in Eternal Love is constantly criticized for her clinginess and stubbornness to a hopeless romantic. Putting that aside, in this post, we will examine her character with ten questions that cover flaws, consistency, development, etc. ToContinue Reading