Handsome Siblings: one incredibly hot sibling and one mediocre one would be a fairer assessment
Finished episode 7 of Handsome Siblings. meganbmoore, you are right, this is a very fast watch.
In part it's because I am fast-forwarding past all the non Flawless Flower (Nicholas Tse) or Iron Orchid (Fan Bing Bing) parts. They are OK, but they are not why I am watching this.
Basically, I couldn't care less about Little Fish (the eps with his upbringing flashback? The fastest watch ever, on 8x), and am not too interested in the palace intrigue.
But OMG OMG. The fights are all spectacular (they are less 'fantastical' then ROCH's and I love that. I am especially in love with the one in the dyer's house, with all the colored cloths. And OMG, every time Nicholas Tse fights. *swoon*).
And, most important of all, Flower/Orchid OTP makes it all worthwhile. Little Fish? Blah. Infighting? Blah. The OTP? Remedies it all and more.
I got to the point which made me SQUEE like a mad thing. Which is in ep 7. Flower and Orchid are talking on his balcony (and OMG, huge progress: in the beginning he wouldn't even let her into the room) and she references some myth about stars and he tells her love stories are forbidden in the Floral Palace (where he is from) and so people practice martial arts instead (no wonder he is so damn good. He is a young guy who's never even touched a woman. That's a heck of a lot of sublimation). And she asks him which he prefers and OMG OMG OMG he looks at her and doubles over in pain. Because that bitch master of his injected him with the 'love desperation pill' which would cause him huge amount of pain if he is in love. And he collapses in pain and she is freaking out, if he is OK, and he is yelling at her to leave and she tries to help so he gets brusquer and brusquer telling her to leave and she finally says 'you don't even regard me as a friend' and turns to leave and then OMG OMG he is a little desperate and blurts out the truth re: pill and her eyes go wide as she realizes it means he is in love with her!
And OMG OMG he stretches his hand out to her, for her to take it, even though he is still on the ground and he can barely move. And she asks wonderingly 'Is it worth it?' And he says 'Yes.' *dies* I am dead, people. D-E-A-D.
Meanwhile at the Casa de Evil (Floral Palace) their device is activated so they can tell he is in love and Princess (the evil scary master witch) realizes he's fallen in love and thus might escape their scary evil control and orders her flunkies to bring them both back. I foresee a lot of angst.
Did I mention that the scary evil master actually killed Flower's parents because his father dared fall in love with one of her maids even though she found father hot herself? And she took Flower as revenge to bring him up as an evil assassin so he could (unknowing) face his twin brother (who she gave to the famous and good swordsman) and thus she'd get full revenge over the kids' parents? Ugh.
In part it's because I am fast-forwarding past all the non Flawless Flower (Nicholas Tse) or Iron Orchid (Fan Bing Bing) parts. They are OK, but they are not why I am watching this.
Basically, I couldn't care less about Little Fish (the eps with his upbringing flashback? The fastest watch ever, on 8x), and am not too interested in the palace intrigue.
But OMG OMG. The fights are all spectacular (they are less 'fantastical' then ROCH's and I love that. I am especially in love with the one in the dyer's house, with all the colored cloths. And OMG, every time Nicholas Tse fights. *swoon*).
And, most important of all, Flower/Orchid OTP makes it all worthwhile. Little Fish? Blah. Infighting? Blah. The OTP? Remedies it all and more.
I got to the point which made me SQUEE like a mad thing. Which is in ep 7. Flower and Orchid are talking on his balcony (and OMG, huge progress: in the beginning he wouldn't even let her into the room) and she references some myth about stars and he tells her love stories are forbidden in the Floral Palace (where he is from) and so people practice martial arts instead (no wonder he is so damn good. He is a young guy who's never even touched a woman. That's a heck of a lot of sublimation). And she asks him which he prefers and OMG OMG OMG he looks at her and doubles over in pain. Because that bitch master of his injected him with the 'love desperation pill' which would cause him huge amount of pain if he is in love. And he collapses in pain and she is freaking out, if he is OK, and he is yelling at her to leave and she tries to help so he gets brusquer and brusquer telling her to leave and she finally says 'you don't even regard me as a friend' and turns to leave and then OMG OMG he is a little desperate and blurts out the truth re: pill and her eyes go wide as she realizes it means he is in love with her!
And OMG OMG he stretches his hand out to her, for her to take it, even though he is still on the ground and he can barely move. And she asks wonderingly 'Is it worth it?' And he says 'Yes.' *dies* I am dead, people. D-E-A-D.
Meanwhile at the Casa de Evil (Floral Palace) their device is activated so they can tell he is in love and Princess (the evil scary master witch) realizes he's fallen in love and thus might escape their scary evil control and orders her flunkies to bring them both back. I foresee a lot of angst.
Did I mention that the scary evil master actually killed Flower's parents because his father dared fall in love with one of her maids even though she found father hot herself? And she took Flower as revenge to bring him up as an evil assassin so he could (unknowing) face his twin brother (who she gave to the famous and good swordsman) and thus she'd get full revenge over the kids' parents? Ugh.