The Mongolian princess, Min Min, is geared for Thirteen, yeah. But at this point she's waaaay too young for me to even think about it, so I'm just going to go for teh cute of it all!
I just get all skeeved out when I think about Eight liking Ruoxi because a) she's very closely related to his actualfax wife and b) classic transference. He's nice, it's true, and in any other situation I'd ship them like mad (I lie, my heart belongs to the overly analytic emotional ice blocks of the world) but it's just a giant 'ewww' - not very mature, I admit. And there's some sort of bro code (sis code?) violation in there that Ruoxi is making. SHE TOTALLY IS TAKING HER SISTER'S MAN. WHY, BB, WHY?
(I know in those times they probably didn't care, but oh god the genetics in that family tree will hurt.)
Speaking of which, I think Fourteen might be repressing his liking for Ruoxi because he knows Eight likes her - why else would he care so much?
Four as Fanon!Snape is hilarious, but I'm not seeing it? I still love him to bits, though.
While I am not (yet?) Eight/Ruoxi shipper, I am not skeeved at all. I am normally for sister code, but Ruolan doesn't want him and would probably be ecstatic if he asked her to move 2000 miles away. So she is not stealing anyone. (Also, she is not Ruolan's real sister even though she is in Ruolan's sis' body - now I feel like I am trying to talk about CLAMP manga). But yeah, transferrence isn't good.
For me, Four = Fanon!Snape because of the whole cold/sarcastic/unapproacheable thing while secretly being a romantic dream :P Plus being somehow v.v.v atrractive without being conventionally good-looking (because while I find Nicky dreamy like all get-out with modern hair, in Qing braid, it's pretty much charisma and personality that is making me salivate because he doesn't carry off the look as well as KC or YH do).
Oh, the objections are fairly irrational and mostly on my side, I fully admit this. The transference worries me the most, because, as you said, Ruolan wouldn't care less about Eight if she tried, but honestly it wouldn't bother me as much if I didn't know that Ruoxi knew that Eight was destined for the metaphorical chopping block, and still throwing herself on there. It's kind of a stupid move for her, and this from a girl who's usually clear-sighted!
(Oh god, CLAMP manga. Trying to explain the bloodlines in Tsubasa Reservoir gave me a nosebleed.)
Ah, I see. For me, Snape was so bitter, and twisted by his bitterness and regret that he was literally damaged in all his interactions. I'm not seeing that yet (though give it time, I'm sure). It's true, he looks so weird-faced with the braid! I think Fourteen looks the most balanced in the braid. But Eight's not bad either. Probably the rounder faces look more normal to me, when they're half-bald. :P
That's why I specified fanon!Snape and not canon!Snape :P
Well, there's a Russian saying 'you can't order your heart' and, let's face it, there is a long time until Eight meets his untimely demise and in that society there is every chance Ruoxi would die from illness/violence/childbirth/pissing off Kangxi/whatever before issue of being one of the wives of Eight would become a problem.
Too much random thoughts, so here are all the one-liners! 1. That walk in the snow is also one of my favourites! 2. Eight's respect for his first wife blew me away. In a society such as the Qing, and when the man in question is a royalty, we would expect him to ignore/'dispose' of woman he doesn't like/care about. But in here, Kevin gave her due respect, although perhaps also because of her connections. 3.
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FYI the first episode subbed is out! And it's in HD!
http://dramafairyland.blogspot.com/2011/09/bu-bu-jing-xin-episode-1.html
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I just get all skeeved out when I think about Eight liking Ruoxi because a) she's very closely related to his actualfax wife and b) classic transference. He's nice, it's true, and in any other situation I'd ship them like mad (I lie, my heart belongs to the overly analytic emotional ice blocks of the world) but it's just a giant 'ewww' - not very mature, I admit. And there's some sort of bro code (sis code?) violation in there that Ruoxi is making. SHE TOTALLY IS TAKING HER SISTER'S MAN. WHY, BB, WHY?
(I know in those times they probably didn't care, but oh god the genetics in that family tree will hurt.)
Speaking of which, I think Fourteen might be repressing his liking for Ruoxi because he knows Eight likes her - why else would he care so much?
Four as Fanon!Snape is hilarious, but I'm not seeing it? I still love him to bits, though.
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For me, Four = Fanon!Snape because of the whole cold/sarcastic/unapproacheable thing while secretly being a romantic dream :P Plus being somehow v.v.v atrractive without being conventionally good-looking (because while I find Nicky dreamy like all get-out with modern hair, in Qing braid, it's pretty much charisma and personality that is making me salivate because he doesn't carry off the look as well as KC or YH do).
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(Oh god, CLAMP manga. Trying to explain the bloodlines in Tsubasa Reservoir gave me a nosebleed.)
Ah, I see. For me, Snape was so bitter, and twisted by his bitterness and regret that he was literally damaged in all his interactions. I'm not seeing that yet (though give it time, I'm sure). It's true, he looks so weird-faced with the braid! I think Fourteen looks the most balanced in the braid. But Eight's not bad either. Probably the rounder faces look more normal to me, when they're half-bald. :P
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Well, there's a Russian saying 'you can't order your heart' and, let's face it, there is a long time until Eight meets his untimely demise and in that society there is every chance Ruoxi would die from illness/violence/childbirth/pissing off Kangxi/whatever before issue of being one of the wives of Eight would become a problem.
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Too much random thoughts, so here are all the one-liners!
1. That walk in the snow is also one of my favourites!
2. Eight's respect for his first wife blew me away. In a society such as the Qing, and when the man in question is a royalty, we would expect him to ignore/'dispose' of woman he doesn't like/care about. But in here, Kevin gave her due respect, although perhaps also because of her connections.
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I totally ship Thirteen/MinMin now.
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