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[dangermousie]

Finished ep 10 of BBJX and taking a little break before I get so depressed I eat my head. This is a very melancholy drama and it's getting to me. Also, can I have more Four/Ruoxi please? As hamster428 put it "i mean, all they do is drink tea and talk and talk and talk, and back to tea, but sparks are flying off everywhere." Also, if this isn't a description

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[akatsukichii]

Depending on where you are in Gumiho...hmm that last sentence might not be true XD

[dangermousie]

Oh nooo. I need my fluff!

[once_a_weaver]

"Austen with beheadings?"

A wonderful new BBC drama!

It might be awhile before I watch either one, but from everything you've said, I might be more inclined to try Jade Palace.

[dangermousie]

Can you imagine? "I declare, Miss Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy is all that is amiable. Pity he ordered poor Wickham to be beheaded, but such is life. More tea?"

BBJX is objectively better, but I prefer Jade Palace. It's such a darling.

[once_a_weaver]

Oh, I can imagine. Mr Darcy emerges dripping from a pond (as he does) and says, "Mmm, so bored. If only there were a beheading today."

From all the pictures, both look lovely. And I do like me some angst now and then. But these days I'm not as willing to watch the more depressing stories. I think I hit some kind of quota somewhere. Though I might a few episodes anyway.

[dangermousie]

JPLH is not particularly angst fwiw. But yes, both ere so gorgeous - especially the costumes!

[kainee]

Yeah the incessant angst does get kind of wearing even if I was aware of it before starting the series. I think this is why for me I am okay with liking both Palace and BBJX since I definitely have a Happily Ever After side. Even if the first half is supposed to be all happy, with the way they did the atmosphere and the historical perspective we share with Ruoxi of the knowledge of all of the brothers' future fates, it's hard to avoid being depressed even with a relatively happy period since we know what's to come.

[karened]

"it's hard to avoid being depressed even with a relatively happy period since we know what's to come."

I guess that's what is driving Ruoxi's decisions?

Even she is turning melancholic, all the carefreeness in her when she first arrived at the Qing dynasty gone.

[kainee]

Yeah, that's what makes this a tragedy at heart because no matter how well Ruoxi assumes the trappings of a Qing dynasty Manchu woman by the name of Maertai Ruoxi, she is motivated by what she always was: a modern woman named Zhang Xiao. And her motivations become the catalyst for the events that happen so it's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[dangermousie]

Yes. I wish she'd be more proactive but it's a dangerous game so I see why she is not.

[moraitika1]

Are you sure that nobody dies in Gumiho????? >:) after all she is a Gumiho... and some ppl want her dead, on the other side Sexy Foxy hunter kinda wants Woong-ah dead ... so the question of the day is : Are you sure?

[dangermousie]

I am sure. It's a Hong Sisters' romcom :)

[karened]

I know. This drama is a crazy experience. It is depressing enough (especially when I am firmly a Ruoxi-Eight shipper) thinking about how the future will unfold. I cannot imagine all the betrayals and defeats-leading-to-exile/death/suicide/whatever-non-happily-ever-after-ending actually unfolding, step by step

[dangermousie]

I am a rabid Four/Rouxi shipper and I am still depressed. This drama is depressing all around.

I am not rabid about it the way I was with JPLH because it's a different type of drama - squeeing seems misplaced. But I do adore it.

[yuese]

I think Rouxi never loved 8th as much as she think she did. I think the fact that she knew 8th was going to lose, she held back. She was still touched by his gestures and sincerity, but she never let herself to really fully love him. I think that's why she gave him that ultimatum. And I agree with you, from 8th's POV, it's pretty mean and nonsensical/selfish of her to ask him to choose between his ambition and love

[karened]

A little spoiler warning is always welcomed.

Thanks for warning me! I skipped the spoiler part, and am saving it for later when everything ends (then we can discuss about the good and bad of this entire story).

If only Ruoxi was a typical modern world girl with no knowledge of history other than the general knowledge such as "3 Kingdoms", "Empress Dowager Cixi", and "Mao Ze Dong". Knowing too much is a torture to herself, the various princes, and us viewers. Thing is, she's not even attempting to change history. She is just resigned to being carried off by the hands of fate.