little known fact (I have literally only ever yapped abt this to 5 people) but ever since I watched the donghua of cinderella chef last year, I've been brainstorming a crossover AU with apothecary diaries, yona of the dawn and snow white with the red hair.
(will it ever get written? ONLY GOD KNOWS but I'm dumping my brainrot here anyway)
the cast of characters:
yaoyao and chunyu (cinderella chef)
maomao and jinshi (apothecary diaries)
shirayuki and obi (snow white with the red hair)
yona and hak (yona of the dawn)
other characters who appear in this AU (even if I haven't worked out what they do yet), bc you should not separate them ever: ryuu (AnS), and the happy hungry bunch (YotD)
the team dynamics:
in my HC shirayuki is the oldest of the group and seems (SEEMS) to be the most level-headed, while maomao and yaoyao are definitely evenly matched in levels of unhinged. yaoyao is canonically around 18-19, so she's most likely the second oldest
yona is the youngest at 16. however, she is also the only one of the group with a kill count. naturally the older girls are somewhat concerned but they're supportive anyway, and maomao later on offers to help make poison for yona's arrows. (it's her way of showing friendship)
yaoyao is the only one of them who's ACTUALLY married, and so she probably assumes that the other girls are also married to their respective tall, dark, handsome companions. shirayuki's avoiding eye contact, yona is flustered, and maomao... is not amused.
yaoyao and maomao are the kitchen powerhouse duo. if they combine their forces with yoon, then they become truly unstoppable
yona and shirayuki are definitely mistaken for the other girl by multiple people, due to their red hair (and dark-haired bodyguards/love interests). this could lead to a case of mistaken identity where shirayuki gets chased by soldiers bc they mistook her for yona, who's a fugitive
when the four girls get absolutely caught up in brainstorming a plan, the four guys have no choice but to trail after them and wait it out till they're done. obi is the most used to this behaviour from shirayuki while she works so he's already accustomed to it, and hak knows yona well enough to know that she'll explain it to him after, but chunyu and jinshi are still somewhat baffled. sucks to be them lol
like shirayuki, obi is the oldest out of the four guys and he takes care of them in his own way. big brother obi to the rescue!!!!!
the worldbuilding:
I will not lie, I only thought of this AU bc I wanted to put yaoyao and maomao together and have their nicknames be xiaoyao and xiaomao. but like everything else I start bc of something ridiculous, I ended up thinking way too much abt it so here's what I got so far
geographically speaking obiyuki would be coming from the west (AnS is set in a European-styled setting), while maomao and yaoyao would technically be in the same area. if we're going off of the assumption that yotd is set in pseudo-korea, then the kingdom of kouka would probably an ocean away from the empire of Li.
given the settings, it's not uncommon for foreigners to pass through Li, and since obiyuki canonically travel around n stuff they would probably pass through Li at least once
in terms of timeline, I'm very, VERY ROUGHLY guesstimating that cinderella chef and yotd were set in around the same time period (western jin dynasty in China, and the three kingdoms period in Korea).
emphasis on the rough guesstimate bc the show never explicitly mentions at what point in the past she's sent to, so I'm making do with what I can gather from the style of clothing and the architecture used in the setting. but I can only do so much since the show took quite the artistic liberty with historical events and other things like that
on the other hand, the apothecary diaries APPEARS to be set in 15th century China, but it's also not confirmed either so yes. this is fine. [strained smile]
so yeah! that's all I got for now JSJSJFHG I really want to write this AU but first I've got to pin down the dates and historical time periods bc my brain is weird like that. hope you enjoyed 🫶🏼
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random recs
revisited cinderella chef today while going through my lists and i realised how much of an underrated drama this is
i need to say that initially it was outside my comfort zone cuz period dramas and those too longer than 30 episodes aint my piece of cake
i started watching this for thassapak hsu since i loved him in my girlfriend is an alien and sadly there arent many dramas starring him that are available to watch. i had my inhibitions but they slowly started to fade as the drama progressed.
thassapak failed to catch my attention as much danni chong as ye jinxuan did.
her acting is spotless and her character is so charming and really fun to watch. even zhao lusi as a supporting cast made her mark. thassapak hsu as always adds good looks and charms and in all i didnt even know how i finished it in such a short time.
the pacing is good, the costumes are wack, the food is aesthetic and the leads have a really good chemistry.
if you are into historical dramas and are also a long drama kind of person i would definitely recommend this one
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Cinderella Chef. 8
Story: 8
Acting: 10
Chemistry: 10
Comparable to: Oh my Emperor! (cdrama); The Romance of Hua Rong (cdrama)
I honestly thought I posted about this drama awhile back so I swept through the archive to see if I did and couldn’t find it so I rewatched it again and like somewhat the second go around, although I did fast forward through a lot. The storyline is a little bit different then the classic cliche time travel historical romance stories which the first go around was very refreshing. Both main leads have excellent chemistry together which makes the drama all that more enticing but unfortunately it does have that bit of unfortunate filler dragging episodes. The series for me had too many episodes and definitely should’ve been cut down a bit. Then it would’ve been a very highly watchable drama throughout. It’s still very entertaining and at least deserves to be watch once if you a fan of historical romances.
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