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silviakundera · 2 years

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Luoyang episode 1 watch notes

(there's spoilers u guise)

First episode is on YT let's gooooo

the opening backstory monologue: fictional historical set w empress in charge instead an emperor? I am intrigued. First time for me in CN palace dramas. I honestly don't know anything about this empress' reign, so I'm going in completely cold here.

Ok, it so so fckin pretty like YES YES sumptuous colors and vibrant city feels

Good intro on the 3 mains. The female inner guard character is immediately appealing. Mr Scraggly Hair is appropriately mysterious. Scholarly official boy is less immediately interesting, except his fussy but practical officialness and intensity about food reminds me of Tang Fan from Fourteenth Year of Chenghua. and I LOVE that character, so I'm inclined to like him. (Also interested to see if this actor can do more than Lan Wangji.)

Enjoying the little touches of how this isn't exactly the standard ancient china drama: first royals we're introduced to are empress, princess, crown princess; there's a character reluctant to marry (likely to maintain their independence) but being forced to by their parents, but this time it's a son, not the daughter. There's a palace guard with doubts who you just know will get wrapped up in dangerous politics, but this time that guard is a woman.

It's just these subtle differences. No intentional gender play; writer is just telling a story and the story is comfortably familiar in many ways, but just w a slightly different flavor.

Hmmm inner guards vs judicial review infighting drama!!

And Scraggly Man of Mystery is like a coroner for Court of Judicial Review?? And also a masked man who sneaks into prisions to whisper mysterious things to prisioners and murder them for...? the mystery? 🤔

Love the ominous music and serious face of mysterious murder dude. He really has a whole VIBE.

'I've already tortured, er INTERROGATED 12 of ur buds. You are #13. Don't worry, I only stabbed u three times, nbd. I'll be back.'

asdfhjkj who is this man? Why is he so extra in everything he does? Why does his hideout look like the lair of a serial killer lmao

Inner guard really likes throwing around the empress' name, hope she can back it up. Otherwise, seems unwise.

I can't get over how gorgeous these settings are. Applauds, applauds to the set designers and director.

Fussy rationalist official boy Baili has a really pretty house and not much going on so far. I'm rooting for you to join the plot gege! u can do it!!!

why tf does this man have a crowd around him every time he eats. he has an active queue lmaooooooooooo

also noted: liking the relationship btw inner guard and her more politically savvy superior. Really hope he doesn't turn out to be evil

then Scraggly Man of Mystery goes all S1 Angel on Buffy at our local food critic !! He's joined the plot! sort of. Look, Sir Scraggles, you are not actually a 200 year old vampire and thus perhaps you could be a little more helpful????

And then he publically confesses to murder because cliffhanger.

#luoyang #luoyang watch #i did not need another show #gdi #cdrama

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ellicttsc-blog · 6 years

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hello friends!! uh... listen, so uh... so i’m fckin awful at intros, but we’re gonna try this!! i’m b, and i’m from the est where the night as gotten suddenly very late which is very unfortunate aNYWAY... i’m very excited to be here, and let’s.... dive into leo~!! who i definitely named bc i just finished the punisher and i love this name

A BRIDGET SATTERLEE LOOKALIKE WAS STROLLING DOWN BROADWAY STREET IN THEIR JORDANS. ELLIOT "LEO" CONNELLY JUST HAD A BIRTHDAY BASH FOR HER TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY. SHE HAS BEEN LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY FOR FIFTEEN YEARS. I HEAR SHE TENDS TO BE UNABASHED AT PARTIES, BUT ALSO KIND OF ARDENT. ( CISFEMALE & SHE/HER ) [ B, 19, EST & SHE/HER ]

backstory:

leo was born in england to relatively well off parents. she grew up with two brothers, living in the countryside, never wearing shoes probably, and running wild. she was a handful as a child and .... still is sometimes!! but when she was little the energy was a bit too much. luckily mama connelly was Smart™ and found something leo loved that she could channel all of her energy into, and that was dance!

when she was six, her father–– an author–– got picked up by a big publishing house in america and the fambam moved to new york city, as it is a massive city for publishing. it was an adjustment to say the least, harder for her brothers, but leo got used to it. she’s fairly... adaptable. and she honestly didn’t mind her new city. she felt like eloise at the plaza only... not at... the plaza... anyway!!

each of the connelly kiddos were good at their own things. her eldest brother was a genius of some sort. the middle brother was a star on the soccer field. leo had dance, ballet to be more specific. it was wild to people, even as she grew older, that someone so rambunctious could be so dedicated and so... good... at something so disciplined. but mama and papa connelly just smiled and supported her. she wasn’t very good at school, smart but too fidgety and distracted for a classroom, but she excelled wildly in a pair of pointe shoes.

by the time she was a junior in high school, leo was... exhausted. she’s lively, so her social life was fairly active. school took up a lot of her time. dance took up the most. combined with attempting to main solid mental health and a steady sleep schedule was.... difficult to say the least, so she sat down and talked with her parents, deciding that she had to cut something out. naturally, school was her choice. (listen leo hated school sm ok).... so they agreed that if she auditioned and got in, she would be allowed to cut the school bit out and study just dance. she pushed herself harder than every and ultimately got into *sharpay evans vc* julliard!!

things were really really good for a while! school was great. social life was great. family was great.... until they weren’t. her senior year of hs, her parents divorced in a nasty split, an affair ripping the house in two. three short years later, just after leo turned twenty her mom was diagnosed with a terminal illness. it was a struggle for leo, as they hadn’t spoken since the divorce, but she’s.... working with it as best as she can.

ANYWAY currently, leo dances as a soloist with american ballet theatre and she’s... working her ass off to become a principal dancer. she still loves it more than anything in the world. she’s... obsessed to say the least.

personality:

she’s super passionate about... life in general. ballet is obviously... first and foremost on her list but she kind of?? loves life? or tries to. when she’s able to, she likes to travel to places that are quieter than new york city and reminiscent of her childhood because she really loves nature. she loves the feeling of smallness when you stand next to the ocean.

firm believer in treating others how they treat you. she’s... rather optimistic even though that’s been tested in recent years so she likes to assume the best of people, but when you burn her don’t expect her to allow it to fly without repercussions. she genuinely enjoys making people happy, but if you’re out her making her sad,.... she’s... not about to be kind to you just because.

unabashed!! oh this poor girl’s family.... the people who are close to her... the things they have to deal with. she has no shame. zero. she just.... exists in a very genuine way and is sometimes a little too unapologetic. she’s not afraid to say what’s on her mind which... doesn’t always end well.

that being said, she’ll blurt out whatever she’s thinking to a certain extent. when it comes to deeper feelings, some of the uglier ones, she likes to kinda keep them to herself. she’s... a lil bit of a control freak so vulnerability isn’t her thing. unfortunately this makes for very shallow relationships, even more so since her parents split. she just doesn’t always say how she’s feeling.

loves being outdoors and being active, still loves new york city but wouldn’t... hate moving back to england to dance w the royal ballet man oh man what a dream

she is constantly in awe of other people and their talents especially if they can sing. if she could sing, she’d be on broadway no doubt. with her personality and musicality.... and being able to carry a note?? she’d be a walking showtune. but she can’t sing for shit!!

loves old movies and used books and dressing like she’s still in 1993

has a dog named apollo who is ... her son. and she takes her motherly role very seriously

can’t hold her alcohol but loves to drink it

born on hell night aka october 30th

i think that’s it????

ANYWAY THAT’S.... leo... i’m still trying to work out her kinks and i hope to develop more... flaws and perks to her character bc that’s my fave part about rping tbh i love development. ok!! so!! like this or hmu for plotting bc i have a world of ideas and I’M SO EXCITED TO RP W YOU GUYSSSSSS

#wealthyhq:intro #it's almost midnight i am tired and this is.... GARBAGE guys i'm so sorry #pls forgive #love u all #hope u like her bc i'm excited to play her

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