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    [Mainland Chinese Drama 2021] The Rebel Princess上阳赋

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    6 hours ago, jacquelinetan said:

    Episode 18, I wander what did Zidan said regarding Xiao Qi's presence is always in perfect timing.

     

    I wonder whether later Wang Xuan will go about and muster the funds to deliver the much needed supplies to Xiao Qi.

    He is implying XQ showed up just in time for the marriage as well - that was when he the third prince was implicated in the poison plot and would have had no way to compete for marriage (of course he later f-ed up his own chance by not showing up). 

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    [Mainland Chinese Drama 2020] The Romance of Tiger and Rose 传闻中的陈芊芊

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    For season 2 to be good we need all of the crew: director, producer, cast. I think the writer tanked My Girl:sweat_smile: her new drama. Maybe it was the producer that helped her edit the script, maybe it was the execution of the director. I don't know what it is but I don't trust the writer by herself, like, at all lol having seen all of her other dramas, each with its own pretty major problems, I think she needs the magic and synergy of this crew!

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    [Mainland Chinese Drama 2020] The Romance of Tiger and Rose 传闻中的陈芊芊

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    Still working on filling the hole left by TROTAR, fam :joy: and I'm not succeeding...

    Good news: Yuxi was great in Reset Life, a cute touching little drama (5 eps). I guess I'm at the acceptance stage of grief where I can watch him with girls other than Lusi :grimace:

    Bad news: My Girl/99 points girlfriend, new drama from Nan Zhen (TROTAR scriptwriter), lacks the magic that TROTAR has. The writing has her signature humor, but it happens much less often. The directing is not as crisp (as TROTAR). And the acting is much greener, OTP is cute but doesn't have that synergy our Orange Banana has. It goes to show that the directing, acting and writing for TROTAR really came together, like the stars were aligned! 

    I know I'm being unfair by comparing it to TROTAR, but I was really excited for this writer's new work! 

     

    I also tried other dramas with a similar premise, like To Get Her (cute and prettily filmed, no stake, nothing happens), Fake Princess (cute, a bit funny, but the plot is not super engaging), Lost Romance (very very meandering), and nothing sticks :bawling: Counting my days till they announce season 2 of TROTAR (I refuse to believe otherwise!).

     

    There is a funny little drama called "Oops! The King is in love" that is surprisingly well directed & well edited - it's premiering on iqiyi tomorrow with English sub (I was watching it with Viet sub). I'd recommend it if you're looking for something to watch while waiting for Season 2 announcement like me :joy:

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    [Mainland Chinese Drama 2020] The Romance of Tiger and Rose 传闻中的陈芊芊

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    Agree with @skibbies and @Isrin here. Reviews are just like dramas :) some people like it, some people don't. I personally watch dramas critically (as in, I do think about what works and what doesn't. It's fun for me to do so) but that doesn't mean I enjoy the drama more/less because of its flaws/or it's technical polish.

     

    Dramas have two key dimensions: the technical and the emotional. For me Tiger Rose ACED the emotional aspect: its crack and I inhaled it! The technical aspect can be better, but it didn't diminish the emotional aspect for me. Some dramas are the opposite: polished technically but hollow. We can appreciate them for the technical achievements, even if they don't resonate emotionally. 

     

    So, just as we don't bash dramas for their flaws, let's not bash reviewers for their opinions :)

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    [Mainland Chinese Drama 2020] The Romance of Tiger and Rose 传闻中的陈芊芊

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    5 hours ago, Adidaem said:

    Saw these conversations on Weibo:

    https://m.weibo.cn/3752699924/4516527544715267


    translation of thread:

    question: everyone knows that DYX and SMH (actor playing PH) are admirers of CQQ in the drama. Can you say what advantage do you have to win over the other person? 
     

    SMH: I experienced QQ’s childhood

     

    DYX: I am Han Shuo

     

    SMH: Judge, Young Lord Han broke the rules 

     

    DYX: There is no fairness when it comes to love


     

    and 

    https://m.weibo.cn/3752699924/4516524574906341

     

    question: can each brother state an ability which “I possess but you don’t have”

     

    DYX: HS has QQ and the rest of you don’t have


     

    —————

     

    DYX is so witty. Hehe 

     

    and DYX BAZAAR photos! 

    https://m.weibo.cn/2712305611/4516482191116808

     

    He is so funny and savage!!! And he's totally in character as HS haha HS would totally say these things. I find it extra funny though that as savage as Yuxi is, we've seen him lose multiple times to Lusi's roasting hahaha

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    [Mainland Chinese Drama 2020] The Romance of Tiger and Rose 传闻中的陈芊芊

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    3 hours ago, Articpsy said:

    This interview is so funny. Lusi compared yuxi to durian and a poop beetle, he looks so done with her but she made a few points :joy:

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhFbXVIMyFg&t=323s

    This is my favorite interview of them so far! You can see their playfulness and bickering in full display! Lusi is not shy about roasting Yuxi and he takes it in strides :joy:

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    [Mainland Chinese Drama 2020] The Romance of Tiger and Rose 传闻中的陈芊芊

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    1 hour ago, madamstrawberry said:

     

    google translate :) 

     

    “Recently, people often ask me questions about endings, such as whether Han Yingdi is Han Shuo, HE or BE... In fact, everyone will have their own understanding of the ending, and there is no one The standard answer, but when I am myself, I am willing to believe that the people in the story are happy in their world... Being an actor may be the most correct decision I have ever made, and I am fortunate to borrow from them When they arrived at the light, they experienced their lives, and then corrected themselves and completed themselves. They are all my teachers, and they taught me too much....
    Finally, I want to say to everyone who likes our show: Thank you, and look forward to seeing you again. 
    Screenplay by Chen Xiaoqian, this script is quite good @赵露思的微博 “

     :) see full translation here:

     

     

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    [Mainland Chinese Drama 2020] The Romance of Tiger and Rose 传闻中的陈芊芊

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    Fanmeet part 2!

    See part 1 in this post

    Fifth question:
    kiss scene or kabedon?
    both: kabedon
    They then proceeded to kabedon themselves lol

     

    Sixth question:
    sing or dance?
    Both: sing
    MC: who sings better?
    Yuxi: Zhao laoshi (Zhao teacher - he's being extra polite jokingly)
    Lusi: Ding laoshi
    They went back & forth like this for a while LOL
    Then MC asked if one of them is gonna sing, and he heard Lusi sang a lot on set [as we saw in BTS!]. 
    Lusi: I'll sing! This was written for me, sorry to waste your time! [she laughed - this was more like a joke]
    MC & Yuxi started walking away to yield the stage to her,

    Lusi: "Ding laoshi are you not gonna dance in the background?" [LOL]
    [she sang her theme song in CQQ]

     

    Then all the cast came out, Lusi said she regretted not wearing high heels today lol They talked a bit about when Lusi acted her first 1:1 scene with Meng Guo, Shen Chi (Meng Guo's actor) shouted so loudly that she was scared. Then they had Shen Chi acted that scene out again, it was cute!

     

    They also talked about Shu Yuan (Bai Ji) had to slide on his knees 20 times (!) in the scene where Han Shuo made Bai Ji get fruits for QQ.

     

    They played a game where they had to pass around an orange, and when the drumroll stopped, whoever had the orange would have to answer a question, if they can't they had to drink a cup of unsweetened lemon juice. 

    In one round, Baiji was next and had to say the line he thought was the best line his character had. He said the "Young Master, if we invade Huayuan city, not just the third princess but you can also have Pei Heng!" Yuxi: "What do I need Pei Heng for?!" 

     

    Next round, Yuxi passed the orange to Lusi, but she just stared at him LMAO and refused to take it, then the drum stopped! He looked at her SUPER-betrayed "Zhao laoshi?!!" hahahaha She was all "I know the audience wanted you to have it!" 

     

    He had to act out a line from the character of the person next to him, which was QQ. So he did the third princess scene where she "stole" Han Shuo: "Wash him up and bring him to my mansion!" 

     

    Pei Heng's most memorable scene is when he acted to an empty coffin, crying and stuff. Everyone said oh that was because that was when you gave up on QQ, it was an important scene for you, it was sad. Yuxi: it was sad for him but I was very happy! [LOL king of petty Han Shuo]

     

    [After they all drank the lemon juice] MC asked them to act out the emotion they had towards the last episode/ending. 
    Lusi: [looks touched]
    Yuxi: it ended? what ending? what? ending? no way! impossible! doesn't exist! I can't hear! can't see! can't ask! can't say! [wtf omg crackhead!]
    Baiji: why did they have the cover on?? i'm pissed! are you pissed? [lol legendary]
    Mengguo: Chen Young Master [referring to QQ]! Why did you abandon me! I'm Guo-er! [a reference to the character Yang Guo in The return of the condor heroes LOL]

     

    Asked how they would advertise the drama to those who haven't watched it:

    Yuxi: [I think he's using a known poem?] It was like a dream, still moved when I woke up [Lusi finished his sentence here]

    Lusi: [again, I think she's using some sort of rhyming poem/words here; you can tell they rhyme in Mandarin] messy hair, messy wig [she was looking at Yuxi here; they also made a joke earlier about how in the scene where he was drugged with aphrodisiac he slapped himself so hard his wig almost came off. He looked betrayed again hahaha], I think when you don't feel good, or if you're sad, please watch "The rumored CQQ", the drama will make you very, very, very happy! That's also what our entire team wish to bring to everyone

    Baiji: "The rumored CQQ" is a drama that once you watch, you want to watch season 2, then season 3. Do you want to watch season 2? [Fans: YESSS] I don't have the power to decide that [LOL]

    Lusi: then why did you ask??

    Baiji: hehe just for fun! But I will tell you something,the end of this year Yuxi and I will collaborate on a film that will start shooting beginning of next year called "Young Master please love me again" Please spread the word! [Note: he's joking, implying they want a season 2. LMAO this clown! I think the entire cast would love a season 2! They're already starting the rumor themselves LOL]

     

    The MC himself brought up the possibility of season 2 multiple times. Let's hope Tencent is not just teasing us but is seriously considering it!


     

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    [Mainland Chinese Drama 2020] The Romance of Tiger and Rose 传闻中的陈芊芊

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    Great news :) the fanmeeting was subbed in my native language...so I did a recap here. This is up to about the first 15 minutes. If this is helpful I'm more than happy to do the rest. I had a huge grin on my face the entire time! They're really fun people to watch :) anything in the brackets [ ] is my commentary. Not a 1:1 translation; I paraphrased some for brevity.

     

    Lusi: my friends commented that QQ is "a fool who doesnt know the way of love"
    Yuxi: my friends said Han Shuo is "a fool who falls in love based on his imagination" 

     

    Minigame:
    They have to answer the same way w/o looking at each other. If they give different answers they have to act out their answers.

    First question:
    Aegyo (act cute) or finger hearts? (make a heart with your finger)
     Yuxi: act cute, Lusi: finger hearts
     

    He looked at her clearly betrayed LOL then changed his answer to finger hearts (while laughing). The MC didn't let this go ofc, and asked them to act their answers out. 
     

    Lusi told Yuxi "you go ahead, (acting cute) is your specialty" :joy:
    MC: who acted cute more on set?
    Lusi pointed to Yuxi lol he looked betrayed again LOL


    As he was gearing up to his ageyo, Lusi prodded him to add "chu mi chu mi" (a cutesy saying?) and he gave her an extra-betrayed look (while smiling & half protesting) [LOL I love her].


    Then he did this super weird aegyo omg; Lusi died "what the heck? lols"
    [Love this part where they looked at each other & laughed]
    MC: are you satisfied with this Lusi?
    Lusi: 10 points! he really tried lol

     

    Second question: 
    Pick up or get picked up? (i.e. flirt/ask someone out)
    Yuxi: get picked up
    Lusi: pick up

    [LOOOOLs just like in the drama except QQ didn't know she was picking up HS haha]
    They had to act this out.
    Lusi: [already started laughing]
    Yuxi: [acting arrogant]
    Lusi: Give me your wechat.
    Yuxi: Do I scan your code or do you scan my code?
    [LMAO do these kids date? I can't]
    Lusi: [speechless...then made the cute high pitched sound that you've heard her made as QQ while whining lol]
    Yuxi: ???LOL???


    Third question:
    acting goofy or acting cute? [these 2 words sound similar in Mandarin]
    both: acting goofy
    MC: who acts more goofy on set?
    They both started stepping back (as in saying, "not me" LOL but both of them walked all the way back to the panel on the stage, refusing to lose to each other!)

    MC: in current internet slang "acting goofy" doesn't have a bad meaning. It means someone who can be themselves, and different from what they portray on screen. [he then asked them again who's goofier, asked Lusi if she thought Yuxi was goofy]

    Lusi: Because Yuxi's role is "dark", if he said something wrong, he would look like this [acted shocked/surprised]; he also liked to tell me, "Lusi, look here, look there, look here here here". I thought I was goofy but he was even goofier than me!

    MC: I saw on weibo that you said if the shoot didn't go well Yuxi liked to make jokes to make it less awkward right?
    Lusi: yes! He has a cute soul but had to play a "evil CEO" type of role (laughs)

     

    Fourth question:
    Carry from behind or princess-carry?
    Both: princess carry

    Then they talked about the scene in the drama where Han Shuo lifed & carried QQ from behind, whether that was the script or improvised, and they said it was written in the script, and that the writer is very creative. MC said then Lusi must have paid attention to her weight (UGH!) and Yuxi said no, it was very easy to carry her! He was worried that he'd embarrass himself but it was super easy. She said she held her breath and was nervous because some male actors weren't able to carry her before [how weak were those guys??] She said she didn't eat breakfast that day, and the day before she only ate cereal [poor girl!!!]

     

    [Basically 15 mins of Lusi betraying or roasting Yuxi haha]

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    [Mainland Chinese Drama 2020] The Romance of Tiger and Rose 传闻中的陈芊芊

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    7 hours ago, arcchidus said:

    Reading Chinese interviews, apparently LS showed a few episodes of ROTAR and her team thought this show wouldn't go anywhere. When LS heard that, she didn't even seem surprised or sad, she just told them, "it's okay, it's not the first time I acted in a drama."

     

    So basically LS's team gave up on focusing / marketing this show even before the show was shown and focused on marketing Killing of Three Thousands Crows.

     

    But we know in the end which show actually became hot. (cough her team has no taste)

     

    ----

     

    But it's not just her crew I think YX's crew also assumed this show won't go anywhere so they focused on marketing Intense Love for him initially instead of putting effort into marketing this show. Tencent also didn't think this show have high potential, so they didn't announce this until a month before the show started, and didn't bother doing any live steams initially.

     

    Basically this is why marketing was so crap for this show initially. 

     

    It's only after show went hot that all three teams started to market this show and put in the effort to do fan interactions.

    What??? I mean, if they just saw the script, I can see why they had doubts. Execution plays a big role in the success of a show. But they've seen a few episodes and still concluded that it wouldn't be a big hit? lol wut

    I haven't seen 3000 crows but by all accounts (reviews) it seems like your standard fantasy period drama. What I love about Tiger & Rose is that it's so different and creative. Maybe that's why people didn't believe in it :sweat_smile: anything new comes with a big risk.

    Still, I'm glad that they decided to make this, and release it even if they seem to have such little faith in it lol I think the birth of many streaming services allows us to find little gems like this - it's a good business strategy (like Netflix) to just make a lot of shows, from low to medium and occasionally big budget shows to fill the catalog. 

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    [Mainland Chinese Drama 2020] The Romance of Tiger and Rose 传闻中的陈芊芊

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    6 hours ago, arcchidus said:

    Actually if you read the posts in that CP thread, most ppl are happy if they can just be happy and stay friends. They just think they are very cute together, which I think is fair.

    I can't read Mandarin unfortunately :joy: (I can recognize some characters from knowing Japanese but that's it), and yeah I don't mean specifically this CP, though I have seen shipping of the actors for this CP before. In general passionate fandoms sometimes can get jbrk intense shipping mode, and I attribute that to lack of actual relationship experience :grimace: 

     

    3 hours ago, Adidaem said:

    Also clip from Weibo. She is actually so slim - look at her waist/arms

    https://m.weibo.cn/detail/4514646939277683

     

     

     

    For her height, her weight of 39.5 kg (as I've seen listed somewhere) is almost underweight I think...her face is just naturally round. Hope netizens can lay off with the weight comments!

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    [Mainland Chinese Drama 2020] The Romance of Tiger and Rose 传闻中的陈芊芊

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    Agree with everyone here re: their friendly and close rapport! Something that I think a lot of younger fans don't understand is that you can have chemistry with someone, even romantic one, without actually being in a romantic relationship with that person. On top of that, Ding Yuxi is a chemistry king lol he seems comfortable with all of his female costars so far and creates great chemistry on screen. I do think though having seen lots of BTS clips of his from other dramas, Lusi matches his goofy energy the most and their bickering is really the good oppa/dongsaeng or close friend kind (the other friend-chemistry is with his costar from Just an encore. They're from the same agency and seem to have been good friends even before filming). 

     

    I love Lusi's high pitched giggle when Yuxi was singing :D reminds me of QQ's giggling when she refused to give HS the sweet! 

     

    Looks like the fanwars have chilled as well, so that's good! 

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    [Mainland Chinese Drama 2020] The Romance of Tiger and Rose 传闻中的陈芊芊

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    21 minutes ago, realistic2280a said:

     

    Ah is it... then i should checkout the youtube translation when i watch tonight again :D thanks!

    Pretty sure the translations on both channels are the same though, because they're both by Tencent. I think the we-tv app is buggy and sometimes the sub "disappeared", but so far it's the same.

    If you want accurate subs, check out viki. They've been great (just a bit slow).

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    [Mainland Chinese Drama 2020] The Romance of Tiger and Rose 传闻中的陈芊芊

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    2 hours ago, madamstrawberry said:

    i dont know how many rewatch i already had since, but still fun to watch this series! nevertheless, i still could not understand why HS did not let QQ drink the poison during the wedding night. did it mean he actually fell in love with her from their first meet? and that he negated himself since the future HS questioned QQ why the male lead would fall in love easily to the female lead? hahahaha! analysis time! :)))

    It's because she kept foiling his plan accidentally, so he suspected that she knew he was trying to poison her. Copy & paste from a previous post I made earlier in the thread:

    "This was a subtle but hilarious physical joke in Tiger & Rose that I missed the first time I watched. This is a prime example of the smart gut-busting comedy that this show does so well.
     
    He poisoned his cup, thinking they would feed each other wine from the cup in their own hand (his hometown’s custom), which means he thought he would feed *her* his cup. But she was used to doing the cross-cup way, and thus was going to drink from *her own* cup. That means, HE would have to drink the poisoned cup.


    Realizing his f-up, he faked a cough, and switched the cups!


    She, meanwhile, thought his awkward weird behavior was because she didn’t follow his custom, and switched to HIS way. Again, he was almost forced to drink his own poison.
    Mind you, this whole time, she WANTED to be poisoned LOL
     
    And that, everyone, is how we have two idiots who are meant to be together."

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