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Day 24: Love Story.
This one was surprisingly easy. Many great romances in 13 years of 600+ East Asian Dramas, but this one came to mind first.
#cDrama #TheTaleOfRose is 38 eps long, time enough to fully develop a rare 30+ love story love story between the FL's brother and her boss. An arc as much about their individual personal growth as their romance
And in a Mastodon-only exclusive, the full clip of imo the most swoonworthy part
My choices for the #chinguchallenge here will often be different from Bsky, as now
Day 3: Favourite Modern Romance
the VERY FIRST Drama that I thought of is one where the best romance arc involves the SECOND leads, and it's an all-time favourite .
in #cDrama #TheTaleOfRose , the romance between the eponymous lead's brother & boss is stunning. Far & away one of the most grounded, realistic, clichรฉ-free romances I've ever watched also sweet and moving. So good I rewatched just their arc
I can't remember the STP in #BusinessProposal at all , must refresh my memory. I only gave the #kDrama 7/10 so even the OTP didn't leave a huge impression on me.
In many East Asian Dramas, STPs can have more creative arcs, because they're not constrained by formulaic expectations for lead pairs. In #kDrama #MissKorea has a great STP and two of my favourites are Mandarin #cDrama #TheTaleOfRose and #twDrama #LoveTimeless I rewatched both FOR their STPs
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#EndOfYearDramaChallenge2024
Day 25 Favourite Romance of 2024
I agonised over this one for nearly one full femtosecond, before deciding:
Tong Da Wei & Wan Qian as Huang Zhen Hua & Su Geng Sheng in
realistic characters, nuanced performances, a complex and fraught arc, chef's kiss! ๐
One common feature of #KDrama I LOATHE is the trope of the mother who is forgiven all simply because of biology. No matter how evil, no matter what she does to whom, how often and for how long, in the end she gets a free pass because of an accident of birth. It's not uncommon in #CDrama either, but less so, and episode 34/38 of #TheTaleOfRose has just delivered the most brutally ruthless and 1000% deserved demolition of that vile trope I've ever seen.
I smell an 11/10 coming
Into episode 27/38 in #CDrama #TheTaleOfRose and during what is hands down the most unusual declaration of love I've EVER seen in any Drama, powerful, moving heartfelt and not clichรฉd at all, the female character started crying. Shortly thereafter, so did I.๐
IF they are the STP, they are unquestionably my number 1 of all time, and the benchmark against which all future STPs will be judged. ๐ ๐ ๐
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