#ADramaLunies2026
February 26: most memorable parent character?

The female lead's father in the #cdrama #ThisThrivingLand . The series opens with the FL being kidnapped by bandits on her wedding day and her father has to make the decision to sell some of his land to pay her ransom. Land or daughter: which is more important to him? Well, she never forgets his decision. 😉😂 (he's on the right in pic)

The dynamics of his marriage later in the series was very unexpected for me, too! 😳

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February 19: Most memorable food or meal?

The first meal Susu has after giving birth in the #cdrama #ThisThrivingLand was very memorable. 🤐 No spoilers!

For a #kdrama I choose #HelloMonster #RememberYou as I am still in shock how these specific characters all ended up around a table together.

#cdrama #ThisThrivingLand

There was a LOT of things happening in this show.

Basically their entire way of life changed in less than 100 years.

I wish we got to see Dajiao bring Xiuxiu to Grandfather Ox to introduce her as his wife. That would have been a nice tie-in.

They kind of threw the kitchen sink into the plot lines. Even gambling and salt flat thievery and that D/s marriage that was unexpected! And who was Kela's father?

High production value!

#cdrama #ThisThrivingLand

I thought Susu and Humpback Gao had great chemistry for the whole series. They could've been happily schtupping for over a decade, now, if they just let themselves!

But Madam Fei really cracked. Trying to maintain expectations nobody had of her anymore, and with no control over the people necessary for it to succeed.

That poor baby girl. Dajiao really collects all the lost folks, doesn't he?

These later episodes of #cdrama #ThisThrivingLand are getting way too close to reality for me right now. Imprisoning radical leftists for wanting to feed their starving neighbors?

😩

This escapism isn't any fun any more.

#cdrama #ThisThrivingLand

Yessssss give me all of the shy, sincere, endearing small gestures of love. All of it..... 🫠🫠🫠

Polish a small mirror. Get her the toothpaste she really likes. Know where she hides when she's sad. Tell her things to make her feel better/supported and back it up by repeating it to the people who need to hear them. Gaze lovingly at her as she sleeps off a fever. Adjust that blanket so her shoulder doesn't get cold.

🫠🫠🫠

Day 24: Favourite costumes of 2025. #EYDC2025

#jDrama #cDrama #kDrama #twDrama

This was surprisingly easy: Only one Drama came to mind. I don't watch costume historical Dramas from anywhere, so the Drama that won for me, won by being REAL.

Way back in 2014 I watched a #kDrama in which the FL played a call centre drone - in a dress that THEN cost $12K US.

So #cDrama #ThisThrivingLand really impressed me by dressing its poor peasants to LOOK LIKE poor peasants, even the FL. Well done!

Jour 21 : Quel(le) acteur(trice) t’as surpris(e) ?
#CalendrierAventDrama
#jDrama #kDrama #twDrama #cDrama

This was a VERY easy one:

When I first saw Xing Fei, she was using the English name "Fairy" and she was cute as FL of #cDrama #PurYourHeadOnMyShoulder - a sweet romcom that was not a taxing display of acting talent. Six years later, #ThisThrivingLand was the next of hers I fiinished after 3 drops, and she blew me away. Real range, real depth, a real actor! Give her an HEA! 😀

Jour 18 : Quelles scènes ont été dotées de la plus belle cinématographie ?
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#jDrama #kDrama #twDrama #cDrama

Overall winner a 2024 Drama that I watched in 2025 - #ToTheWonder. The impressive Altay region a character in its own right, just stunning

A close second, the 2025 Drama #ThisThrivingLand - one of several #cDrama I watched this year that highlighted just how BIG China is, and that used its picturesque vastness as a key element of their storytelling