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27-Feb: Most memorable umbrella scene?

Here's another memorable one.

In #wuxia #jiànxiá dramas, an umbrella is never "just" any umbrella.

#cDrama Blood River makes this point in spectacular style. #BloodRiver

* CW SPOILER scene screenshots below. *

It took me a while to find a non-spoilery pic, but this end battle is _really_ looking good. Cheesy at some parts, maybe, but overall on the top five among the xianxia C-dramas I've seen. I'm even ready to forgive the slow first fifteen episodes, and _that's_ an achievement!

#BloodRiver #Xianxia #CDrama

You know what, my reflex is that the giant fight avatars should stand in the same vat of light they emerge from. _But_ having them stand on the ground like normal persons (albeit with flames licking their bodies) is an excellent choice. This is a lull in the battle, and you both get a feel for that and the avatars' humungous size.

#BloodRiver #VFX #Xianxia #CDrama

This eunuch just gave Epic Side Eye a face!

(If I can I'll give him a design breakdown - his looks are awesome - but he's on screen for seconds at most so I have a hard time finding the right moment.)

#BloodRiver #Xianxia #CDrama

For a long time, at least in Swedish pop culture, scary and sometimes evil characters had yellow eyes. In C-drama I've noticed this often goes for _blue_ eyes. History considered this feels a bit more correct.

(Eye contact in pic.)

#BloodRiver #CharacterDesign #Xianxia #CDrama

When someone says this, expect them to cover up a fumble the size of flattening mount Taishan. Keep this sentence in your pocket, storyteller friends - it's _very_ useful!

#BloodRiver #Storytelling #Xianxia #CDrama

Sis, if you take the man (yep, she's flirting with him) I take that screen in the background. It's glorious!

#BloodRiver #FurnitureFandom #AnotherDIYProjectInTheQueue #Xianxia #CDrama

Costume designer 1: What are you doing?

Costume designer 2: Embroidering one of prince Lanya's sleeves.

CD1: Why are you mumbling "Vroom, vroom, vrooooOOOOM!"?

CD2: Oh. No particular reason...

#BloodRiver #Costuming #Xianxia #CDrama

Oh! A 'Looking into the camera like I'm on the office' in the wild! Third wheeling is no fun at all.

(*To no one's surprise there's eye contact in the pic. The subtitle is from the lovelorn boy off screen.)

#BloodRiver #Xianxia #CDrama