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Just finished watching The Romance of Tiger and Rose and I loved it so much. Following the plot twists and the self-aware scriptwriter trying to force the story to go on a path of her choosing while the characters were going their way was so much fun to watch. I thought the happy ending in real world was a bit forced, but it’s still a happy ending, so I’ll take it.

This drama made me go on a full-on binge mode, and I was cursing my stupidity when I watched ”just a few episodes” (read: 7) the day before I knew I was going to my sister’s to spend the Christmas and wouldn’t be able to continue until after I got home. In essence, I finished the drama in three days of watching.

I have to say the few Chinese dramas I’ve watched this year have all been good in their own way. I had watched some Taiwanese dramas before this, but I have always been leery of the length of most Chinese dramas. The Untamed (another binge watch) showed me that I could finish a 50 episode drama if the story was good enough.

Maiden Holmes was fun and sweet, Love Is Sweet was saccharine sweet, but I liked Luo Yunxi and Bai Lu in it (couldn’t care less about the secondary pairing, though), Twisted Fate of Love isn’t quite finished yet, but it’s so close I’m counting it in this tally. Even Psych-Hunter, which I’m far from finishing and have been watching at a pace of few eps every now and then has an interesting mystery storyline. The only disappointment has been The Legend of Fei - I watched 12 episodes and thought it a waste of the actors’ talents. I haven’t fully decided if I’m dropping it yet or if I’ll try a few more episodes of it.

Hee! Qianqian is being taken to her ”funeral,” escorted by Han Shuo, and when she feels scared in the coffin, he offers to climb in to keep her company.

I love how he just takes it at a stride when she uses weird or anachronistic terms like oxygen. He must already be used to her being slightly strange by now.

Still, awww!! She is his oxygen!

Ouch, poor woobies. Qianqian sends Han Shuo away for his safety, because she knows he is destined to die in the script. Of course she has to break his heart to do this and to convince him that she never loved him. (Nice gender reversal from the usual trope, like so many other things in this drama.)

Yes, I admit I was getting a bit misty for a while, but the thunder and rain made me actually snort, because I was just thinking that now we need a Bollywood style dramatic scene with her crying in the rain after he left the scene. And, lo and behold, exactly that happened! 😂

I am loving this drama so much!