December; Untamed aka Chenqing Ling aka MDZS

[issenllo]

1) Re-watching The Untamed again: I'm not the only one who notices that EVERYONE wears the same make of shoes, am I? I mean, this has to do with how the production team does their work, of course, but it's very obvious when you film characters slo-mo-ing into the scene and rich or poor, from Gusu or Qinghe, they all wear the same shoes. Somewhere out in CQL-verse, there is a shoe manufacturer which has a monopoly; and it is probably from the Lanling clan, which explains why they're so wealthy. :p

I'll not ask who makes all those little tassels.

2) Following HIStory3: Make our days count
And it is adorable. And daring, for what it's worth?, in terms of the sexy scenes? I must try a crossover with Trapped soon.

3) Re-watching Story of Yanxi Palace vs watching for the first time, Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace
I do like Zhou Xun lots, but Yanxi Palace wins it for me, being a better story* and a little bit more naturalistic in terms of the relationships between the characters. It has serious moments but knows not to take itself super-seriously. And the costumes and hairpieces are excellent. I watch just to admire the pretty.

ETA

*I mean, at its core it's a story of Wei Yingluo getting revenge even if it takes her 20 years. And she still ends up winning the harem stakes. Who doesn't like that?

Also, both my favourite characters at present have the surname Wei (it's even the same Chinese character). Hm...


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The Untamed | Chenqing Ling | MDZS, all of the Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian (main or background):

Wei Wuxian’s Kidnapping Back and Forth Farce (Starring Jiang Cheng and Lan Wangji) by misscam

Inquiry, Lan Yuan | Wen Yuan, background Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji, by incendir

At Your Side, by suzvoy

Dimples, Lan Xichen,by bodhan

Comments

[dancing_serpent]

...except the GusuLan, they have their own shoe maker. Which is probably a major reason for conflict between the two sects, but hel-lo pretty white boots embroidered with clouds, looking at you Lan Zhan! *g*

Drive-by comment from the network page, hope you don't mind. (I couldn't resist!)

[issenllo]

And purple shoes for Yunmeng, hehe.

[libitina]

Since the last two major donors to the college where I work, who both donated enough to get whole schools named after them, were shoe designers I'd never heard of - this sounds entirely plausible as a theory.

(The tassel market is in the novel)

Yay! More recs! Thank you

[issenllo]

Hah! I'd always assumed they made their own tassels. Clearly I should go check out more of the novel.

It's so hard to imagine a pre-industrial society.

[libitina]

You're looking for the part where WWX is putting together his gift for Jin Ling's 7th day celebration.