cdrama: Paladins in Troubled Times eps 9-16

So, I was going to have a nice, big picspam, but am having trouble uploading the pictures. It went something along the lines of “Women are badass, Tae is a dork, hair flutters in the wind when inside, and people in pretty clothes stare at each other angstily and for a variety of reasons, and everyone has that unique brand of upbringing where trying to kill each other/the other’s commander is a common courtship ritual.”

Actually, that’s basically the plot, once you throw in villains who think they’re Cesare Borgia and protagonists who are sometimes borderline sociopaths due to being basically good people raised by bad people, and so having no real moral compass for a while. (This is changing.)

The last few cdramas/wuxias I’ve watched haven’t really been “proper” wuxias, and so I forgot how wuxia makes me like all sorts I normally don’t. Like how straightup “enemies as lovers” rarely works for me outside of certain historical periods, but works for me 99% of the time in wuxia. I think I actually get disappointed if it happens and they don’t stab each other at least once.


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In short, China, please adapt more of Liang Yu Sheng’s stuff to series and movies, because I’ve liked every one I’ve seen so far.