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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 25m

Woh! - I’m glad you were viewing it from the safety of your car!

James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 1h

This looks interesting - I’ve not tried this drama yet, though I like both the leads

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 2h

Totally! It’s got just the right amount of low-stakes angst to balance out the lovely comedy & fluff

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 2h

Oh, is that the one with Tian Xiwei & Ao Ruipeng? It’s really good

(& much more lighthearted than KMS 😉)

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 2h

This was a moving moment

The “play within a play” (in this case to catch the conscience of good Queen Xu Yan) gave a humble & slightly silly looking Shen Haoming the freedom to reveal his heart ❤️

“What I thought was sincerity was torn apart by selfishness and calculation”

#LovesAmbition #cdrama

William Chan as Shen Haoming dressed up in red ornamental costume for a play, with a black hat & headdress with red cotton baubles

Screen shot of Zhao Lusi as Xu Yan, sitting in the audience listening to the play

The sentence she hears is “Thank you for giving me the chance to say these words”

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 3h

This is #TheLongBallad one (followed in the reply post by one she did for #TheStarryLove )

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · Feb 21

Two other Sa Dingding ost classics are from #TheLongBallad & #TheStarryLove:

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[OST of The Long Ballad] 《If You Came Back》 Sa Ding Ding (Eng|Chi|Pinyin)

YouTube video by peachy butt

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 3h

lol the description!

The FL transmigrates into a novel about a tragic character who meets a tragic end:

“Thus began her hilarious journey to seek death…

The tyrannical and ruthless emperor who only loves killing: Noble Lady Lian’s brain…???

The harem beauties: She’s insane!!”

What? 😅

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 3h

Ooh, interesting 🧐 - two young people from different walks of life have both been hiding their talents (hers more intellectual, his more martial), until they suddenly surprise everyone with their expertise

I like it! 🙂

Is there any news of it being taken up by directors or screen writers?

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 3h

Again, all these 👍

Sa DingDing was also in my mind - especially her song for #TheLongBallad - but someone else chose her anyway (& Curley is a fave of mine, so…)

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 3h

All these!!! 👏 👏 👏

These are the OGs!

#ChasingJade by the #Blossom director should be a thing of beauty if nothing else 👍

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 3h

You would have loved it 😊 - we had to pick our main leads, as well second leads & supporting roles, found family characters, etc

Plus setting, place, tropes to cover, & general storyline

It was fun! 🙂

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 3h

For my main OSTs I chose Curley Gao

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · Jul 24

Day 7: Main OST Artist

I’ll pick Curley Gao. I loved her OSTs for #BlossomsinAdversity #WonderlandofLove #TheLegendofShenLi & #LoveGameinEasternFantasy

However, I would love it if Sa Dingding could perform a haunting OST for it as well!

#cdrama #dreamdramachallenge

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 3h

For my main writer I went with a favourite of yours I believe

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · Jul 18

Day One: Writer - for my lead writer I’m going with Qian Shan Cha Ke, the author of the novels on which #TheDouble, #TheGlory & #LegendoftheFemaleGeneral are based

#kdrama #cdrama #dreamdramachallenge

Wu Jinyan in The Double, wearing red under a tree with blossoms all around her

Chen Duling in The Glory, her eyes lit by sunlight reflected from a sword

Zhou Ye in Legend of the Female General, wearing armour, her face spattered with blood

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 3h

We did a “create your own drama challenge” about this a few months ago 🙂

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · Jul 29

Day 12: Historical or Modern

Historical of course! 🙂

It will be a set in a fictional dynasty, but with elements that reflect aspects of the Song & Ming more than others (though the drama will freely borrow from other dynasties if need be!)

#cdrama #dreamdramachallenge

A bts of Tian Xiwei in the forthcoming drama Chasing Jade, partly inspired by the Ming dynasty

Zhou Yiran in the forthcoming drama Qiao Chu, wearing red themed armour, which I think will be is set in the Qing

Zhou Ye in the forthcoming drama Legend of the Female General, partly inspired by the Song dynasty

Li Yunrui in the drama Blossom, inspired by the Ming dynasty

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 4h

…until they hear two knocks on the door… 😅

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 4h

It was a hilarious moment 😂 - I loved the way their besties couple were observing it all & debating whether they should intercede: “if they start eating live fish it could turn out badly for them, so maybe we should look after them” 😅

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 4h

She was so sincere with him, & he crushed her spirit with his cynicism 🥲

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 5h

(I’m talking about the scene in ep 27)

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 5h

Mandhana played very well for India 🇮🇳 - if she’d stayed in for longer it could have been more difficult for the Aussies 🇦🇺 ; but Australia did well to limit India’s final total & bowl them out; & then they batted superbly 👌

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 5h

I’m just watching the “play within a play”, where Shen Haoming seemingly breaks character (the character he has within the play) to say the historical play should have a more modern twist, with the ML chasing the FL instead of the other way round 😅

*until he sees he is being watched by the real FL!

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 5h

👀

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 5h

It was a convincing victory in the end - the Australia women team are very good 👍

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 5h

They did it with an over to spare! 🥳

Well done Australia 🇦🇺 👏 👏 👏

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 5h

I knew it would be a high performance close match, but this is ridiculous!

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James @jamesdmac.bsky.social · 5h

Australia are very close! They need to keep their last wickets & they’ll win!!

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