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she/her, EN/中文 • scheming for survival in a historical cdrama somewhere • 可得解脱处，唯有神佛前，与山水间 • profile art by 乎葱觅蒜

[🎋 @embleciel]

Hello again friends, old and new :')

Emerging from the abyss to celebrate #WomeninCdrama and run the challenge with @dramateaque 💚

Even when life gets in the way, I always look forward to (re)connecting with everyone this time of year in honor of International Women's Day!

[Women in C-Drama @womenincdrama]

In honor of International Women's Day (#IWD2025), join us in the #WomeninCdrama challenge from 1-8 March! Come celebrate your favorite female creators & characters, share your thoughts on industry trends, and make some new #cdrama friends 🥳

Find all prompts below! 👇🏻

[🎋 @embleciel]

@halfcactus @dramateaque @z0ngyu Aw I wasn't checking my notifications and missed this! Did anyone get to check out any of the films?

[lala. | 🍋 @dramateaque]

Gonna be uptight & comment on this bc, even if jokingly said, I don’t like women being talked abt this way.

I don’t think Sheng Yi & Lian Zhou “chose to be weak” & I think that wording does a disservice to the efforts made to show where these women came from.
#InTheNameofBlossom

[🎋 @embleciel]

@dramateaque I agree! I love this director-writer duo and would love to see them work with the original cast but can also appreciate them highlighting a new cast of characters in the same world as ADOS.

[🎋 @embleciel]

@dearmissy_ Six episodes already!!! Omg our drought is over

[🎋 @embleciel]

@xiaotoumings "your period hasn't come in a while, something must be wrong" 🤣🤣🤣

[🎋 @embleciel]

trailer: *zero dialogue*
me: NEED

[cdrama tweets @dramapotatoe]

The 1st film of #PeterChan’s #ShesGotNoName series, starring Zhang Ziyi, Wang Chuanjun, Yi Yangqianxi, Mei Ting, Zhao Liying, Lei Jiayin, Zhang Yu, Yang Mi, Peng Yuchang, Yin Fang, Da Peng, Li Xian, Fan Wei & more announces June 21 release

#酱园弄悬案

[🎋 @embleciel]

@dearmissy_ i'm glad to hear you liked it!! can't wait to start it now 😊

[🎋 @embleciel]

@dearmissy_ Yay!! I'm planning on watching the ZLY drama this week. I can't believe it's done airing. Have you finished/how are you liking?

[🎋 @embleciel]

@dearmissy_ Definitely! It's a very different story but shares the same elements and sheds light on women's struggles through the FL's journey. I especially liked seeing "middle-aged" women question their roles and subvert societal norms.

[🎋 @embleciel]

@halfcactus currently nowhere 🫣 i had a little tumblr but i've been rethinking where to publish/share with friends. i have a not-so-regular translation practice/collab with my friend, and we've discussed publishing once we get a good amount done but we're not there yet 😅

[🎋 @embleciel]

lord pls bestow upon me the confidence of a "translator" who doesn't know the source language

[🍀 @yueyawans]

crying oomf was complaining to me ab the lyst novel trans so i read the eng and cn one and almost vomitted blood also this translator note omfg do not touch novels if you can't speak the language well because i compared them & there was a mistrans from the first 2 paras on 😭😭

[🎋 @embleciel]

@dearmissy_ The Glory shares Faithful's themes of justice and liberation. In a later episode of The Glory, the FL even references Meng Wan and her fight for justice!

[🎋 @embleciel]

@dearmissy_ Did you watch The Glory (w/ Chen Duling)? It's written by the same writer as Faithful! It's also revenge-focused and has interesting/complicated female characters and relationships. I don't think it's as strong as Faithful but the mother-daughter relationship was worth the watch!

[🎋 @embleciel]

@dearmissy_ SHUT UP SHE IS SO PRETTY 😭

[🎋 @embleciel]

@halfcactus i watched the trailer, looks like a tearfest!!! no thank you!!! 😭

[🎋 @embleciel]

@yueyawans I understand using translation as a form of language practice, but omitting entire sentences/paragraphs on top of totally wrong translations makes me question the TLer's intentions/goals. I wonder if readers are aware??

[🎋 @embleciel]

@halfcactus I wonder how much of ZRN we'll see in it, since it looks like the daughter starts out young? Can't imagine Lay being her father, they're basically the same age 😂

[🎋 @embleciel]

@halfcactus I have not! This is my first time hearing about it 😮