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Maiden Holmes | 少女大人 | episode 23

“I will never leave you again.”

'I'll be gone in a month', you thought.

And it made you really terrified. You're still young and there's so much more you wanted to do. So you tried to avoid it- anything that you thought dangerous, you completely stopped doing it.

You stopped climbing up stools to take plates from higher cabinets because you afraid you'll fall. You started to be really anxious to cross the road because you're afraid to be hit by a car. You're extremely careful when walking down the streets so nothing like a flower pot would hit your head. You asked your friends to taste you food first before you eat to make sure it was not poisoned. You took every precaution you could.

You don't want to die yet. You can't die yet.

But every single day when you look through the mirror, it's empty. No matter how safe you were, it remained empty.

Until one day, you're all curled up in your blankets, fidgetting and bitting you finger nails as you're anxious because a month had passed, someone entered your apartment.

Quickly you stood up and reached for the nearest vase you saw just in case.

"Woah there, there's no need to be so violent", the uninvited guest smirked. "I mean no harm."

He handed you a glowing pendant. Warily, you took the pendant and asked,

"Who are you? What's this?"

Instead of answering, he showed a mirror in front of your face.

There it is, your reflection. You can finally see your reflection back. You smiled and screamed in joy.

"H...how? Why?", you managed to stammer although you're already speechless.

"Because you're a witch", he replied.

Then you knew that you're not a simple human but a species of immortal witch. Before being immortal, your reflection will disappear for some time- as for your case, a month.

Your reflection became normal- the mirror no longer showed your reflection a month after. And you're also able to see the future through the mirror.

-this just came to my mind and pardon me for my bad English.

From a young age, you realized the mirrors never showed your reflection; they showed you how you’ll look in a month. One day, your reflection is gone.

Subbed cdramas on youtube

So, I know with the demise of Dramafever, people have been looking for where to watch subbed cdramas. There is always viki, of course, and they have a good selection, but surprisingly, youtube also has a bunch.

Here is what I found:

Huace Media Channel has a number of subbed cdramas, including An Oriental Odyssey, Meteor Butterfly Sword, The Taoism Grandmaster, the Great Protector and others. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/huacemedia/playlists

YoYo Television Series Exclusive channel has a number of subbed dramas, including Eternal Love 1 and 2, When Paris Downcast, Legend of Yun xi, Lost in 1949 (Chen Kun!):

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheTvseriesofficial/playlists

Channel for KUKAN drama that has a few subbed cdramas like The Dark Lord:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVm75cj78njo38Izz_suQQA/playlists

The entirety of Colourful Bone (yup, that drama I have been pushing) is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwMPGEs-m10&list=PLcHRE_huWMAzKEbtEnhPr945cP7TJMdZ_

Ashes of Love:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COAGJgaRAVs&list=PLJ8tSVdIuzBajHmCuVhaizzozMICen2up

Bloody Romance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4MKRRJM3-w&list=PLJ8tSVdIuzBYv0FRhhQRP3v8V0nsRB6P7

Oh My General:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlmsVQcsOS4&list=PLQ2Fa1qFwrH1BNnWuGOfjGvZIjDF5b-TJ

Cinderella Chef (both seasons):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQSsrSqnm6E&list=PLQ2Fa1qFwrH1ZX7ttRukgVrabJ_hUWHPj

The Screen Foxes (Fox in the Screen):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xt6rTark6I&list=PLQ2Fa1qFwrH1a6mR92AXUlJIKTj2K-t5L

Age of Legends can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohHmPLHNue4&list=PLpOa-OrneXm0RL_zDYbeRwqGt4VUfAwCk

The Journey of Flower:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X_sq4LQQPA&index=1&list=PLLRYHxCh-wkpM3gFkBw0PYWk5CHVOOwhn

Chinese Paladin 5:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQcKd2Oo9S0&list=PL9ueEqDL4IUVULQyZ1u34VqcRozmC45nQ

Princess Agents:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4pMBHmBFFc&list=PLLRYHxCh-wkqb8PYzl2R1AjXJROtTHAV1

Lost Love in Times:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1lZRWxsQMU&list=PL9BcegyIUROk6JzEKDkpKWwFdmdHZLhSi

The King’s Woman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBplbEAaiMA&list=PL9BcegyIUROk2yDaj3zz_AEmvTg6SuHFz

Nirvana in Fire 2 (which I think is one of YoYo channel dramas but here it is separately):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0YwGNAnCns&list=PLkLimRXN6NKy7jfS0Jf-hwfYR_ozsDET6

The Advisors’ Alliance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQeNjOVSa1Y&list=PLYRGCE_sj_lHsQ7uWj5T1DSJsIj5iv16H

Tribes and Empires:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHslS0XEDsk&list=PLvpAVnYN4lb1VtTi_Axy0sO-oOo9qdqsV

The Legend of Chusen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejzgVhpaXJc&list=PLQqbdnAgoRmbq73Lix-YR6nbyb74EQYMx

Fight Through the Heavens:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klnXkWrVhJg&list=PLkvG4EWPDB0mWdqbgUySTv2nBQUgSlJZ8

Legend of Dragon Pearl:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEBUbgdIpaE&list=PLkvG4EWPDB0lBE9tY5cJMsdXYh9uuu2cM

The Flame’s Daughter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap-KPNtjCs4&list=PLkvG4EWPDB0m3-8tfhK-vdIUSkxW6TnQc

Martial Universe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi3izji6fmU&list=PLkvG4EWPDB0lVdi85NAMOpvAXJRaHDSPm

Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-xpO3uBA8&list=PLkvG4EWPDB0lcSDJv9x9o-d_zFjcWOjkm

Story of Yanxi Palace:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr_R9s7gMgk&list=PLkvG4EWPDB0kxJFJxhgjxLmZ-JqSM-9Gm

I am sure there is more but these are the ones I know about.

sometimes you need dialogue tags and don't want to use the same four

Scrolling through nct's account and I decided to become angsty

Language Resources Masterpost

Today I am sharing with you guys all my collection of language textbook pdfs :D They are mostly for Russian and Mandarin, but I have a few Korean resources too. Please note that I have not personally used all of these books, so I cannot vouch for their quality. If any of the links are broken, please let me know! All links are to dropbox files.

Mandarin

A Kaleidoscope of China (advanced)

A New China (intermediate)

All Things Considered (advanced)

Anything Goes (advanced)

Basic Chinese (workbook)

Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar (grammar)

Chinese: An Essential Grammar (grammar)

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar (grammar)

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar (workbook)

Reading to Write: An Advanced Textbook of Chinese (advanced)

Schaum’s Outlines: Chinese Grammar (grammar)

The Routledge Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course (advanced)

The Routledge Course in Chinese Media Literacy (advanced)

Russian

Ultimate Russian (advanced)

Using Russian: A Guide to Contemporary Usage

A Comprehensive Russian Grammar (grammar)

A Russian Grammar Workbook (workbook)

Colloquial Russian 2 (intermediate)

Russian Verbal Prefixes (grammar)

Glossika Guide to Russian Pronunciation and Grammar

Intermediate Russian: A Grammar and Workbook (intermediate)

An Advanced Russian Tabloid Reader (advanced)

A Living Russian Grammar (grammar)

Basic Russian: A Grammar and Workbook (beginner）

Russian in Exercises (beginner)

Russian Verbs of Motion

Using Russian Vocabulary (vocab)

The Big Silver Book of Russian Verbs (vocab)

Live From Russia Stage 1 Volume 1 (beginner)

Live From Russia Stage 1 Volume 2 (beginner)

Korean

Basic Korean: A Grammar and Workbook (beginner)

Intermediate Korean: A Grammar and Workbook (intermediate)

Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar (grammar)

Korean Grammar in Use (beginner)

GOD I hate Shen Yurong. I mean the actor is doing incredibly - this is a really fucking hard role to play. But WANNING. Li Meng is killing this.

I honestly don't even think the show needed to show us her history in the flashbacks. The actress is already doing such a good job acting her history. And I'm dreading what's coming to her because she can't see it coming since she's so blinded by her desperation for Shen Yurong. And I think she'll die at that man's hands, which just feels tragic given what she's been through.

And although Shen Yurong is a monster of her own making, and while he is a victim and she is perpetuating the cycle of abuse, the fact of what he did to Xue Fangfei and what he is clearly getting ready to do to Wanning makes me believe he was always a hypocrite.

As a person, Wanning may have pushed him, but he did not have far to fall. What she did do, unfortunately, is teach him how to be conniving and get what he wants.

Shen Yurong was pressured into a difficult choice by Wanning, but he chose to be cowardly. Now he has the upper hand, and if he was only fighting for his freedom, I could root for him. But instead, he's fighting to climb higher and take back Xue Fangfei.

Wanning does deserve what's coming to her. She did abuse him and do countless terrible things.

Yet I pity her because of how well her actress is playing her – someone driven to the edge of madness, who has lost all perspective and sense of morality, who is grasping at the last thing that can make her feel human - love.

And Shen Yurong, I despise, because of how his actor is playing him - someone who never took responsibility, nor felt true guilt, for his own actions because he always felt he was wronged by fate and the world.

So the backstory of Princess Wanning is absolutely devastating. It’s not justification for her to continue the cycle of murder and abuse once she returns home but it definitely makes sense.

She must hate her brother and pretty much everyone who got to stay home in return for her being a hostage and I completely get her gut reaction to Xiang Fang Fei. It’s easier to be a good person when you’ve never had to suffer hell.

From her perspective, a man she is drawn to for his goodness has chosen an innocent girl who has never had to go through what she did. It must have been like torture.

Fang Fei is the mirror to this. She *does* go through hell thanks to Wanning but it didn’t make her lash out at innocent bystanders. Of course, we have no idea how long Wanning was in this situation for. How young was she?

We normally get this amount of depth and backstory for male villains so interesting we got it for the female villain here too. I find Wanning far more sympathetic than Shen Yurong (who I love) who did all this shit for greed and cowardice

some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.