I didn't know Nirvana in Fire was based on a BL novel! I really should watch that after I finish Guardian.
I've always enjoyed romantic subtext over outright text in movies/TV show, whatever the gender configuration is; it feels more romantic that way. e.g. - A full bloom falling off the branch in a vase (deflowering). - Fade to black and you hear someone sigh softly - Curtain fluttering in the morning breeze, and one of the couple blinks awake in bed - No explanation but one of the couple is wearing the other's shirt/jacket
Didn't these things use to be a staple in old Chinese movies? I seem to remember something about candle flame flickering and train going through a tunnel, but I might be hallucinating the train. (Surely it's not that obvious...)
Anyway, thank you for this post and I look forward to the next one!
(Also, I thought Guardian was back on Youku again a month after being pulled? Is it just completely gone from the Chinese sphere then? =| That sucks.)
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I've always enjoyed romantic subtext over outright text in movies/TV show, whatever the gender configuration is; it feels more romantic that way.
e.g. - A full bloom falling off the branch in a vase (deflowering).
- Fade to black and you hear someone sigh softly
- Curtain fluttering in the morning breeze, and one of the couple blinks awake in bed
- No explanation but one of the couple is wearing the other's shirt/jacket
Didn't these things use to be a staple in old Chinese movies? I seem to remember something about candle flame flickering and train going through a tunnel, but I might be hallucinating the train. (Surely it's not that obvious...)
Anyway, thank you for this post and I look forward to the next one!
(Also, I thought Guardian was back on Youku again a month after being pulled? Is it just completely gone from the Chinese sphere then? =| That sucks.)