Libera me, Domine, de morte æterna, in die illa tremenda

They have this behind the scenes thing for My Queen, and in it Cheryl talks about meeting with Chen Qiao En, and THAT DID IT. Cheryl Yang is now, FIRMLY, one of my favorites.

I now have a trio of my most favorite, amazing, talented, awesome drama girls.


The Innocent - Ariel Lin Yi Chen


The Sexy - Chen Qiao En


The Awesome - Cheryl Yang Jin Hua

They are all goddesses and I simultaneously want to be them and be their best friends.

Also, Cheryl did a LOT of underwear modeling (as I found out when I did a photo search)... *is jealous of Cheryl Yang and her fabulous looks*

I hate posting without caps to back it, but man, My Queen is KILLING ME. I watched half of episode 18 (the other half isn't subbed), and OMG I love it SO MUCH. Wu Shuang is finally back to her normal self again after the whole Yun Hao debacle (though really, he is an AWESOME guy. Really classy. This drama has the two more adorable, sweet, selfless, mature, amazing heroes I've ever seen in a drama. EVER).

Shan Wu Shuang (and by default Cheryl Yang) is possibly the biggest girlcrush I've ever had. I want to be her best friend SO BADLY. She is made of awesome. MADE OF AWESOME.

And wow, does the ending of it make me squeal incoherently with glee. GLEEEE.

Also, I'm so backlogged on comments I don't know even where to begin. I'll get to them though! I've just been so exhausted recently.

And, fun... my freaking brakes in my car crapped out on me tonight. On the highway. So, um, things are going to be fun for awhile while I somehow manage to get myself around without a car.

But at least HIMYM tonight was pretty awesome :D

Two random pieces of news. FIRST! I just found out about a new drama that will hopefully (HOPEFULLY, Taiwan!) be airing in the summer or fall.

It's called "Just Want To Depend On You", and it stars Jerry Yan and Ella. So bit of a dream cast for me (ELLLLA!). Apparently Jerry plays a cold divorce lawyer, and Ella will play a nanny to two children. There's even a tidbit in the article about how Jerry's character mistakes Ella's character for a lesbian.

I'm going to LOVE it.

Second; CHERYL YANG!

Random article about My Queen (mostly about Wen Sheng Hao, who apparently doesn't think he's attractive. Sorry dude, you're hot...)
Too deep into "My Queen"; Wen Sheng Hao hates to be a cuckold. If Wu Shuang ends up with Yun Hao, I think I'll cry. I think Ethan and Cheryl should be a couple in real life. They're SO cute together. But I think Ethan's still with Tiffany Xu... maybe not.

THIRD! Abe Tsuyoshi marries Chinese actress! Congrats to him! (But what is with all the marriages lately?!)

I love LOVE love Dal Ja's Spring. Seriously. Love it beyond words.

But, for all it's awesomeness, it's no My Queen. I do not lie when I say My Queen is currently my third favorite drama of all time (only just after Love Contract and Coffee Prince, both of which I effuse praise on obsessively).


Wu Shuang, still rocking.
( My Queen episode 14 picspam )

I waited a long time for the last episode of My Queen. First I wanted to wait until all parts were subbed. Then viikii wasn't working for me. So I finally watched it, and just, wow. I love that drama so much. It's freaking amazing.

Lucas is probably the most mature, adult drama hero I've ever seen. He does things for Wu Shuang so that she can be happy, even if they take her away from him. He cleared up the misunderstanding between her and Yun Hao, despite knowing that they would get back together. He's not perfect (too perfect is boring), but he's wonderful. Ethan is really a good actor. His confession scene was extremely powerful. I just wanted to hug him.

And Wu Shuang... my favorite drama heroine ever. Right now she's confused, and vulnerable. But she still has the balls to knock some sense into a restaurant manager for treating an employee unfairly. I want to be her so badly. I don't get why everyone hates her, if I were them, I'd be laying flowers at her feet and building a shrine.

I can't wait to see episode 13!!


I have SUCH a girlcrush on Cheryl Yang. She's beautiful. And Wu Shuang is a freaking goddess.
( a few more caps )

Btw, I don't know if anyone would know, but Wu Shuang calls her mother "ah bu", but the subtitles say 媽, which would be pronounced "ma". I've never heard this before, and it's confusing me. Is it just some random Taiwan thing I don't know about? Is it Taiwanese? Or maybe Hakka or Hokkien?

I also watched the second episode of Utahime. I like it a lot, but I'm not getting into it yet. Sometimes it takes 4 or 5 episodes for me to really get into a drama. Until that happens, things go relatively slowly.

But whatever. Nagase is beautiful, and I want to have his babies.

His english was amazingly cute, and actually pretty damn good considering. He actually knew the whole song, which was impressive.

Holy crap, this Son Dam Bi / Big Bang remix is GREAT

Only half an hour into Twenty Something Taipei, and I'm in love. The colors and the lights in the movie are quite good. It has some nice shots too.

But more than technicalities, I'm responding to the characters. It's hard to explain, since I'm only a bit into the movie, but I like them all.

And my girlcrush on Cheryl Yang is firmly in place. She's SO AWESOME.

The movie isn't really working in WMP Classic, so I'm using VLC, which for some reason screws up the quality. As such, my caps aren't great.

Another awesome thing; TST is a hkmovie, so you have the option of listening to it in Cantonese or Mandarin (though I'm PREEETY sure it was filmed in Mandarin. The two main actors are both Taiwanese. And I don't think Ehlo speaks Cantonese at all...) I chose Mandarin, of course. Cantonese confuses the hell out of me.


( Random (mostly) unexplained picspam )

I'm probably going to go to sleep now, and finish the rest later.

Also, I STILL haven't watched BBF 23, 24, OR 25. So I won't be reading/commenting on posts about them until I do... God knows when. I haven't felt like watching stuff recently.

Okay, several things;

1. Finished My Boss, My Hero. At this time, I honestly think Nagase may have usurped Shun-kun as my favorite j-actor (I think they're tied), which is HUGE. Shun was not only my first Japanese actor crush, but my first Asian drama-boy crush in general. But OMG Nagase. Whenever I see him I freak out a little bit. It's kinda embarrassing, the amount of girlish squee I let fly when I see him.

So I needed another picspam.
( Last episode of My Boss My Hero )

Would it be bad if I flew to Japan, and spent all my energy stalking him? Because, honestly, I'm THIIIS close.

2. Haagen Dazs' in Taiwan are a whole hell of a lot nicer than they are in the US.


And while the whole engagement ring in the dessert thing is kinda cliche, I still melted quite a bit during that scene in My Queen (not a spoiler, it was a flashback).


See! Even the ice cream is fancier at Taiwanese Haagen Dazs'! That one is called a "Love Poem". See the Shakespeare poem under the ice cream? Can't make out which one it is.

3. I (finally) finished watched episode 19 and 20 of BBF. I'm going to post my thoughts in a separate post, because this one is getting long.

4. I'm not sure what my next drama will be. I kinda want to watch Dal Ja's Spring, but I also want to watch something with Nagase in it... Plus, I need to finish The Rose. And Black & White starts soon, so I want something relatively quick... Meh! Decisions decisions. Plus I just got a HUGE book on Taiwanese history that I want to read...

Yeah. It's weekly now.

( What else I bought from YesAsia )

You know that when GD and TOP drop their solo albums (SOOOOON), I'm going to be ALL over that... And I've heard rumors, but is there going to be another Big Bang album this year? If so, it'll probably be a mini album, ne? Either way, I'd be totally excited.

ALSO, I might be going on a mini drama/blogging hiatus for a few days starting on the 24th/25th. Why? Because City of Glass, the last book in the Mortal Instruments trilogy is being released that day. And I will need to read it nonstop until it's finished. At which point I will become upset that there is no more to read. And then I will content myself with fanfic for a few days until the ennui wears off.

I've been a fan of Cassie's since I first read Draco Dormiens oh so many years ago (in the heyday of fabulous Harry Potter fanfic. Not that there isn't still a lot of good stuff, I just miss the old fics by Lori, AngieJ, Heidi, etc). I basically haven't stopped reading her stuff since 2001. I'm highly saddened that one of my favorite trilogies is coming to an end, but what can you do. At least I get to see if Jace and Clary are actually related (I'm betting not, but you never know).

I'm finally finishing the subbed version of the latest episode of My Queen (I had watched it previously without subs), and oh wow is it amazing. I cannot believe how good this show is.

I love how Wu Shuang, this totally kickass unstoppable woman can't even say a thing while Lucas is confessing to her and telling her friends that even though he doesn't have money or success, he wants to be with her.

I'm so excited for the next episode! I'm going to watch it unsubbed ASAP.


( My Queen episode 9 OTP picspam )

For three days and eight episodes I have contained my intense, insane, amazingly love for this drama, but I cannot hold it anymore. I wanted to watch all of the released episodes before I commented. And I JUST finished them.

I am utterly in love with My Queen / Defeated Queen. I haven't been this excited about a drama in a long time. It's amazingly sweet, smart, funny, sexy, and just perfect. It's an adult drama. This one isn't catering to the teenagers.

Plus, it features probably the GREATEST HEROINE KNOWN TO DRAMA-KIND. Shan Wu Shuang (played by Cheryl Yang) is a goddess. She's amazing. She's tough, professional, dedicated, beautiful, rich, fearless, arrogant, and proud. At the same time she's delicate, sensitive, and self conscious. She's perfect. She's who I want to be when I grow up.

That's another important point. Wu Shuang is (almost) 33. Everyone treats her as an old hag. She's defiant, but obviously it gets to her. That's the major point between her and Lucas. Ethan plays Lucas, the love interest. He's 25. 8 years younger. Naturally she kinda flips out about being attracted to him. Lucas is great, he's the kind-hearted, too good to be true hero with the dark past. He's not an ass at all, he's understanding, gentle, thoughtful, and sweet.

The chemistry between Ethan and Cheryl is AMAZING. The OTP is to die for. They argue, they have meaningful talks, they smolder, they STARE at each other longingly. It's really good. Did I mention how amazingly hot Ethan is in this?

The other actors are great too. Another REALLY fun point; About 80% of the side characters are from Fated to Love You or Prince Turns to Frog. Which makes me think it's a J-star drama... I'm surprised they didn't make Qiao En star in it. She's only two years younger than Cheryl...

Another thing the drama has going for it; a GREAT OST. Fish Leong sings most of the songs, and her voice is intensely ethereal.

I first heard of this drama when I read that article on AF about current twdramas. It looked interesting, so I then researched it a bit. I was immediately interest because it was Ethan. And the age different hooked me. I started downloading it, but didn't watch it until I read what seven_trees thought of it. I watched the first episode, and knew immediately that it was going to be my new crack.


( Rather random picspam )

So yes. THIS is my new drama, and I love it dearly. The next episode comes out this Sunday. I think it plays at the same time as Superstar Express. Thus SE being a ratings failure makes sense to me. In my opinion, My Queen is far better than SE (not that SE isn't amazing as well, just not as good, IMO of course). It's been at the top of the Taiwanese ratings charts for it's entire run. It's no real surprise, actually. It's really a great drama. Can't WAIT for Sunday!

And, for the record, I've already witnessed quite a bit of twdrama cliches. It has 6 so far, a respectable number;
Drinking/getting drunk (almost always the female lead)
Motorcycles
The setting is Taipei
Girls passing out all the time
Token shot of the 101 (This one earned bonus points. The first token shot was at night. The second token shot was the new years fireworks at the 101!)
The same scene being filmed from about 5 different angles (This is the most prevalent. Not as bad at YY3+1, but still highly present)