#chasing dreams

Against the Current- FL (Tan Songyun) falls from grace and becomes a maid in the house of ML (Liu Xueyi), to whom she was engaged to prior the fall. Just look at this banger of a trailer. Also, Princess Wanning's actress is back in this one playing yet another messy character. Swords into Ploughshares- Proper serious historical set in one of the most chaotic periods (Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms) of Chinese History. Also, good actors everywhere in this one. Remnants of Gold- Haitang Duoduo (Xin Zhilei) being badass in a desert in this wuxia drama about a gold rush and more. Also, featuring Chen Kun and Vengo Gao. Ball Lightning- MC's parents burn in front of his eyes because of a phenomenon that doesn't have a scientific explanation. Yet. This is sci-fi based on a novel of the same name by Liu Cixin. Generation to Generation- The ML is played by Zhou Yiran who's been quickly rising up on my list of actors whose projects I must check out. The trailer here.

(based on the trailers. I'm not including any prestige ones because truthfully, idol historicals are my bread and butter, post -kiddo going to bed comfort.)

Chasing Dreams

Chasing Jade (or whatever weird English name it might get officially)

Blossoms of Power (even if the title sounds like an 80s power ballad)

Liang Chen Mei Jin

Mo Li

Overdo

Pimp Daddy's Boudoir (aka Cheng Lei and Xu Ruonan in The Lament of Autumn, that keeps having its promos hit it out of the park.)

Ladies get blindfolds for a change aka does Zhang Linghe ever sleep (as in zzzz not euphemism to please the censors) aka Zhang Linghe gets jelly over Jelly Lin in The Road to Glory:

Despite the poster, this is Daniel Zhou fully embracing his niche of a mistreated boytoy rescued by a wealthy woman. Hey, cougars are an audience too! Sweetest Rebellion with him and Xu Ruonan (who clearly got tired of being dommed by Cheng Lei and decided to domme instead) has the following synopsis: "Watch a powerful female CEO from the ancient business world rescue a male Cinderella, break through class boundaries to reshape the rules, grow through adversity, and reach the pinnacle of life together!:”

Everything about Tigers Sniff the Rose has been impeccable so far, and this poster is no exception:

We can never have enough Republican warlords - they are like Dukes in romance novels - in never-ending supply. Burning Night with Tian Jiarui and Wang Yuwen, aka my two loves:

Vow of the Phoenix. Because I thirst for Xiao Shunyao and he's the ML. Tho it says FL infiltrates a eunuch enclave and if this man is supposed to play a eunuch, pull the other one other what it has bells on.

I am very excited for Chasing Dreams and the poster is gorgeous and with plenty of chemistry but Zhang Jingyi and Chen Zheyan pose here makes me think of one of those "is this a person profile or a mountainscape" trick paintings.

Main thing about this Blossoms of Power poster is that He Yu continues his distressing trend of being clothed.

All hail Bai Lu looking finally like she's actually romantically considering the ML instead of looking, as I told @aysekira, as if she's interacting with a mildly disliked coworker on who has to do the spreadsheeds due next Thursday.

I just think this Transfer Gold Hairpin poster is neat, tho no gold hairpin is in sight.

And I end on a truly horrifying poster. It looks like a horror movie promo run though the uncanny valley machine.

Starting over is hard

but it is normal.

I have to remind myself of that.

Starting over late in life is hard.

Is thirty late in life?

I'm rounding up.

Starting over in general is hard.

This isn't the first time I have done it-

it might not be the last

but it is the first time I've chased my dreams.

Actually chased them.

It's like I'm scrubbing the slate clean

and hoping that I can see my reflection.

My faith in myself is strong.

I am an artist; a poet.

I use words and watercolors-

to paint out a scene.

I can see my vision laid out before me.

The important part is pushing myself

and refusing to give up.

I can do it if I keep pushing.

I love creating and I believe I can

push myself to make this happen.

Even if it's hard.

I can't give up.

Written by AprilFool 🐸

I need to stop reposting shit, and start posting MY OWN ART

The moth on the bottom is named Clementine, and she is NOT my OC. She is my friend's OC, who will be included in my AU Chasing Dreams!! In the far future... I have permission to post about and draw Clementine :3

Uhhhh I can't draw anything new rn because my trackpad is being a bitch AGAIN and isn't working. This is an old-ish drawing. I thought that I cooked, but it looks a little wonky to me now.