Muhahahahaha! To make up for this horrible sentence, I have a slice of life anime to recommend to you. I don’t know why I haven’t come across it before, but if you want something cozy without lots of fighting or political intrigue but with magic and interesting relationships, check out Dahlia in Bloom This was
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The BDH Tv Show Recommendations Thread
Happy Friday! The store is open today for last minute shopping. Here is a post from Mod R who is now off on vacation. – Ilona UPDATE: So apparently it’s Thursday. This Covid thing is terrible and needs to end. BDH gets an extra day to shop because I don’t know what day today is.
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Immortals, Merchants, and Surprise Female Awesomeness
It’s the c-drama (Chinese show) recommendation thread, by popular demand. Love Blossoms in Adversity We begin with Love Blossoms in Adversity, also listed as Blossoms in Adversity, which makes a lot less sense. It is really difficult to summarize the plot without spoilers. Setting: Historical China Main leads: Hu Yi Tian, Zhang Jing Yi Platform:
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More Love, Less Sleeping With The Fishes
Dear BDH, We love you thiiiiiiis much. Please stop offering to hire mafia hitmen. Also, please do not perform rituals cursing the unnamed paint contractors. That is not good for you. We had to lock the comments. Love, Your Hosts. In the end, it’s paint. Yes, it sucks, but it’s only paint. It can be
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I’m Going to Watch This Movie So Hard
Romancing the Stone 2.0. Omg, I laughed so hard. Chaning’s hair. The hair! The cinch on the cover. :making incoherent noises: The… Not going to ruin the surprise, you will know when he shows up.
Always a Bright Idea
Dear Jackie, we got your email. We are rooting for you.
My Terrible Addiction to Renovation Shows.
Last year really beat me up. I still haven’t recovered. The work is a huge slog. We’re writing at about half the usual pace. I’m really tired creatively and have to take frequent breaks. It’s a terrible thing, because normally my brain processes things and chews through the next scene of the book while I
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On Husbands, Spoilery Abilities Of
Every day Gordon and I have dinner at around 3 or 4 pm and watch true crime shows on the couch. Sometimes we also nap. But we usually stay awake for at least one episode. What it’s like to watch true crime shows with Gordon. 5 minutes into the show Narrator: …a mystery that shocked
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Scythians
This is a film about Tomiris, the queen and war chief of Scythians who defeated and killed Cyrus the Great around 530 BC. We used proto-Scythian tribes as the model for the People of the Kurgan, so these are Julie’s people. Archeological evidence suggest that they were probably a bit more blondish, but the movie
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Flame’s Daughter
This is a Chinese Fantasy/Martial Arts drama, available on viki. Romance, martial arts, magic, and happily ever after. Which doesn’t typically happen in Chinese historical or pseudo-historical drama because only Communist path can guarantee happy future. Verdict: Liked it a lot. It’s a nebulous historical time in China. The country is ruled by an Emperor
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Things I Learned From Chinese Dramas
Physics are for wimps. Warrior maidens are awesome. sometimes the bad guy is just cooler heroes are gallant Dramas listed in this post: Princess Weiyoung, Love Me If You Dare, Princess Agents, Legend of Yu Xin, and the General and I. Everything can be found on viki.com.
