Okay, but novel Fu Yun Xi is kinda romantic af. The fish hairpin? C'mon, son. 🥹

#TheGlory #cdrama source novel

All righty, finished the #TheGlory. You all know what comes next. *rolls up sleeves and brings up the web novel*

I'm like, 10 paragraphs into the novel, and it's already vastly different??

I'm always intrigued by how they use canon material to write what's basically fanfic as the #cdrama. Lol

Ooh - this looks like it will be a treat 😻

It’s based on a book by the same author - Qian Shan Cha Ke - whose novels are the basis for #TheDouble, #TheGlory & #LegendoftheFemaleGeneral

Oh, btw, I started watching #TheGlory a couple days ago. The Viki synopsis frames it as a marriage of convenience trope, but I'm halfway through, and a marriage of convenience hasn't made an appearance. 😂

That being said, I fucking love Ruan Xiwen.

#cdrama

Day 7: revenge drama

#TheGlory came first into my mind for obvious reasons. But I wanna mention #MyName #TaxiDriver #RevengeOfOthers & #AgainMyLife

Day 7: Revenge

Like a lot of others when I think of revenge #TheGlory comes to mind. I lowkey think she let them off a lil easy bc I would’ve fck that lady’s husband bc he was def going lmao

#kdrama #chinguchallenge

The glory poster with both leads

Day 7 #chinguchallenge: Revenge drama

It could only be #TheGlory #Kdrama for me.

Honestly, #TheGlory was the first Korean drama that felt like a melodramatic soap opera. Seen a few, but this one felt the most outlandish. Might be different cultural perspectives, but so many choices/actions just seemed to push limits of logic/reality. Still an entertaining show though. 3/5🍾

The Glory (Chinese Drama)
Just one of the best cdramas out there

#cdrama #chinesedrama #theglory #historicaldrama #fyp

Why am I just finding out that Yerin Ha's grandmother is the actress Son Sook from "The Glory"!? And her parents are stage actors, who met at drama school! Acting is literally in her blood! 🙉🙌🏿😍
#TheGlory #Bridgerton #Netflix

#TheGlory #Hyejeong

You mean what is it a reference to?

Isn’t it the legacy of Confucianism on East Asian society? - so we see it in Korean dramas as well as Chinese dramas (like #LoveLikeTheGalaxy, #BestChoiceEver, #Reborn, #TheGlory, #LoveStoryinthe1970s, #PursuitofJade, etc - though these are all different)

“I've always been desperate and always worked hard. After my family and friends watched #TheGlory, they cried because they know how much I've worked for it. I always felt I should go the extra mile because I wasn't born with the talent like other actors. But I’m thankful my family understands me.”

Her agency, Artist Company, confirmed that #ImJiyeon is dating actor #LeeDohyun, whom she met while filming #TheGlory.

The couple keeps to themselves most of the time but always make sure to thank one another during awards season. They are very sweet with each other.

#ImJiyeon was selected by the Korean Film Directors Association at the 2023 Bechdel Day award as Actor of the Year (series category) for her performance in #TheGlory and #LiesHiddenInMyGarden.

Judges evaluated her performance and determined she delivered a wide range of talent in both kdrama.

#TheGlory exploded, both domestically and globally, with the entire cast getting a wave of positive attention for their performances. People who don’t watch kdrama were hooked, the usual kdrama fans were obsessed, memes were made.

Watch The Glory | Netflix Official Site Years after surviving horrific abuse in high school, a woman puts an elaborate revenge scheme in motion to make the perpetrators pay for their crimes.

At the end of 2022, Lim challenged her first villain role in the Netflix's original kdrama #TheGlory, written by #KimEunsook, directed by #AhnGilho and co-starring Hallyu star #SongHyeKyo.

www.netflix.com/title/81519223

I only watched #TheGlory and it was one of my favorites last year. I started #Glory but it wasn’t for me (or wasn’t for me at that moment, I might pick it back up later)

7/10 for #TheGlory
🙂: Great female lead, explores important themes about women's plight, some scenes are genuinely fantastic...
☹️: ... but others have cheap superficial writing and no logic.

Oh no.

I couldn't help myself so I did check the soundtrack after all, and now I'm just sad. It is an original soundtrack. Worse, it's by the studio of my favourite Chinese composer, Jin Dazhou.

Why the fuck does it sound so bad then.

#TheGlory

Ok so the way this scene is handled is very cheesy and not entirely sensical, but I do love the message of female unity against patriarchal adversity.

That's one of the main, if not the main theme of #TheGlory and it's absolutely a theme I can get behind.

I'll give this to the male lead: the more the show goes on, the less perfect he is. He makes mistakes. He gets surprised by others. I love that. Perfect is always boring.

(Right now he's having an internal panic attack because his wife is seducing another man for their plans.)

#TheGlory

I know I haven't commented on the soundtrack so far, and that it is unlike me, but that's because it sounds so insanely generic and mismatched to the drama that I'm 90% sure it was not an original composition. It sounds like they bought stock music, and I won't waste my time on that.
#TheGlory

At this point, she feels dead inside, which added to her already cold persona makes for a very interesting dynamic with the other characters. We don't get female leads like her often.
#TheGlory

The whole Pei Da Fu plotline is pretty weak as a narrative because of how unrelated it is to our experience with the female lead's story. It's only important to the characters. I care about the consequences (who dies, who lives), but the 'why' and 'how' don't matter.
#TheGlory

I think both had a big fan base. I personally preferred #Glory but I wouldnt say because it's better but because it fits more my personal taste and mood.
#TheGlory is has a more morbid darker atmosphere. #Glory has dark moments too but overall it felt brighter to me.

I’ll be the first to admit I’m not a Ming dynasty expert (my eras are Tang and Qing), but it feels really weird watching the male lead mourn in black in the flashback. Black is not a Chinese mourning colour.

But that’s so basic that I don’t know how anyone could get this detail wrong.

#TheGlory

Also the male lead is being a bit pathetic in his attempts to woo the female lead, which is always A+ in my book, especially since she can see right through him.
#TheGlory

It took 16 episodes for #TheGlory to enter romcom territory, and I gotta say, I'm enjoying the change of tone. It'll probably last two episodes max, but I'm welcoming some light-hearted shenanigans for a bit.

I'm not fully into this couple for a few reasons but I also don't mind them together.

It's honestly frustrating how great and terrible #TheGlory can be within the same episode. You'll have intricate wordplay and astute plotting in one scene, and then in the next one a mad horse gets thrown into a banquet hall because one girl is jealous she can't get the man she wants.