Starting @SMilkdrama's excellent challenge today because even if I'm only a year into cdrama fandom I will be years into it by the end of 2020

日1: first cdrama
Ashes of Love 香蜜沉沉烬如霜
: Amazon Prime, Netflix, VIKI
66 eps. (starts slow, but worth it)
tropes: HEA, & across multiple lives, EtL, mythic cycles - virginal goddess of spring /god of rebirth brought down to the underworld, redemption for everyone

this is the first cdrama tweet I ever made and I stand by it as the best #ashesoflove recommendation: https://twitter.com/ashesforfoxes/status/1099556156895358976?s=19

I said what I said https://twitter.com/ashesforfoxes/status/1125980209914626048?s=19

If you thought a burnt crow was an interesting choice for a love interest well let me introduce you to the other half of the equation: https://twitter.com/ashesforfoxes/status/1128477557668474881?s=19

And I cannot tell you enough that if you are here for villain origin stories and their closure, my sweet, sweet but horribly misguided son Runyu is a quintessential example

Do you like angst? Do you like confident male leads who discover themselves by being destroyed by love over & over again? Xufeng is a literal phoenix and his journey is just as transformative as the female lead Jinmi's is: