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In the Presence of the General

少年歌行 FAVOURITE NON-LEAD CHARACTERS + MAGAZINE COVERS @userdramas event 06 second time to shine [in/sp]

My favorite part about this is that her father created the dance. This dual-wielding, rough-around-the-edges, ex-butcher general was on the battlefield one day and realized that he should peacefully caress his enemies’ swords before unleashing his killing intent on them. And I think that’s beautiful.

Chinese dramas may have censorship… but they also the Ruoyi Sword Dance.

In which a beautiful girl runs her fingers down a man’s blade, like the entire length of his shaft, then coyly says “you’ve got a good sword”… proceeds to lead him into an intricate floaty dance in front of a large crowd… which inspires her ex boyfriend to start playing zither to accompany them… which inspires an old scholar sword deity dude to jump in with the flute… which inspires their repressed martial arts bestie to leap on the rooftop and bust out some poetry. The whole thing ends with our dancing swordsman holding up his erect sword to the sky (like He Man channeling the power of grayskull), it bursts into a magnificent display of magical qi and flower petals and our girl looks pleasantly spent.

The crowd murmurs in awe, too stunned to clap or cheer cause… I mean… should you?

The dancing couple have publicly consummated their relationship. I consider them married at this point.

As if to second the motion the old scholar sword deity tosses his flute and comes down to officially congratulate the two. He even gives them both wedding gifts.

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Like… I can’t make this stuff up. I wish I could, cause I’d be churning out wuxia novels.

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