I didn’t think much of these pictures when I saw them last week because the image of Fan Bing Bing as Empress Wu has pretty much ingrained itself into my head. But when I stumbled upon the above picture yesterday…. I was like… WHAT? What a great job she did cosplaying the drama empress! I’m telling you cosplaying in China is a legit business. If I ever go to China, I would definitely find a cosplaying artist and turn myself into a kickass character from wuxia. The person above goes by the name of Black Crow on Weibo and you can check all…..HIS works there.
Yep.
You read that right.
The person above is a male. MALE.
Shaming all women with his skills. Behold! (Please don’t ask me about his…chest. I dunno.)
When he is a lowly servant…
When he rises to power with make-up and elaborate costumes!
Scheming behind curtains is a consort’s hidden profession.
Brooding at night is a consort’s second profession, wondering where the lecherous King is at tonight.
Strolling around the forbidden city because…he can.
Despite the controversy with massive cleavage shots, The Empress of China is still dominating the rating game, crushing its competitions (including My Sunshine) with ratings closing to a 3.
I know everyone is screaming for english subtitle and I’m still surprised there isn’t a team for this yet. It’s not even on Viki because I know TVB has bought the copyrights to it and they like to monopolize!
Source: 01
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Tell me this ain’t real!! OMG!! He actually has the looks for Empress Wu. I mean…he has breasts and stuff. The right oval face and sharp eyes. And those costumes. Breathless!
FBB’s version is too nice, the netizens are complaining how “dumb” she is, not knowing that Janine has been scheming against her all these time. Lol.
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I adore FBB but yeah I was a bit disappointed in her characterization. Like really? Not sure if it’s the writers’ intentions. I do like her friendship with Janine before Janine went all batscray.
And yes he …seriously still thinks it’s a she. It’s amazing.
Please do tell or inform us when there is a engsub site for it!
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I think FBB was too focused on making the drama “pretty” and “squeaky clean” to really pay attention to her characterization. I was hoping for a really evil character that would dominate and rise above because we can guess that nice people don’t last very long in the Imperial household.
I’m also looking for english sub but you’re luckier than me cause I don’t understand viet subs. Lol.
English sub FTW!
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OMG….he is too beautiful to be a man…speechless..
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“Brooding at night is a consort’s second profession, wondering where the lecherous King is at tonight.” <–My favorite caption xD
Man I wish I had the time and resources to devote myself to cosplay like these people… o___o
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I dunno about his chest Moonmoon, why are ya asking me! Lol.
Sometimes, time passes when I stare at his pictures, Pooh. So talented!
You have an impressive collection of graphics yourself V! To be honest, if I have three meals a day with beautiful clothes to wear, I wouldn’t care where the King is. =D
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Haha, thank you~ though I’ve been averaging at like 4 artworks per year, which is a terrible rate. : (
I’m totally be on the same boat as you with that sentiment. No court drama for me, thank you very much.
I’ve been stalking your lovely website for a while (there are so few [english] cdrama blogs sigh), 2015 resolution is to be more social-ish xD <3
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It’s difficult with arts. If one doesn’t have inspiration, not a speck can be created, but once inspiration arrives, you can’t stop it with a thousand-pound wall. It’s quality over quantity, anyway. Don’t be too harsh on yourself. 🙂
Cdrama community is not as responsive as Kdrama community. That’s the sad reality. Let’s hope we won’t become extinct anytime soon!
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haha I actually have the opposite problem. I have too many ideas in my head, but I’m too much of a perfectionist to just sketch them out and be done–I have to work on one piece at a time and it has to be perfectly complete. D: It’s the weirdest habit ever…
I think another problem is that CMedia just sucks. You never know what to expect either with SARFT and their willy nilly regulations or companies changing airing dates and/or shelving dramas indefinitely. : ( There are so many dramas I’ve looked forward to only to have them just disappear off the face of Earth. ;n; whyyyyy~
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let me jump in here. a lot of cdramas are shelved but the number is insignificant to the numbers released.
cdramaland will die soon…. as stated sadly – unresponsive + government interference = dead!
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A perfectionist! Let’s not go down that rabbit role. XD
True Frea. Factor in the no eng sub status and we have ourselves an equation!
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Oh yes, the lack of [english] subs is most certainly a major factor in the equation hahaha. And the fact that the dramas are crazy long probably turns off the would-be subbers too. D: CEnts needs to learn from kdramas… and not by using korean actors ~_~
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Yeah maybe that is the factor. I know long daily kdramas that are rarely subbed unless it’s really popular n__n. If there’s no sub for empress :c I’ll be sad because I’m actually enjoying it (with minor exception ofc) and guess will have to watch viet dubbed. Tbh I wouldn’t watched cdrama that much without eng sub. Luckily there were few that had subs and bought me to cdramaland.
I still love kdramas but there hasn’t been that have made me crazy to watch…