Symbolika1:
(draft form, might edit cause it's getting late :) -note that literary interpretations can vary, and different readers may derive diverse meanings from a text. )
I left a draft and it have a cuted bit in XL thread! Waow!:D Should I repay it? Because coming from a person who said that Xiao Yao was raped 37 years in a shell, it's a thoughtfull take! Now please to this person, If I write a draft again in my thread...I'd like you to next time first ask me if it doesnt bother me...or at least, take the whole pack, where my explorative, and draft intention, I stated are clear.Thank you in advance!I'm speachless how vile intentioned this person is!.
(feeling kidnaped...).
Back to my exploration, if I can safely??? :D
Before I continue=> Please be reminded that the focus of my post was the Royal Mother's intervention, not solely Xiang Liu's role.
=> specifically the claim of breaking the voodoo bug spell, while through ch.49/50 the conversation between Sir Bi and the Royal Mother is completly unspoken/not shown, and leave us to various possible interpretation, one could be as follow:
The Royal Mother said: “When Xiao Yao was unconscious, I discovered the voodoo bug in her and broke the spell. You guys don’t have a problem with that, right?” (adressing to Jing and Xiao Yao).
"The Royal Mother's act of breaking the voodoo bug spell could also represents liberation and freedom" and emphasizes the symbolic importance of her possible intervention. This would suggests that the act goes beyond a mere physical removal and carries profound and complementary implications.
-We have XL physical removement (dagger). His words to Xiao Yao: “I broke the bug between us! From now on, you and I will have no connection with each other!”
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See, what interest me is the different kind of breaking it: RMother-break the spell Vs Xl-break the object. The bug is perhaps a more complex component .
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Why Breaking the Spell Matters: While Xiang Liu's physical act of killing the bug was a crucial step, it's posited that breaking the spell was a necessary and perhaps more complex component. The voodoo bug, being a magical entity, may have metaphysical threads that required the Royal Mother's divine intervention too.
The fact that the Royal Mother accepted the responsibility for breaking the spell, even if there might be an element of untruth (did she lied or not to Xiao Yao is unclear-we dont actually have a scene with Sir Bi that shows she agree to it -only "him coughing to her), still as such, holds a significance for Xiao Yao.
Also her acceptance, the responsability, of saying that she broke the spell: could be her deliberate choice to shield and protect Xiao Yao. To shield her from the full weight of the truth. Showcasing the Royal Mother's maternal instincts, wisdom, and her blessing to both Xiao Yao and Jing.
(DRAFT!!!! )