Nana

It is not her decision, she is not respecting people's decision! Scriptwriter is a dick for doing this with the FL!

He must take male centered drama roles, he is acting in the female centered ones...

Oh my, I love that she went to the battle but I hate that she did it by knocking out Li Huaian. She doesn't learn, doesn't she? She still keeps doing the things like that, abducting the prisoner, drugging the Marquis, knocking out the general, can't her merits be achieved in a righteous way? Must it be by rebellious acts? It tarnishes her path, why couldn't she go to the fight together with Li, then during the fight she protects him and takes the lead, why must it be by "stabbing from the back"? I hate it!

Yes, it doesn't make sense, so why they put that flashback during the extra scene? The timeline is so messed up

Agree, they could have made something more organic like being ambushed in the woods and separating from there, but they made it very confusing and inorganic as you said, for the master she sad she didn't like fight, for the princess she said she wanted to rebuild Linan, for the Marquis she said she wanted to save the other girl. In the end there is no valid reason it is just for the sake of the trope.

It appeared sometime between "do you like me" and "take a squad to protect her"

I cringed so hard in that extra scene...

Just thing about in society that Buddhism is so strong and that a person's purity is even linked to be vegetarian, how would a butcher be seen in such society, she is like an even lower status than a common girl.

I believe he is very possessive and he really wants her, but he is not the unhinged type, he controls his emotions very well, he is trying to give her space but let her go is not in his plan at all, he even already set her to be adopted by his teacher without even waiting for her forgiveness, so this patience from him is just a temporary facade, he is very much catching her with his net.

I meant sidekick because I felt like the knife had such a personality that felt alive, I wish it could stay with her, but I agree she needs perhaps a spear

No, I already feel this drama is fast paced, just embrace the immersion. People are getting addicted to those 15 min vertical dramas and are forgetting how to enjoy storytelling.

For real, the knife was her sidekick

One of very very few good female x male war fight in cdramas, you could tell she didn't win by strength but by agility and strategy, the actress pulled that off, her expressions gave the "I'm using all my power here and this giant bear will kill me if he lands a hit", very satisfying to watch!

Totally agree.

Enough to hear the general explain the prisoner is very important and be asked to deliver weapons before talking with him and she deliberated hides a weapon to execute a plan from her head even having received the warning from the general, so don't come with "she didn't know better" excuse, she is not dumb and she understood enough to hide a weapon and scheme. She knew what she was doing.

I'm tired of the "woman in the army acting without orders and ml getting punished in her place" trope. Can't we have a woman in a war cdrama that does not act pushed by emotions and rebellious will earning a lucky merit in the end? Can't we have a woman that regulates her own emotions and know how to act with responsibility? Why the portray of woman in cdramas are always the infantilized innocent, the crazy jealous, the seductive fox, or the unhinged Mulan? I'm just tired boss!

Exactly, the "you are my family now" curse

I'm already prepared to suffer with her gang of boys after today's happy scenes.

I skip all their scenes, not interested at all

Not another wuxia...