The princess story is depressing to me. I don't really enjoy it. I love the actress acting though.
yeah i personally find sexual violence a really heavy theme to digest, but i think both the actress and writing team handled it well. truly the real evil is patriarchy
people have posted really interesting and thoughtful discussions about SYR and princess wanning but rn all i can say is that i love evil women and will always give them more grace than i do evil men ☝️ i won't stand for it if SYR remains alive at the end
OK, is it me or is SYR also trying to find some kind of herb to have psycho princess lose their “Child“? There…
oh shoot that would be so evil of him (although unsurprising) 😬 i thought he might be trying to find out if XFF had used a herb to induce the pseudo-pregnancy symptoms but i can totally see him doing it for the reason you mentioned
(also it was "matrilocal" — i'd never seen this word before haha apparently it's a term for when the husband marries into the wife's family/community)
i honestly can't wait to see how the rebellion + subsequent war will play out 🫣 one last wild ride before our leads' happy ending...
XH and his grandfather's relationship is so interesting 👀 i'm glad we got to see tidbits of his backstory today. the conspiracy thickens!!! this has me really excited for the final arc ahhh
to be fair she did tell XH that her plan was to offer SYR a chance to confess to his crimes because she expected…
in ep 32 she says to him: "you have yet to be doomed forever. [...] i know you still have a clear conscience. this is the last chance i'm giving you." if SYR had agreed to go down the right path with her and confess to his crimes to the emperor, then she could've gotten her name cleared!
(+ in ep 33 when they meet in jail she brings up that night's incident, and says: "i once believed your conscience was intact and gave you a chance.")
Is the medicine that Consort Li has been feeding the Emperor of any significance? It seems that way based on the…
i was also wondering the same since the cut seemed pretty intentional... but i can't imagine how harming the emperor would benefit her, especially after she refused to collude with princess wanning/king cheng
What does the 3 word phrase say in episode 36 please? This is quite frustrating.
收官礼? it's something like closing ceremony — so it's a celebration(?) of the end of the drama. like a sort of finale (but it doesn't necessarily mean 36 is the final ep)
i turned a friend of mine into a WJY fan by getting them to watch this drama, so after this we're going to watch…
yeah it'll be my friend's first watch but for me it'll be my fourth time! it was the first cdrama i ever watched, and to this day it still remains as one of my top favourites
i've grown sorta used to it but sometimes it still throws me off too 😮💨 the first person pov shot is…
yeah i really appreciate the chinese opera elements, even if my knowledge of it is very basic! my reaction to it is more based on my technical understanding haha it doesn't ruin the experience for me, it's just that i can't ignore the annoying voice in my head that disagrees with that particular camera angle 😓
i am once again thinking about how in another universe, if the characters had met differently, XFF could've saved princess wanning 😩 obviously it would be a completely different story/genre but god do i think about how they could explore themes like gendered paths to justice, female rage, women supporting women... i can only dream it up in my head
(also it was "matrilocal" — i'd never seen this word before haha apparently it's a term for when the husband marries into the wife's family/community)
i honestly can't wait to see how the rebellion + subsequent war will play out 🫣 one last wild ride before our leads' happy ending...
(+ in ep 33 when they meet in jail she brings up that night's incident, and says: "i once believed your conscience was intact and gave you a chance.")