the emperor is usually sitting down in most of his scenes so when there's a shot of him standing up next to someone else i'm always surprised by how tall he is 😆
SYR's smarmy smirk after he tells XFF that XH ~handed over~ the army in exchange for her eugh you can tell he thinks he (+ the princess) have the upper hand
they speak to the toxic yuri fan in me 😭 (it doesn't help that WJY always has great chemistry with her female…
a part of me thinks about what the story could've been like if she had met the pure past!XFF first instead of SYR... (((waiting for cnetz to write fics)))
You beat me to this thought. I feel in this latests scheme they are both distracted. I am suprised that XH did…
yes exactly!!!
the story beats are made of typical ups and downs we can expect from a revenge-driven drama
and now we've come to the point where wanning reveals another one of her cards (having XFF's brother in captivity) — like wow would you look at that... it's almost as if the writers set it up this way so XH + the emperor could get something else that incriminates the princess............
You beat me to this thought. I feel in this latests scheme they are both distracted. I am suprised that XH did…
i'm XFF defender first and human second fr. i think sometimes people can be too unforgiving with female characters lol like what's wrong with being emotional? let her have NUANCE. let the story have CONFLICT. i want my characters to feel human!!!
re: events in ep 32 — XFF isn't perfect and all-knowing 🧍 it's okay to acknowledge that she miscalculated this time! but i think it's important to remember that no one in this drama is playing 4d chess no matter how many schemes they come up with njsshsjs there's no way to wholly prepare for every single action that a character will take. if that were the case, then i can say that everything that's happened so far would've never been set in motion in the first place.
and if you're going to hold XFF to those standards, then shouldn't XH also already know the existence of princess wanning's torture chamber and saved XFF's brother before wanning could use him as leverage ?_?
to be fair she did tell XH that her plan was to offer SYR a chance to confess to his crimes because she expected…
"go to the hall and tell his majesty everything. you will face his majesty yourself and tell him everything you and wanning did to the xue family. this is the only way to atone for your sins."
to be fair she did tell XH that her plan was to offer SYR a chance to confess to his crimes because she expected…
well! i didn't expect for her to be perfect in the sense that she could keep to a cold, rational logic while confronting someone she loved who murdered her. and she did bring up how he kept her identity a secret during that court trial, so maybe that was what drove her to offer him one last chance at a different path ("you should know it's never too late to turn back")
if i were her i wouldn't even bother doing the same LOL but as a viewer, i appreciate her ~emotional mistake~ because it humanises her. she isn't an all-knowing being. she wants to see if the good man she once knew still exists.
to your second point — XFF did ask XH to find a ventriloquist haha. they can 'throw' their voice (this requires…
ha yeah with aunt hu working with XFF and the father saying out loud that it really was his first daughter's voice, who was going to tell them otherwise?
also the first stab that tong'er took was to her shoulder area so it makes sense how she could've gotten up for the second (fatal) stab to her heart. adrenaline is a hell of a painkiller!
I must have missed it… but when did the FL fall in love with the ML?
personally i think XFF started really falling for him throughout ep 11 where 1) XH helped her through the poison treatment and 2) XH wished her luck with her revenge when he casted his vote for her in the qin test
(+ there's an interview where WJY says that by the rain scene in ep 17, XFF already has deep feelings for him)
This drama is without a doubt the best ongoing drama right now, but it is still OVERRATED.The production, acting,…
to your second point — XFF did ask XH to find a ventriloquist haha. they can 'throw' their voice (this requires a mix of stagecraft + misdirection) so imo it's reasonable that they managed to fool the others that way during the whole exorcism performance (where emotions are heightened and everyone attending already sort of believe that there truly is an evil spirit)
omg.... they're filming bonus content of XFF + XH with their DAUGHTER?
the story beats are made of typical ups and downs we can expect from a revenge-driven drama
and now we've come to the point where wanning reveals another one of her cards (having XFF's brother in captivity) — like wow would you look at that... it's almost as if the writers set it up this way so XH + the emperor could get something else that incriminates the princess............
and if you're going to hold XFF to those standards, then shouldn't XH also already know the existence of princess wanning's torture chamber and saved XFF's brother before wanning could use him as leverage ?_?
let the plot have some teeth i beg
i don't think she could be more clear LOL
if i were her i wouldn't even bother doing the same LOL but as a viewer, i appreciate her ~emotional mistake~ because it humanises her. she isn't an all-knowing being. she wants to see if the good man she once knew still exists.
also the first stab that tong'er took was to her shoulder area so it makes sense how she could've gotten up for the second (fatal) stab to her heart. adrenaline is a hell of a painkiller!
(+ there's an interview where WJY says that by the rain scene in ep 17, XFF already has deep feelings for him)