POTN Ch. 129 - My thoughts
I read the last chapter of Painter of the Night on Friday.
What a journey. So many nights thinking how this story was going to finish - I was worried until the very end how things will end up for our favorite protagonists.
Here are some of my thoughts:
Can't help but admire Nakyum for his dedication to earn enough money to be able to see his lord Yoon. Our boy worked day and night to raise money for the journey to see him.
2. At the same time Seungho is doing the same, thinking of his lover and thinking of ways for them to be together. Even if he was the best in the state exam, he decided power, fame or money are useless if he can't be with Nakyum. Look at his smirk when he realized his prize was so close!!!
3. The anticipation I felt when I knew their meeting was iminent and they have not seen each other in years (since Nakyum's hair is so long now) was crazy, and the peach tree petals were so beautiful in the panels.
4. The reunion made me cry - such a long and painful journey for them, but they can finally be together forever.
5. The future - I like to think of how the future will look like for them - will Nakyum paint to make some pocket money to buy some trinkets for himself and Seungho? Or will he stay at home and paint for pleasure, waiting for his 'husband' to come back from work? Will Seungho spoil him, buy him clothes made of fine silk, buy him all the sweets he desires, painting brushes and pretty ribbons to tie his long hair with? What will the people of the region think of their new Governor and his pretty boy-wife?
6. What I do know is that the future is bright for them.
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It took me so long to realize that Chu Wanning’s period of imprisonment by Taxian-Jun is eight years because the flower planted in Mo Ran’s heart is called “the flower of eight sufferings and everlasting hatred”. Chu Wanning’s eight years of suffering corresponds to the “eight sufferings” in Buddhism that Mo Ran’s flower is named after. Of those eight sufferings, the three that’re arguably most well-known are 怨憎会, 爱别离, 求不得 – “association with the unloved” (in other words, having to meet and spend time with someone you hate), “separation from the loved”, and “not getting what is wanted”. Under normal circumstances, those three kinds of sufferings would be found separately in very different situations and relationships in life, but the interesting thing is that all three of them apply to Taxian-Jun’s relationship with Chu Wanning.
Another important number in 2ha is five: the haitang flower has five petals => the flower Mo Ran picked for Chu Wanning and got punished for took Madam Wang five years to grow => Mo Ran waited for five years for Chu Wanning to wake up after they returned from the underworld
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