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potahun · 11 months ago

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im mourning mnh a little bit because i was rly looking forward to her character when she was first introduced but by now if you ask me to say something about her personality (so not even delving into her role in the plot, which i guess will at least have something to do with military action towards the end) im not sure what i can say :< in the beginning, her will being suppressed seemed like a cool plot thing, and she was clearly fighting back against the wedding tournament in her own way, but since then, we really haven't seen her exercise her own will to do much of, well, anything except question mcs about being lin shu and crying...and now she's just... the past love interest who visits him now and then and helps him do exposition of the plot by asking questions. im waiting for her to be delivered from plot shackles so she can exercise her will, please

#nif watching #the advantage and disadvantage of a drama like this #is that the Main protag really is a mastermind pulling all the other protags along the Plot #plot which is principally of his making #it feels a lot like mei changsu's big chess game against all the antagonists #which is why i now also have huge expectations for liu mintao's character concubine jing #at some point u need the protags' wills to be interacting with each other #the advantage of the plot is of course that it can be huuugely complex #and having it all be designed by the Main Protag elevates pretty much everything about him from his determination/motivation to #his ability and passing by the stakes for him #it makes it seem like the responsibility in his hands are huge and it contributes to making him seem so ruthless #since everyone else are at the end of the day moving forward on the chess board under his general guidance #yes you can say that he doesn't force them #but so far there has been almost no real conflict with his guidance yet from the protags #not since prince jing's rule-laying post the concubine yue incident #there are advantages and disadvantages #but not a drama-killer in any case because the plot is still interesting #and most characters are still interesting enough

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