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zoueriemandzijnopmars · 10 months ago

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It’s rereading my own unfinished fic o’clock and damn I still enjoy these where’s the rest?

#I actually wanted to write but I first had to call my mum and that took a bit longer than expected #so I didn’t have time to get both back in the setting and write stuff #but I wanna read the full story it was pretty good #like I wasn’t reading it and constantly cringing because of bad choices in the writing #I was invested #there’s a solid 3 good scenes there #I should really at least finish the Viridinem fic and the Ristridin/Isadoro fic #that last one is on the one hand easier because of the writing style I decided upon #but on the other hand I never figured out where to end it #the viridinem fic does have a complete draft but it really needed a second draft that’s only half done #the story I was most invested in is a piece set in my Isadoro pretends to be a guy au #so that will never be posted/finished #also because it is extremely self indulgent it’s really not okay #it did have a pretty good Tiuri/Viridian scene though #I should finish the other two though for real #I want to contribute to the letter for the king fic #it’s rough out there #i made an original post #part time writeblr #the letter for the king #in the tags at least #actually all my docs are mostly based on secrets of the wild wood but that’s a detail

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vanilla-extracter · 1 month ago

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witches !!

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ahsokalegend · 3 months ago

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One of my favorite choices the Apothecary Diaries made was making the Emperor a “normal guy” (as far as I know as an anime-only). He’s not evil. He’s not hindering Mao Mao’s journey. He respects the concubines.

If anything his lack of autonomy and presence as the most powerful person in the country further enhances the show’s themes of working within the confines of class and gender inequality.

The previous emperor was a horrible, horrible pervert. Okay, then this emperor only weds women of age… Until he’s forced to take his father’s precious wife due to politics. The current emperor reasonably avoids her.

Eunuchs exist? Bam! now the surgery is outlawed, but this will create a reduction in male labor around the palace.

The emperor clearly favors few women. Well, now he must recognize a concubine with a powerful politician father playing the system.

He supports Mao Mao toeing the line of social expectations for women, but hasn’t removed the law against women preparing medicine. It makes one think, if he wanted to, could he make the change at all? For every two steps forward, he’s forced to take one step back.

In this universe even the Emperor is limited by social pressure and the expectations of his station. His life and that of his children is out of his control, and if that isn’t such a compelling piece of world building I don’t know what is.

If that’s how the author twists the narrative of the Emperor you better believe her female characters dealing with women’s issues in this society are even better written.

#you should all watch the apothecary diaries #I’m all caught up and starting the manga #never read a manga before #and despite knowing what’s going to happen in a MYSTERY I’m still locked in #guys it’s so good #I can’t wait to finish the manga and then jump into the light novels and read it all AGAIN #the apothecary diaries #kusuriya no hitorigoto #and if I’m wrong about the emperor please don’t tell me #no spoilers please #though this has spoilers up to the most recent episode #maomao #tagging the queen because she’s mentioned #these characters!!!!#wrote this instead of my discussion post for class🤪

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solshii · 3 months ago

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