#vs idk. some quote on maomao's end about him being perceptive and truly helpful etc etc aaaaahh.... | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

spock-adoodledoo · 5 months ago

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i think one of the things i'll always appreciate abt maomao is that even though she's the protag, it's not really that the world revolves around her or that things always happen to her, it's more that she gets involved in things (usually at the request of other ppl but whatever) that usually don't affect her immediately. idk but it's nice that she's kind of our dispassionate window into palace life instead of the person everything happens to

#hm... idk if i worded that right it's kinda incoherent #probably just my personal preference bc i slightly dislike when things start Happening to someone just by virtue of being the protag lol #i understand that that's the whole point of the plot but im like that would not happen irl /hj #i love maomao.... i love that the book flat out states her budding sense of justice and then we see her execute that by not being completel #transparent with the higher ups in order to protect a multitude of women in the ways she can access #knh logs #the apothecary diaries #unrelated but #i also wonder abt her and gaoshun... he's so pragmatic about his job and treating her as a pawn and useful card but she thinks hes very #considerate and would make a fantastic husband (then learns that he is a husband lol) but like. the relationship arrow descriptions would g #insane: 'gaoshun felt bad for the young woman [...] let people say the way those cards were gained sometimes required cruelty'#vs idk. some quote on maomao's end about him being perceptive and truly helpful etc etc aaaaahh....#well. at least he calls her xiaomao. pokes her cheeks . cute......

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