OKAY, more Nirvana in Fire time! I think this is the point where I start yelling at the Emperor for bad decisions and crying over the Empress Dowager and just never really stop.
I also found![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
coffeeandink's INFINITELY BETTER PITCH for Nirvana in Fire, so I recommend checking that out! ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
disgracetoscholars talked about this episode, and specifically the politics around Nihuang's marriage! You can watch the episode legally/for free on Viki!
Now: LET THE YELLING BEGIN.
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I also found
coffeeandink's INFINITELY BETTER PITCH for Nirvana in Fire, so I recommend checking that out! disgracetoscholars talked about this episode, and specifically the politics around Nihuang's marriage! You can watch the episode legally/for free on Viki!Now: LET THE YELLING BEGIN.
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Do I just want to tag every single Nirvana In Fire post as "BE PREPARED FOR THE COUP OF THE CENTURY" as the single most appropriate tag. Do I.
So yes, I am watching Nirvana In Fire again, because sometimes what you really need in your life is an intense historical political drama whose explicit purpose is to make you cry your heart out over things that have been set up from episode one. It was my first cdrama, and apparently I've now set my expectations unreasonably high for every other drama out there? Whoops. The things you need to know is that it's a story about the manipulations and strategies it takes to be heir to the throne, revenge for events that took place over a decade ago in universe, and more secret identities than you can shake a stick at. It's ridiculous, I love it.
If anyone wants to watch along with me, Nirvana In Fire is available legally on Viki!
coffeeandink has written a proper recap over here with talk about symbolism! disgracetoscholars has written a recap/group discussion combo!
( Read more... )
So yes, I am watching Nirvana In Fire again, because sometimes what you really need in your life is an intense historical political drama whose explicit purpose is to make you cry your heart out over things that have been set up from episode one. It was my first cdrama, and apparently I've now set my expectations unreasonably high for every other drama out there? Whoops. The things you need to know is that it's a story about the manipulations and strategies it takes to be heir to the throne, revenge for events that took place over a decade ago in universe, and more secret identities than you can shake a stick at. It's ridiculous, I love it.
If anyone wants to watch along with me, Nirvana In Fire is available legally on Viki!
coffeeandink has written a proper recap over here with talk about symbolism! disgracetoscholars has written a recap/group discussion combo!( Read more... )
... Oh god, the nesting layers of identity drama though
Saturday, 6 January 2018 02:10 pmWhat I say: I'm fine.
What I mean: Apparently Mei Changsu's actor said that the character cannot be understood as a human being, but as the embodiment of 70,000 ghosts crying out for vengeance, so I am dying over the number of choices that a writer could make over and layers they could add to a story what to call this character in a scene from his point of view —
(... It also doesn't help that the default for the fandom seems to be to refer to the character as Mei Changsu, and the cast anecdotes someone translated referred to him as Su, and I'm not far enough into the translation of the novel to have opinions so just. I die.)
What I mean: Apparently Mei Changsu's actor said that the character cannot be understood as a human being, but as the embodiment of 70,000 ghosts crying out for vengeance, so I am dying over the number of choices that a writer could make over and layers they could add to a story what to call this character in a scene from his point of view —
(... It also doesn't help that the default for the fandom seems to be to refer to the character as Mei Changsu, and the cast anecdotes someone translated referred to him as Su, and I'm not far enough into the translation of the novel to have opinions so just. I die.)
