Apr 14, 2021
the true test of how much i will like a cdrama is how many minor characters in a cast of thousands i am capable of becoming over invested in. This post has been brought to you by Jingrui’s little sister, who is dead for no reason and I am mourning maybe a little excessively given limited screen time.
#nif for block#my feelings haven't settled at all i am a just wildly pingponging all over the place#i have returned to my nihuang/lin shu feelings to wallow in that one scene where they sit next to each other in court and make fun of their#enemies together#but then it is revealed that the enemy is a plant#and i just have so many feelings about how intimacy requires trust and mei changsu holds everyone at arm's length#via rank or constant lying and manipulation#and i just! i wail?#exception made for the doctor but even he must eventually capitulate to hurricane changsu#but BACK TO NIHUANG#you get that final scene where he IS being honest with her for once#ish#and it's just like- he can afford to be because he's resolute now#about leaving#like he can only be real with her once he's decided on his path to death and glory#WOW#i like him so much but also i lowkey want to set him on fire myself#speaking of wild pingponging man do i have some feelings about#the relative jiujiu merits of lin xie and marquis yan#not that it was really his job to be a stable source of like#moral education and genuine affection for his nephew#given the relationship between him and his sister#but like. man that might have made a difference#speaking of people i like but honestly kind of suck#my friend you do not deserve yujin even a little#that trope where someone wanders up to the emotionally distant father who was not in love with his son's mom and is like HEY ASSHOLE#YOUR KID IS PRETTY GREAT ACTUALLY AND HE LOVES YOU AND DESERVES BETTER#is almost excessively satisfying#joy of life also pulled it off#but with yujin it's extra like
