#ep33 spoilers

[d-uceusclay]

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN THEY GOT FEARNE TOO

[elahogn]

I like you!

Me too.

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[thegreymoon]

The Story of Minglan

I've had a horrible three days but now that Shakespeare is temporarily done with ruining my life, I can finally go watch the aftermath of Molan and Lin Qinshuang digging their own graves. This is the most satisfying part of the show so far but IRL bullshit just won't let me seeeeeee 😭

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The two of you have ruined your lives so thoroughly but you just don't realise it yet 😕

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You stupid child.

You have accumulated so much grudge and resentment here. You don't know your limits but you fucked around and I suspect you will be finding out soon.

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Delusional.

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Ah, yes, but it was Concubine Wei that died. It did not affect him personally because he cares about nothing except his own dick and ego so it was easy to sweep it under the rug.

This time, the damage was to him. You are done for.

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Oh, you stupid woman. Nobody will fall for that now.

You have sorely overestimated yourself.

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Oh, Jesus.

She still doesn't understand what she's done.

First of all, Lin Qinshuang is a servant in this house. She has no rights or freedoms and Wang Ruofu will be out for blood. There is no chance she would just let her get out and go live happily ever after somewhere else. Second, Molan doesn't seem to understand that she will have no standing in her new home. None whatsoever. Zero. She personally has no money, no connections and her in-laws resent her already. They will not move a finger for Lin Qinshuang after her shameless scheming forced their hand like this.

They are both screwed.

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This wedding has all the cheer of a funeral.

But then again, it may as well be one.

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Oh, shut up with "Darling Hong" already 🙄

I know I should be feeling sorry for Lin Qinshuang but she has been so vile and so obnoxious and has done all this to herself, so empathy is super hard to come by.

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Cold 😬

All of Molan's and Lin Qinshuang's wrongs not withstanding, I still believe that he is still primarily to blame for all this.

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Well. She is now firmly in the Finding Out stage of Fucking Around.

The thing that strikes me about Lin Qinshuang is that she was definitely very capable of scheming and manipulating within the back courtyard, but she thought that the same rules applied to the outside world and that she could get away with her bullshit on a larger scale too. She is about to find out just how wrong she was.

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Wait, is he actually going to kill her?

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You fucking piece of shit. When do we get to kill you?

Yeah, she was evil and yeah, she did what she did, BUT YOU ARE JUST AS RESPONSIBLE, IF NOT EVEN MORE, FOR ENABLING HER TO DO IT. He did not care until it came back to personally bite him in the ass. Who cares about some dead woman and her baby? Who cares about a neglected and mistreated daughter? All the injustice and unfairness? As long as he is comfortable and getting his dick wet, he is just fine with turning a blind eye!

This is exactly my problem with Song Qiutong in 2ha. Yeah, she's a vile person and yeah, she has blood on her hands. But Mo Ran is the one who let her, who gave her the power to murder and abuse. Plus, yes, she may have been the one to betray the Rufeng Sect, but he's still the one who razed it to the ground. Who is he to pass judgment upon her?

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Oh, so he didn't kill her?

But, yeah, her life of luxury is over. She is in for a very miserable existence. Molan will not be able to get her out despite her best intentions because she doesn't even realise yet how she herself is also screwed. And Changfeng is also incompetent. She is done for.

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Yeah, I knew that the servants who aided and abetted Molan were not getting out of this alive.

I still don't understand how they even agreed to do something so stupid, they must have known it would not end well for them once this was discovered. Such a huge risk and I'd be surprised if all servants didn't already know just how disposable they are to their masters. But maybe they didn't have a choice? Would going behind Lin Qinshuang's back and reporting her have saved their lives? Or would they still have been caned to death just to shut them up?

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Good job, Minglan!

I'm not sure your mother would be proud, but I certainly am!

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Ah. Just like she didn't get a doctor for Madam Wei.

[greenteaandtattoos]

I was talking with a friend about last night’s episode, and she agreed with me that while it wasn’t the most emotional episode of the series (that honor goes to vax’s goodbye and molly’s funeral), it was, by far, the most intense and emotionally straining episode.

It was the fact that we had to sit there and watch with ever-increasing dread as the characters struggled to push on, and they just kept getting beaten down. Over and over and over until they couldn’t get back up anymore. 

Watching the desperation and the horror and the panic as the characters realized at the same time we did that they were losing, and even then, they didn’t stop losing. They kept losing until they weren’t just losing the game anymore, they were losing lives.

And the fact that we could see it happening, and the characters could see it happening, and nothing could be done about it is what made it so emotionally cutting. The helplessness and fear in the face of inevitability is what made this episode so grim.

[chalkbird]

laudna's nat 20 death save after saying "delilah take the wheel" has the exact same energy as kristen applebees getting a nat 20 on her death save after praying to helio

[dylandraws]

Oh Imogen...

Tonight is gonna be a doozy

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[artemis-pendragon]

No because the way Matt was having the time of his fucking life obliterating them has GOT to mean those deaths aren't gonna stick. Like remember how he was when Molly died?? Genuinely devastated. This time that man was HERE FOR IT and honestly what a fucking legend because the episode banged tremendously

[lesbeauien]

OH MY GOD. All of Orym's fucking... "Imogen, you're clearly the leader" shit where we were all like "Orym's clearly the leader" IS UNFORTUNATELY THEMATICALLY APPROPRIATE IF HE'S PERMADEAD. Goddamn you. You elevated yourself to mentor character status and this is what it got you.

“Main character’s first big decision on the battlefield gets mentor killed” probably has a TVTropes page.

[amihyperfixatingagain]

Idk if this will help or not, but whoever is on the Halloween episode of four sided dive gets to tell us all about ep 33 while wearing silly lil costumes 🥲

[deep-swamp-bog]

So we can basically call this ark, "Imogens no good, very bad time in Bassuras" right?

[starlightinhumanform]

HOW WE FEELING CRITTERS

[thecoddaughter]

Okay… so I want to see other people’s experiences:

Sorry there are so many…

[greenteaandtattoos]

I think of the parallel between Zerxus’ and Orym’s deaths, their last thoughts being their husbands and family, and I wanna rip out my heart so it won’t hurt anymore.

[chalkbird]

if i had a nickel for every time that laudna was killed to intimidate laura bailey's character... i'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

[squishy-min-mochi]

Listen the new episode is great because we get at least 10 seconds of just Gojo panting/breathing really hard and honestly that’s all the fanservice I need.

[dylandraws]

Marisha Ray, once again regretting her seating choice for the next 2 years