#zetian: uh ok

[tenrose]

Ok I thought the whole book would revolve around Zetian plotting her revenge and finally having this moment happening by the end. Well guess I'm very wrong since it already happened lmao. Might be a bit too fast for me to really enjoy it as much as I should, because I'm not that familiar with her yet. Like I get where she's coming through but you know how waiting make everything more valuable? I've been spoiled too soon.

I guess it's gonna be more about the aftermath and the consequences of one's actions then. I feel like she has the potential to be a very morally dark grey protagonist so I'm really curious of how everything's gonna turn out now.

I kinda love the Pacific Rim vibes but make it rotten patriarchy vibes though. Apparently the society, instead of making sure to have drift compatible pairs, went "what if we sacrificed the women instead? Uh uh" and everyone agreed. I can't wait to see Zetian crush down the patriarchy. Also I'm pretty sure they already said a well balanced pair is possible and there are already a few existing. So what if they made that as their whole new system? Mind you seeing how it started there's a whole lot of work to accomplish. It's understandable why the revenge plot is so short after all. She's got a lot of work to do.

[melonymint753]

Chapter 1.

I've heard that "Zetian" is actually a title that was awarded posthumously, but eh we don't need to split that hair.

ok but why have we went to the age of mecha warfare and still have ancient China's misogyny. I get that the actual historical figure was in that kind of era but still.

I love how kids of the future continue to be taught in the wonders of Google Baidu uh I mean Search Engines

idk man the gods above the sky granting manuals sound either like a version of Dead Cells or a government psy-op.