Possibly the best episode of anything ever

[dangermousie]

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[anonymous]

oMo!! I can't wait to watch this ep but i want to prepare my heart too! As I was scrolling down...I choke and got misty when I saw your cap of Four up close w/the big tear forming at his eyes!! hugs hugs to him.

and my heart is just breaking for the rain scene!! I want!!! OH my heart!! just how can two person act this scene out by the body gesture and expression of their eyes!! I want it so bad!

thanks! pls spoil more!!
xoxo

[dangermousie]

I know, this was totally amazing. I didn't understand a word but I could barely breathe.

I think this is when it all goes to hell, too, because imo that's when he decides to be emperor and that will eventually lose him RX and make her life miserable too.

[momosan]

You and koala....you are trying to make me watch, aren't you! You made me watch rom-coms. I went kicking and screaming but your evil plot worked. I resisted the whole JPLH thing. But my resistance is failing in the face of those screencaps. I do NOT do Chinese historicals. notnotnot. ::puts hands over ears singing lalalalala:: Holy harking hell! And they are whipping out those episodes at a speed where I could marathon and end up in a coma! Or a comma! or something. Even the silly hair is looking less silly! nonono... my drama cup already runneth over. But I am powerless before battling princes standing in the rain in beautifully emboidered robes!

[dangermousie]

Watch it!!!! I mean, when was the last time both Koala and I were this obsessed about a drama?

Honestly, it's so good. Plus, it's only 35 eps of 45 mins each so basically equivalent of 20 ep kdrama.

[anonymous]

Ruoxi was begging for Luwu to be with 13th even in imprisonment (as per Luwu's request), hoping that it will make 13th's days/years easier. Did you get that part about 4th refusing to see Luwu? I know he is just dying inside every single second.

Quick explanation: 13th took the rap for 4th by claiming that he went behind 4th's back and uses 4th's names to do all those things. In other words, used and betrayed 4th. So 4th can't begged for clemency or help 13th in any way because that will make Kangxi suspicious and making waste of 13th's sacrifice.

On another note, I was waiting for an entry on 8th/RX kiss and breakup scene from you! But you went straight from swooning over 8th to hating him :(

[dangermousie]

Thank you for the explanation - I am really lost without subs - all I get are names and a few simple phrases. It especially makes sense with 13 and why 4 didn't speak up.

Re: RX/8. Since it's raws, I am merely skimming, so I actually haven't seen the break-up yet, as it's going to be more depressing than ep 20 because after 20, RX/4 are together until more bad stuff happens. I don't hate Eight, I feel sorry, actually, now that I've cooled down. He dug his own grave.

[anonymous]

Oh, I'm completely lost too. That's just what I've picked up from kind hearted souls who dropped spoilers in English ;)

OTH, did you heard/read about Faeries dropping BBJX project? Apparently people in Viki repeatedly accused them of stealing Viki subs so now all the translators in Faeries Team are pissed and thinking about just dropping the project to get it over with. Seriously, with all the angst in the drama, why can't RL go smoothly. I will cry if they drop it. Cause I want gorgeous drama hardsubbed on my computer *sniff*

[dangermousie]

Argh! I am going to tear out my hair.

[kainee]

If you need me to translate, I can. I haven't seen that scene yet but I read the original novel. Downloaded the HQ episodes and waiting for them to finish so I can watch them. I think I liked 4 more than 8 in the drama because I did read the novel. Seriously, taking away 4's only friend in the world was like kicking a puppy dog for 8 and it makes 4's motivation for being Emperor a whole lot angstier and understandable than 8's more stereotypical ambition because 8 who still had all his brother-friends while 4 basically was down to Ruoxi who couldn't be there for him in a lot of ways that 13 could be

[dangermousie]

Thanks for the offer but nah, I can wait

[karened]

Eight once mentioned (to Ruoxi? during the breakup?) that he had worked very hard to win his brothers over. So I guess even though he is truly fond of them (I have no doubts on this, because he would have distanced himself from the constantly troublesome brothers who are not of any help to his ambitions, such as Nine and Ten), he had conciously did things to win favour. Maybe it was because he was too lonely. Being of a lower birth, he didn't get the same kind of respect as other princes did, and perhaps had less attention put on him. So, he worked hard to win friends and companionship.

Oh boy, Eight is really such a lonely person...similar to Four, but they live with that aspect differently.

[dangermousie]

Yes, one becomes an intravert and one an extravert.

Long sighs

[anonymous]

Oh, I love #4 and cannot wait to watch this ep subbed. He's the man!

Re: Long sighs

[dangermousie]

Oh yes he is. I could not get how anyone could like 4 before the drama started (based on stills, he wasn't my thing) but now I am rabid about him and cannot take my eyes off him.

Re: Long sighs

[anonymous]

From the time #4 appeared on the screen, I went for his character especially after he talked with her and asked #13 why she treats him differently. Roxi may have initially treated him with deference due to knowing the future, but it slowly became more for her and she did not realize it seems. Like the 20 questions to find out about him was guided by an attraction and since he's so direct and honest, who would not fall for a man of his caliber.

#8 is dashing but conniving and slinky like a snake. If I were her, I'd wrap my legs around him in a heartbeat, but that is just lust...and not love.

I'm only up to ep11....Woe is me.

Re: Long sighs

[dangermousie]

Yes, I totally agree. I think 8 would be really good sexytimes (look at him, plus you just know he is a lady-pleaser in every way :P) but as a long-term reliable partner he...isn't. Leaving aside everything else, I don't think he'd be capable of protecting her from wife n1. Yeah, in the drama I pretty much fell for 4 from the first scene - so magnetic and forthright.

[ockoala]

I'm still stunned after watching ep 20. 13 is 4 best friend and really, ONLY friend, in this entire world. Losing him, and then watching RX suffer, is basically what makes 4 go all out in the future to get the crown. Because that way no one can ever hurt the ones he love. Part of why he can't let go of punishing 8, 9, 14 in the future after he becomes Emperor is because he was so hurt at this juncture. And because he knows how much 13 sacrificed for him, because 13 loves him and believes in him. 13 sacrificed for 4 because he wants 4 to become Emperor, 13 doesn't want it himself

[dangermousie]

Yes, I really think that is 4's motivation. Because barring that, he is by nature too cautious and detached from a lot of things, to just go all out. But when it's personal, yes. He has so few people he cares for and who care for him, so they are of paramount importance.

It really is a catch-22 situation at this point. And 8 and his gang weren't targeting 13 at all, they wanted to deal with 4. Who knew 13 who volunteer to be his beloved brother's scapegoat. Sigh.

Yes, but 8's smug little grin when 13 volunteered indicated he didn't mind taking the smaller victory. It made me want to hit his face.

Love 8 and his insecurity and puppy woes, but I wanted to smash his smug face in this episode. But 14's face also fell when he saw that, which confirms that he's pretty much fallen for RX already even though he keeps telling her to get back with 8. Ah, 14, you sad little sweet boy.Yes. I did love that 8 kept a smug smile on his face for as long as 4 could see him. Ah, family. I like 14 but but not as much as everyone seems to - he's a

[ockoala]

14 may be preachy, but he is a damn good man. In ways that 8 and 4 can never be because both have so much baggage and issues. It's sorta not fair that 14 is pretty much the "perfect guy" because it's just by sheer luck he got that way

[dangermousie]

I think she might as well try to fuck up history and attempt to move with 4 - I mean, who cares if history is changed? One OK emperor is much like another and who knows what she's already changed merely by being there.

I am kinda amused that 14 is the good son by default - Kang Xi seems awfully high-handed, arbitrary and exacting so the less chances you have for interaction with him, it seems the better it is.

I did laugh about the romantic gestures v. food. How true. (A more pressing question than snacks - how does she go to the bathroom if she keeps kneeling?)

I think it's X' bad luck to get tangled with the most complicated brothers - 4 and 8. 10, 13, and 14 are all less complicated and thus much easier to live with.