I love your reference to Gu Long’s wuxia heroes, because I was thinking the same too with some of Jin Yong’s.
You’re spot on about how LBY really is the general one brings in because of brilliance in both combat and strategy.
There was some weird ambiguity that I didn’t care for about the general they captured (the whole fiasco with the chicken vs mandarin duck wings was hilarious)…did he switch sides to LBY’s and betray Peng Kun? I was a bit lost there because it seemed so odd especially when there’s one-man LBY going in like the Trojan horse and didn’t quite think things through. I can sorta understand on his part though, given that he wants to do what he can ASAP to head out and find CSS. It was heartfelt seeing the symbolism as well too, and how it was Shaosheng’s armour that saved LBY’s life. In her defense, it was DEFINITELY a rabbit embroidered on there.
Thank goodness there’s someone (you) who has a good head on her shoulders in understanding LBY’s desire to have normalcy in some semblance of his life, and it so happens that the greatest emotion of love is what captured him in the form of NN. I truly don’t think she’d have been happy with anyone else other than LBY. (biasness talking, maybe!)
Thank you for posting! I see you’ve posted for 45-46 too, so I’ll see you over there in a bit!
You're right about the ambiguity in the case of the general who helped get Ling Buyi into the city. I wasn't sure myself but assumed that he'd agreed to cooperate since he conceded that the feathers were duck ones despite being so adamant that they were chicken feathers earlier.
At this point when she's already completely in love with him, there's really no one else for Niaoniao but I guess the counterclaim is that Ling Buyi should have stayed clear of her from the start. He might have if she was only just some pretty face with an air head but the fact that there are things about her that made her stand out was what he couldn't resist. As I've said on MDL, all of this is hypothetical because the show assumes that they should meet and fall in love. It's a given.
I didn't like how ambiguous the scene was with the general. It just seemed too random for him to betray someone he had work with for so long, especially because he's a high rank general, and not just a random soldier. Perhaps the drama is relying on the comedy for that moment.
Counterclaim from others feel so invalid, because that's just like saying, "if you're out to get justice/revenge, that's your life. You can't do anything else." But hey, where would we get a good drama otherwise, and how many countless ones have been the case of hero seeking revenge but also finding love on the way? Anyways, I am rambling. Thank you for taking the time to respond, Lily. I look forward to seeing your recaps for the next pair of episodes, but of course as always, I hope you never feel pressured. Take care!
I love your reference to Gu Long’s wuxia heroes, because I was thinking the same too with some of Jin Yong’s.
You’re spot on about how LBY really is the general one brings in because of brilliance in both combat and strategy.
There was some weird ambiguity that I didn’t care for about the general they captured (the whole fiasco with the chicken vs mandarin duck wings was hilarious)…did he switch sides to LBY’s and betray Peng Kun? I was a bit lost there because it seemed so odd especially when there’s one-man LBY going in like the Trojan horse and didn’t quite think things through. I can sorta understand on his part though, given that he wants to do what he can ASAP to head out and find CSS. It was heartfelt seeing the symbolism as well too, and how it was Shaosheng’s armour that saved LBY’s life. In her defense, it was DEFINITELY a rabbit embroidered on there.
Thank goodness there’s someone (you) who has a good head on her shoulders in understanding LBY’s desire to have normalcy in some semblance of his life, and it so happens that the greatest emotion of love is what captured him in the form of NN. I truly don’t think she’d have been happy with anyone else other than LBY. (biasness talking, maybe!)
Thank you for posting! I see you’ve posted for 45-46 too, so I’ll see you over there in a bit!
You're right about the ambiguity in the case of the general who helped get Ling Buyi into the city. I wasn't sure myself but assumed that he'd agreed to cooperate since he conceded that the feathers were duck ones despite being so adamant that they were chicken feathers earlier.
At this point when she's already completely in love with him, there's really no one else for Niaoniao but I guess the counterclaim is that Ling Buyi should have stayed clear of her from the start. He might have if she was only just some pretty face with an air head but the fact that there are things about her that made her stand out was what he couldn't resist. As I've said on MDL, all of this is hypothetical because the show assumes that they should meet and fall in love. It's a given.
I didn't like how ambiguous the scene was with the general. It just seemed too random for him to betray someone he had work with for so long, especially because he's a high rank general, and not just a random soldier. Perhaps the drama is relying on the comedy for that moment.
Counterclaim from others feel so invalid, because that's just like saying, "if you're out to get justice/revenge, that's your life. You can't do anything else." But hey, where would we get a good drama otherwise, and how many countless ones have been the case of hero seeking revenge but also finding love on the way? Anyways, I am rambling. Thank you for taking the time to respond, Lily. I look forward to seeing your recaps for the next pair of episodes, but of course as always, I hope you never feel pressured. Take care!