Blossoms in Adversity Episode 18

hua jing will always remain a crack in this show. it’s up to you to see if it’s art or not.

one of the things i have been majorly divided on in my original watch is how hua jing is handled. i have a lot of complicated feelings about the complicity of other women in misogyny ，i also think that in this series where so many female characters are given depth & nuance hua jing is written off so easily with damn near every misogynistic character trait. she is a caricature & she does become a problem with deconstructing how certain women with undesirable personalities are punished in this show like jin’e constantly needing to be humbled. hua jing is positioned right next to hua xian who is the perfect victim & it’s really a hard watch. shao yao & shen huan are cute. i am really fond of aunt qin. chen heng does the character justice. aunt qin ，very ironically after all i had to say about hua jing ，is a caricature character. as in the type that is so over+dramatized but this archetype is something that takes me back home. she isn’t smart but she’s not malicious. she very importantly does not want to hurt another but she’s also a coward & somepony i want to see be loved & cared for.

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