Sometimes doing nothing and walking away is the right thing to do. Usually going the legal route is the right…
I understand what you mean. These historical dramas can really mess with your morals because the systems are often so broken that choices you would never accept in real life can feel understandable within the story. I still didn’t get behind ZL’s decision, but I understand why you saw it differently. You have seen *The Glory*, right? Same kind of plot, but it did not resort to this. Honestly, *The Glory* was a 10/10.
Sometimes doing nothing and walking away is the right thing to do. Usually going the legal route is the right…
I actually agree with your first paragraph completely. Sometimes walking away is the right thing to do, sometimes the legal route is the right one, and sometimes taking matters into your own hands may feel like the only option.
Where I disagree is that this automatically justifies ZL killing TY’s father.
I know her father was a terrible person, dangerous, and that TY herself knew exactly what kind of man he was. She wasn’t blind to any of it. But even after everything, he was still her father. She knew he was unstable and what he was capable of, yet she still went to invite him to her wedding. So this was never about me believing he would reform or suddenly become a good person.
And yes, he absolutely deserved punishment. But death is not automatically punishment to me. He spent years mourning his mother, so I think forcing him to live with the consequences of everything he had done would have been far more fitting. Let him live with that pain. Death feels like an easy escape compared to that.
As for TY’s reputation, yes, it was already being dragged. But after ZL killed her father, what exactly became better? TY had now lost both parents. Her father may have been terrible, but ZL still made the decision to take her remaining parent away from her.
I also disagree that ZL had no choice. He obviously did. He was angry, and he acted on that anger. That is not the same as having no choice.
And I honestly don’t think telling TY beforehand would have made her complicit. I genuinely don’t believe she would have agreed to ZL killing her father. Knowing your father is a terrible person and agreeing to have your husband kill him are two completely different things.
So, piece by piece, my opinion is still the same: ZL made the wrong choice. Full stop.
Your wife just lost her mother. You found out her father was responsible, and your solution was to make her lose her father too? He had absolutely no right to do that. There’s no justification for it.
Maybe the intro and the desert. The rest so far I don't see AI. Where do you think there's AI?
Not just the intro. The desert and the wide shots of the imperial capital were the biggest ones for me. They looked heavily AI-generated, and I found them pretty distracting
I knew this wasn't going to hold a 7+ rating for long. The hype got people in, but the production and acting just weren't strong enough to sustain it—for me, anyway.
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Where I disagree is that this automatically justifies ZL killing TY’s father.
I know her father was a terrible person, dangerous, and that TY herself knew exactly what kind of man he was. She wasn’t blind to any of it. But even after everything, he was still her father. She knew he was unstable and what he was capable of, yet she still went to invite him to her wedding. So this was never about me believing he would reform or suddenly become a good person.
And yes, he absolutely deserved punishment. But death is not automatically punishment to me. He spent years mourning his mother, so I think forcing him to live with the consequences of everything he had done would have been far more fitting. Let him live with that pain. Death feels like an easy escape compared to that.
As for TY’s reputation, yes, it was already being dragged. But after ZL killed her father, what exactly became better? TY had now lost both parents. Her father may have been terrible, but ZL still made the decision to take her remaining parent away from her.
I also disagree that ZL had no choice. He obviously did. He was angry, and he acted on that anger. That is not the same as having no choice.
And I honestly don’t think telling TY beforehand would have made her complicit. I genuinely don’t believe she would have agreed to ZL killing her father. Knowing your father is a terrible person and agreeing to have your husband kill him are two completely different things.
So, piece by piece, my opinion is still the same: ZL made the wrong choice. Full stop.