Mailyn

Why is no one talking about this? / A question for readers of the novel

But note her comment that 'something' changed; that some time in the past the men didn't leave and the women all shared the running of the family and the plantations. I find it odd. Not that it used to be that way but the fact that as you say she is in charge of everything - but that is because her grandmother expects it of her. Having said that, the stroppy sister actually says to her other sister that 'We all run plantations (or whatever the translation was)' which implies each have their own to manage but, if that be the case, why does she make a mess of the one which she has just taken over? But she clearly has some knowledge. Either that or her own opinions, however bad, are not based on actual experience but second-hand knowledge.

Why do you think that Yan (monk) would want revenge on ML? Is there something in the novel to cause you to consider this or is it merely - it would not surprise you if...? (random thought)

Hannibal Lecter the films - with Anthony Hopkins, or the NBC Hannibal series - with Mads Mikkelsen? I thought the series far more psychologically disturbing! P.S. Also very Nazi Germany.

I thought that at first - about the blood on the collar - but were they not just more petals. Of course it good be a red herring.

Good idea.

Yes, I have just found the one on episode 1. Thank you very much. Before, I stopped before watching before the end credits.

Yes. I thought so, too - in all cases.

No. I meant the extra 'tea' parts after the credits. These are not on Kisskh.

This must be on Mango. It is not shown on Kisskh. I don't know about Viki because, as they are behind, I am, not watching it there.

Okay. Thank you for your reply.

I have used spoiler tags for every comment which gives spoilers - not for those which don't. If I have omitted one it was not intentional. I am usually very strict about that.

Hence my reference to the inherent dichotomy. Also, I didn't want to make it TL:DR so didn't say, but I meant his intelligence / experience in solving cases not his academic learning. Should he not have seen enough dead bodies and manners of killing to know what might happen to his body if he threw himself off a cliff. Yes, he is quite an arrogant young man but would this arrogance cause him to do so just to solve the death of the Yang wife? I am saying that the director (or author if it is in the novel) dropped the ball when creating this part of his character unless he is supposed to be this stupid and reckless.

Dunking?!

Do you think that, with his level of learning, he is that unintelligent? It seems to me, (but I will rewatch the scene and maybe edit this) that he, (like all characters in drama-land cliff scenes) risked falling off a cliff rather than be killed immediately by pursuers. That is, he did not throw himself of a cliff just to fake amnesia but did it for a chance at life. If he did do it deliberately, just to infiltrate the Rong Family he was being very stupid as he risked severe brain damage / paralysis if not death. We can not blame the character for this but the director for unwittingly creating this dichotomy and making the character seem stupid.

Do you know why there are none tomorrow? Above, it says that it is airing seven days a week - so is this an exception? Right when he gets his memory back, too. Sigh.

Exactly. And, now that he has regained his memory and, hopefully, his edge, he won't 'appear' to be such a blatant love-sick puppy. Ha ha!

No one in their right mind would choose to lose their memory and risk never getting it back. Also, you are saying that the 'fall' was calculated so that he would lose his memory but not become a raving idiot with brain damage. Really! Unless you mean that he needed to pretend to have memory loss so that his reason for infiltrating her family did not look fake - but 1. that is not what you actually wrote (whatever you meant) and 2. that itself would have been fake.

He may have planned to get close to her but I don't think that the said fall was part of his plan. The local magistrate / Yamen staff planned his 'downfall', (if you'll excuse the pun) because they did not want their crimes (which may or may not include the Yang wife issue) to be exposed. We never saw his plan put into action. Of course, that does not mean that he did not know that he was to be killed otherwise why arrange for his man to 'betray' him.
Cunning - most definitely. There, I agree with you.

Shine brightly: Why I disagree with you.

Thanks.