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She is one Bad Ass Female
SHE CAME. SHE SAW. SHE CONQUERED THE SEATING ARRANGEMENT.
This FL was a powerhouse, she not only devoured the scheming concubine, but she turned the others 100% on her side. Then she somehow won our ML's heart.
Great show, and the wig lines were only slightly visible. Loved the almost reverse harem, where they aren't trying to kill each other.
She walked in. She's the daughter of a general, she grew up in a war room, and she is applying every single lesson to this marriage whether her husband is ready or not.
He is not ready.
Nobody is ever ready.
That's the whole show.
Here's what separates the truly iconic historical FL from the merely competent one: she is dangerous in multiple languages.
She can outmaneuver you politically. She can humiliate you verbally. AND if you back her into a corner she will solve that problem with wirework and absolutely zero hesitation.
THE BATTLE OF WITS IS THE ROMANCE.
Forget the almost-kiss. Forget the hand graze. Forget the dramatic rain confession.
The real romantic climax of every powerful FL historical drama is the moment he realizes he's losing and decides he doesn't actually want to win.
She makes a political move so elegant he doesn't see it coming. He counters. She anticipated the counter. He stares at the board. She's already at dinner smiling politely and he is standing there doing the math on how long she's been three steps ahead of him.
This FL was a powerhouse, she not only devoured the scheming concubine, but she turned the others 100% on her side. Then she somehow won our ML's heart.
Great show, and the wig lines were only slightly visible. Loved the almost reverse harem, where they aren't trying to kill each other.
She walked in. She's the daughter of a general, she grew up in a war room, and she is applying every single lesson to this marriage whether her husband is ready or not.
He is not ready.
Nobody is ever ready.
That's the whole show.
Here's what separates the truly iconic historical FL from the merely competent one: she is dangerous in multiple languages.
She can outmaneuver you politically. She can humiliate you verbally. AND if you back her into a corner she will solve that problem with wirework and absolutely zero hesitation.
THE BATTLE OF WITS IS THE ROMANCE.
Forget the almost-kiss. Forget the hand graze. Forget the dramatic rain confession.
The real romantic climax of every powerful FL historical drama is the moment he realizes he's losing and decides he doesn't actually want to win.
She makes a political move so elegant he doesn't see it coming. He counters. She anticipated the counter. He stares at the board. She's already at dinner smiling politely and he is standing there doing the math on how long she's been three steps ahead of him.
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