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Exactly! His track record as NH has not been great. We know NH fell for her in episode 10 but she doesn't. She has almost no context to go off of. She has no way of knowing how deep his feelings run or how genuine they are.

Yeah, I understand. Everyone here on MDL was happily bashing SYM for being cruel. 😑

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Happy reading! If you remember, do drop a comment as to what your final verdict is.

Sure! They don't make stars like them anymore, LOL! That adaptation also has Alan Rickman, doesn't it? That movie has been on my to-watch-list for so long!

The prude in me refused to let me enjoy Jane Eyre wholly. 🙈 Afterall, it was indeed an extra-marital affair, albeit the tragic circumstances.

I absolutely love Wuthering Heights! I read it as a 13/14 year old and it's been only one of the few books that made me tear up a bit. Actually, most sad stuff doesn't really make me cry. I guess I related very hard with its themes of loneliness, isolation, societal censure, etc. Also, the idea of being wild and free bordering on recklessness appealed to my inner restlessness. As far as the retelling style is concerned, I liked the idea of a third person removed from the situation narrating it. It takes away the agency of the main characters to tell their story in the way they wish to, furthermore, driving home the point that the society narrates their story with or without embellishments. Thus, the nanny may possibly be an unreliable narrator. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Actually, I have not watched any of the Austen movies. 🙈 But I do understand the appeal of Colin Firth's portrayal of Mr. Darcy. 😂

I am more of a Brontë sisters' fan. For me, Austen's characters always seemed to be too self-absorbed which is understandable given the time period.

IKR?!

And I am here for it! 😂🥰

Ooh. Nice. You are in for a treat.

I like Emma more, the characters in the book seemed to have more spunk. 😂

Both almost immediately wished to kill the women who went on to become the one true love of their lives!

It just struck me that Wei Shao from TPOB and Nan Heng are similar to each other in one striking way!

OMG! You are lightening fast! The stars do align sometimes. 😂 Hi! Btw, you must watch ADWAD if you haven't already. 😍

P.S.: Like your username. Austen fan, I presume?

I dunno. Maybe.

IKR?! With them, it's ride or die together. Given how this drama was not exactly focused on their romance, it gave us such a beautiful couple. Also, I love the found family element in the drama.

I feel that she was unhappy and lonely in her life which is why she took to the script world as well as she did. Even though she kept claiming that she aspired to have an easy, slacker life; deep down I believe she felt terribly lonely and unfulfilled given how after she became an empress, she sought to better the lives of her people.

Exactly!

Preach! What I feel is that most viewers refused to acknowledge that SYM is allowed to retain her intellectual faculties as well as her self-preservation instincts while being in love with LSL/NH.

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I hear you, however, I will have to disagree. I guess my real life interactions with people are colouring my viewpoint.

Tbh, I felt the SYM had every right to make NH grovel considering how their interactions with each other started off.