Soryuu Aya Brea

He is just a plot device with legs

Too many dramas are testing my mental health at the same time 😭

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It was just not needed. He already told her he doesn't want her to be bound to him and to be free, and blah, blah, blah. And she agreed. Why was this thing necessary? It just cheapened the story. Definitely not leaving at ep 44 of 56, as putting everything aside, I really loved the drama so far, minus that 💩. Let's see if they manage to salvage it with some amazingly crafted plot twist 😭🤣, but I guess this thing is what will actually pull them together because obviously there are going to be other surprises incoming

There are not a lot of people commenting, but we are all holding hands right now 😭

You know what this reminds me of? many years ago I was playing a videogame called Silent Hill, fully immersed in creepy fog, haunted alleyways, tragic backstory(classic psychological horror) and BAM! Suddenly I triggered a hidden ending where aliens abducted my character. I just stood there holding the controller like, what the actual hell just happened? That’s exactly how I feel right now watching this drama. One minute we’re navigating emotional depth, intrigue... and then suddenly it’s like the writers unlocked the secret WTF Moment, and now we’re stuck in a whole different genre 😭😭😭🤣

Whatever they pull out of the hat will never make up for those last 10 minutes of episode 12. With that single scene, they didn’t just lower the quality of the story they buried the bar six feet underground in the “permanent damage” zone. At this point, they’d have to deliver something so masterfully written, so mind-blowingly good (which, let’s be honest, they won’t) for me to even consider saying, “Okay, that was bad… but the rest made up for it." 😭😅

If this is based on a novel, then it is the classic "I'm running out of plot but still need 57 more chapters" syndrome

the mother was probably poisoned by someone powerful because she knew too much. And our ML, dutiful, tortured, noble to a fault (like all MLs) doesn’t want FL to go after that person and end up hurt. So of course, in true self-sacrificing ML fashion, he pulls the oldest move in the book and arranges with the guy to make it look like he’s the villain. At this point, all we’re missing is the reveal that FL isn’t actually the merchant’s daughter but some long-lost noble bloodline with a secret identity... you know, for that final dramatic flourish 😭🥲😂😨🤣 Yes, I know I'm delirious right now while I try to make sense of ep 12 😅

Now that I’m calm and (relatively) rational again, here’s my theory:

and let’s talk about that whole 'let go of revenge' speech while the actual murderer is just standing there with zero remorse, auto-justifying the murder of an innocent woman who literally tried to help him because, what? She was alive and protected while his family suffered? I’m sorry, what in the moral gymnastics is this? The man straight-up killed someone out of spite and trauma envy, and we’re sitting here watching the ML get stabbed while delivering a speech about peace and healing?? The hell?? maybe there is more to it, but still... this trope is so badly done so ridiculous... I can't, I can't really

I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that we actually got that scene in a drama like this. I mean… this show, that until now had actual nuance and tension, suddenly decided to throw itself from the cliff

For sure, there needs to be something more, because if this is it, there’s no coming back from it. Like… how are they even supposed to be together after that? The killer didn’t even feel guilty! Not a single drop of remorse, not even a twitch of regret just pure ‘I’d would do it again’ energy. And yet, there we were, listening to a full-on love, peace, and forgiveness monologue from a man who was actively bleeding from a stab wound in the chest. this plot twist was a hot mess of tropes duct-taped together with zero logic. I can't. I simply can't. My brain tried to escape halfway through that scene... I will never recovrr

I’ve officially lost the ability to comment. Never and I mean never in a thousand years did I think this show would spiral into something so unhinged as Episode 12. Sure, there were a couple of questionable plot choices lately, but that scene in the woods? The dialogue? The decisions? The fact that he was literally stabbed mid-conversation and it just… carried on?! I’m genuinely speechless. I feel like I watched a hallucination. My brain rejected it in real time. I need therapy

episode 12… I’m not okay. I came here to write a comment, but all I can do is stare at the screen like I’ve just survived something. I don’t even have words. My soul left my body somewhere around minute 35 and hasn’t come back. The absurdity, the plot, the choices… it was like watching a fever dream. I’m traumatised. Truly. I need to lie down...

SYM gives me kind of Chinese drama mom energy, the type who’d smack you for crying, then cry harder than you behind your back, you know, the kind who expresses love exclusively through yelling, emotional whiplash, and the occasional domestic assault with tough love and flying slippers included 😅

CGH: "Hmm, what if Nan Heng isn’t 100% evil? Maybe I should investigate why he didn’t show up..."
Also CGH: "And who better to ask than... his uncle! You know, the morally bankrupt, money-laundering, gaslighting puppet master who’s been playing 4D chess with everyone's life since episode 1. Yes, that's it. Solid plan."
The logic: proudly sponsored by CGH 🥲

Of course politics is all about survival, factions, and sometimes aligning with people you don’t like no one’s denying that. But that doesn’t mean people can’t call you out when something is wrong. Being forced into a situation doesn’t erase accountability, and FL had every right to question him, especially when innocent people were getting hurt. That’s not fake pride it’s her holding on to her principles.She might not understand all the palace schemes, but she’s not naive either. Self-reflection is great, and ML did grow, but it doesn’t mean he gets a pass on everything just because he’s been through a lot. Growth also comes from being held accountable. as for the other stuff she said in the following episode that is another story 🥲😂😅😭

He’s in his bias era (hardcore😄🤷🏼‍♀️). Psychologically, it makes perfect sense, he’s lived for years clinging to a fixed belief, one built on selective evidence that only reinforced his conviction. When that kind of cognitive framework is entrenched, even clear, undeniable truth feels like an attack. Now that reality is quite literally punching him in the face and he can’t process it because doing so would mean dismantling the entire belief system his identity has been built around. And let’s face it, his entire life revolves around Nan Heng. Hate, revenge, obsession,it’s all centered on him. Without that target, without that story, he has nothing. He doesn’t know who he is without that fixation, and that is going to be his downfall, and us being annoyed by his presence 😄🥲

If we're talking about that scene in episode 25, then she's absolutely right. Regardless of their relationship, she had every reason to call him out. He knowingly concealed his uncle's crimes, including the embezzlement of imperial funds, and protected someone harming innocent people. I think if she was already with him as a couple at this point, she would have been even harsher, and as well this was the only time her words made his situation better