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agree with your sentiments! i feel like it's a cdrama thing cause i've encountered the whole 'sacrifice more people to cleanse the court' type of plan in another cdrama

and it's kinda wild cause MOGA and TRTS screenwriters are completely different teams so i'm like 🧐🧐

"where people are tortured and killed just to expose a culprit they could have simply…ARRESTED."

this was pretty much in The Road to Splendour too, with Zhao Ling sacrificing General Mo. There are enough themes in this show that appear in TRTS

EDIT: they couldn't arrest lai because shen du tells the empress dowager that they only had a suspicion that he was behind the cult. they needed lai to out himself which is what he did when shen du was on his side and lai got free rein

"mercy is a sore one because how do we even distribute it safely?" ーthat's the thingーyou don't. mercy is always at the expense of the giver, and that's what makes it beautiful/radical in a world that wants you to hold your pride

i'm in that odd phase where i'm both in denial that this drama is now over and also wondering whether i truly would've enjoyed this as much if i didn't already like the leads prior 🫩

oh, MOGA… all the budget in the world could not make me love TRTS more than you (lol)

He was great as time-skip A'Sen in The Road to Splendour!

Ep 32

mans always been good with words 🤣 from 'when we get married, what kind of couple do you want us to be' - to 'if i die in war, i will be the stars that light up your wedding night. you are my anchor' - to 'i didn't save you from biyun nunnery just to let you end up in another one' *mic drop* 🤷‍♀️👏

the most annoying thing is that there were rumoured scenes of the pregnancy and childbirth+rearing (there was a picture of deng enxi holding a baby, circulating on twitter somewhere during filming), and we got none of that! in the novel, fu tingyun wanted a son (of course she was still ecstatic with their baby girl) but zhao ling reveals to her that he wanted a daughter 🥹🥹🥹 and we got none of that either! grrrr

now why would you say that 😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣

I considered doing what you did but I just can't... aaargh!

Anyone else wanna try requesting Netflix for it here?
https://help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest

I refuse to watch this unsubbed OR illegally 😭 this is the only modern drama I wanted to watch 😭

Now that I finished The Road to Splendour, I can go back to camping here lol.

It took four months in between the airing of Generation to Generation and Never-Ending Summer, so is it safe to guess that this one might be released in October? If they get a decent amount of reservations at least...

Because she made a selfish choice. I think it's okay to admit that. I'm not one to glorify the 'i have to choose myself' way of thinking.

Very solid last set of episodes.

I look forward to DYX×DEX's fourth collab. Claiming it.

As someone who liked the montages of this drama prior, they weren't the best way for the ending. Montages are best in doses, not as 75% of the episode.

Wassup flower fam! We made it to this day~

Just doing a mental health check for everyone because all things considered, this drama has been pretty good 🤣 Hope y'all slept well and will sleep well once your day ends!

Those not on #TeamExpress will pretty much appreciate not being spoiled so for those who are #TeamExpress, please do specify what episode you're spoiling in the comments??? If it's not too much to ask.

Bai Shu absolutely killing it as emperor though. I thought I'd typecast him forever as a funny guy (thanks to Love & Redemption and Youthful Glory) as I was not a fan of his portrayal in The Blood of Youth, but in this one I can definitely see the vision for his casting here!!!

Yes, I see where you’re coming from, but as for me, I just want Zhao Ling to sock Minister Yu in the face 👊　Everytime the camera pans to his clenched fist I know mans ready to do it 🤣😅

Ep 31 absolutely heartbreaking. I can find myself rewatching scenes from all episodes of this show except this one 🤣🤣🤣

On to the next episodes tomorrow! 🏳️🏳️🏳️