I hesitate to call it reasonable because it's not, but compared to Wang Xiangyang she's a bastion of reasonableness. *g*
LOL, this.
but the Regent surely would want to know - not to stop it, but to control it for his own purposes at least?
Idk, I find it hard to get a read on how authoritarian he actually is. If it's not causing any trouble, he might not bother? A lot of the problems in Dixing seem to stem from neglect as much as harsh law enforcement, imo. (I don't think we can take his treatment of An Bai and co as indicative, since that's tangled up with other politics: first Shen Wei's involvement, then the murder of the Dijun and trying to coerce An Bai onto the throne.)
though her break-up conversation with Hua Yuzhu (the one through the glass) makes it sound like she's focused on avengeing Gu Ban, knowing and not caring that she'll then be arrested and taken back to Dixing. It doesn't sound like she'd turn away from that to go back to Dixing when her target was in Haixing. On the other hand, I don't know if it's plausible that she was in Haixing all this time and took this long to figure out who the gunman she saw was, and how to go after him ...
Agreed on all counts. I'm not sure about this at all.
I feel like Guardian comes down very strongly on the spirit of the law over the letter.
Yes. Which means everything relies heavily on people's moral compasses being accurate -- but then, this is how tv almost always goes, so. It makes a good story. *g*
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LOL, this.
but the Regent surely would want to know - not to stop it, but to control it for his own purposes at least?
Idk, I find it hard to get a read on how authoritarian he actually is. If it's not causing any trouble, he might not bother? A lot of the problems in Dixing seem to stem from neglect as much as harsh law enforcement, imo. (I don't think we can take his treatment of An Bai and co as indicative, since that's tangled up with other politics: first Shen Wei's involvement, then the murder of the Dijun and trying to coerce An Bai onto the throne.)
though her break-up conversation with Hua Yuzhu (the one through the glass) makes it sound like she's focused on avengeing Gu Ban, knowing and not caring that she'll then be arrested and taken back to Dixing. It doesn't sound like she'd turn away from that to go back to Dixing when her target was in Haixing. On the other hand, I don't know if it's plausible that she was in Haixing all this time and took this long to figure out who the gunman she saw was, and how to go after him ...
Agreed on all counts. I'm not sure about this at all.
I feel like Guardian comes down very strongly on the spirit of the law over the letter.
Yes. Which means everything relies heavily on people's moral compasses being accurate -- but then, this is how tv almost always goes, so. It makes a good story. *g*