"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 58 - 65

[x_los]

Weeks 15 and 16 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 58 - 65. This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on August 22nd.

I'll be doing a weekly post with thoughts on this community. Feel free to join in/discuss. If you'd like to join the Discord, contact superborb for an invite.

Chinese text: https://sj.uukanshu.com/book.aspx?id=17338
English translation: https://merelhyn.tumblr.com/post/641747965727358976/the-langya-list-epubpdf

SPOILER POLICY: I personally don't give a fuck or even like to give unearned credence to the concept, so since I'm writing the post, anything's fair game.

(If anyone is interested in dankodes running further poetry content during or after NiF, please let me know what you'd be keen to discuss. I'm happy to work with you on that. I'll probably ask this again once NiF draws to a close.)

Comments

Chapter 63

[x_los]

I managed to totally forget the particulars of this explosion plot development, and was pleasingly surprised by it/enjoyed connecting some dots. This makes me think actually that in the paranoia about spoilers, we misunderstand how brains work a bit, how much we forget or don't take in in a glance, and how much good there can be in revisiting the same information with increased knowledge. I've seen this whole show twice, but this still surprised me because knowledge isn't an on/off binary, it's shifting and layered.

To be honest, this isn’t a BAD plan from Marquis Yan: it’d simultaneously kill like 4 shitty people REAL FAST. [EDIT: No, apparently just the Emperor and one random stand in for the Empress (though no one mentions this?).]

Re: Chapter 63

[superborb]

Yeah, for some reason, no one cares, though the stand in is going to be one of the consorts who are not involved in the court struggles.