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Prefacing this by saying that this is not criticism for MaoMa

So, MaoMao remarks in her speech that Jinshi is a hypocrite and refrains from being straightforward with her. I believe the entire speech is supposed to be MaoMao’s way of doing a “gotcha” moment with Jinshi because he brought up that she had a “disagreement” with Luomen. But this didn’t work at all.

The restraint is obviously because of his position as Crown Prince. In the first chapter of LN7 ,the book made it clear that Empress Gyokuyou, the Emperor and Jinshi are the 3 people that are basically impossible to refuse. If Jinshi declares that MaoMao would be his wife, she’d be wed. He refuses to do this because he wants MaoMao to be comfortable and not force her affections. Furthermore, her story about the man and the brothel tells us that she knows Jinshi’s feelings already. She’s not unaware of his feelings. She’s not unaware that his social standing comes with certain circumstances. That’s the entire reason why she was calling his junior a frog, and turns pale after he says directly “I will make you my wife.”

I think she wasn’t planning on him to say it directly but Jinshi isn’t afraid or unaware of his feelings. So he said it. The thing that gets me is she doesn’t even object to being his wife, she turns pale because of the political consequences it could have on her, Jinshi and others. So I’m wondering if that was just a frustration point and then she quickly realized that she can no longer pretend to be in the dark about Jinshi’s feelings.

Also side bar but him saying I will remove every obstacle is so romantic. But anyways, let me know what you guys think MaoMao was possibly trying to do here.

Good Afternoon, Morning or Evening everyone. I just finished up LN 5 and want to ensure I’m interpreting the story correctly.

So to my interpretation, Lahan sold MaoMao in coming to Jinshi’s Marriage Banquet under the premise of the White Lady mystery and apothecary work. Unbeknownst to MaoMao, he actually used her to be introduced to Jinshi and the rest of the ton as the princess of the La clan. Is that’s why Rikuson was telling MaoMao during their dance to stop acting as if she’s some poor lowly servant and lock in??

Before I continue, Jinshi’s actions were NOT okay but I’m only talking about his frustrations here. I read his entire anger towards MaoMao as him being frustrated at receiving “mixed signals.”

Explanation :

• She’s being introduced as a prospect from the La clan as candidate for his wife (Hence: “Don’t act like you didn’t know you were a candidate”)
• She’s wearing his hair pin

It seems he’s feeling sour because he believes MaoMao is extremely intelligent. Therefore, he believes she understands these actions and nuances but in reality, she doesn’t. He overestimates how much she actually understands which is where the frustration comes from because he thinks they’re taking miles but they’re only going mere inches. Also, did he purposely have that hairpin crafted for Lahan to give to her?? Because Jinshi mentioned he had it crafted before the banquet and Lahan had it personally delivered sooo???

Is this the right way to interpret these situations?? Any additional nuance or details would be greatly appreciated as I’m trying to work on deepening my understanding of things.

Hi Besties, I’m back again with another discussion post.

I’m re-reading The Doberman for about the 5th time and despite what I’m about to say (this is unpopular) I actually do like the story.

However, I’m questioning if anyone else felt that Johan and Melanie’s relationship is grounded in limerence and not actual love.

From Mel’s perspective, I feel her connection with him is based off of entertaining the possibility that their relationship wouldn’t work but it was cool to have that what if with a rich, powerful mobster. She was aware that he didn’t want to commit, why, his inconsistencies & flaws, but kept going back to him because ?

And for most of the story, the activity they shared the most was physical.

I’m not sure but wondering if anyone feels the same or possibly can give me insight.

Hey yall. I need to talk to an advisor about change of pathway and can’t schedule an appointment currently.

I can’t see if they’re open on the website so just wondering if I walk in, will I be able to get helped or is it only open for Maymester students. Thank you :)

There are lots of great stories on episode with plenty episodes. What stories do you think would make an excellent book or novel series??

Mine would be Prince of Malibu or the Phoenix Prophecy

I know it can be disorienting because you want people to like your team with you but this era we’re in right now is truly hilarious.

There’s really no other way to put into perspective how we have entire lineups complaining to the refs postgame.

We have so much motion (popularity, engagement) that we have media analysts crying because their favorite team is getting handled.

NBA Youtubers complaining about fouls.

Non-basketball/sports companies getting in on the engagement bait because hating Shai pays the bills.

Children and mother’s basement athletes complaining that the Lakers lost cause of free throws and not because they let OKC go on a run without Shai.

We’re truly in an unprecedented era of delusion and it’s because they know their teams can’t compete. Reffing is the easiest thing to make excuses for.

We should really all enjoy this era and not take it for granted. It’s really Thunder versus everybody.