Tearmoon Empire - Anime Discussion
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The Tearmoon Emperor's image as a powerful ruler has been shattered for good after this week's episode.
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@TheWickerMan You say this like he had that image after we first met him.
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@TheWickerMan
The only things that we really know about the Emperor is that he adores his daughter, professes to try to do what’s best for his people—and seems a little goofy. We really don’t know what he actually thinks, or how capable he really is. In the OT he was fighting the same headwinds as Mia, so perhaps he was reasonably capable and just overwhelmed from evils within and without of the empire——or perhaps he just isn’t very capable and he was part of the problem. While I doubt that it is anything more sinister—that is also a slight possibility. -
Oh, and my thoughts on episode 10. It was well done—especially for an episode that wasn’t really playing that strongly towards the anime’s strengths (the feels and humor) but it moved the plot forward nicely in a way that fit in well with the world that they have created.
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It'd be difficult to free someone you hadn't locked up, or weren't aware someone else had locked up and put the blame on you.
No one's going to believe your protestations to the contrary.
Especially if communications are controlled by those responsible.
Just like it doesn't matter who killed the border Count if everyone were led to believe it was done by the Emperor's command.
Question: Who spread the word that the mission of the White Crows placed the Black Crows under their command? By whose authority were they created?
Who vouches for them?
Can the communication channels used to confirm their authority be trusted? [See above.]The 'maid' seems to have some question concerning their really being on the up and up.
Just as the other young lady has question concerning the need for revolution, or at the least concerning the outcome.
Doesn't hurt that she's aware her brother isn't really the one pulling the strings; that would be Jem.So far it appears that there isn't anyone positioned to nudge the leader of the Adamant Guard into action with authority to override his directive from the King.
Which has to bug the heck out of those pulling strings behind the scenes. -
Mia's deliberate kicks don't hurt.
Her slip-and-fall leg flings, on the other hand...ouch.
Champions of Justice sometimes become more tolerable once they've experienced falling flat on their face themselves.
Can give them to think just a tad. -
I am so happy they did this—hokey ending and all!
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So, secret conspiracy is what killed Mia the first time, but now all seems to be resolved. Jem who was masterminding the whole thing (and just wanted to destroy all empires? anarchy!) has been captured and is being subjected to reprogramming instead of death (him, at least, you'd think would be a good exception to the no-killing request). So, Mia's quest to avoid the guillotine seems to be a resounding success. All the rest of the volumes are just adventures of nobles who go to the same academy and no more evil cabals? 8-) 8-)
Reading Bookworm, Bibliophile, and Dahlia. Also, Girl Genius, xkcd, Witch Hat, Harpy Gee, and Suitor Armor. Looking for suggestions.
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@arghc nah, the method of execution and the people trying to do it just changes again, and she gets a new method of foreseeing the future since the diary went away when the guillotine ending was averted.
