#could be kid!me's massive bias to pre-tang dynasties but like.

[apollo-cackling]

me reading She Who Became the Sun, watching the guy in power executing all his advisors in a spiral of paranoia that eventually leads to his downfall: ahh it’s like coming home :D

#discord transplant #suddenly remembered this joke I made a while ago lol #she who became the sun #I could not for the life of me explain why but the constant paranoia + backstabbing/etc from everyone engaged in court politics- #-in that book just instantly made me go oh yup this is chinese history alright #something about the Flavour #the way the narration views politics/history #my rambles #idk lol if you asked me to distill my impression of the ming dynasty into one single emotion it'd be paranoia #could be kid!me's massive bias to pre-tang dynasties but like. #it literally began *gestures towards the first 3 emperors* Like That