...wait, I'm confused. ?_? I thought Lishu was like 14 or 15 in s2, and she'd been sent to the previous emperor (which I might have initially typed as "the pervious emperor" and I blame Hiroe's influence), so I assumed he only died like 5-ish years ago, or even less. I might be getting something mixed up here tho...
I think we're on the same page about Shisui's ladies in waiting, that her closest handful (probably her head lady and her regular 6/7 body doubles) probably had to know about her sneaking around if only so they could be organized in doing whatever she needed for cover, but were probably nearly or totally in the dark otherwise, and the rest I'm assuming were basically another layer of concealment. Since I don't remember any indications of anyone at the Garnet Pavilion taking part in any of the really shady nonsense Suiren and that one physician got up to, I'm inclined to presume they weren't in the loop about any of that at all, and most likely thought their lady's machinations were just limited to being weird and sneaking off to play with bugs.
What I really wonder about are the implications for her relationship to her staff. We see so little of the inside of the Garnet Pavilion absent watchful eyes compared to what we get to see of the others. I imagine they must be pretty exceptionally loyal in their own way if they can work together so seamlessly to take part in what's got to be a legally very risky deceit with no apparent reason besides their lady wanting to. Even if they think it's totally harmless, they seemed to recognize right away how much trouble they might be in, and I assume impersonating an imperial consort with the intention to deceive the emperor must be illegal, since it has so much potential for unauthorized tampering with the royal bloodline, and that's usually at least treason-flavored.
BUT... what kind of loyality is it that unites the Garnet Pavilion in a way none of the others seem to be united? Is it a personal loyalty because they know her as Shisui and she treats them very well? Regional loyalty because they share a Western Region (I forget if they gave a name for it already) attitude toward the capital and/or emperor? Family loyalty because Shisui's mother brainwashed them personally? ?_? IDK maybe this will be answered in the next 5 minutes I watch, but I'm really curious. XD ...also it seems relevant to the PSL, since Hiroe would have to be (or quickly become) intimately familiar with the inner workings of the Garnet Pavilion if she's serving as Shisui's head lady-in-waiting.
Oh, and since we're RP Yelling, would you like to carry that over to plurk/discord or something? XD
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I think we're on the same page about Shisui's ladies in waiting, that her closest handful (probably her head lady and her regular 6/7 body doubles) probably had to know about her sneaking around if only so they could be organized in doing whatever she needed for cover, but were probably nearly or totally in the dark otherwise, and the rest I'm assuming were basically another layer of concealment. Since I don't remember any indications of anyone at the Garnet Pavilion taking part in any of the really shady nonsense Suiren and that one physician got up to, I'm inclined to presume they weren't in the loop about any of that at all, and most likely thought their lady's machinations were just limited to being weird and sneaking off to play with bugs.
What I really wonder about are the implications for her relationship to her staff. We see so little of the inside of the Garnet Pavilion absent watchful eyes compared to what we get to see of the others. I imagine they must be pretty exceptionally loyal in their own way if they can work together so seamlessly to take part in what's got to be a legally very risky deceit with no apparent reason besides their lady wanting to. Even if they think it's totally harmless, they seemed to recognize right away how much trouble they might be in, and I assume impersonating an imperial consort with the intention to deceive the emperor must be illegal, since it has so much potential for unauthorized tampering with the royal bloodline, and that's usually at least treason-flavored.
BUT... what kind of loyality is it that unites the Garnet Pavilion in a way none of the others seem to be united? Is it a personal loyalty because they know her as Shisui and she treats them very well? Regional loyalty because they share a Western Region (I forget if they gave a name for it already) attitude toward the capital and/or emperor? Family loyalty because Shisui's mother brainwashed them personally? ?_? IDK maybe this will be answered in the next 5 minutes I watch, but I'm really curious. XD ...also it seems relevant to the PSL, since Hiroe would have to be (or quickly become) intimately familiar with the inner workings of the Garnet Pavilion if she's serving as Shisui's head lady-in-waiting.
Oh, and since we're RP Yelling, would you like to carry that over to plurk/discord or something? XD