#cr: the dragon republic by r.f. kuang

background music while reading https://open.spotify.com/track/3E9Eo7214tcLv9KudKBrrC?si=C0OyjTilQUaYFStSxK8d9g

god i missed this world so much

rin is suffering so much :( addiction, trauma, ptsd, just so much in such little time

“fire and water don’t mix”

I AM LOOKING....

KITAY!!!!

nezha nezha nezha

why do authors do this? every time we meet the father of a male protagonist they either go the “he was the spitting image of his father” route or “we were looking at [male protagonist name] in a few years”

“all you want is to get your revenge. but you could be so much. do so much more. listen to me. you could change history.”

continue....

perhaps...rinezha is getting to me...

“don’t worry. i won’t tell. i’ll be the only monster. just me.”

rin stop seeking validation from other ppl be you’ll only get hurt challenge

pls i want to know so much more about who and what chaghan is. i honestly think he’s a key between men and gods.

vaisra is being too nice and i’m keeping my eye on him bc i have a gut feeling that this is all a farce

“he loved her and feared her. they aren’t mutually exclusive.”

i see what you did there ms. kuang

daji blocked off her power didn’t she it was a matter of time before we found out about that “bad” feeling

rin’s constant outburst of anger are starting to get a bit annoying :/ but i understand why.

her current relationship with nezha and vaisra is interesting i’m already waiting for the betrayal lol they’re accepting her too easily and that was a huge red flag on manipulation

why do i keep getting the feeling that all of the men in the yin family or at least mainly nezha are shamans?

JUST GOT TO THIS SCENE

yeah...yeah...

the hesperians are such a realistic exaggeration of the west, especially during the enlightenment period. it’s both funny and terrifying.

not me starting to really like nezha when i know he’s going to be a betrayor

rin is pissing me so off so much. she wants ppl to do and think like she does or else has a tantrum but won’t suck it up and be the leader the cike needs? the lack of responsibility jfc

I WAS RIGHT ABOUT NEZHA YES

rinezha rights!

ah i was wondering when feylen was going to show up

are we finally going to learn more about chaghan and his people?! finally!!

ppl are really out here trying to genuinely help rin and all she does is insult them and belittle them ugh

HOLD ON.

does that mean that the dragon emperor’s power maybe runs through the yin family line sort of like a wandering soul? that’s why he’s still an anchor, not technically dead but not also alive?

thank you chaghan for finally saying exactly what we were all thinking

i cannot believe that just happened wtf

i love them

“the dragon devours his sons.”

fhnffnrlwlfjttigjvkf

why do i have this awful feeling that nezha is going to side with the empress?

well. i guess feylen was only book 2 fodder :/ i thought we were going to see a different aspect of the gods through him

man the kiss wasn’t even much of a kiss i have been bamboozled

since daji is connected to the snake god and always described as a beautiful and seductive for some reason my mind decided to imagine her sort of like orochimaru when he took the body of a girl

ah there it is. the betrayal.

NOT BAJI AND SUNI