Which is why I think you are reading too much in to this dialogue... You do remember you were the one ranting at how awful the chinese writing was and the incorrect usage of classic/archaic/colloquial right?
> Criminal punishment isn't (supposed to be) about satisfying the vindictive wants of the wronged party/victim.
Err... you might be mixing up reality and game. Because with Hoolay, as an example, his was obviously a target of vindictive punishment. Because as Jing Yuan and Lingsha say in their conversation, there were methods of executing him. But it wasn't done, because the Foxians (1) didn't want him to die so easily to satisfy them, and (2) they were looking for a cure to the moon rage from researching him.
And then there's the heliobi, who's punishment for attempting to possess the population of the Xianzhou are getting all locked in a forge and forced to provide energy for the Zhuming, eternally.
As for the conversation with Taoran that started this, I honestly think Dan Heng words was just an outburst letting his feelings out. Because in actually, he has zero control over what happens to Taoran after capture. Well, unless he's willing to kill the guy permanently right there before anyone can stop him, which he didn't.
> If it was always the intention for Dan Heng to transition from "I'm not Dan Feng" to "OK, maybe I am Dan Feng", then the entire DHIL reveal and PV is undermining that character arc.
I don't think that is the 180 turn they are going for though, and you might be reading too much into this short conversation.
Dan Heng hasn't shown any signs of seeing himself as totally Dan Feng, continued. At most, he seems to have accepted some parts of his regained but incomplete memories of Dan Feng, and with it, some sense of duty and obligation to the Luofu. From an *external* perspective, that's all we've seen from him.
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Date: 2024-09-12 03:31 (UTC)Which is why I think you are reading too much in to this dialogue... You do remember you were the one ranting at how awful the chinese writing was and the incorrect usage of classic/archaic/colloquial right?
> Criminal punishment isn't (supposed to be) about satisfying the vindictive wants of the wronged party/victim.
Err... you might be mixing up reality and game. Because with Hoolay, as an example, his was obviously a target of vindictive punishment. Because as Jing Yuan and Lingsha say in their conversation, there were methods of executing him. But it wasn't done, because the Foxians (1) didn't want him to die so easily to satisfy them, and (2) they were looking for a cure to the moon rage from researching him.
And then there's the heliobi, who's punishment for attempting to possess the population of the Xianzhou are getting all locked in a forge and forced to provide energy for the Zhuming, eternally.
As for the conversation with Taoran that started this, I honestly think Dan Heng words was just an outburst letting his feelings out. Because in actually, he has zero control over what happens to Taoran after capture. Well, unless he's willing to kill the guy permanently right there before anyone can stop him, which he didn't.
> If it was always the intention for Dan Heng to transition from "I'm not Dan Feng" to "OK, maybe I am Dan Feng", then the entire DHIL reveal and PV is undermining that character arc.
I don't think that is the 180 turn they are going for though, and you might be reading too much into this short conversation.
Dan Heng hasn't shown any signs of seeing himself as totally Dan Feng, continued. At most, he seems to have accepted some parts of his regained but incomplete memories of Dan Feng, and with it, some sense of duty and obligation to the Luofu. From an *external* perspective, that's all we've seen from him.