Power levels in this story is clearly vibes based and not objective, a point you've brought before.
Who said there's only going to be one bad guy? We have no idea what Taoran is implying that would get Xianzhou politicians to decide it's better to let him live, but theist reasonable guess isn't "having dirt". It's more likely a big calamity that will cause tons of civilian damage.
I am reaally not sure were you are seeing nebulous outside threats he's coming up with.
"出于种种利益交换，我一定回活下来。这一点你比我明白，毕竟这就是你最爱玩弄的「权衡」之术。"
He's directing this line to Jing Yuan, who has managed to successfully negotiate for Imbibitor Lunae's survival. He accuses Jing Yuan of being good at finding interests to exchange. His point is he also has interests that are worth exchanging, some of which are political, others being survival, still others who even knows. Because we know Jing Yuan's negotiation chips involved Luofu stability, Vidyadhara self governance, knowledge of 化龙妙法 (which direct impacts Vidyadhara long term survival), and some political power re-assignments.
Based on where Taoran aligned himself, causing or putting off unrest among Vidyadhara is clearly a major chip he can use. Since there's already a seditious (and craycray) faction that seems pretty ready to cause Luofu problems, Taoran's point is obviously letting him live will ultimately be the best for preserving Luofu prosperity.
Arresting every crazy supporter of the seditious faction is obviously not doable, based on how deeply woven they are into society. Forcefully trying to crush political dissent will only result in huge casualties. I mean we only need to look at real life to see how impossible and disruptive such an action would be.
You bring up in-game logic is not RL, but the writers still draw their logic from RL. Not to mention that speculative fiction presupposes a shared common understanding of the mundane, such as how politics work. Star Trek doesn't explain how a Federation works. Star Wars doesn't explain how an Empire works. HSR doesn't explain how criminal punishment negotiations work. Because they're supposed to work the same way in story as it does IRL.
I don't need to know exactly what he's referring to. I'm merely stating that based on what we know of Jing Yuan's character and based on Taoran being confident there will be negotiations, we can infer the general shape of the types of interest "种种利益" is trying to imply, and it's unlikely to be referring to political dirt.
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Date: 2024-09-12 05:00 (UTC)Power levels in this story is clearly vibes based and not objective, a point you've brought before.
Who said there's only going to be one bad guy? We have no idea what Taoran is implying that would get Xianzhou politicians to decide it's better to let him live, but theist reasonable guess isn't "having dirt". It's more likely a big calamity that will cause tons of civilian damage.
"出于种种利益交换，我一定回活下来。这一点你比我明白，毕竟这就是你最爱玩弄的「权衡」之术。"
He's directing this line to Jing Yuan, who has managed to successfully negotiate for Imbibitor Lunae's survival. He accuses Jing Yuan of being good at finding interests to exchange. His point is he also has interests that are worth exchanging, some of which are political, others being survival, still others who even knows. Because we know Jing Yuan's negotiation chips involved Luofu stability, Vidyadhara self governance, knowledge of 化龙妙法 (which direct impacts Vidyadhara long term survival), and some political power re-assignments.
Based on where Taoran aligned himself, causing or putting off unrest among Vidyadhara is clearly a major chip he can use. Since there's already a seditious (and craycray) faction that seems pretty ready to cause Luofu problems, Taoran's point is obviously letting him live will ultimately be the best for preserving Luofu prosperity.
Arresting every crazy supporter of the seditious faction is obviously not doable, based on how deeply woven they are into society. Forcefully trying to crush political dissent will only result in huge casualties. I mean we only need to look at real life to see how impossible and disruptive such an action would be.
You bring up in-game logic is not RL, but the writers still draw their logic from RL. Not to mention that speculative fiction presupposes a shared common understanding of the mundane, such as how politics work. Star Trek doesn't explain how a Federation works. Star Wars doesn't explain how an Empire works. HSR doesn't explain how criminal punishment negotiations work. Because they're supposed to work the same way in story as it does IRL.
I don't need to know exactly what he's referring to. I'm merely stating that based on what we know of Jing Yuan's character and based on Taoran being confident there will be negotiations, we can infer the general shape of the types of interest "种种利益" is trying to imply, and it's unlikely to be referring to political dirt.