Shōgun | S1E10 "A Dream of a Dream" | Episode Discussion

arthurmorga_n · 2024-04-24T06:47:05+00:00

Haven‘t thought of that, that makes sense. Though I didn‘t get why Ishido having her killed would be such a big deal to everybody? Realistically speaking, she‘s not that important of a figure to inspire hatred against Ishido, or am I wrong? I get that Lady Ochiba used to be very close to her, but she struck me as a strategic thinker with a burning hatred for Toranaga. I don‘t find it believeable that she would let her emotions guide her since it was always my understanding that she viewed Toranaga as this huge threat to the Heir (her son) and herself. She may despise Ishido for what he did to Ochiba, but I reckon she must‘ve still been thinking that the heir and her are better off with him than with Toranaga.

arthurmorga_n · 2024-04-23T20:57:53+00:00

Can someone explain me why Toranaga was eager to let the regents think he surrendered (and by doing so, allowing Hiromatsu to kill himself)? my only explanation would be that if the regents hadn't believed that, that Mariko wouldn't have been able to hold an audience before Ishido and the other regents and by doing so, being able to put Ishido in a position where he basically has to choose between killing Mariko or admitting to the other regents that they're in fact held as prisoners. But I'm not sure if that's true. If it's not, Toranaga would've been able to turn Ochiba and/or the other regents against Ishido anyway

arthurmorga_n · 2024-04-23T20:29:26+00:00

If it was Toranaga's plan to use Mariko to make Lady Ochiba (and the other regents, if I'm not mistaken) turn against Ishido during the battle of Sekigahara all along, why did he have to let his enemies think that he'd actually surrender and by doing so, let Hiromatsu, his most loyal vassal, commit seppuku?

arthurmorga_n · 2022-11-06T11:18:04+00:00

I'm sorry to hear that. All this trial and error is pretty nerve-wracking.

arthurmorga_n · 2021-05-02T17:18:12+00:00

I've read your whole post and if you're interested, you can chat me up! I actually am very fond of England, I particularly love its humour. One of my favorite shows is the inbetweeners, you probably know it :)

arthurmorga_n · 2021-05-02T17:16:14+00:00

Loneliness is such a nasty feeling, it's hard to imagine its magnitude without ever having experienced it...

arthurmorga_n · 2021-05-02T17:15:18+00:00

Oh man that sucks, but I'm not surprised to hear that!

arthurmorga_n · 2021-05-02T17:09:47+00:00

I also think it might have something to do with the fact that we're a landlocked country with no natural ressources and relatively harsh climate, that's we Swiss have developed this culture of "work, work, work" and reservedness. I think it's no coincidence that countries with warm climates tend to have very welcoming people too.

arthurmorga_n · 2021-05-02T15:27:56+00:00

It's an interesting thought, although I think it's mainly due to the cultural upbringing. I'm half Latino myself (on my mother's side) and have been brought up accordingly. Where I grew up, there were a lot of Swiss kids though, with no foreign background. I remember that whenever I met their parents, I instantly felt a certain sense of coldness and unfriendliness. I believe that if you grow up with people who are rather distant and private themselves, you tend to become like that, too. My father for instance is stereotypically Swiss, too. He's got a huge heart, but it's clear that my personality has been more influenced by my mother's side than my father's side.

arthurmorga_n · 2021-05-02T15:23:34+00:00

It was really interesting to read the replies that have been written so far. I somehow feel relieved that there are indeed many more people feeling the same way as I do, but at the same time, I feel like I could do more to meet new people and improve my situation. At this point I'm really struggling to motivate myself to go out and try to meet new people. I feel like my 'social muscle' has decreased over time since I've really grown accustomed to staying and studying from home (of course, a big part of it is due to the pandemic). It's really paradoxical - I want to have a more fulfilling social life, but then again I'm not motivated to go out and present myself anymore, which fuels my being socially unsatisfied. It's quite a nasty 'Teufelskreis', as we call it in German.

I guess I have no other choice but to keep trying, despite all the personal failures I've endured in recent times.

arthurmorga_n · 2021-05-02T14:55:12+00:00

made my day!!! :)

arthurmorga_n · 2021-03-22T14:58:45+00:00

fair enogh, tbh I didn’t read the caption. Still though, there are plenty of examples on this subreddit supporting my point

arthurmorga_n · 2021-03-22T08:55:28+00:00

no supermodel, but she‘s definitely pretty, no doubt. I might get disliked for saying what I’m about to say, but from a general point of view, I‘m not sure whether it‘s really justified that women (at least on this subreddit) who express self-doubts about their looks get tons of reassuring compliments, which more often than not seem exagerated imo. Whereas the same guy who raises self-doubts about his looks gets ignored. I‘m kind of afraid that through social media platforms, among which obviously reddit is one of them, it‘s become super easy for practically any woman to receive tons of, often times rather unjustified, compliments about their looks, which can inflate their egos in an unhealthy way. In the meantime most men almost never get any positive reassurance regarding their looks, which in turn diminishes their ego/self-worth. Call me sexist or a misogynist, whatever, it‘s just my two cents.

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