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[dangermousie]

Was reading wikipedia articles on various real-life historical figures the protagonist runs into in The Myth and learned that one of them had a concubine who travelled everywhere with him, battlefield included, and then after a bad defeat one day performed a sword dance in front of him and then stabbed herself to death, so as not to distract him from war.

Ummmm.

I can see where wuxia stories get their inspiration for awesome insanity.

Seriously. All that historical stuff I was reading was like kdrama on LSD.

Comments

[coronanl.livejournal.com]

I don't see how stabbing yourself to death can *not* be distracting!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

That's what I think too - unless they were having sex 12 hrs a day when he was supposed to be planning battles or something.

[hollyxu.livejournal.com]

Try the 3 Kingdoms, it's got every trope in the book and then some. :P

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I kept eyeing that book for years, maybe now it's time :)