On 9/4/2019 at 1:31 PM, Ishi Tonu said:Kachiko is not in it for her clan, unless there is some greater benefit to her.
This is my impression as well, and I have very little sympathy for her as a consequence. I don't think this was really about stability for the Empire - she's just telling Shoju that because it's the thing he'll react the least badly to.
The only thing that I personally am willing to grant her is this: if I followed the timeline of the late Emperor's plan reveal correctly, Shoju himself has only known about the regency for a few hours. It's entirely likely that he's not even seen Kachiko since then in a setting where he could reveal it to her, and thus I don't really blame either of them for that, although it now lands them in a terrible situation, which we all recognize. I think Kachiko took a logical course of action that benefits KachikoandsuretheScorpionClanIguessandmaybetheEmpireifIneedanexcuselater, while Shoju - for the moment - is putting himself in a dangerous position because he genuinely wants to carry out his friend's wishes and hold the Empire together. It'll be sad to see Shoju fall to the corruption of power, the very problem he's been trying to solve in his Clan.