forestofglory

STET was not a good story (it had a clever idea but I didn't think it was written well), you're not missing much. The Only Harmless Great Thing was a better story but yeah, super super depressing. I agree, a lot of the nominees didn't strike me as that good, really.

I am also watching NiF and loving it!! I'm a little farther than you (just finished ep 14) but am watching so slowly (one episode a week or two weeks) that you'll probably finish it before me, lol. I am totally not following all of the plot (zdenka is kindly letting me ask her lots of dumb questions about it) but am really enjoying it. One of the moms (Concubine Jing) is legit my favorite (I have a new fave every episode but she tends to remain in my favorite list) -- she hasn't had a huge amount of on-screen time but she's so great that she transcends that :) Oh! zdenka also linked me to this super helpful (for me) character list, because I keep forgetting what everyone's name is: https://lesbloggerables.tumblr.com/post/157788020760/nirvana-in-fire-character-guide