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The Apothecary Diaries Ep 14: Unedited Access (Patreon)

Published:
2025-11-13 01:00:11
Edited:
2025-11-26 15:47:26
Imported:
2026-09

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Hello Patreon family! I hope you enjoy your unedited access to my detailed analysis of episode 14 of the Apothecary Diaries. I also share some historical imperial Chinese context below.

As some pointed out, and I soon realized, Master Jinshi would be a prince regardless of his knowing the secret identity as the brother of the Emperor. However, the significance of his "princehood" would be very different as the brother vs. the son. Historically, the brothers of the Emperor do not become Emperors even after the Emperors die. They are called "wangye," which loosely means "first-rank lords"; this is the same in the West. ONLY the sons of the Emperors could inherit the crown, which is why I emphasized more on the "secret prince" identity throughout the series after Maomao's conjecture and my analysis.

My predictions go crazy starting episode 15, can’t wait to share! WHAT A SHOW!!!

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Jan Negrey

FYI "Yan" Negrey. I don't mind French accent, since my name is equivalent of "Jean" in French. Yan is a Japanese transliteration. Like in "Yandere" ;) (I always joked about this because my Japanese teacher always called me Yan-san)

Leslie

a very setup heavy episode, for sure. Excited to see how your theories change shape over the future episodes :)

Jan Negrey

Personally I feel like Gaoshun just gave Maomao the coat, because it's cold. He is thoughtful and he likes Maomao, calling her Xiaomao. But when glare came, he pretended that it was Jinshi who ordered it. Because you know, he doesn't want to displease his Master.

Jan Negrey

So Fine powder from grain or flour mixes with air and it can combust in a really big explosion (deflagration). There are between 1 and 4 such explosions a year (I'm talking only about major ones) that we know of. China doesn't reveal most of it's incidents, but they are recorded on Seismographs. The biggest explosions easily breach the potential of very small nuclear warheads. So grain Silos are among the most dangerous pieces of infrastructure in the world. They are built in such a way to prevent those explosions, but any safety problem can be lethal. Some of those explosions are bigger than equivalent of kiloton of TNT. It's basically an air-fuel mixture, same as used in thermobaric warheads.

Dissacharyde

Hearing all the theories, I'm getting giggly for Benoit Kim (Hope I got the name right) to see the punchline and how right and wrong he was xD

Gpinko

44:00 Good catch, a lot of people miss this because these scenes are super subtle and quick, but please remember this for later. Any tiny flash scene is important, even if it's not always answered right away. Sometimes it might not even be revealed for several episodes. Super interesting theories....I do think your knowledge of Chinese history and cultural background will help you in this show. I know some people get confused by concepts/mannerisms because they don't understand the politics/culture/societal norms in this time period and try to compare it to modern day, which, it doesn't work.

Ana Maria Zuñiga

It's getting tougher to avoid spoilers hahaha Good episode though!

Jon Daux

I agree that some things are unknowable, but I think it's wrong to compare that to Newtonian Physics. Newtonian Physics has, for the last 100+ years, been acknowledged a good ESTIMATE of the world in certain situations. It's not been considered a universal framework since the birth of Quantum Mechanics at the dawn of the 20th century. Quantum Mechanics specifically, as part of its definitions, describe exactly how it is indeed impossible to know everything. But an element of randomness in the Universe can still be reconciled with the idea that science can explain everything. After all, if you can explain how and why something is unexplainable, is that not in essence an explanation of it?