And y'know, the whole film also touches on the habit Chinese have always had for rewriting history. My Dad and I had this talk on the ways the First Emperor is usually portrayed--he comes off way, way worse than here--and I've been studying Chinese history, which is taken much more personally by the Chinese than Westerners take Western history.

*breaks into squeeing*

If I could figure out a fic angle for this...but it just seems so complete in and of itself.