okay sometimes i wonder how much of chabi's abuse toward kokachin was because of kublai saying that she never "did the hard thing", like, he wanted an heir of course but kublai never said anything big about it and neither did jingim (seen in kokachin's distress over her miscarriages). chabi really wanted to prove herself to the khan and did not give a shit on who she hurt to get to it... marco, kokachin, jingim, byanbar (? stable boy?), her kids etc. hoping that s3 will show consequences but idk
if that’s how it all transpired well she fucked up real bad b/c they’re now backed up in a corner with a secret to protect. ngl seeing chabi and kublai’s confrontation at the end of the finale, giving us full frank/claire underwood vibes, was something i admittedly have been wanting to see for a long time but when i remember the reasons why & at who’s expense i just