If I remember correctly (possibly not), the author tried to justify the cruelty of the asshole with him being poisoned, so he had "mood swings" and all that jazz. So he disliked the MC, but all the heinous acts were committed under the influence of that poison... what a fucking joke, but whatever. It's over and I had fun hating on it. And with all the character and plot flaws, the art was very pretty and the dresses were amazing. Hopefully the author can reflect and improve on her many not-so-nice biases and come up with better stories for her next project.
I'm still waiting on a complete asshole MC which his author doesn't try to justify or turn around, a complete unrepentant and unchanging piece of shit to hate without contemplation and to enjoy every step of his demise.
so what’s wrong with this story you may ask? Well that’d be a whole packaged to unpack, and I don’t wanna remember, the problem is the way the story presents itself. So what we’re supposed to forget everything the prince did, cause what he was a affectionate deprived spoiled brat,? he felt threatened by mc and all that she had?, he a man of privilege should be forgiven cause guess what he was dumb prince who got manipulated? . What the story is conveying is that a women should be okey with rape, should be okey with the abuse she suffered in the first timeline cause guess what, in what life would a victim re falls in love with her abuser? Only in the world of novels. I’m using re fall in love cause mc never fall out of love with that piece of shit.
The abandoned empress is rooted deep in misogynistic ideologies, and what’s even worse the character i hated the most is mc herself, I’m not even gonna do her the favor of using her name. What was she? I feel like I should do a character Analysis on everything that was wrong with her. she has to be one of the worst fmc I’ve ever came across. Sure the first timeline was a poorly written tragedy, the second timeline was even worse and I pity you if you defend the ml and sum up his actions on the note that “he was a child who need affections and got manipulated”.
Ew just thinking of this trash of a story is leaving a bad taste in my mouth.