Dude i totally agree like we shouldn't sympathize with someone just because "uwu I'm sad because i have daddy and mommy pRobLEmS" like so does BOTH of our Mcs and they're likeable and funny and interesting the king is just and asshole
Honestly everything ur saying is the legit truth and makes so much sense. But let’s not forget to hate on Kenneth I literally cannot stand that pasty-ass b like he always out here trying to make Charley’s life hell until someone stops it like when he was excited about the marriage cause that means Brandon would be able to somehow control her money and take her title or right now when he deliberately asked about the book so he could confiscate the material and really harm Charley. SUCH A BITCH!
These are all facts
I honestly can't feel an ounce of sympathy fo the king and I am gonna list my reasons why:
1. He may be a victim of circumstance but that is not the only thing that shapes your character. He had a shitty childhood, I get that but so did the Charlotte and she turned out great. See your pst is their and to an extent it influences you but it I think a person has control over how they want the circumstance they are in to influence their character and the way they act. The King, just so happens, to have let it consume him and turn him into this person who has am inferiority complex over a brother who cares for him and loves him.
2. The way he is using his power to control and oppress his siblings. I don't know about yall, but the fact that he has his half-sisters life at the palm of his hands and the fact that he is using her to control his brother does not sit well with me. A sick child, your own sister, and you are using them as a tool for your sick obsession/competition with your brother. So no, he aint good, and even with his past sob story, he is evil.
3. He wanted to take control/possession of Charlottes title and land/power... lets not forget that. The asshole forgot about that shit because he fell in love at first sight with her... but lets not forget that he had motives and was scheming shit against her before he saw how beautiful she is. Might I also add, how shallow it is to fall in love with someone based on their appearance only? I can't even be bothered to sympathize with him. Why should I? What has he done to earn it? He has been a constant creep forcing himself on someone who clearly doesn't care about him... and this sick obsession (i aint calling this shit love) started pnly because of her pretty face. Really? He is that shallow??
So I understand the narrative that he is the way he is because of his past... he went through shit and that molded him into the person that he is. But yall forgot that he is not the only perspn with a sob story here. Every character has had a shitty childhood. He had people who hurt him, but he had a brother who clearly loved him. It was not all dark, he had someone who cared for him. But instead of choosing to be better, be something different from those who hurt him, he chose to be just like them.
Yes, he seems funny. He has friends and people loyal to him. He has good relationships. I guess we've all consumed one-dimensional characters in manhwas that we forget characters are supposed to be dynamic. In real life, just because someone is a bitch, or someone is rude or mean, does not mean they cant have friends, or good qualities. The King is just like that. Yeah he is nice, TO THOSE WHO ARE LOYAL TO HIM, but isn't that the way people are? We are good and we care about those who are on our side, but the difference is in how he acts towards those who he sees as a threat or those who do not follow his rule. He oppressed them and harasses them and that is what makes him a villain.
O do wish he has a change of heart. I don't think it's irreversible or irredeemable. Arthur seems like the type of person who will forgive and he seems to still care for his brother. I do hope they don't repeat history and actually become brothers who cate for each other.