Even ines slept with somone else before. Even if not in this life. If neither of them care why does it matter
mf spawned from 18th century
isn’t he just a man after all ? you’re reading an historical story and personally what i like in it is the fact that they’re just human. both broken hearted these good people made bad decisions.
girl people sleep with who they wanna sleep with and this goes for ines too like lol virginity isnt even a thing its a made up concept to shame women for doing what they want and now u gonna go shame men too? get a grip
Imagine telling someone to respect a forced arrangement.
Right. He’s a man who’s free to do what he did in my opinion, he never gave consent to the engagement after all, so why should he care and chase after someone who was using him and manipulating him?
meant to downvote. what bs? cárcel, from what he had seen, was going to be forever stuck in a marriage with a woman who was cold and promised to never love him. ofc he would want to run away from that and enjoy his youth as long as he can. but he changes the whole thing around and never once has eyes for anyone but Ines. that shows his development as a person and also his loyalty. what bs
It matters ...
Hirap mo naman pasayahin ante.
1. Ines WANTED HIM to cheat. That alone is a big argument already.
2. It may not be in this current life, but Ines also slept with other men. And she REMEMBERS them. So she isn't as "virgin" as you think.
3. Virginity (which is just a social construct) isn't even an issue in the story, and you're making a big deal out of it.
4. Don't forget about the CONTEXT. This is not a 21st centry
What matters is he should have stayed loyal to that engagement (in word)
Whether 18 th century or not Virgin or not but should remain loyal that's the point he wasn't loyal to that engagement
yeah cuz the engagement was forced on him. when he was 6. by a woman who has already lived two lives already. if you can't read morally complex characters just don't bother man
Matters to whom? Ines? Or readers who think he should have cling to Ines as a lapdog while she’s rejecting him hard?
Uhmmm.... why???? Because if I rememver correctly, Ines never cared about Carcel's "virginity" to begin with. And if you really want to push the modern idea, isn't it established already that virginity is just a social construct? So.... why does it matter? None of them stayed "loyal" to that engagement (or to each other) to begin with. Ines was initially using Carcel for protection & plans on divorcing him after pushing him to cheat. There was no love at first.
His own dignity by remaining loyal to the engagement
Doesn't he mention in one chapter that he's a used one and he himself thinks it's disgusting
For what? He was forced to married her. It's not like he proposed & cheated. It was an arranged marriage that he never wanted initially. That was his way of rebelling, which didnt matter to Ines. So why would it matter??? She was even ignoring him. If you're gonna hate everything without actually considering the context & the plot (on why it happened), then don't read. You hating him won't change the fact that it already happened & complex characters exists.
Dignity? Glad to know Ines was just as undignified in the previous timeline when she stripped herself naked and trespassed in a stranger’s room and proceeded to sit on his genetalia. She didn’t even know his name. He had to tell her his name in the middle of his lust. I guess that made both Carcel and Ines undignified main characters because both of them had sex with another person while engaged to be married. Bottom line is, two undignified people getting married shouldn’t be a problem.
But Ines didn't care, right? If she did & if it were really a big issue, the story already ended & Ines & Carcel wouldn't be together.
Foul but well said. And did she even ask for consent before sitting on another man’s yeah?
Even if the the whole city is promiscuous the ML shouldn't have slept around or gotten mixed so what does it make him ,how can he be the ML if he have such less control over himself. Just this fact makes him disgusting . People say you take whole life to build respect but it can shatter with one bad thing you had done .
Virginity here shows his loyalty towards ines but he failed in it ,even though she didn't value him, he should have respected the engagement (in word).