Atleast Cassiel didn't hurt Jayna' s first life too much. He just make Jayna jealous and kill her unlike To be who rape, murder, and neglect Aristia.
Don't forget how disgusting Jayna's actions were because of the [spoiler]. Remember, she would get crazily incensed if anything slighted Angela & even got into a catfight with her friend & destroyed that friendship over Angela's completely onesided story about how "uwu she was so mean to me at the party & shittalked you uwu". Like, in the past timeline, she didn't even hear out her friend before attacking her....
That [spoiler] really turns people into complete Angela-obsessed yanderes...
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Yes, i tottaly agree with you. Ruve was a little bitch to tia from the beginning but because in the second she started to avoid him and trying to ignore him he gotten interested. And tia gotten the same potion and she could contole her emotion the first time, and ruve could have done the same. But instead blame it on the drugs........ any i dropped that story cuz i was getting irritating with tias attitude (la muy pendeja) especially when i learned she is going to end up with that dumb prince. And i was starting to sympatize and understand jueng (the black hair girl) she got the worst outcome of all. And when she comes back for her revenge dumb tia is in the way protecting this asshole. And the guy walks a way free like the poor innocent guy whi got druged.....ughh. that was messed up.
I see some comparisons between the two and I just want to give my 2 cents. Or more like, 2839495059 cents that no one asked for lol
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I feel bad for Cassiel but I don't really like Ruve even tho their situations have similarities. Cassiel truly loves Jayna but all went to sht when he was given love potion. This love potion emulates the emotions of being in love, but since it is artificial and there is no way to replicate the real emotion, it only created obssession and all extreme, negative feelings articial love can create. This resulted to all the disgusting actions Cassiel did. If he was truly sane and just fell in love with Angela realistically, I don't believe he'd harm Jayna considering the story tells he is truly a good guy.
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On the other hand, Ruveliss didn't really like Aristia since childhood because he's jealous of her capabilities and the fact she has a mom's love that he wanted for himself. Spoilers said he was brainwashed and poisoned by his uncle but it wasn't like the love potion that Cassiel took where it totally changed his attitude and eventually his actions. The poison Ruveliss had the misfortune to take just amplified what is already there - that is his bitterness and jealousy. I really felt that Abandoned Empress' author was going for a redemption arc in their story but they made Ruveliss' actions TOO disgusting - rape, negligence, murder - that he became irredeemable. I was actually a bit fine if his redemption arc was done well and as long as he doesn't become Tia's love interest. But I was appalled to know they still end up together - even with Tia's traumatic memories intact.
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I am actually glad that in this story, Cassiel isn't the ML. I do feel bad for him, but Jayna's mind is truly traumatized and she needs to be free from the fear that Cassiel might turn out to be the 1st timeline Cassiel.