Preach!!!
Although irl nobles and royalty were often utterly useless since it was usually inherited by firstborn males who weren’t always the brightest. Even ones that were smart were usually awful rulers since they tended to take advantage of commoners so irl a commoner queen who was determined to rule may have actually brought empathy/practical knowledge which sheltered nobles simply didn’t have.
They want a submissive wife. (๑•ㅂ•)و✧ They do not want a queen who can rule by their side as an equal. (〜￣△￣)〜
True that
I kinda feel that this is why concubines are a thing...Unfortunately that is. Like the ruler needs to marry for political reasons but wants to have his cake and eat it too so he gets another wife that he either loves or is in lust with.
I agree, but the problem with the manga commoner girl who the prince falls in love with is that they’re generally portrayed as useless, petty and money/ power hungry themselves, and childish to boot, hence why I find them annoying you know? I feel like if she was portrayed as an honest, compassionate and hard working woman there wouldn’t be a problem.
This!! Sadly none of these mangas tells us about how things are after the said prince married the commoner girl whom he claimed to be better than his ex. Can they actually lead the country or...?
Off the top of my head The daughter of the Albert house wishes for ruin seems to be actually going in a good direction with the commoner girl. But that one has the characters coming to a mutual agreement with the engagement annulment. And they are all still friends.
The thing that annoys me the most in these kinds of stories is when the prince proceeds to absolutely ignore the years (or decades) that his fiancé spent on getting an education and then decides he wants to marry an uneducated commoner instead. Don’t get me wrong, falling in love and breaking off his engagement is one thing, but when he sets his fiancé up to make her look bad as an excuse to break it off it annoys me to no end. What kind of queen/ empress would an uneducated commoner/ low class noble girl even make?? She can’t do finances/ taxes, can’t help with strategies in case of a war, can’t help with treaties with other countries- she would probably embarrass the country and offend the others with her lack of education/ etiquette which could cause a war in and of itself... so why the heck condemn your own country like that?? Like do these crown princes have no education of their own? That would explain why the fiancé has to work so hard from childhood I guess... but then why does the royal family allow the prince to break it off?