Learn the poor man’s backstory before criticizing him this way. Some ML are just shxt and it shows right away, but this one clearly went through some shxt.
I personally can never judge characters harshly when I feel like there’s a real story behind their behavior.
Having a harsh past does not excuse his actions, it gives a reason to why he is like that, not a green card to act like an asshole . I know he went through shit but that doesn't mean he should act like shit
... yeah. I guess that <SPOILER ALERT>
Having your first wife rape you until she conceived a child should not leave a hint of trauma on the poor guy, huh? I’ve always been impressed by women who keep the child after they were raped, because I personally don’t think I’d be able to do that. Because then unless you give the child up, you have to love the child.
Men, especially those in the king’s position, don’t have those options. Is it the child’s fault? Of course not. But you can’t claim not to understand why he hasn’t been able to open up His heart to the child. Unless trauma isn’t something you can empathize with, you can’t say that on some level at level at least, you don’t get why he’s been excessively cold to them both. You can’t say you don’t see why he was relieved when the FL said she wanted separate beds since, as he mentioned, he was never able to sleep with her by his side. Or why he looked terrified when he thought she would kiss him. Or why he won’t even entertain having any other wife.
Yet a man with such a trauma still managed to listen to what she said and made the effort to have dinner with them both.
As far as I’m concerned, he’s excused.
P.S: I felt free to go on a rant in my spoiler because you made it sound like you already knew what kind of shxt he went through.
If in ur eyes he is excused then that's on u, in mine he is still a jerk with a very fucked up and unfortunate past, anyways it's always interesting hearing others, I'm gonna stop ranting cus it's tiring, go drink some water or whatever.
tbf the original Abigail was kind of notorious for her personality/past antics so him being skeptical of her so far seems about right.
And I agree his past is pretty traumatic but should not be his whole identity so him neglecting Blanche is a bit of a turndown cause who could do that to such a sweet child ┗( T﹏T )┛ but the upside is on the level of douchebaggery for MLs, he's certainly higher on the list only because he provided for his wife and child's daily needs aside from love and care and he does seem like he can understand when he's in the wrong with the MC and apologize so let's hope he keeps growing lol
Man I'm so tired of petty ignorant ML like this, if blanche or the MC weren't so amusing I wouldn't have added this to my reading list.