also, i know this is fiction but a lot of things seen in this can also be seen in real life so please try to be a little bit empathic towards the characters that clearly just victims
nah tea because i just got called a dumb bitch and was told to stop projecting when i talked about me relating to helena as an abuse victim and i just- *pikachuu surprise face*
oh no, i'm so sorry someone said that to you, ur definitely not any of that wtf.
also, yeah I just wish ppl could mince their words more and think about it a bit more critically,,,,, a bit of kindness and empathy never hurts anyone.
hope ur in a better place now<3
i feel so sorry for both eris & helena, both of them are constantly forced to comply w things they're not comfortable with by men or other authority figures.
like, a lot of comments are hating on helena but she really has even less agency than eris, being a commoner and a palace maid. someone in the comments said they would have liked her to look ashamed of entering w the crown prince but we don't really know how she feels or what did he said to her to get to do that. so all in all she's also just a victim.
and even though eris can do more, she still has to follow the rules and expectations that society placed upon her.
honesty this is one of my favourite stories currently bc of how realistic it is in relation to how women were historical treated, even though it makes me feel hateful lol
it would be really nice if the others reading this could try to see things differently and not to pit the eris and helena against each other bc in reality the true villains are the crown prince, the empress and society itself