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PREACHHHHH!!!!!ヾ(☆▽☆)
I like the story, but I totally agree about her switch ups for people she barely knew. But there’s actually a lot of stories that have very deep and impactful traumas. I guess it depends on tastes because if it’s too realistic for people FL can come of as “weak”
Dropping this after chapter 9. Genuinely what was the point of setting up all the trauma that she went through if it means nothing? I get that it's the quickest way to make characters and readers sympathize with the mc, but is too much to ask that it affects her personality, even a little bit?
"I hate pain and never want to feel it again" turns into "even if it was brief, and I have to go back to the basement again, I was happy to have met you :,)" Like what?? What are you talking about??? You've been locked and abused in a basement for years, what do you mean you're going to go back to that, just to save a boy, that brought you to the murder forest, who you know for one day???
"I never want to see the evil duke again (and I've been established as an intelligent character)" turns into "Well I guess it's best to stay at another duke's house as his daughter, this totally minimizes my chances of seeing my abuser again teehee!"
So far, the aftermath of her life of abuse has accumulated in silently crying while asleep and hiccups.
Is it too much to ask for a heroine, who's experiences impacted her? She should be secretive! Plotting an escape route at every move. She shouldn't be self-sacrificing, she should value her life and safety above all! She shouldn't be bashfully accepting affection, she has clear memory of what happened tbe last time, she did that. There's practically no difference between how she met the current duke and her abuser. She should automatically be extremely suspicious of any Oum user, especially one that can steal her damn breath!
She wasn't just abused, she was locked in a cell having spent countless hours with her own thoughts. She should have some complex views or ideas. Some emotions so overwhelming, that they don't melt in the background, just because she got a haircut. The art style is so pretty and there are so many interesting ways to tackle this plot, which is why this is so frustrating. Even if she was obviously going to be caught, I wish we saw her planning how to get the hell out of there, the moment he told her her new name. Hiccups just isn't an adequate response..