To be honest, I'm not surprised at all...

Authors will do anything to keep their FL’s pure for their ML no matter how stupid it sounds

Okay let’s put it this way if a man walks into a cookie shop and wants to order cookies bc he really wants and loves cookies but the shop says ofc you just have to wait a bit their just about to be ready and hot out the stove you just have to wait about 5 minutes and as soon as they’re ready a cooled a bit I can have them all boxed up for you but the man throws a tantrum bc he can’t immediately get his cookies and this is a cookie shop so he feels he’s entitled to his cookies bc he’s a paying customer and instead of coming to a compromise or acting like a adult he storms out for 10 minutes and in that 10 minutes he goes to a convenience store and buys some cheap and bland crackers but they aren’t enough and he’s still craving the cookies so he goes back to the cookie shop even after throwing a fit and buying crackers but he still wants his cookies so he asked the shop where are my cookies and the shop says sir they weren’t ready and you left someone else already placed an order for these cookies he gets mad and yells that the shop sold his cookies the shop tells him he never paid for them or waited for them so they’re not his cookies not to mention he has his crackers he gets mad and says this is a cookie shop I deserve cookies and the shop says with the way you’ve been acting sir I’m going to have to kick you out please take your crackers and leave but afterwards the shop does feel bad bc they didn’t have cookies ready for him but that doesn’t justify his actions and they have the right to refuse service as a business and the man ate his crackers thinking about cookies and mad at the cookie shop not thinking about anything but his own wants and needs

What does this even mean lol there is no correlation or relevancy to you argument we said adultery and spousal abuse/rApe is bad and you say well women wear corsets and that’s bad too like girl bffr that’s not even apples to oranges that grapes to watermelons you can see the sizable difference between them no comparison needed

Girl come on now he was a virgin so it’s not like he couldn’t live without something he’s never had or even learned to use his hand he got rejected one time and threw a tantrum like a child and then ran away instead of trying to work it out he literally ignored her the whole time he was away and surprised her with a mistress upon return and then threw said mistress in her face instead of talking to her trying to compromise or even understand her feelings nor did he explain his own like when was she supposed to get that divorce when he was ducking and dodging her or sneaking and creeping on her
Like it’s obvious now she’s going to be a normal human and divorce him not avoid and cheat on him like he did to her he literally could have been honest and open with his partner and talked through their feelings communicating insecurities set goals understood boundaries and worked towards intimacy but he threw a tantrum came to a one sided conclusion made it all about himself and avoided/shunned her ran away cheated and then after all that said she wasn’t doing her duty when she held up the kingdom doing all the work of a empress plus his work while he was away committing adultery he didn’t do his duty that whole time as a husband or as a emperor like what she supposed to do get pregnant and grow their relationship with his absence and memory if he didn’t like what happened he should have talked to her or broken up not cheat period point blank

Also crazy that yall are making period think pieces like this when this is literally fictional with magic and monsters not to mention we don’t know what region or time frame of the story so most of your points are completely irrelevant let’s also not forget there were many French, Scottish, Spanish, African queens/rulers and female pharaohs who remarried after they divorced, killed or lost their husbands to some other fatality this happened through out many periods but got less common after the rise of Christianity and Catholicism

Look, I'm not justifying his behaviour, neither I was before.

So my point is, fl had to be "pure" for the sake of plot and ml LOL

Secondly, we are here talking about a literal manchild beast, so yeah he was rejected and "found" someone else "coincidentally", and to add fuel to the fire she had his name, according to some ancient mythology

Did he do the right thing? Obviously NO

What we were having when all this conversation started was a light humerous joke, that its not a surprise that he found someone else, after been rejected for 5 years during the marriage

And idk where you read it, But I don't think it was ever mentioned that he was away for 5 whole years

Finally someone who understands

The fl was in love with him but was scared of intimacy but they had started the act her “purity” has already been tainted by marriage and kissing by those standards
Secondly your second point doesn’t make sense especially being the fact that he chose her fought for her made her empress and wanted her since they were children and said he would deny fate bc they were meant to be and she was the love of his life but as soon as he felt insecure he ran into the arms of another woman and broke all his promises and continuously let’s himself be tricked and puppeted by said woman and his own delusions sooooo and what “ancient mythology” are you talking about lol all we know at this point was that he has a beast like form that was viewed as a curse by many so he was ostracized
lol he didn’t do the right thing not once through out the whole story but yall justifying his actions and perpetuating rape culture and misogyny by saying he’s entitled to sex and cheating so no it was never some funny joke

And I said multiple times that he be came cold started shunning and avoiding her and then ran away while ignoring her efforts but go off with that selective reading not mention the whole first chapter is her talking about how he’s changed and he went away for so long that she’s finally getting to see him and talk to him only to be disappointed by his despondent attitude and mistress
there is nothing to reason with he was child and threw a tantrum when he couldn’t have sex he acting like a sex addicted emotional and entitled brat there is nothing lighthearted about that yall are pushing male standards and patriarchy

Lmaooo if it’s not justification then what is it sweetheart like what are you fighting for if not to excuse or explain his behavior or reaction and guess what that is Σ( ￣□￣||)

Ok Karen, let's just have it your 'way', since you're being soo sensitive, what started as a light hearted joke has turned into a international debate. Lastly before muting all this nonsense I wanna say that your stupidity knows no bound as you can't take a joke

Oh, and sorry, I can’t even be bothered to read all this nonsensical letter. I appreciate the thought, though, LOL. Sorry, but not sorry. I hope next time we have a conversation, it will be with more maturity

Crazy for you to use maturity as your statement piece but making jokes about cheating and abuse while siding with the most immature and toxic person in the whole story and where was I not mature it sounds to me you can’t bring validity to your arguments so you’re labeling me as immature to brush off those misogynist comments and the way you’re perpetuating rape culture and promoting spousal abuse like nothing you’ve said held any weight lol but you name calling and muting bc you can’t have a proper debate isn’t immature behavior but I guess that’s to be expected when you’re running away without a reasonable conversation just like the man you defending the irony and ignorance is astounding At this point, I’m just gonna have to wish you the best because you’re gonna need it with that outlook on life

I mean way to dodge any accountability or reason while avoid all my points and not respond to anything I said like you’ve been saying a whole lot of nothing real loud and real wrong

jokes are meant to funny and make people laugh this wasn’t a joke it was a statement at the expense of a very real situation of men weaponizing sex against women cheating and spousal abuse you saying I’m sensitive shows your lack of understanding though your limits on tactful communication and insensitivity towards women says enough

"It's not an act of love if you make her!"

Agreed there is no need to be trash as well as the fact that the blame is being put on a women just because she doesn’t want to have sex with a dude who she doesn’t like, like girl paaallleeaase that’s crazy

Yesss 1000000% agreed I don’t know why the blame game is happening. Everyone have the right to refuse? Like didn’t people watch that yea animation is health class about how you wouldn’t force someone to drink so why would you force someone into sex! And that dude was totally ego hurt he needs a reality check!