Preach! Lol It's so common that abuse or trauma are used as plot devices without actually giving it any real value or depth. Instead it's simply used as "a tragic backstory." It's always bothered me
Unfortunately its just a plot device to make the FL being the only person ML cares about believable rather than something the author actually put any thought into. Child abuse just to show off how nice, accepting and different FL is lmao
Ya it also falls in the category of "o ur the first person to treat me like this" lol Find it lazy but whatever. Lost opportunity. Cliches can be good if it's written well
Have you gotten to the latest chapter? Something in the recent chapters I felt was unique for this kind of arc. But I don't want to spoil it
I only skimmed the latest 2 chapters after stopping around when the Duke is gone. Are you talking about her handling the aunt? My issue isnt really the FL being a pushover, I think shes assertive enough, its moreso a distaste for the author's blasé treatment of a topic as serious as child abuse reflecting poorly in an ethical sense which really poisons the whole work for me. Its not like FL never acknowledges what the Duke did but never to the extent it deserves and the author thoroughly whitewashed him
I like the actual couple but whats with the shitty redemption arc for the Duke? I hate when FL is nice to ML's abusive parents. No matter how much of a nice old man he pretends to be now, he physically and mentally ABUSED the ML. The story wants to use child abuse as a plot device but never explores it to its proper depths. The Duke should be shunned by ML and FL, the narrative should adequately show his behaviour is unacceptable yet its more like "oh yeh he regularly beat his young son before the age of 16 and mentally traumatized him but awh look hes so nice to FL". If they were ganna do this, why not just make the Duke an absent/neglectful father? Atleast it would be slightly better.