
I kinda get you since i do personally like Winter too, but i think Penelope just feels more connected to Callisto since she has spent more time connecting to him(in a like friends kinda way where you make fun memories) than Winter and also her main goal never was to fall in love herself, it was just to make one of them fall so she could get back and winter proved to be unreliable for that.

I don't think she chose Ecklis over Winter because Winter was worse, i think it was simply because she thought Ecklis was easier target without much risk so chose to focus on him, and after he betrays her, she kinda doesn't trust him either. Also in the og plot, winter was the one who brings Yvonne so also another reason she didn't initially trust him

It's about her attitude dawg, I would prolly choose ecklis too if I was in that situation, but the author is desperately trying to make winter look like the bad guy cos he has shit to lose and it's frustrating to watch. Idk how to explain this but the ranking is based on who's most likely to provide a solid life, not who's the most realistic. It's just the way he was portrayed that's ticking me off

AGREED. not only doesn't he seem much more saner than the rest he also is the most strategic, everyone else is just take-action-think-later lowkey. Winter should get much more credit than he's given. Honestly he's the sanest ML in this whole thing, I don't understand why he's discarded so much, he has so much potential and connections that can be explored, but we always end up with Callisto (nothing against him just,, dude)
Winter was highkey the best option, (I say winter because Callisto is always conveniently not present right when we need him) and it pissed me off when she kept acting like he was a supervillain for not dropping everything to believe her. He has other things in his life that he would prioritize, and thays ok. You can argue that testing her was wrong, but he was on the line. His PEOPLE we're on the line obviously he should test her. Drastic comparison but if u were a spy in north Korea would you trust a man you've known/loved for only a month or two with the lives of all of your family and everyone you've ever cared for? Lol obviously not. He's not the typical male lead in that he would choose to save the world over her, but he's reliable logical and all these other amazing things so why is she acting like he's evil? I really don't get her thought process and the story is starting to really frustrate me cos she doesn't see what's right in front of her