this is fictional! hope this helps!
It's difficult to remember that sometimes, as for some people some of the things that happen in this manhwa just hit too close to home
Yeah it's fictional but there's a lot of young impressionable minds reading this. If people just easily accept it as ok to forgive abusers easily and to just accept them, young minds will grow thinking this type of behavior is fine (●'◡'●)ﾉ
Personally, I don't really think he should be forgiven easily but I do believe he should be given a chance of redemption. And that chance ofc shouldn't be handed out easily (cough fuck derrick ahem!) Like yeah he did abuse penelope and constantly blame her but its also obvious he is trying to redeem himself and be a better brother. The same goes for the Duke. He was very neglectful towards penelope but he's trying and at least there's that bc some of these fathers in other stories dont even do that much.
And to the other person (if they read this) just because its fictional doesnt mean situations like this don't happen in real life. Yes its a story with characters that wouldn't be real in rl or is 100% coincidental but the circumstances exist. Saying the story is fictional doesnt validate that what is happening in the story is okay and should be fine to just forgive someone bc they're different now or "changed"
It's true that many characters like Reynold and the Dad are trying to apologize for the abuse, but still they deserve more than just a slap on the wrist. Like so far all I remember Reynolds really do is the minimum to apologize and stop bullying her. Also he gave her bunnies, like what...years of abuse and all you have to do is give her bunnies..nah bro. Also yeah Derrick absolutely has done nothing to be forgiven for. It's even worse knowing that SPOILER ALERT he has been low-key crushing on MC since she was a kid and he was older then her (insert siren sounds) ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ
Yeah I agree reynold and daddy are gonna have to risk their life AT LEAST to make up for the abuse they've put penelope through during her entire life. I'm just glad there's change actually happening with them and its not something immediate but a gradual change over time.
Honestly I prefer this slow burn forgiveness arc as well. I don't really like it when they make the MC have a naive heart and forgive their abusers just because they said sorry. Also Reynolds and the Dad definitely better jump in front of Penelope to avoid getting her killed in order for me to actually start accepting their apology as well ┑(￣Д ￣)┍
Personally, I'VE forgiven Reynold, but that doesn't mean I want Penelope to forgive him yet yk? I can like Reynold as a character and also like the fact that Penelope is reacting to him the way she should be, A.K.A. with severe distrust. Reader opinion on a character can differ from reader opinion on character opinion of character.
theres still human qualities and characteristics thatre being mirrored from in-person relationships! hope this helps!
sorry but young impressionable minds should not even be on this website considering what the home page looks like. this website is an adult space
look i didnt mean to come off that agresive tbh im very biased having read the novel ive already gone through these scenes and i forget that not everybody has read it
Let's be honest young ppl definitely should not be reading on this website and should use a more appropriate one but truth is they will be using this one bc it's one of the most convenient manga website. Also even then I think the age rating is still aimed for young adults so one way or another they were the audience ╮(￣▽￣)╭
regardless of the fact its fiction and how far along we are, my point is to not forget how little effort theyve truly put in to be so friendly towards penelope as they are now. the way they treated her came from intentions and characteristics that are very prevalent in the real world unfortunately, and SOME people fail to distinguish between the two (adult or not)
DERRICK HAVE WHAT ON PENELOPE?????????!!!!!!!!(╯°Д °)╯╧╧
I was just as mad bro like c'mon bro you're way too old to justify pulling your crush's hair for attention. *Insert police siren noises*
yeah derrick is the only unforgivable one imo he's awful
alright i need yall to stop now cus it feels like we've done a complete 180 and gone in a circle to my initial point of not picking and choosing when to forgive abusers
Oof we all got too passionate and out of hand
no i mean it feels like everyones trying to shift all the blame onto derrick when my original post was abt reynold. yk like how everyone would rather choose the lesser evil when in reality all of them should be held accountable
oh hun, i ain't liking reynold yet nor forgiving him about the bullying and the abuse but derrick goes way beyond back!
i hope you guys dont forgive abusers as fast as youve forgiven reynold. the only reason why he treats penelope better now is bc shes playing a game with her life, if she had chosen to be her original self then no one would even give her an inch of compassion. reynold didnt care to understand her behavior before, only after she started manipulating the game into her ways.