uhm so this has been my comfort story since before season 2 would be put into making, it w...

11.11 May 25, 2025 9:23 pm

uhm so this has been my comfort story since before season 2 would be put into making, it was my whole roman empire
but i gotta say im dissapointed with how the ending turned out
it was a happy ending but i couldn't really feel the impact of the story that it used to have during its first two seasons (especially the first one)
main thing that bothers me is that i loved the daughter but she feels like she was there to just take over and have them retire earlier, which what was the point of all that hard work then being done in s1 n 2, i wanted to see them ruling together and teacher her and preparing her more to take over, like i get the point of those 2 seasons kindaaa was to create a better world where everyone especially the future generation would live better but idk
it also rlly bothers me that it didn't feel like they had any actual real bond with her, if the author wanted to add a family aspect to it i feel like they could've done a better job at it but i will say i rlly like that unlike wolfgang and the rest of the now grown generation who had to suffer so much at the hands of the last king, the daughter gets to grow up in a healthy and carefree environment without the pressure of having to be perfect
ig what s3 was mainly lacking was the tension n the crisis tho
it kinda js felt like random side stories mashed together which didn't feel like it had any purpose other than for it to just be there so they could get married, i could very much be wrong but idk I couldn't feel it hitting the same anymore

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    Zhenzhu May 30, 2025 9:06 am

    Epsilon wasn't meant to be a family troup addition to the story, which is why she calls Shin "godfather". It may seem like she was simply made to be the new ruler and as you put it "a way for them to retire early" but that's not necessarily a bad thing, or as simple as you put it.

    This will bring us back to the very start, and Shin's motives. Shin didn't want to make a SINGLE good king, he wanted to reform the entire kingdom, just like his father dreamed as well. Wolfgang shouldn't be the only goal, and he surely wasn't. This was literally the crux of their issues together in s2, where Shin was always looking towards what's next, what's best for the kingdom, Wolfgang was fixated on "Didn't we achieve what we want by making me king? Why are you paying less attention to me now?" Because he didn't fully grasp the depth of Shin's goals until later on.

    Wolfgang never wanted to be king for power, nor the position, he was doing it for Shin and now that they've achieved his goal Wolfgang wants to pass the baton to someone new while ensuring Shin's aim for a reformed kingdom remains intact. What's happening in s3 is not focused on Epsilon but all the building blocks of the kingdom that will support the new rule of her and the building blocks that will maintain the new outlook that Shin has ingrained in Goldenleonard, which is why it felt like multiple stories mashed together despite them all being connected.

    Tbh I do prefer older seasons for the urgency they had and the strong emotions, and s1 will always remain my favorite for how disturbing and packed it was, but s3 doesn't lack luster at all. It's peace, and it's new beginnings with its own problems that are not as adrenaline packed as the seasons before and that doesn't make it less. it's simply fulfilling the goal and plan that was started in the very first chapters in Shin's mind, and watching it come to fruition.

    Zhenzhu May 30, 2025 9:13 am
    Epsilon wasn't meant to be a family troup addition to the story, which is why she calls Shin "godfather". It may seem like she was simply made to be the new ruler and as you put it "a way for them to retire ear... Zhenzhu

    Mind you they also never forced Epsilon into anything, she just decided "Actually I want to be the perfect king and carry that baton and I will fight my way through to be the first female to get the crown and I will make sure my god father's hope and reform remains"

    While others see Epsilon as boring and uninteresting simply because she didn't have a tragic suspenseful life, I see her as the best qualities of both Wolfgang and Shin in one person. Stubborn as Wolfgang with big talks and persistent will, and smart, cunning, and willing for change like Shin. She wasn't arrogant, she took advice, and she was open for discussions with the other boy about how a kingdom should be ruled. She fit into her role so naturally, and that's why she didn't need the heavy nurturing people expected her to have from her "parents". I do wish we had more "family" moments with them all, but tbh I don't think Wolfgang and Shin were even ready to be parents or had that capacity, so they were trying their best from their own pov.

    11.11 May 31, 2025 3:58 am
    Mind you they also never forced Epsilon into anything, she just decided "Actually I want to be the perfect king and carry that baton and I will fight my way through to be the first female to get the crown and I... Zhenzhu

    i get what u saying and i do completely agree w it i actually dont find her boring nor do i find the need for her to have a tragic life, i mentioned that i like that she gets to grow up more freely in a better environment
    it was just my own personal feelings when comparing it to other seasons
    no way would i say the writing is bad for the story i love the creators of King's maker cuz like i said its been my comfort story for so long
    i feel like it could've used a bit more crisis tho
    it didn't have to be something huge and devastating, i just wish we could've seen her in action more i suppose