there's been subtle hints in the past, Derrik will only compliment Penny's attire when it's the kind that will not attract too much attention
the caged pink bird in his office is also a symbolism
his automatic dislike toward Eclis, there's always tension in the air whenever they are in the same location
the webtoon did not translate it properly but in the novel, when Penny realized his true feelings, she's super disgusted
thats a good point tbh the bird should have told me
and i had seen this trope in a few other comics where the adopted sister is the vilian blah blah but i was really praying it wouldnt be like this for this one i was too hopeful
my last hope is for the brothers in "i am the villain" to not be freaks too
I don't know why, but this whole revelation that he had these freaky ahh repressed feelings for her was just something I did not see coming?? like I just didn't think it would take such a turn.
I thought it would've been something along the lines of inferiority bc the family's reputation kept getting tarnished by her scandals but w a dash of reluctant sympathy/affection or something --- but they gave him a billionaire boyfriend trope, with his adpoted sister??? like be so freaking serious
Like go kick rocks fr derrick but what the hell?
It's just kind of sickening. I can't lie. Like it makes all of his past actions just a little bit more icky. Like you're such a freak. Even if he never saw her as a sister cause she was adopted, she has all of the same features as his real sister that's so weird