are you really frl?
haven’t you seen how extremely bigoted richieliue is? even from the last chapter of season 2 when shuri confronted the cardinal… the cardinal didn’t offer any help when he wrongfully accused the neuschwastein of incest.
he lives inside his own mind where he believes EVERYTHING he does is holy, is just. he lives by HIS own principle and that does not separate himself from the other cardinals and the corrupt religious clergies who participate in unsavory acts.
you cannot say that he is simply “dismantling the corrupt from behind the scenes” cause he lives by the idea that he is ABOVE everyone else, that is, all his actions are justified, no matter how twisted his actions are.
“AND ARROGANTLY DECIDING THE FATE OF SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE HOWEVER HE
PLEASES... WHERE IS THAT ALL COMING FROM?”
this is the dialogue from shuri when richeliue decided the fate of the neuschwansteins as if they were just mere puzzlepieces from his game… cause that’s what they are: mere fucking puzzle pieces.
he simply does NOT care outside from his own agenda of cleansing the church. no matter the cost, he will do it. and no, you simply can’t say that hes badass for doing all of this BTS, hes an asshole who has instigated much of shuri’s problems.
the way shuri died from her last life? yeah. richeliue ordered shuri’s body to be so deformed that it won’t be doubted that the culprits were safavid bandits. i suggest you reread it cause you see, richeliue covets shuri… has been coveting her since the past life. he couldn’t grasp how, even in shuri’s past life, shuri could dodge the church’s attempt at overpowering the imperial family within the empire. he was obsessed then, and he is still obsessed now. he covets her and HE HATES it. he adapts the mindset that if “i cant have her, then nobody will.” cause you see the pattern of him instigating shuri’s downfall? all of them lead to shuri being isolated within the monastery.
so yeah. stop with glorifying richulie cause hes a piece of shit. i have re-read the story countless times and each time i hate him even more.
in fucking short: he does not cause outside his own cause. he sees himself as above everyone else, as a guiding light towards the path of light even when that path will lead people astray.
he holds himself as a divine authority who will do everything for his own cause, even if it meant dismembering a member of the noble faction to cause a holy war… which meant losing MORE lives for his cause of expanding the church to the safavid (neighboring country) area.
he is twisted, bigoted, and self-proclaimed himself as the God of worldly beings. and he thinks he can compensate by merely punishing himself.
AND NO. he is NOT a deliverer of justice. hes a cunt who kills for his cause. please, reread the story before saying those kinda things
You're based asf
LIKE I KNOW HES CUNNING AND WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES BUT HIS GOAL IS THE DESTRUCTION OF THIS CORRUPT RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION. The nobles arent paragons of virtue either(they outcast the poor and they cheat on their wives, use daughters for transactional relationaships, use the people's tax to fund their extravagant lifestyle).
In fact, hes quite like a deliverer of justice. Objective and ruthless. It just so happens, the path to achieve his goals crosses our Mc's life.
LIKE THEY REALLY DONT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE ENEMIES.