I respect your point of view but I personally don’t think is totally true in the novel she didn’t feel bad about what she did to Kaelus , she also said Kaelus will choose her, she always thought she was special not humble more like attention seeker…, my impression of the novel character isn’t that different of the manuha character, she is selfish by nature, power just reveals it more…
That sort of ending is not realistic i prefer the one of the manwa more. Being narrow minded and inflexible is not a flex when you are in power and you are in charge of others humans life and in reality people like do more wrong than good and this chara development suit this type of attitude the best she is selfish and she has always done good to people so that she can praised and stay special it. She had done such bad thing to other peole kael and even others comoners and we have seen the consequences of her actions purely. That is my broad minded view of her and her attitude and people like her IRL
But it isn’t the ending yet
Agree
Yeah, I agree that part, that's why I wrote she wasn't fit to be a royal and was inflexible and narrow-minded. Kaelus went and poisoned the political rivals of the king. As a soon to be royal, she should've understand he did it for the greater good and even she didn't like it, at least she could've shut up but instead she lectured him with her high morals and turned away from him. She could do this as a saint, it's not like she needs to forgive murder but not as someone who will once be the queen. Until the very end she didn't truly understand why others believe what she did was not good. It was well pictured when she talked to Kaelus and he said you believed what you did was right and I believe what I did was right, there is no point to talk about this anymore. Her biggest flow was that she believed she is morally superior to everyone thus she was unable to bow her head and learn.
I have nothing to add , you picture her very well, morally superior to everyone, in completely denial and don’t even consider the points of view of other
From the very beginning Diana wasn't fit to be a royal. She was inflexible and too narrow-minded. But she wasn't a lunatic or evil, there was no need for this change the manhwa did to her character. I think the ending she had in the novel fit her the best, until the very end, she was devoted to the dying king and then returned to the church. Originally she was a pure and righteous character who was very devoted to the poor and ill commoners, but even when she fell from the pinnacle, she didn't turn evil. These changes defiled the novel.