A few things:
* Yes, he definitely should've just paid for her to be adopted. Literally anyone would've been better
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* Yes, in an ideal world he would've explained the situation to his wife and she would hopefully have not made the trip and died.
However it is known that for some survivors sharing their SA is really difficult. And for men it can be difficult due patriarchal depictions of masculinity & gender dynamics.
- I do think if his wife was still alive he likely wouldn't have been nice, but he would've been neutral.
- Likewise at least 2 of the siblings would've been kind at least.
One thing, do we know what the FL's mother wrote to the duke that made him bring her into the estate??
If she at a minimum didn't blackmail him to do so, then I'm baffled and I blame that on the author.
Clock it sister
No we don't need to HOLD, because we are reading story how it's presented to us and respond accordingly.
Agree. Crying about an authors choice is nuts. I've seen female characters who can't love a child from a bad marriage, so honestly a male character who was SAd is something different. He's a POS yeah but trauma changes us all. It's part of the story and crying about "wahh bad representation" as if every SA or trauma survivor must be a "good" representation is nuts.
Can't believe we had "perfect victim" demands for fictional media now too
This isn't an easy topic though and your comments without necessarily meaning to could trigger once the possible truth is revealed.
If you want to act prematurely, go ahead. I'm just giving a head's up.
Take it or leave it ╮(￣▽￣)╭
...Are you trying to suggest I can't review an author's decision...Like you are? Cos that's what it sounds like
Also, I never said at any point that survivors must be illustrated as perfect. Nor did I ever say he isn't deeply flawed AND possibly a survivor of something horrific.
The issue of representation is a conversation in *ALL* media. Furthermore, when a marginalised community is illustrated in media, it can greatly inform how general society view said community. Male shame after an SA remains a massive issue.
So if you want to be condescending, have at it ╮(￣▽￣)╭
However, as I previously stated my annoyance with the author is that she has created a deeply, deeply flawed character. The majority of us hate him. Fair.
Moreover, if the SA *IS* in the manhwa I don't think she has given readers room to empathise with the Duke.
But this might all be moot if the manhwa doesn't include it. Who knows
Act PREMATURELY??? While reading an ONGOING STORY? jesus fucking christ, just shut uuuuuuup.
The audacity of novel readers to come to manhwa readers and preach about how we should react to things that yet to happen
We don't need "room" to have "empathy" for him. You're speaking straight nonsense because you personally feel GUILTY for disliking a victim of SA. We don't and won't feel guilty for disliking a man who chose to hurt a child who did nothing wrong, even if it was because he felt she was a reminder of what happened. He chose to ruin his family, as we saw his wife would have accepted and raised her as her own. Period.
Literally lol
So I stopped reading this, because it just didn't sit right with me...
The abuse of the FL and the SA of the Duke. It just...Yeah... No.
But I just checked and I haven't seen anything to disprove him having been SA'd by her mother so far...
Now before you sharpen your pitchforks, I will say though that 2 things can be true at the same time:
-The FL didn't deserve ANY of the hate and suffering she endured.
-The Duke IS a victim and survivor of SA.
If the manhwa leaves the Duke being SA'd out I'll be ecstatic. The way the author has depicted the legacy of SA and trauma isn't helpful.
And sometimes representation can do more harm than good.