Also I was going to write this about Eclis and he magically appeared here even though I dont think I will be able to explain what I feel well:
On tiktok twitter and more (I agree) they talk about 'those manhwas who use slaves as villains or use the slave as the love interest' and they always name Rashta and Eclis and I lowkey heavily disagree with Eclis.
Penelope is nothing like the other girls who choose or pick slaves bc why not so I feel like people villanize Penelope for using Eclis but idk man it feels wrong to victimize Eclis as a slave and penelope the master trope like some romance pulled by the author. DITOEFTV is much deeper than that when it comes to all their personalities and connections Eclis' way of thinking is very clear he even sold off his fellow slaves after convincing them himself to run away with the money?herbs? Penelope had given them to help them.
Penelope never thought she would stay or that the world was real unlike most mcs, and she never expected Eclis to quite litterally in her eyes seal her death. Penelopes died because of Ivonnes and Eclis was the only one I think who had never killed past Penelopes and she didn’t have much choice Callisto looked like a bastard (although we know that he was hyper sensitive after a millionth assassination attempt by the queen) her brothers were lowkey negative (and ew??) And winter who you know Penelope had rules to follow and was going to DIE if she failed in my eyes only Eris and her and Roxana maybe can understand how that feels other fmcs change the story and its over there is no 100% condition on a ma.
In one case I can totally understand the criticism but on the other Eclis is a really important character for the story and his position as a knight slave was necessary (and that he is the prince of a fallen country) he is not some random villain and he is not 'the' villain Eclis for me can't fall in the rashta or groomed slave categories.
What Im trying to express in one sentence is that unlike in most manhwas the slave isn’t a stepping stone to make the mc shine or make her path easier. Eclis WAS the path towards life for the broken Penelope and he just turned out to be a big Yandere who would rather betray her than listen to her
Also I was going to write this about Eclis and he magically appeared here even though I dont think I will be able to explain what I feel well:
On tiktok twitter and more (I agree) they talk about 'those manhwas who use slaves as villains or use the slave as the love interest' and they always name Rashta and Eclis and I lowkey heavily disagree with Eclis.
Penelope is nothing like the other girls who choose or pick slaves bc why not so I feel like people villanize Penelope for using Eclis but idk man it feels wrong to victimize Eclis as a slave and penelope the master trope like some romance pulled by the author. DITOEFTV is much deeper than that when it comes to all their personalities and connections Eclis' way of thinking is very clear he even sold off his fellow slaves after convincing them himself to run away with the money?herbs? Penelope had given them to help them.
Penelope never thought she would stay or that the world was real unlike most mcs, and she never expected Eclis to quite litterally in her eyes seal her death. Penelopes died because of Ivonnes and Eclis was the only one I think who had never killed past Penelopes and she didn’t have much choice Callisto looked like a bastard (although we know that he was hyper sensitive after a millionth assassination attempt by the queen) her brothers were lowkey negative (and ew??) And winter who you know Penelope had rules to follow and was going to DIE if she failed in my eyes only Eris and her and Roxana maybe can understand how that feels other fmcs change the story and its over there is no 100% condition on a ma.
In one case I can totally understand the criticism but on the other Eclis is a really important character for the story and his position as a knight slave was necessary (and that he is the prince of a fallen country) he is not some random villain and he is not 'the' villain Eclis for me can't fall in the rashta or groomed slave categories.
What Im trying to express in one sentence is that unlike in most manhwas the slave isn’t a stepping stone to make the mc shine or make her path easier. Eclis WAS the path towards life for the broken Penelope and he just turned out to be a big Yandere who would rather betray her than listen to her