i though it was perfectly fine. its historically accurate because when a someone revolts against the emperor, you kinda have to kill their entire family after killing the revoltee (to ensure his safety). many sacrifices must be made to attain true peace and order (and this emperor clearly knows what kinds of choices to make). also “sparing the princess humiliation” does not equal rape (if you really look at the characters, you can understand that they wouldn’t even do that in the first place).
True, I keep forgetting that they're in a ear and not just royals and army men mixed together
That is very sad to say, but unfortunately for them, that is the wisest decision.
Killing the family of the rebellious leader was to ensure avoiding another revolt, lead by revenge and that could cause even more victims. Even if the princess herself didn’t want to, people could still use her name to do that, so in order to avoid more casualties, it’s simpler to end her life...
Yes it is very distasteful...
yo this era is different yall already see how paulina almost got raped in a broad daylight, whats the use of letting the daugher of that king be alive when it can make a conflict in the future, not to be sound heartless but way back some actually got hanged on public or head being chopped off to let the public know the punishment for betrayal of the royalties. (been reading drama, novel and manga/webtoons with storyline like this so i kinda get why the kings did it) the king is kind already with how he let the girl suicide instead and paulina helped her die in instant and not make mistake since she can feel more pain if she didn’t do it right.
i don't think it was that they were going to rape her, it is more that they couldn't guarantee the other soldiers wouldn't. she didn't force the princess to commit suicide, she just offered it as an alternative to being a hostage or getting executed.
I mean we go from a repetitively lighthearted arc with little action some funny comic relief and then BAM! their telling some teenage girl to slit her own throat and acting like NOT raping her first is a generous blessing (different times different morals yea yea) I get that when your conquering a nation your going to have to basically kill a lot of people who get in your way to do it, but just before all of this they were saying they wanted to avoid bloodshed if necessarily, thats why they made the bet with the king. their quick 180 change of attitude and how quickly they moved on from the events afterwards threw me off (it was a moment of cognitive dissonance that made it harder for me to really relate to the characters).. disappointed me I guess, I know the schemy king dude forced their hand but I guess I was just kind of expecting better from the "Hero's" of this story we are supposed to be cheering for and the narrative keeps hammering in; "its okay, they are SAVING people from war!" but I feel like the princess shouldn't have had to pay for whatever decision that bastard made. she didn't seem to have much opinion on her country's fate. anyway I get why they did it but I can still feel empathy for the fate of other characters, no matter how minor and I dont think other people who mentioned feeling similarly put off about these things were wrong in feeling that way.