Why doesnt she have any hesitation to use her friend as a stepping stone then
Pay attention to the plot in the story. The fact that the part where she's mentioned to be the stepping stone was only in behalf of Medeia. Their friendship is genuine; you can see how distraught both of them were after Psyche was chosen, Medeia because she thought that Psyche was just using her (as you implied) while Psyche was also mad because of the same reason (that Medeia had befriended her only out of pity, and when the result didn't end the way she wanted, she's willing to throw Psyche away even though that's not the case etc). Yes, she's happy that she's been chosen by the prince, but she's not happy at all that Medeia was left angry by it. At what point in the story has it been made clear that she's just the 'stepping stone' for her friend, when she's actually just an unwilling pawn in the freaking prince's plot? P/s: Sorry for getting worked up, I'm just really emotinally invested in these characters.
Uh, I dunno, maybe because I'm entitled to my own opinions? I'm just stating what I think of others' obviously one-sided favouritism towards Medeia, and I agree with you on the part where people will hate a weak character. I am certainly finding the flaws on others' preference of characters, but that's based on my opinion. It's not even that complicated so you don't have to reply on my thread if you don't like reading it lol
So I know people are upset that Psyche is 'weak' in the face of the crown prince as has lingering feelings for him: but keep in mind that she's locked up for 15 whole years and was brought out from the basement under the belief that the prince had saved her. She even said the prince *IS* her God at one point, no matter how ludicrous that sounds. To her, he's her saviour before a murderer. There's also the fact that the prince serves as the catalyst for her instead of the father for Medeia. I'm pretty sure Medeia has no other choice than to just agree with the dad's idea of selling her off if she's still in her OG body (which is also what Helios notes, remember? How it's always been 'this' way?) I just find it incredibly unfair that people are hating on Psyche simply because she's not born a badass protagonist like Medeia, when both had suffered a horrible past. Psyche was naive because of how she was brought up, and is slowly learning how to hold her ground against others. Goodness, look at how long my rant is. I understand if there's still anyone who hates me for this though, but ugh. Seriously.