What annoys me is that people support this shit, I only read it cause the art but goddamn if your gonna write a story with dark themes dont play over them and just say it wasnt the persons fault. Its all about forgiveness people say to me about this but how can you say that when Tia had no closure all it was was sweet words from the prince to make her fall for him again. Some fans scare me with how much they dont mind the prince and tia gettin together.
This series absolutely DOES romanticize abusive relationships! I liked the part when Tia said "I can understand him [prince] better, but I can't forgive him for his actions". She now sees him in a new perspective, but doesn't forget her pain. That, I believe, is where she should have drawn the line (of course it didn't though. The insistence of the author is really just—). And the absurd comment about rape and drugs? Haha yeah ew. I've noticed some like Ruve quite a lot, but you must be very foolish to excuse those actions.
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100% agreed! I don't like that they're pushing for it too! it's so uncomfortable and he keeps forcing himself onto her, like whenever she wants to leave, he's like please stay!
like i wanna say it's cute and cliche, but don't forget that man literally did some messed up things to aristia and a victim of SA should never be alone with their attacker, albeit if it is in another timeline!
i also think that ruve's attraction is solely based on the fact that that aristia is traumatized, like that dude is like "yoo she's so different now! im in love!" thanks, she acts like that because you gave PTSD! girl bye,,
If you don't like it stop reading it lol
Straight facts
i completly agree but she wasnt raped i just reread the chapter she litterally started stripping for him to gain his love although I DO AGREE dont come @ me pls
I understand what you are saying that it wasnt rape. However when she did that, the prince just wanted to do it cause he was frustrated, it wasnt physically (mostly) forcing her into it as she did like him but thats called manipulation. Hes using the fact that she likes him to have sex with him cause what, he also likes her but it was so hidden.
If a person has mentally tortured you and you still like them and they use that to make them have sex I count that as rape as that is manipulation.
What's the point in trying to use horrible situations like rape and murder to make the MCs more pitiful but then throwing that all away and trying to justify it with plot armor? Not only is it an incredibly shitty portrayal of how one copes with PTSD and trauma, but it's just a bad way to create a story that seems to focus on healing from the past and moving forward. It's a slap in the face to SA survivors and those with PTSD in general.
I'd be more than happy if the MC was finding healthy ways to cope with her trauma and perhaps even moving on from her previous memories, but also acknowledging that despite the prince's actions were wrong and that she is in no way obligated to forgive him for murdering her father, raping her, abandoning her, and letting her die so horribly. Even if he was drugged, that still does not make his actions any right; it's akin to a drunk driver or a person assaulting someone while under the influence, it's still a crime and trying to excuse his behavior and actions is just sick and vile.
Yes, it may be an "alternate universe" where he raped, humiliated, tortured, and killed her, but that doesn't mean it's not the same guy who treated her with the same amount of contempt in the "future" and when she's reliving her second life. If anything, he STILL treats her like garbage until he gets it through his stupid fucking thick skull that "hey, I might actually be making things even shittier because not only do I have the ability to essentially wipe her family and her out as I please due to a strong power imbalance between the both of us, but I also have a stupid inferiority complex and mommy issues directed unfairly towards the MC." Honestly, if the MC decided to avoid changing things, we could probably even predict that he would still treat her with the same level of hatred as he did before if not for her attempting to change the wheels of fate. Like cool, maybe he wouldn't have killed or raped her at that point, but that's meeting the BARE MINIMUM of human respect.
When you write trauma, you best expect that you do a good amount of research on it and how victims and survivors cope with it. Clearly, it took a long while for the MC to reopen back up to the ML- yes, they got the scared shitless part down. However, somehow, the trauma is all gone and she's forgiven him as soon as we bring in the fact that he was drugged. Not only that, it becomes so inconsistent at some points that she blushes or becomes visibly flustered at certain actions as if she was back in love? That's not how it works, especially with the level of torment and humiliation she endured; all gone. It's clear that the author only placed those scenes as shock value and simply a way to make the MC look more pitiful before throwing it out the window to try and come up with a pathetic reason to excuse the ML of all wrong-doing. It's such a lazy plot point made to make him to, somehow, look better. If anything, her being terrified for so many chapters just PROVES that she was at a level of trauma that would barely constitute any amount of saintly forgiveness and babying once she learned about the ML's set of issues. It would be more acceptable if she showed a level of understanding towards his situation, but to the point where she'd marry him? No way. At that point, that's just being absolute hogwash.
No matter what, survivors would certainly not find it in their heart or mind to let bygones be bygones and marry off with the instigators; very few may find it in their heart to perhaps forgive, but keep level of distance away from their abusers. It is possible to recover from trauma, but not towards the person who gave you it.