
Usually a stepmother in this kind of story is a greedy bitch*s who only cares abt power but aria's mother is so different. I think she justs want to have an easy and peaceful life. She didnt even abandoned aria even when they're in difficult position. I really like her mother

Was thinking about the same thing!
Aria's mother does kind of care about power but only because she knows it'll bring more stability to her life to survive.
Also pretty happy she didn't just dump Aria like she could have too and she seems to treat her new husband+his kids equally which feels so bizarre because of our preconceived notion of evil step mothers.
Do wish/hope to see more of her bonding with Aria because rn I'm a little torn/mixed on how good of a mother she really was for Aria after they started living with mielle's family. Mielle did confess to coercing her maids to convince Aria to do things and that's why Aria's personality mostly became warped to where she was seen as shallow greedy brat who was just envious of her sister's skills.
I'm sure her mother could have tried to convince Aria to focus more on her skills unless I'm missing something and/or she couldnt because the mother died from poison way early on which is why Aria didn't have her mother to lead the way.
In the flash back we do know she was at least loved enough for Aria to mourn her death and now in the current timeline, she's willing to collaborate with Aria's plans to pursue knowledge+gain affections(even to try wooing Mielle's crush) so she may just have her own way of raising her child with what she knew best?
also I'm sure to mielle and her brother though they both think that their new stepmother is a greedy b but ofc mielle thinks most things are lower than her lol..

i guess for short she just wants the best for Aria, but she can't just push it to her. She has to gain it by using her own power. Be independent. Damn tough love. She'll be there to help but without Aria's perseverance to chase something she wants she wont make moves... course she favors Aria and she's on her side haha i like how she's so subtle about it and treats the stepson and stepdaughter ok.
"Seme be like: No means yes, yes means anal" lmao