Alli3 want to read (All 82)
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But this is the one time I actually kinda invested. Mostly because I’m thinking about it in the way that the original Fiona has been given the same chance as our FL Fiona by having the same knowledge that she had when she first arrived if that makes sense. I’m seeing it as a test to see if the original Fiona would be able to achieve what our Fiona has with the same knowledge. But I don’t know if I’m making sense lol.
I just think it’s crazy that the way Sophia talked about Vanessa, I could’ve swore they were like actual friends who cared about each other despite the servant master relationship. But this revelation just shows that Vanessa didn’t give a fuck about Sophia, not only was she quick to offer her up to the duke to save her own ass, but also how she didn’t even feel like she could have shared that information with Sophia about getting pregnant by an unknown man. Then Sophia essentially tossing her own son aside in favor of a child who has no relation to her OR the duke!
Everyone in this story seems to have some unhealthy obsession with someone to the point where others suffer because of it.
Justice for Rudiger he deserves SO much better honestly.
The explanation for Vanessa’s selfishness is written into the latest chapter and others before it. I don’t support sacrificing someone else’s life for your own wellbeing but you have to imagine the kind of suffering she must’ve experienced having absolutely no autonomy over herself or her decisions. And the decisions she DID make were poor because they were made in retaliation and secrecy. Instead of blaming a victim who brought others down as a result of her own justified hardships, look to the old man, the former king who drove both his sister out because of his volatile personality, but also confined and tortured his own daughter because he projected his regrets from said sister onto the blameless daughter. As someone who has had issues with controlling family, it’s not really something you can explain. I don’t think Vanessa necessarily had no regard for Sophia, but that her own desire for escape and freedom overshadowed concern for whatever fate Sophia would be condemned to as a result.
Side note: I know that the duke and Sophia could’ve gone REALLY poorly, but in the end, he worships the ground she walks on, she became noble and wealthy, and married an attractive guy. I’d like to think (headcanon) Vanessa took into consideration those factors and rationalized that he would at least treat her well
Back to being raised in a controlling environment, it’s almost as though your entitlement to your own sense of self and humanity is stripped from you when someone else reserves the right to place themselves in your stead in affecting the outcome of your life. At the point that it’s described in the story, Vanessa was little more than a pet to admire every once in a while. She was not seen for her existence as an individual, but just a replacement, a replication of someone she never even knew. If you imagine that in a romantic context (being with someone who reminds you of “the one that got away”) it’s incredibly cruel to the unsuspecting partner. Anyway, Sophia says Vanessa was kind, and Sophia seems like a prudent lady so i don’t believe she would make that assertion were it not true to some extent