Yippee!!!! A piece of shit seme, but in a new, interesting, realistic and more in-depth way than the usual!!!!!
The atmosphere is so good here, I can practically hear the door shutting for good and the people desperately trying to make sense of things. The characters all feel like they're moving and I could totally see it being made into a film
Surely assassin would be a better word there rather than eliminator :D
I'm sorry, but every chapter I'm being more and more biased. What in the world are you getting upset at pretty boy?!
YOU'RE the one who thought it's a good idea to send your nephew away. YOU'RE the one who blindly trusted someone who'd kill your nephew without hesitation. YOU'RE the one, who let him live in an abusive household!
The hell did Maddie do??? She rescued your nephew without even bargaining with you, she treated him with kindness and she offered a better hiding plan, after seeing how yours failed so miserably.
"Oooh, but she only did it for the money!!"
1. So what if she did? At the end of the day, actions matter more than intentions. The duke obviously had kind and loving intentions, but his inaction led to his nephew being abused. Maddie might have had greedy intentions, but her actions led to him being rescued and safe.
2. She did not do it for the money, bffr. She could've made much more if she was the one who held the nephew hostage (since she clearly has the skills for it)) or if she waited until he was taken to offer the duke her help. Obviously, she extremely materially oriented, so she'll try to get cash out of it, but that was not there reason why she did it in the first place. I'm not even saying she's this kind and loving person, rescuing children left and right, just that she did it for the duke. She cares about the duke's well being, because she finds him interesting and he's her client, so she rescued the nephew to protect his feelings. So what if she wants some money out of the naive fool as well.
3. She's literally hired by him!!! Why would it upset him so, when they literally have a contract regarding her employment. She's not a long time friend trying to squeeze money out of him ((unlike some people)), she's just an overachieving employee. Just be glad your nephew is saved!!! Just reflect on how your foolishness nearly cost him his life!!! Just think about trusting Maddie more, since she literally warned you about your friend earlier!!!!!!
I want to hit the duke with a pan at this point, great story by the way, I'm really enjoying the characters and the story, it feels really unique mwah mwah
You explained it amazingly, it’s like the duke is completely missing the fact that he hired maddie knowing fully well that she does shady shit but when maddies does shady shit he goes fucking ballistic even though maddie already warned him from the start lmaoo
I don't think his issue with her is her being shady, though it makes him biased for sure, but that she doesn't disclose what type of tomfoolery she'll be up to and why. She's not communicating her intentions properly, went on nephew rescue without so much as a warning and is acting like a feisty clown (which I love her for, don't get it twisted) with a guy who's paranoid about being betrayed and murdered. So call me biased when I tell you the guy is totally justified.
Their personalities are just so diametrically opposed to one another that conflict between them is inevitable.
And I would totally understand that, but that isn't what's happening on screen! Most of the his thoughts regarding this are about how Maddie is somehow hurting him by her greed.
Ch. 27: "I'm not dumb enough to introduce my niece to a scammer."
Ch. 27: "Business...right, to Maddie right now, everything is just "business"."
Ch. 31: "In the end, to Maddie, Astrid was just another way to make money. Even that display earlier was just an act. I was a fool for worrying about you, even for a second."
Ch. 31: "I never asked you to be her mother, but don't even think about shipping her off like merchandise" (she didn't you fool of a duke! She asked if you would hide him again, like you've done all this time!!)
And I won't argue she isn't excessive in tomfoolery, just that it's usually not that part he's angry about. Like when he was upset that she would leave for days on end without notice ? I'm 100% with him on that. But her rescuing his nephew wasn't tomfoolery, or something she hid for the kick of it, she knew he doesn't trust her and would go confront his friend about it! That's why she asked about his weakness beforehand and tried to tell him that his friend is a traitor beforehand.
I'll clarify again though, I really like the duke! I feel like he's well written and most of his reactions make complete sense.What inspired my rant in the first place was the last scene of this chapter, where he gets extremely angry with her for offering to hide the nephew, after that's what the duke did! There is no reason to be upset with her there, she just offered to do it better if they had to do it again. And when she expressed that she's glad they're not sending Astrid into hiding again, he gets even more upset. I still like him, and understand most of his issues, but this scene he was 100% in the wrong imo.
Also I'm sorry about the long rant, I just love yapping, I'm not mad at you :,((
I've been reading update to update so I AM very wishy washy on the details ngl. You talked me over with that lmao. 10 points for whatever house you're from (please laugh).
Let me rephrase myself a little bit here. His emotions are understandable but the way he acts on them is inappropriate.
Another but tho, I feel like this last chapter isn't just about FL messing around and ML being angry either. Like his anger was more nuanced than her being a criminal mastermind.
It's a given that at that point they keep Astrid close, but FL still brings up hiding him away - which yea ofc he'd not be in on AGAIN after finding out his friend betrayed him and abused his nephew. Then FL is like "Hihi, I was hoping you'd say that", so he's supposed to just chill out or what??? YEA, anyway, in the end it's still not okay of him to act like she's the scum of the earth even though she's carrying his ass, just because she revealed her money making crime enterprise to him.
Bestie, we're the same. There is no shame, live for the yap soulsister.
Also when she saved him at the start of the story by getting rid of his attacker he used it to MENACE her so he could bargain.
Litteraly said "I could give you our to the guard" when she saved him
This guy have a spine of yellow and. A big entitlement.
Reading this more attentively than my notes is criminal since I have exams soon but can't say I regret it ლ(´ڡ`ლ)
Love Loveeee people who yap about things their passionate about and have a very respectful and thoughtout argument( which is rarer than pink diamonds these days) good day to you both queens ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~
I really love this, it's not often there's such a tense and interesting story with a 90% female cast, plus all the designs and personalities are so interesting.
I will kill and die for Ai-san btw, if you can't handle an instable teenage girl with anger issues, then that is your personal weakness and not one of her character.
I hope Michelle is doing well, whoever she is with and whatever she is doing. Kaoru too of course, but she seems like a strong determined person who'll do well everywhere.
"I love complex characters and I love complex relationships in fiction and I especially love it when well meaning characters hurt each other despite loving each other dearly" I say through gritted teeth as the grandma invites Paula's abusive piece of shit uncle to make peace with him.
It's her last will.. she's dying. It's not like she purposely wanted to torment Laura.
Yes bbg, that's what complex characters with complex relationships means. That's what being a well meaning character who hurts someone despite loving them dearly means. Did you even read the comment.
I feel like acting like this is the FL falling in love suddenly is really misinterpreting the situation...It's not that she sees him in a romantic light now, she had a panic attack and didn't even recognize him. It didn't come out of nowhere, her cracking under the weight of her suppressed memories has been brought up before. She didn't break down because he was a bit mean her, but because of a communication breakdown in a high-stress situation. Like it's obvious she was brought back to a moment where her words were ignored and she got hurt because of it.
Hot take, this makes her a stronger character, not a weaker one. A character who girl-bosses around the place all the time, with no vulnerabilities whatsoever isn't a strong one, it's just another two dimensional character. She isn't this cry-baby princess now, she just had a traumatic flashback and reacted like a person.
Also like... she's kind of crazy. That's an important part of her character. She doesn't act crazy to be mischievous, she genuinely understands the world a bit differently. That doesn't mean she's not smart, or not professional, but that she isn't being weird around the duke to fuck with him, she's just communicating in the clearest way possible to get. Idk, you don't get her like I do