Honestly the alpha probably gave himself some trauma and is subconsciously blocking Ryo's smell to avoid going feral again, or its a hormone thing. Either way this going to cause a misunderstanding
The should end this soon. Its too lost in the sauce I can't taste what the main course is anymore.
Sybau don't read then
Didn't ask for your opinion, thanks though
Not before Jay's backstory ihave been waiting for it like forever
We do not care
You know what? Facts tbh I also need Jay's backstreet.
The amount of second embarrassment i feel is crazy. I didnt realize she said that out loud till Helios questioned her. I-
Tbf the younger sister was given no context on how or why the MC supposedly killed their mom. All she knows is that everyone seemed to hate her, and for the longest time, didn't know why. Then got told at a random tea party that the reason why was cause the MC is apparently a mom murderer. To which our homegirl didnt try to defend herself, I know she was stunned, but like that does not help her case in the slightest. So, for me personally, if the lil sis genuinely apologizes I could stomach the idea of the MC and her talking.
I don't think what they have is unsalvageable. I won't feel some type of way if the MC chose not to. Its within her right and completely valid if she doesn't. I just think that their foundation isn't ruined and they could rebuild. The rest of the family though? Full of tweakers. Jade may be nicer but hes still a fuckin dick and the older is missing all critical thinking skills. Don't even get me started on the dad.
I could see it now. Jade self-reflects and regrets his actions and tries to apologize then gets denied. Probably feels like the MC is required to start over with him just cause HE wants a second chance. Older brother is probably even more entitled to whatever shenanigans he decides to get up to, and the father? Thay old, dastardly, man will continue to feel like the MC owes him. The only regret the old tweaker might feel is not trying harder to pretend liking her to get what he wanted.
I know these kinds of author's never have a sibling properly rekindle a relationship because everyone in their eyes is the same level of plot device, or if they do somehow reconcile, its cause the MC is just a fish brained door mat. I would just find it more interesting if the little sister makes a real attempt, respects boundaries, proves herself and they start over later.
While I do agree with you, I will say that it can be as difficult to “properly rekindle” a relationship with a sibling in real life as it is to write a good, cohesive scenario about it.
I’ve had multiple falling outs with my sisters over the years and, while we are cordial and occasionally friendly through texts, I do still feel a kind of tension between us that I don’t think is possible to erase completely. (We’ve never apologized to each other either, but we’re all very stubborn.) I’m always walking on eggshells around my sisters and their families when we meet up for family gatherings, but I refuse to *be* the problem by bringing it up.
Am I doormat for that? No, I just don’t want to make things worse. (￣∇￣") Believe me, it was really bad for a long while.
Anyway, feel free to ignore me. I just wanted to share my take on the whole “sibling(s) falling out and eventual forgiveness” trope/concept.
as a novel reader, the sister is one of best character in this story
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I don’t disagree with that take since we have to consider their relationship up until that point and how Esella was basically the only person to love the FL all her life. But I also think that even though Esella and her only had one fight, and Esella only committed one wrong in comparison to the rest of her family, this was probably the most heartbreaking fight for the FL. To the point where she left her home, her relationship with her dad and brothers worsened when it was already horrible, and all the mental abuse she’s had to suffer since then because of that incident. I’m kinda split though whether cutting ties completely or rekindling her familial relationships is more in line with the FL’s characterization, since she’s spent her entire life trying to reconcile with them, and you can’t change a person easily.
I completely disagree with you. If you go to some random party and some random woman talks trash about your sister and you just believe her... You're trash and need to be thrown away. What's the point of keeping a sister that worthless?
What you just described is very different from the MC being a potential doormat to her family. The stories I'm referring to are the ones that have the MC get almost killed, beat, robbed, abused, and or actually killed in a previous life: then forgives her family and acts chill about it after.
Speaking of siblings I have a brother. He and I have done some crazy shit to eachother. Got into a fist fight and knocked his tooth out we apologized (he and I are a year apart), got over it, done some other crazy shit, flash forward and now we're in our twenties. He and I best friends after all the ups and downs. So as an older sibling I'm just gonna say it really is a case by case basis as to how a sibling relationship continues or ends. I've seen siblings hate eachother and go no contact doing a quarter of what we did to eachother so its honestly just gonna depend on the people and environment.
Lmao? Even considering the circumstances if that was all it took for you to hate a sibling you never loved them.
Ayyyye I love that for us
The lil sister is the only one I'm down for the MC forgiving, but I would also understand if the MC doesn't. I think both are acceptable to her character as well since she is finally putting her past behind her, and her family doesnt need to be in her life to be happy. But I also think she's kind and caring and would probably accept a real apology.
That goes both ways. Why are you giving this younger sister a pass? She is a monster.
All it took for her to hate her sibling was some random woman at a random party telling her a random rumor. She didn't talk to her sister about it, she didn't try to confirm it, she didn't do anything except immediate believe the random woman. She never loved the FL.
You have no obligation to love people who do not love you. If your sister treats you like trash and shows you that she never cared about you, not even once, why should you keep her in your life? Why should you forgive someone who cares about you so little?
Where can i read the novel? Pls pls pls
The younger sister still rubs me the wrong way like wdym your whole family hates your sister and you did not bother to try and find out why, then when some random idiot your not even close to tells you the reason you automatically believe her and throw your SISTER who you've loved for years under the bus like atp just say you never liked your sister
Nah, the lil sister reacting the way she did does not deserve the term "Monster". I would call that garbage of a father that.
The issue with the lil sister is that she is extremely naive to a fault, which is no wonder with how she got sheltered all her life. It's no wonder how she ended up believing someone spewing some stuff about her older sister. Especially with how the rest of the family treats said sister.
I wouldn't be surprised if she might have seen/heard some stuff, during her childhood without really understanding what was going on, that was done/said to the FL. Thing is just, that sort of stuff does something to a brain, even if subconsciously.
Was her behavior towards her older sis crappy? Oh, for sure.
But not to the point I would call her a "monster" nah. I'll use that term for the actual monsters in the story, the father. If it weren't for the dad, neither Jade, nor the oldest brother would have behaved to FL the way they did. It's cuz of this 'hate' that the dad be spreading why they ended up the way they did.
A kid wouldn't blame someone for their mother's death out of nowhere. If they do, most likely someone is saying that stuff to them, or they heard it from said source.
The little sister is naive, honest and grew up knowing that her older sister was hated, but never knew why. When she was told the MC murdered her mother the first thing she did was ask about it. She has no reason to believe anyone would lie to her about something like that. But she also trusted the MC enough to have a reason for doing so if she did, and dare I say she probably would have believed the MC if she straight up told she didn't do it. But I guess that last bit is speculation since that wasn't what happened.
Our MC was having a panic attack because she was met with a situation she dreaded above all us. Since her response was fear and she was unable to get an answer out she most definitely came across as guilty. Its valid for both of them to be in a state of high emotion, as the MC feels like she lost her support, and the lil sis just found out her sister was a "murderer" who won't defend herself.
This is also their first falling put and the little sister has not done anything else to abuse or treat the MC like shit. If anything she's been the only one to support her and didnt follow in her family's footsteps. She is by no means a monster and they had a fall out over a misunderstanding.
So yes I'm sticking by what I said if one negative incident is all it takes for you to stop loving a sibling. YOU never loved them. I'm also going to iterate that love does not = forgive. If the lil sis genuinely apologizes then I find it reasonable for them to reconcile, but if the MC chooses not to its fine because it's her right to leave that family as a whole behind even if I don't think the little sister is an unforgivable "monster".
We can agree to disagree because I'm not going to change my mind about this, and if you don't either than its not that deep and let's move on.
If you turn on your family because a random person told you a random rumor then you never loved them. I don't know why you hold me to a different standard than you hold these characters, lol.
I can't believe so many people think the dynamic between the little sister and the older sister is positive at all before this incident happened. I don't know why you think it's normal for the older sister to be treated like a subordinate. Her younger sister treated her like garbage her entire life, just not quite as garbage as everyone else. You need to go reread this story if you think the younger sister is somehow innocent here. She's still an abuser, it's just a lot more insidious.
Yeah so uh deadass the little sister hasn't done jack shit. I reread it dawg shes legit done nothing to warrant your response so I think youre the one who needs to reread it cause you're seeing shit thats not happening.
Where did you read the novel please
I want this story to be smutty but non romantic, or like an ultra slow burn. They'd be delicious on eachother and I want that heart pounding tension, but I want notjing to come of it as long as possible. At the very least if it is romance th ML falls first.
I can already see ML gonna fall first and hard but our MC not letting go of his deceased spouse anytime soon. I mean it just happened so I get it.
I like how everyone is a foil of eachother. On paper they have very similar stories but their choices, and who they are at their core as people, is what cause them to diverge so much from eachother.
I never read the novel BTW but the story seems almost over so I feel its time for me to break down the characters for the last time.
Diana/Hestia: God's chosen one, changed the life of those around them for the better and the worst.
-The first time around brought disaster for Kael but more importantly ruined Hestia's life. The second time was a blessing for Kael a curse for Diana's.
- Hestia was given a second chance because she truly cared about Kael, and she stayed true to herself. Even when despairing she still loved Kael and wanted to help him. Power didn't corrupt her, and whether everything went her way or not didnt deter her. (ie she didnt get lost in the sauce) She was willing to compromise, and most of all was willing to listen(be open minded) to the one she cared about. In chapter 108 when her resolve was falling apart and she felt like she had nothing. She was still willing to hear Kael and actually digest what he was saying. Hestia genuinely cared about him, whether he had nothing or everything didn't matter. Her love was unconditional and she was willing to meet Kael where he was because he was already at the half way point for her.
(Homegirl would have loved him even if he was penniless commoner(worm). The only reason she fought so hard to give him everything she did was because she felt he deserved better)
- Diana was technically given a redo just as Hestia was, even if it was a bit more indirectly. The first time around she ruined herself with almost no outside influence, and the second (indirect attempt) faired no better. If she was given her memories she would not have changed for the better; if anything she would have spiralled even more out of control. She may have "loved" Helios but power corrupted her and once the going got tough she crumbled under the pressure. When put to the test she closed herself off. Its clear from the beginning it was never about what was in her yard the other side was always greener. She liked Helios because at the start he had far more to offer her. Kael was quite literally a second male lead she could use, and the second he stopped being useful she dropped him for the sake of reputation. She did the reverse when she felt like her life was falling apart. Helios not only ran to the finish line for her, he carried her there, and she refused to take that one last step forward, because it meant was she going to be inconvenienced.
(Diana was given all the things Hestia had to fight for on a silver platter and she squandered it.)
Hestia: Appeared selfish on the surface because she spoke of Kael's needs and wants as her own. But she would have given away everything she had for Kael.
Diana: Appeared selfless but was unwilling to do anything that didnt benefit her. She came first no matter what and only did things that benefited her or made her look good and expected Helios to give to her unconditionally.
Helios/Kael: Hopeless love interests, loyal to a fault,
were wrapped around the fingers of the 2 God's chosen.
Helios: Despite everything by the way I do believe Helios is a truly good person. (Dare I even say the best written character and I oop-) He made mistakes but he actually learned from them, and loved Diana unconditionally. Even now (as of chapter 109) he still doesnt regret loving her even after she just said she'd rather have picked Kael. (Notice how she said picked, sounds like someone never loved either of them for them) He did something terrible and wants to be better. Helios had everything and is unfortunately going to have to learn to lose some of the most important things to him.
Hestia/Helios: This bit is going to be controversial but I low-key feel like Helios and Hestia are almost the same type of character. Theyre both named after Greek Gods/Goddesses, had a very selfless type of love, both are schemers, and had similar personalities. Though in the end Helios has to learn how to walk away from what he loves and Hestia has to learn how to hold on to what she loves.
Kael: Hot take but I do think Hestia's unreliable narration leads us to believe that Kaelus killed those people for Diana because he selflessly loved her, but I think it was the opposite. He killed them with a selfish desire to somehow convince Diana to love him and put him first. The way he crashed out after Diana turned against him definitely backs up my interpretation. I also think that for him, Helios' and his friendship was on the rocks the second they were opposiing eachother for the same girl. Because if the roles were reversed and Diana picked him, while abandoning Helios, would Kaelus still have defended him?
Kael/Diana: I would also like to point out that Diana is a foil for Kael as well. When the world turned against him he self destructed but chose to take it out on himself because at the end of the day he is a good person. Whereas Diana self destructed and literally tried to destroy everyone else around her because she could care less about other people. Kaelus(Caelus) and Diana are named after Roman Goddess/Gods respectively.
-Kael is learning to be a selfless lover while Diana has reaffirmed her selfish love.
The smut is fuckin ssscrumptious. Nothing they're doing is all that ground breaking or kinky, but the author makes their chemistry super fuckin good. Its such a treat to see them go down on eachother.
Motherfucking author pumped this out in three days as practice!? That's crazy! 10/10