Not a fan of this trope. The denial schtick mixed with the jealousy is meh. Gonna come back once it's done.
Some readers have forgotten just how much Tia truly dislikes the Empress. She's basically the reason why Lombardi fell. Of course, Vieze had a lot to do that too. Add the fact that Empress was so vile and killed Perez's mother and slowly poisoned him for shits and giggles.
Empress' pride as royalty seriously clouded her judgement and underestimated the people she believed were beneath her. First timeline she failed. This timeline is much the same but with more lives saved. Tia's cousin being one of them
Dude is friggin stupefied that the threat didn't work and that she's far angrier than he thought she'd be. WHY WOULDN'T SHE BE PISSED??? He is so up his own ass his own bullshit ain't working.
These villain ladies are so hilariously one-dimensional that there is nothing to really look forward to. I can't really explain it. The enjoyment is taken out by the sheer fact that the baddies are practically destroying themselves. I suppose there is irony in that but the 'bad bitch' vibes of the MC is rendered ineffective as I have yet to see her lay down a long-term plan and we are dealt with short-term slap-in-the-face comebacks that aren't really working for me.
Funnily enough, I've actually read the spoilers so I know how things pan out but still gave this a shot anyway. Might be a more fun read if I marinated it instead.
I had to cringe at the romeo & juliet form of 'love at first sight' via aquarium It reminded me how old I am.
I half suspect Rider to just ride in guns ablazing and kidnap the poor boy and I WOULD RIDE AND DIE WITH MY GREEN EYED ALIEN AND LIL PEANUT OF A BOY
DANGER! DANGER! INTOXICATION DETECTED! BE WARNED THAT YOU ARE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN U.S.I. (untrustworthy suspicious individual) BRACE YOURSELF
I read "you are in the presence of ANUS"
What
I can't stop laughing
Why not? I accept this. JUDGE! NOTARIZE THE ANUS!
NOTARIZING ANUS immediately
Sorry, meant to 'like'.