come at me if you like but i fully believe the male lead is a statutory rapist. the female lead was so vulnerable and utterly oblivious regarding the world - she didn't even know what a period was until it was briefly explained to her by her sister once. the fl had literally no way of knowing: she was locked up and treated like a blemish on the ground she walked on as soon as she was born. obviously, if someone shows her even the tiniest bit of affection and desire, she'll melt into it; disregarding any malicious intent because she simply can't detect it. so when she began learning, observing, really understanding her worth as a human being, she came to know and realise just how unjustly the male lead treated her. realising how badly she had misunderstood his intentions she stopped loving him. this goes to show that she literally didn't know what the hell she was getting into - she literally couldn't grasp the concept of sex and intimacy to consent to it - likely, all she knew was that someone was finally showing her affection. finally wanting her. on top of that, she saw the male lead as her saviour: showing her the world she longed to discover, showed her love when no one else would. this created feelings of both admiration and debt instilled in the female lead; causing her to overlook her treatment because she considered the pros to far outweigh the cons. as long as she got to be with him, right? stay loved and desired - treated as valuable rather than a 'mistake'. so even when she is dehumanised and practically used as a prostitute for a period of time, she buries that and continues to submit to him. this is further enforced when she discovers her worth with her newfound family and stops submitting to him. but she didn't want to be ignored and abandoned again, deeply traumatised and extremely vulnerable. you could argue that the male lead had no way of knowing she was this way, and to you i say 'yeah, sure. but he literally refers to her as a child all throughout the first arc of the manhwa. so, at the very least, he knew she limited in knowledge. limited knowledge in EVERYTHING BTW and that includes sex, and as long as that is the case, she CANNOT CONSENT.' she didn't know what the fuck his problem was and why he even wanted sex: *spoiler alert, he's fucking dumb and doesn't realise he loves her, and is using sex with fey to alleviate his nightmares and 'suffering' or at least he thinks so.*. does this not sound like statutory rape? she had the limited mentality and knowledge of an actual child when they had sex in his manor (MULTIPLE TIMES) and she was flatout referred to as a child by various characters and treated like one... as long as she had the mentality of a young child, she should have been regarded as one. she was groomed and sexually exploited. thus, in conclusion, DUKE WARREN IS A STATUTORY RAPIST.
come at me if you like but i fully believe the male lead is a statutory rapist.
the female lead was so vulnerable and utterly oblivious regarding the world - she didn't even know what a period was until it was briefly explained to her by her sister once. the fl had literally no way of knowing: she was locked up and treated like a blemish on the ground she walked on as soon as she was born. obviously, if someone shows her even the tiniest bit of affection and desire, she'll melt into it; disregarding any malicious intent because she simply can't detect it. so when she began learning, observing, really understanding her worth as a human being, she came to know and realise just how unjustly the male lead treated her. realising how badly she had misunderstood his intentions she stopped loving him. this goes to show that she literally didn't know what the hell she was getting into - she literally couldn't grasp the concept of sex and intimacy to consent to it - likely, all she knew was that someone was finally showing her affection. finally wanting her. on top of that, she saw the male lead as her saviour: showing her the world she longed to discover, showed her love when no one else would. this created feelings of both admiration and debt instilled in the female lead; causing her to overlook her treatment because she considered the pros to far outweigh the cons. as long as she got to be with him, right? stay loved and desired - treated as valuable rather than a 'mistake'. so even when she is dehumanised and practically used as a prostitute for a period of time, she buries that and continues to submit to him. this is further enforced when she discovers her worth with her newfound family and stops submitting to him. but she didn't want to be ignored and abandoned again, deeply traumatised and extremely vulnerable. you could argue that the male lead had no way of knowing she was this way, and to you i say 'yeah, sure. but he literally refers to her as a child all throughout the first arc of the manhwa. so, at the very least, he knew she limited in knowledge. limited knowledge in EVERYTHING BTW and that includes sex, and as long as that is the case, she CANNOT CONSENT.' she didn't know what the fuck his problem was and why he even wanted sex: *spoiler alert, he's fucking dumb and doesn't realise he loves her, and is using sex with fey to alleviate his nightmares and 'suffering' or at least he thinks so.*. does this not sound like statutory rape? she had the limited mentality and knowledge of an actual child when they had sex in his manor (MULTIPLE TIMES) and she was flatout referred to as a child by various characters and treated like one... as long as she had the mentality of a young child, she should have been regarded as one. she was groomed and sexually exploited. thus, in conclusion, DUKE WARREN IS A STATUTORY RAPIST.