Everyone talking about Nakyum’s monologue at the end and the entire time I thought it was applicable to both of them?? Like one of those simultaneous thought things. Seungho giving up on trying to understand Nakyum and Nakyum deciding to disregard his feelings.
I just know the artist didn’t wanna draw dat baby up close holy shit I’m shaking from laughter. Look at how they drew it’s face blank from a distance I’m literally in tears.
These writers sure know where to hit me where it hurts. Knowing Hong Xiu was destined to live a peaceful life and it was stolen from her, that she treasured the emperor enough to take a blade for him, is fucking destroying me. She's such a pure soul, I'm in so much pain.
Those poor supply soldiers just wanted one fucking cup of water, fucking shit. I'm in tatters, human beings are so unbelievably ugly and twisted. The sudden realisation that they had seconds before their death shattered me.
Listen, I've got a couple takes on this.
Big pro, the main character is absolutely scum. listen, I know this sounds bad, but not all people are good people, and not stories have happy endings. This character perfectly illustrated the degeneracy of mankind who cater to a societal construct in a desperate bid to win power. Even in a land where power wasn't necessary to be happy, he pursued it anyways, with a single minded determination that truly suits the story.
Two, the sex suits it. Yes yes ik it was gross it was nasty but it also perfectly symbolised human instincts. At surface level this whole things looks like a half-assed excuse to write and illustrate smut, but there are a couple fundamental things that all creatures in a society do; eat, procreate, and kill. All these things are main factors in the story as our despicable MC utilises these human desires to manipulate the natives.
Three, haha coloniser goes brrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Four, I love the implementation of aristocracy. Adding a hierarchy really added the touch of "eat the rich" that we're experiancing even today.
And finally - not really I'm just tired - we have the creation of monsters from the systemic pressure society puts on people to rise above the rest, the man eat man instinct. It created our MC, it created that weird CEO nerd man, it created the revolt, and it created his son. People all become vengeful in their own way.
To be honest, when I first finished this whole thing, I hated it. With my entire being, I despised it. But over the last couple of years it occasionally comes to mind and I think about how it's an excellent study of society and man when stripped of their facade. A hard to swallow read, but a good one once you get it.
I know I predicted this but this is so goddamn embarassing omfg. Poor seme is confused out of his mind and his brother (probably older in some way which is kinda cute) has figured out what happened and gone out of his way to fix it uwu.Though if you have a sibling that looks THAT much like you, you better say something wtf.
Smooth fucking move from my end me thinks.
Also, Lilith's mom is honestly incredible. She acts fucking insane unprovoked without inhibitions and noone says a damn thing cause she's got the whole household under her thumb. What did she do in order to brainwash not only her husband, but also the staff?? Logically, that maid shouldn't have been /that/ passionate about her wearing white, but she seemed genuinely pissed off. And her husband seems to not only trust her wholeheartedly, but also seems reluctant to confront her. I hope she's not beating his ass too tbh.
Ipfffffffffft-beating his ass too-pfffffffff wahaha cough cough cough
Ahem
I agree it's really weird how brainwashed everyone around her looked
Like what even
I don't wanna praise her but she's got some serious cult leader potential.
I’m trying to hate these ugly hearted motherfuckers but they keep going around acting concerned for her wellbeing and shit ;-; ig I can forgive them ONLY after a meaningful apology and some sacrifice on their part.
Same, I am aware of the things they have done and the things they would have done to her.
If I was her I would have easily forgiven them, but that is because I don't have a trauma that stops me from that.
Penelope's replacements sees her own brothers in them, she has live a life very similar to og Penelope, and finds herself unable to forgive them because of that, I understand where she's coming from.
To be honest, the majority of wrongs they committed were against the original Penelope, and consequently those cannot be forgiven since she’s (presumably) dead. And it’s not like she can forgive her actual brothers cause they’re not here, and they’re not the ones who are changing before her eyes into better people.
So I guess this is less of a case of forgiveness and more of them helping her overcome her trauma, But they still need to apologise so I can confirm they’ve got their shit together.