I don’t get why everyone is treating ML like some white knight compared to Vorodin. ML admonishes his rival for proposing to such a young and inexperienced 20 year old MC in exchange for her exclusive guiding as if he’s taking advantage….when he is proposing a casual sex relationship with that same person on the same timeline. And FL agrees with him?
She was never going to accept the proposal for other reasons, but it’s really weird that they act like he’s such a creepy weirdo for proposing as they’re finalizing a contract to provide casual sex without emotional strings under a legally binding contract.
If I was going to judge either one of these scenarios more than the other, it’s not going to be the first one!
I also kind of dislike how the writing bait and switches the factor of her poverty. She has a lot of debt from her deceased mom, an ailing grandmother, no other family/support, and basically a one track future of minimum wage jobs. On top of that, her radiant guiding is super weak, so if she wants to work as a guide, contact guiding is her best bet for any degree of financial stability and success. If any of these factors was less difficult, she would probably have more options. These financial struggles are identified as her primary motivators in chapter 1.
ML recognizes that she’s “been through a lot”, which means that she’s under a lot of financial pressure to go this route whether she really wants to or not. Then the author tries to dismiss it by having her say she’s “just being greedy” to explain why she’s doing this. Yes, greedy for a lack of debt, being able to afford AC/heating, and the ability to pay for her elderly grandmother’s medical care. This statement discounts everything that was explained in her background and really doesn’t make sense with the rest of her characterization.
It’s primary purpose seems to make the ML seem like less of a bad guy for profiting from her unfortunate situation. It just doesn’t feel genuine to me. He knows she’s young and poor with no other options besides contact guiding, so cheap distractions from that just mess with the integrity of the story.
Honestly all his comments about Vorodin, comments about her age/vulnerability, and double checking her situation just make him seem sketchier. Because in the end he confirmed her poverty, minimal ability to radiate guiding, and lack of better options as he was putting down someone who made a marriage proposal..,then immediately decided to make a casual sex contract with her.
Nobody is specifically forcing or coercing her into this, but it would be accurate to say her situation is. I feel like if he was going to go for it anyway, ML would be a better person if he recognized her situation, but just understood her financial need and created a mutual contract rather than treating her like a child/victim only to go through with it anyway
Idk, all that buildup for such a cringe name? (●￣(ｴ)￣●)
Follows random woman around all day until it starts getting dark, demands her number, and physically restrains her when she refuses” “I’m not a weirdo haha”
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While I would spontaneously combust out of embarrassment if my partner ever said that in public, I do recognize that it was a glorious power move perfectly designed to piss off the doctor and psycho guide
These side stories were so perfect and enjoyable. Please make more
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That outfit is about to do the opposite of what he wants it to
I love how down bad they are for each other in every universe ╥﹏╥
Bro this a toxic dumpster fire on so many levels. Dark hair MC is genuinely unlikable in every way, manipulative little creep. Every time I see him it feels like he’s supposed to be the villain or secondary romantic rival that turns out to be a psychopath, forcing the plot developments to get the main couple together.
That’s before we even get to the most glaring red flag sirens moment of all, in which MC has been raising black hair SINCE HE WAS 9. (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
In no realm is any form of romantic or sexual relationship between those two not going to be a problematic dealbreaker. Also don’t like the barely legal aspect of the age gap here, plus the way grey hair references him as a kid (though he is an adult). Age gaps can be tolerable if both parties are on the same level and the dynamics are healthy, but not in this case. Barf.
Even if there were no problematic age gaps or dynamics, black hair’s nasty personality alone is enough to ruin any possible enjoyment of this series.
I don’t get why everyone is trashing her so hard. What happened to her is like the equivalent of someone winning the Olympics or some shit winning military honors, getting a favor from the president as a result, and them pointing at you randomly walking on the street happy with your fiancée and being forced to marry him since he did such a great thing for the country. She was essentially used as a war trophy and people just expect her to not be angry, upset, or traumatized about it.
Sure he treats her well as a husband (I guess) and puts up with her outbursts, but that doesn’t change the fact that he forced her into it. She screams, ignores, makes a scene, and hits him… but they are not in a relationship and she can’t ever leave, just like she couldn’t say no to the marriage. It’s not surprising that she’s less than well adjusted about it. It’s the only thing in her life that she has any control over, so of course that aggression is going to be directed towards the culprit.
He forced an unwilling person to marry him, then put zero effort into creating a functional relationship because he “knew she hates him”, then got so jealous of rumors of an affair that he assaulted her. All it took to create an actual relationship was the bare minimum affirmation that she wasn’t just a toy or trophy to him. That’s how easy it was
He is possessive and obsessed with her. Sure, he’s not beating her up, verbally abusing her, or SAing her, but I really don’t think that constitutes giving this guy a medal. It’s like calling a kidnap victim ungrateful for not appreciating all the luxurious things their kidnapper buys for them. It still doesn’t change the root of all other issues, that her autonomy was disregarded.
Everyone in the comments saying that she doesn’t deserve him are crazy, but right in a way. She didn’t deserve to have her life torn apart in that way. Sure, the og fiancée turned out yo be a psycho, but it’s not like ML knew that when he snatched her up. Everything he did was for his benefit at her detriment. He wasn’t swooping in to rescue her from a violent or perverted fiancée, he wanted her and had the means to take her by force, so he did.
You're right about everything forever and ever
please if it was ml who was forced in this marriage then everyone would side with him but everything is a problem if its a woman
Agreed. Can't blame her. He should have asked for the chance to woo her instead of just taking her.
THANK YOU?? everyones shitting on the fl so bad without ever understanding her
It’s kind of crazy how weak the ML is compared to the espers in every other Guideverse. He’s supposed to be an S rank mental esper but was driven to the verge of rampage after one attempted psychic interrogation of a normal guy. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an F rank esper depicted as that weak.
I get that the power scaling may be different in different series, but if the range between each rank is the same, most espers would be barely different from regular people.