Mellowstu

I hate that we're using a kid as a monster and a villain. He's obviously using the same mindset and projecting the same hatred as his dad, yet it seems the author really wants ballsack to be a true almost adult-like hateful antagonist with clear reasons to act the way he does (spoiler alert: he shouldn't, I sure as hell didn't when I was his age).

Don't get me wrong, what he did was completely unacceptable, but I don't think this was the right punishment at all. Ballsack needed to hear from grandpa the reason why he was punished (which really wasn't a punishment at all if u think about it, the way I see it his brother ended up having a much more impactful one, and that isn't fair), because he truly doesn't understand why he'd be in the wrong. He's been taught by his dad to think like that, and that he has the right to act that way, but unless someone sits him down and teaches him properly and talks to him, that kind of behaviour will just get worse.

But the author very obviously wants to treat these kids like they're rebellious teenagers, for the purpose of having clear villains in the story (ballsack, the empress and the prince), and children characters are always very hard to write about, so I guess that's that. #－.－)

This feels too stupid. Unnecessary drama.
She could easily just ask her sister or talk to her about curing the prince, yet she's gonna just push her towards him and leave, possibly leaving the prince in a really fucking bad state. She saw how he reacted to the simple thought of her leaving and still thinks it's better if she does.

Like I get that she's trying to follow the original plot and get him better, but damn there's a million other better ways to go about curing him.

She's just gonna traumatize the kid even more at this pace.