Read a spoiler for why they treat the mc like that, and its such a fackass reason. Like bsffr there had to have been a better option, tho ofc being 'brainwashed' is common and is likely the way the author is gonna whitewash this stupid family
Honestly, really not fond of the art, but that's not what stopped me from reading this one any further than chapter 22. I just can't seem to understand why she didn't just kill the girl (the og female lead) in her cradle when she had the chance - if she was dead, she wouldn't be a problem. She was quite literally, not an issue at all, since she was some poor ass orphan child; sic the mercenary on her to remove the fear of death via execution.
Ig revenge so much more important? Then adopt and actually torture the girl in a never to be found dungeon. You're rich and influential and you couldn't even do that? Pathetic.
Romance with the ml just felt like a super cliche worse version of 'I Tamed My Ex-Husband's Mad Dog'. The entire plot of it actually feels like a shittier version of that manhwa - the whole getting revenge and then making the kid u took in the emperor and then becoming his empress by accident? The exact same, expect here, girlie-pop could literally crush the enemy but she doesn't for fuck's sake. So the kiddo can manipulate ppl around her, u got it ALL and u can't take that girl down when she's in a family with less influence than u???? Like, ruin the girl and then blame it on that trashy guy that's sponsoring her and then buy off all the mages with the promises of giving them a better life (which u are trying to fulfil anyways, but they don't know that, do they) so they don't show a projection of what really happened. It's that fucking obvious.
Don't make a setting of a character super rich, super powerful and intelligent if they can't make choices like that. Yeah it evil, but she wants revenge and executing after all that nonsense of taking the empire first sounds like such a pain and honestly, long winded. Istfg, if any of y'all end up in the same situation as this mc, don't do what she's doing, be evil like how I'm suggesting - it's way faster.
Also, a bit weird how ml is so so much younger than her (title for this should be 'raising my future husband' like a previous commentor said)
I shall conclude, be a Roxanna (from 'The Way to Protect the Female Lead's Older Brother'), not whatever-this-person's-name-is. Roxanna's plan took a while to work bc her enemy actually had power, that bitch didn't so why the struggle, yanno?
Reading the comment below, I thought, 'how bad can it be?' Well, yh, thats literally a child. Idc how old the aurthor claims she is, women's faces do not look like 5yos like this mc's does. Its frankly a bit gross
So guy falls in love and his one tru love is sent to war bc of him - to keep her safe he gets into a 6 yr long relationship??? Breaks that relationship by suddenly showing up to a tea party with a another girl (!!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!), realises 'oh no, I love that girl(mc)' and regrets. Meanwhile, war girl comes back to see her one tru love whom she spent yrs at war for fell for someone else. Like does this guy not realise there were much easier ways of showing ur not that into someone in order to protect em? Like starting untrue rumours or sleeping around, pretending to be gay etc. just secretly buy a ton of news agencies, did bro forgot he has money? Did he forget he doesn't have to get with a noble, he can be with commoners and heavily pay em for pretending he's a dickhead playboy. Like I just feel like there were OPTIONS.
And this fl, what the hell. Why would u decide the best thing u can do is seduce the 'male lead'? When the king or whatever started threatening her she should have been all like 'well you know how things will go so u can stop it' or 'willing to help however I can' etc. NOT something so goddamn wishy washy as 'uhhhhhh ig ill make sure the ml and fl dont get together'.
Ngl I don't understand the King either bc ur telling me u kno the plot, u kno that ur brother is gonna overthrow u with the help of the fl, but ur plan is let this one unreliable girl (whos apparently meant to be powerful or whatever, but have yet to see any of that so far) make him fall in love with her in the hopes she'd be like a collar for ur brother????? World's stupidest plan I have ever heard. Like bsffr that is what the plan is to make sure he doesn't over throw u? And if her make him love her plot fails, the backup plan is assassinate the fl? Why go thru all this trouble, just kill the women or ur brother and be done with this nonsense - he's literally the KING, why can't he just kill someone and cover it up.
Regardless of how stupid everyone is, I think the King is a better ml than the og ml
Not an insult to this particular manhwa, but I just find it interesting that complex female characters are introduced and then almost immediately replaced by more palatable, average romance/fantasy protagonist, in a way stripping all of the consequences and emotions she would show if that was the real Ophelia were aware of a future where she does many evil things in the hopes of love and is hung. Idk like, complex female character replaced by 2d cookie-cutter fmc so the author doesn't have to show all the nitty gritty dark emotions a women can show
I really don't see the appeal for this guy at all,,,, like I just really don't want him as the male lead even tho that's probably what will happen. There are toms of other handsome dudes around, does it have to be this guy
That smile soothed me, it felt like a ray of sunshine, thank you Mokhwa, my baby
Okay, no matter what this guy did, it cannot justify this. Anyone on the ml's side is a bad person. Anyone saying ppl like me (those who point out this is just objectively, horrifically bad) are acting holier-than-thou are also bad ppl. Every work from this author is just really awful. I genuinely feel like there's something wrong with this author/artist
someone get ths kid a haircut, maybe he'd feel less violent and blood-thirsty if looking in the mirror doesn't disgust him (what even happened to bro's hair??)
idk I just can't seem to like the 'hero' guy - like why is this guy just casually trespassing??
Bro, ik this guy Mokhwa def has done some sketchy shit but I can't help but feel likes he's one of the most miserable male leads
maybe the hard mode was the friend we made along the way and the resolution is the friendship bracelet it gave us (bracelet that immediately fell apart the moment we tried to put it on)
plot so good I lowkey wish there was a version that isn't so porn
RIP taka-og demon dude, ur copy-Yan is living ur dream life rn
oh for fucks sake, every update its the same bullshit talking about the spoiler, like yh I get it, ppl don't like it (yh for good reason) BUT I wanna talk about the new chapter, for fucks sake
I'm guessing Osari killed his men, maybe bc they got the plague? Or he killed the person that killed his men? All ik is that the blond chick is kinda weird
fusk this shit, I'm not done ranting yet - what kind of stupid idiot takes on their brother's crimes???? God, use ur brain, use ur brain.
And I'n so tired of these weird ass relationship some siblings have - like who the fuck thinks of one of their sisters and views em as an angel? Be so fr, no actual sibling does that (I love my siblings but God they can be fucking dicks). The way Elmer is treated in comparison to the mc is just straight illogical and weird and I fucking hate it when brothers have this weird obsession with their younger sisters in media like this bc it always feels so sketchy, like they view the sister's 'innocence' and 'purity' and 'cuteness' as something admirable. Its fucking WEIRD