during the arcs Su Luxia gives pretty good advice about relationships and characters, by showing the problems with the major steriotypes of MLs and FLs. Like you cannot love someone just because they appear pure and inocent because that's not real, or a relationship is not one following the other or giving your all unilatery, because you are just deluding yourself, and making the other person see you as part of their life but not precious in any way. People are complex beings and need to see each other fully for a good relationship to happen good stuff!ヾ(☆▽☆)
What about the other arcs? What did they say about relationships?
My favorite line is “the cheating bastard always deserves more punishment than the third party” from the first arc
Same this is my favourite line too
I reaaally love moments like this when the characters are thoughtful and kind with each other, seeing what they like, what they need ( instead of opressing people with showy kindness that makes them uncorfortable)
I kind of have a rule: " A gift is something you would like to give and the other party would like to receive"
Perfect rule
Ok, author-nim I think you got things mixed up, the child is suposed to be unable to control his emotions and not selfaware that he is making other people uncorfotable, and the adult is suposed to have fuller control of his emotions and be able to make others feel at ease.
Otherwise you make the ridiculous situation where a child is a thousand times more emotionaly mature than a grown ass adult.
I know you're joking around and being sarcastic, but there are plenty of "grown ass" adults that I've had the unfortunate pleasure of meeting that were extremely emotionally immature. Just because someone is grown up on the outside, that does not mean s/he is grown up on the inside (in terms of EQ; meaning Emotional Quotient).
I agree, however Ain and the Duke are father and son, and the Duke was Ain's only guardian/ parental figure until recenty. We know the Duke has low EQ, so here is my question... How the heck did Ain learn how to read and control people's feelings this well? If a skill comes from nature, nurture or something you learn later on none of those can be aplied to only Ain and not the Duke.
His dad has low EQ only gives the example on how to make people fear you, not like you. and is obviously older , how can Ain be that much of a manipulator and the Duke that much of a block of wood?
I know it's just major nippicking and my general dislike for the child possessive yandere manipulator level1000 trope, but it really doesn't make sense
I wouldn't call it nitpicking at all. I think that in manga many child characters seem somehow "wrong". Like this adult in childs body character or some cute kid who's only personality trait is being cute. I'm sure it's not easy to write a child but was the Author here even trying ^^
I think the point of writing Ain's character as it is currently was not to portray a "cute kid," but to portray the evil side of Ain that is manipulative and cruel. It was stated in the earliest chapters that Ain was the villain in the story our MC was transmigrated inside, and even that Ain's father was an even worse villain.
The huge factor in all of this is the way the father and son combo were raised. It was stated by the nanny that the family is supposed to have no "weaknesses," which even includes allergies. Imagine how much psychological damage being raised that way would affect the mental state of a child and then later as an adult. That often has a huge effect on EQ, which makes weaker mental states even more susceptible to bad coping mechanisms.
We see the emergence of a lower EQ with Ain's father due to the sudden strangeness of our MC, making him feel things he's probably never experienced before; like jealousy, for example. It's making him act out in ways that a child would, like having a tantrum. He likely never experienced a proper childhood, thus his childish reactions are due to his inability to mentally mature. And I'm assuming that is exactly the case for his son, Ain, as well. But instead of behaving childishly, Ain is doing the exact opposite. Not because he is mentally mature, but rather it's a coping mechanism of sorts to handle all of the past trauma and the pressure he currently endures as his father's heir. And with his mother, our MC, he's starting to relax around her, making him crave a mother's warmth, love, and affection—something he never had before. So it's making him that much more desperate to keep her at his side. That was shown in one of the more recent chapters with Ain ordering the servants to treat his mother nicely and even with Ain telling his father that he didn't want his mother to run away.
So Ain's father isn't a "block of wood" and Ain himself doesn't have a weird character design. It's simply based on perception. But these are my personal opinions from what I've gathered as I read the story, so please don't attack me.
huuuh interesting.... Since we only have very few chapters to reference it seems plausible as well. If properly done it would become a favorite. Very good analisis! it's a point of view I would take a while to consider( if ever)
@CuddleQuill Never gonna atack you for having a diferent opinion, I kinda love having discussions so diferent opinios are always welcome
I lowkey have a thing for women in pants with a long tailored jacket in bold colors, she looks like a badass pirate, is sexy but not vulgar, and actually functional Yeeeeei ╮(￣▽￣)╭
(wish I could pull that of but it's way too hot where I live most of the time)
The moment you realiseyour kid who is a 10 year old is a master manipulator that is plying with your kindness like a toy is the moment you should revaluate your parenting. No kid should behave like a machiavelian psychopat.
In a modern setting and 10 years older Ain would be the killer in a crime series, just saying
You probably didn’t mean for this to be funny but I can’t stop laughing
this female lead looks like an insecure mans dream girl, she has a pretty face, is dumb as a rock and needs the ML and 2ndML for pretty much everything, because if left alone, she'll do some really dumb shit, thusands of people die, she cries and says "I'm sorry!", some ML saves her and repeat. She's just fodder to make the ML look needed and virtuous.
this might be just me, but when I think of someone with high status, that's part of the aristocracy, there is usually a huge amount of education and emotion supression from the cradle (you can't make major political and economical decisions impulsively)
The duke despite all this:
Is incapable of taking care of:
his own home,
his own territory,
his finances,
his employees,
and can't be even marginaly civilised with his wife that although he was "forced" to marry, it was still his decision, all to pay the debts incurred from his inability to be anything other than a besoted twat! (╬￣皿￣)凸
I feel he is so extreme just to make the FLs life worse and give us high blood pressure!
(I know it's probably never gonna happen but I WISH someone would shake him up and yell all the reasons he is a moron)(╯°Д °)╯╧╧
Ikr, and he said "you can use everything freely, you bought me" but gets mad when she does use smth. Like wtf, make up ur mind (╬￣皿￣)凸
Honestly, I think he didn't get any of those education at all. Because his parents died when he was young and all the responsibilities to take care of the territory was left on omor. Leaving the duke a useless bum who continues to leave his responsibilities on others while his territory rots. Meanwhile our MC had all the education and dedicated her whole life to learn about how to take care of territories from Trevor. Reason why she's very capable in these sort of manners.
TBFH
She is so precious is amazing! everytime the duke duchess and sons become superprotective of her I think "Yes! Protect our Leslie!She's our precious cutie patootie!"
(But I'm also 100% for her learning self defense, you can never guarantee someone will always be able to save her, selfreliance is the safest bet)
it's sooo bad!! and TOXIC!!
Kate Hisao is such a pushover it's laughtable she becomes an all win high stakes corporate lawyer and CEO of a huge company!
the male MC is posessive about Kate but doesn't lift a finger to make her happy or at least confortable, even with her own son! It's like the poster child for an abusive person ( not even joking the amount of work he goes through to isolate her and make her dependent on him because everyone else hates her is amazing)
all the males just pull the females like lugagge and every vilain uses copious amounts of really illegal and weird drugs (like does every tycoon has a very especific drug dealer on speed dial?)
If this doesn't end with a reaaally abusive stockholm syndrome situation I'm gonna be surprised (starting to loathe the author for writing this tripe)
This is not just bad , is TOXIC and a DANGEROUS description of a relationship no matter how fantasized
creepy cat, creepy catS, a very interested postman, and now ghosts...
what else wants to mess this girls life?
I wish wednesday addams would show up, become her protective bestie, and whip that cat into shape