fl, ml and shoji are all idiots. fl's bar friedns too.
fl is a self sacrificing idiot that :
1. lied with the "i don't see you romantically, so don't worry" bomb she dropped on ml while trying, and failing miserably, to reassure him about their (fake) relationship
2. is so oblivious that she's actually blind. she's just tall and assertive but it destroyed her self esteem so much that the mere thought of someone being obviously in love with her is inconceivable. like the way she "rejected" shoji in college when he gave her a rose and the way she blows her friends off when they say he was confessing and it wasn't just reenacting a movie scene. or the way she's blind to the very obvious adoration the ml has for her and how her lie about not having feelings for him hurt him deeply.
3. jumps to conclusion like a pro athlete. like the way she ran away like a little bitch the moment ml ended the fake relationship without giving him the chance to finish and say "bc i want to start a real relationship with you, bc i truly like you"
the ml is an idiot that :
1. in clumsy af. like the way he ended the (fake) relationship wasn't the best for sure
2. listens to ppl (shoji) too much. like no don't leave her alone, confess your feelings ffs. (why do so many romance build the plot on ppl not having the balls to simply say "i like you" or "i love you" but having the energy to jump through hoop to hurt themselves thinking the other hates them or something?)
shoji is an asshole that :
1. meddles in other ppl's relationship, and that enough of a crime in itself.and the worst part is that he fucks it up without even trying lol
2. doesn't tell ppl the truth. like he knows ml is serious about fl, but noooo he won't say it to fl. if he was a true friend, he'd tell her that ml likes her. none of that "it's not my place to tell her".
and finally
fl's bar friends are idiots that :
1. same as with shoji, they don't tell ppl the truth and still try to give (useless) advice that helps no one. bc again, true friends tell their friends when someone likes them (back). like yeah, ideally they'll confess to each other, but real friends are here to push them forward and be the bearer of good news when they're faced with (known) oblivious idiots.
they never adressed the fact that he thought she was cheating
honestly, their romance is the best slow build up and the most logical one. it's always the best possibility when you get to be with someone who truly knows who you are
evry single time a harlequin man says "I've never met a woman so different" and the fl is just the most mary sue of mary sues i just can't help myself from thinking that he's just a surface level man that had surface level relationships with women, bc all women interesting in some ways. and that he must've not met a lot of women at all lol
the way he said she wasn't disabled but was strong and resilient irked me. she is disabled, it's a fact. but she is also strong and resilient, doesn't make her disability disappear tho
she's immature, annoying, cannot say anything without being insulting, prideful, stupid and a walking headache. like you know nothing, assume everything, do nothing to facilitate your nephew's transition into a new life. i understand why alejandro won custody of micheal, an adult child like her would never be able to bring up a well regulated child, idk how she became a teacher with an attitude like that
it was very poorly written, the ex is a textbook example of a cliche and like a commentor before said, he doesn't make sense at all. the fl has no reason to be so uncomfortable with the ml other than "6 years ago, i discovered that he's a womanizer"a nd she acts like a child.
fl is brainless and would win every single "jumping to conclusion through the most weird loophole" competition ever, she tops every single harlequin fl in existence
the fl pmo as always "i just want him to tell me that he loves me" did you tell him you loved him? no? then why do you expect him to lay his heart out when you're too scared to extend the same courtesy? and the "she's just stonrg will (implied: like her mom)" comment at the end is just straight up false, running away from rrality and assuming the worse and not having faith in the ppl around you is not being strong willed
the mc that is not even that attracted to him: *becomes a tomato at every single thing the ml does*
ml, that has been in love with him for years and finally reunited with him after the mc disappeared (died): *cool as a cucumber*
I'm tired of this, like stop blushing like a middle school virgin (im a 20yo virgin and i don't blush , bumble and stop thinking like that at the first sign of affection) and make the man who yearns (ml) look like he actually yearn for the mc and loves him instead of making him sexually assault mc until mc relents without ever saying anything at all. that's why dumbass mcs get away with thinking the ml don't love them and that they're just playing with them
ah yes, casual sexual assault as a non consensual kiss followed by gaslighting and joking to divert the attention from the fact that it is sexual assault. tf
are we gonna foregt that she swapped many ingredients in the potion and it's probably not a love potion at all? and also she made it impulsively, decided to not give it to him but he still ended up drinking it, so technically, she didn't give him the potion, he stupidly drank it all by himself
let's stop making the fl that looks like morning dew personally blessed by the purest of angels get bullied as plain, birdensome and useless. like tf? do you have eyes of what? dropped.
the "I'm irrevocably in love with since since the day i met you, but instead of being honest and confessing I'm gonna string you along until you give in without ever saying i love you to let you spiral into self doubt until you cry in my arm bc you're jealous and think i don't actually love you" trope is getting old real quick
I'm sick and tired of reading about miserable women being surrounded by evil scheming ppl and evil scheming ppl only and being abandoned by the one that supposedly love them. lioe wdym her family never checked up on her ever at all and still send money regularly? I'm sorry but her family are villains too, bc that's neglect and benefiting the abuser
the fact that he only went back to marry her once all his problems magically solved themselves is ridiculous. if he truly wanted to marry Andrea and be a father to Sam, he would've found a solution by himself to relinquish the throne and find an alternative to consolidate the friendship between countries. but no, his brother had to have an affair with his fiancee for him to consider it and magically all is well that ends well.
fuck off
when I'm at the "jumping to conclusion and never confirming the truth" competition but the room is full of harlequin Fls and Mls
"my dad remarried after my mom died so now i hate love and treat women like utter garbage"
more immature that a new born baby
what kind of idiot doesn't even make sure of the facts lol
if i were her, the very moment he forced me to resign so that i can warm his bed when he happens to be in New York would be the moment i lose all respect in him and disappear in the wind