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the entire story is just a whole complex and messy blob of emotional obsession for emi that fuels remilia's thirst for revenge. i probably haven't read a better revenge story than this; it perfectly depicts very dark and heavy themes that i think naturally sprouts from an ambition driven by hate and aggression. because of this hate remilia was willing to do the most grotesque things for emi, a far cry from other revenge stories with revenge MC's who never seem to have a bad bone in their body. like- you can't possibly torture people (regardless of how loud you scream "justice") and still remain a squeaky clean heroine. and at this era of literature, no one wants a mary sue. thats what makes remilia so unique, she's unapologetically vile because she was provoked. its the perfect personification of "my villian origin story"
altho because of this obsession with emi, i do wonder if remilia only accepted angel's proposal either because she really loved him or because he said he loved her while seeing her memories where emi was possessing her body. so basically she marries him because he "loves" emi?