At first I felt anger like the rest of yall and the MC for the MLs treatment of Emi however after finding out the story I can’t help but feel extremely bad for the crown prince. I would even go as far to say that he is the second biggest victim in this story.
When is he introduced, his defining trait is his insecurity. Like it’s really important to stress how big his insecurity is because due to how big his insecurities are that he’s able to be taken advantage by someone literally praying on him. Like it’s nice how in the beginning said insecurities were temporary soothed by Emi’s words but like that doesn’t leave him the skills to fight it on his own. It’s only an oasis in the desert. Don’t forget that even though the potion doesn’t brainwash people, it makes them highly agreeable to manipulation which I imagine works especially well for someone dealing with intense insecurity. It caused him to dig his head in the sand because she was pressing all the right buttons and if he admitted that he was wrong all this time, I have no doubt that he wouldn’t break because it would mean the monster that tells him he’s not worth anything was right.
Which is why it’s so heartbreaking that he’s proven right and then thrown away like he’s worthless especially in a genre that is extremely reliant on the concept of empathy and redemption.
He should genuinely leave his sister’s side. He wouldn’t bc she is the main character but he should. The reason she shows “love” to him only to stop his later actions. She doesn’t genuinely care for him like how the story wants you to think because she has been manipulating him the entire time almost akin to Stockholm syndrome bc he is so brainwashed that when he finds out that his sister has been lying to him his entire life, he is just going to forgive her like the good dog he is. The whole story they treat him like a nuisance in the way of their love and lives together and it’s so sad that he will never be happy in a way that doesn’t center people who won’t do the same for him.
Also, in addition to just the weirdness surrounding that incredibly toxic relationship. Class relations is also extremely weird and unsettling due to the fact that they try to make it seem like people who are born in poverty, and who are like you know, suffering under oppression and starving are villains for asking for a lot from the church. Granted, I think they were asking for a little bit too much right they were asking for this woman to essentially die for them right but I need people to understand that’s like they are actually being asked to die by the powers that be all the time like they don’t have any power, and they barely have enough food and a literal Saint is in front of them and she’s a noble which means she has money and the literal ability to make most of their problems go away. They did become a bit too relying on her. I can totally see why they would because they are literal peasants. And the fact that the answer to their demands is to completely remove, the Saints blessing from the people and singly only give it to other nobles like her and the royal family is crazy like they should’ve rebelled or just left. They should’ve had a mass migration genuinely. Like the fact that the nobles legitimately think that no bless oblige is enough for the peasants to live off of is crazy and truly goes to show how privilege and arrogant they are. Like the occasional glance from a Noble isn’t going to be enough to feed a family. The people also should’ve stopped believing that the church will come save them and become a more atheist community which Is fairly similar to what really happened in situations like this when the church made it clear that they were no longer going to save the people. I just feel like it’s extremely weird to blame you know literal peasants for flip-flopping on the scene when all that truly matters to them is who is going to be helping them at that specific moment. Faith and nobless oblige doesn’t feed stomach. Actions do.
Even if you look at it like objectively, it is just weird to write about peasants being at fault for you know their situation. I don’t know. It’s just weird. The story has really good ideas and concepts, but the place where they choose to go with them is insanely disappointing.
Like usually the person I feel the worst for is the second male lead who would be the crown prince in this case. His wife who doesn’t really love his is the main cause of his problems. His best friend, who he found out his actions lead to his attempts, treats him like an annoyance. Said “best friend”’s wife hates him but due to her powers he has to keep her around which she uses to her advantage to make his life worse sometimes via blackmail. His father seems to prefer his best friend over him. He is slowly losing power and his mind with no one truly on his side.
I truly feel for him because even at the end the person on his side is under the duchess like someone please save him. Like how Hes came to save cael. He needs someone to come save him but a happy end isn’t in sight for him (at least one I don’t think is happy)
I think the way the parents move is genuinely so interesting because after they do something negative I’m left here thinking “oh they just don’t care” but then they prove they do. Like when the father sends him away I’m thinking he’s only using his child as a pawn for diplomacy like when he tells him to make friends to strengthen diplomacy but he also told him that so his son isn’t lonely in a strange land all by himself.
Also the fact that almost all the adults tell him to rely on them since they probably see that he’s would be incredibly lonely without his sister and assistant
I understand why people are mad that She won’t set hardline boundaries but like she’s very clearly someone who gets taken up by her whims so I don’t think she’s going to be setting those boundaries for a long time to be honest simply because she gets so excited about an idea she completely forgets what is socially acceptable.
The advice his friends gave was such bad advice I think about it often like no you actually shouldn’t confide in a complete stranger about your family secrets
I think his parents are so strange in the way they were like “if you ever committed crime, I will not hesitate to throw you away” like that’s an insane thing to say to a child
I think the thing this story does best is make it very clear help this is very much a family tragedy no matter what angle it goes which is why some of the things Callisto says well seemingly sweet has no weight even if he’s right because like why would a family want to assume that their daughter tried to kill the other one? From either side. They don’t wanna think Penelope tried to kill the pink haired girl, but they also don’t want to think the pink haired girl tried to kill Penelope to that there has to be a third answer because both of them are the daughters of the family at least to the younger brother and the father. Because if A or B were the right answer, they have to say goodbye to a daughter they desperately don’t wanna let go of. This story may have a romance, but at its core it’s a devastating family tragedy and there’s no happy ending insight.
I really hope the dynamic eventually ends up getting flipped where are Leo is mad at JJ while JJ is trying to win him back
I completely understand her crashing out like no way you stole my life and forgot about me and my sacrifice for YOU oh no we fighting
I think he’s genuinely such an interesting character and it sucks that he’s only remembered for his really disgusting feelings for Penelope instead of everything else like I really witched his character didn’t exist because he still character a guy who cannot find it in himself to love his new sister because he personally felt guilty for losing his younger sister because he allowed her to be in a position to get lost. Like he could be a character who let his grief consume him, and that could further reflect on the failing of this family because no one noticed it because he’s so composed that’s genuinely so interesting and compelling but instead we have something much worse
So ok this was good, but also a lot for his character. I really don’t think he should be friends with Itsuomi since he constantly disrespects his boundaries, but I don’t think he’s a good friend to Yuki I think he should just step away from both of them. With his other two friends, they are not the best because why are they trying to homewreak a relationship for him and she doesn’t want to get with him like what??? And people might be saying well what about the girl? Well, what about her? What do we really know about her like genuinely because I’m looking around in the comments and people barely know her name. I really think this is such an interesting way to handle the second male lead, and the ball isn’t only being dropped, it’s rolling down the hill. I feel like people forget that is OK to go through character development away from people who may wish the best for you, but are ultimately hindering you ( in the case of those three guys) or someone who can’t help you ( in the case of yuki)
I don’t think he need a love interest. I think he needs better friends and a better support system! And to move far away!
This trope is so tired. I can’t wait until it gets retired because it’s really really really weird. Like oh my God, please get rid of it
Between the Prince, ferus and elliot The one best suited for her is actually the prince because he knows when to stop. He wants to protect her And he engages in her hobby because he likes seeing her smile, but he knows when to pump the brakes at chill out in a way that Elliott doesn’t seem to understand. Like, he’s committing crimes or what would be crimes as a government employee to protect a woman he cares about that’s kind of insane. Sweet but insane. Férus is personally my favorite, but I think she needs a friend who can match her where she’s at because she doesn’t really have a equal in the kitchen and he’s not her equal but he’s the closest and he can definitely help her learn the culinary arts of that world while she can helps him learn our world culinary.
I know people say the prince doesn’t have a personality, but that is often the case for the stifled second third fourth Prince in stories like this like that’s the point the main character is supposed to break him out of his shell and it’s supposed to be romantic it’s not my favorite, but it’s the trope. Like he’s not that bad
I really hope that the side couple are actually two couples and that it’s woojin and his man? And Taesoo and someone who he can be happy with. Like I think, both of them have been put through the ringer with physical assaults and sexual assaults and I just want them to be happy because if the mess that is the main couple gets to have their happy ever after so should everyone else.
Also, do we know anything about the red hair guy because he only appears in like three chapters and has like six panels like his name is Itae but what else?
Woah I didn’t know everyone hated Subaru so much like get off him he’s a mentally unstable minor but in all seriousness, I think it’s understandable to dislike him for his attempted assault of ML but I feel like people also need to realize that’s just the name of the game when it comes to Omegaverse like you will always have rape as drama when it comes to stories like this and that’s more of the fault of the genre and the author than the characters themselves, but I still think it’s weird to make a character do that in the first place, especially one who wants to prove that he is the one who has the best fit in mind for him.
Separating him from that he still such a tragic character because he’s joking about not caring anymore, but like obviously he’s still cares so he wouldn’t be in the story if he didn’t care Don’t think he’s gonna go out of his way to hurt anyone, but I don’t think he’s going to go out of his way to help the main couple like Inami seems to be doing. I think he’s about to reach his boiling point again and I’m interested to see which direction he goes. Hopefully he has a breakdown! I also don’t think ML has been a good friend to him but that’s also the name of the game when you’re in a romantic story like this