He’s distant and cold but idk his character is kind of hard to hate. He’s so straightforward about his intentions; I don’t think he intends on hurting the princess but he will her as a means to his goals like he told her he would. I don’t think it’s fair to hate him for that reason since they both agreed on it..
I’m also pretty sure he’s not jealous of the bodyguard but threatened by him. Until now Dowun was the closest to the queen but now there’s someone who can do for her what he never could; appeal to her emotions.
Lmao of course I did but when you’re raised in an environment like that with a father like that, it isn’t surprising why he acts the way he does..
He’s probably been taught to do anything for the success of his family no matter the cost. Of course that doesn’t excuse his actions but it’s pitiful
just cuz he's straightforward about being an asshole doesnt make him LESS of an asshole lol. what strange logic
See how this manga is going the only way he is going to atone for his sons is DEATH (⌒▽⌒)
I might like dowens character again IF he had a redemption arc before dying for the sake of mc
Ofc not but it does make his situation a little more complex in my opinion because she was well aware of what she was signing up for...lol yeah it’s definitely an unpopular opinion~ but I think he’s an interesting antagonist nonetheless
I disagree I find his character very easy to hate. it would be even easier if his character had been a female and they were acting this way. many of the characteristics he represents, ambition, manipulation, analytical are traits all frowned upon in woman after all. we put up with it because he's a man
I don’t think so, atleast personally I think what upsets me the most about his character is the influence his family had on his decisions (which are still awful but hear me out) and the face that he never tried to appeal to her emotions backhandedly; my opinion would stand if he was a woman.
Its just a theory but I think he doesn't want his brother involved in this whole mess. In the chapter he said the brother is impulsive, which means the survival in the castle will be troublesome for him. May be he did treated him bad in his childhood so that he would hate him or stop looking up to him like he used therefore not following his path of life. But, when I see that how he treated the princess then it is not possible that he was considerate of his brother.
But, I am crying for MC. She feels alone. Specially when they all left after the meeting about baek han being a criminal for treason. She felt really lonely sitting on that throne alone.
She was picked up off the streets and adopted as a replacement for the dukes missing daughter....
But she’s also his illegitimate child???
He said that he adopted her bc she looked like his missing daughter but actually she too was his real daughter. He lied like that to cover the truth
Oh shittt wow he’s even scummier than we thought
someone’s gonna get hurt
I don’t know who but its gonna suck ass..
I just hope kasiya and ernon dont get hurt..the two of them have some real chemistry
Is it just me or was the emperor’s change of heart really random? You ignore your wife for ages and now all of a sudden you’re this super affectionate husband? It feels super unnatural
Don't ask. At least it is not an "abusive husband turn a new and is redemmed by the power of love as the FL forgive everything for... reasons" story.
I thought it was obvious in the beginning why it switched like this...
I guess but wasn’t his defining characteristic that he refused to love and hated women? I feel like there should be some reasoning and build-up for why he changed his mind right?
Was it? I don’t really recall anything in particular
No, he just have the emotional and intellectual capacities of a five years old child. This is also the reason why he can't do anything by himself and everyone around him have to deal with the conflits for him. The book about how the Emperor is perceived by a child might be what he was going to become. A puppet abandoned by everyone. Well, it might be.
Yea maybe it’s just me always overestimating the way the author put it but I’m pretty it’s cuz he noticed how she changed and that’s why he started falling for her... basically typical: “Youve becoming a completely different person than I’m used to, and I like that.... I like that ALOT”
facts only
She was like that from the beggining (she reincarnated early, before they actually talked together for the wedding contract). She slowly has grow on him by letting him live is life in peace without causing troubles and making him jelly by being friendly with everyone else except him.
So like I said....She changed from what she originally was...
She was always like this. The "mean and bully one" was the Selena from the novel. The Emperor never taught that she was mean or maipulative. She even had a super good reputation in hight society.
Who tf... don’t bring in the novel I’ve never read it doesn’t change the fact that she’s different now
?? I mean the novel she transmigrated into. The "current" Selena is the only one the Emperor has ever meet with, so he did not fall in love because she "changed". Instead it was because he was jalous that she was friendly with everyone except him and he got to know her (not only does she have a super good reputation but he do like her personality). The "novel" Selena was going to stick to him to try to make him love her but it never happened.
Ah wait a second her name isn’t Leana? She still changed tho... she no longer friendly to everyone else (in a sense) and now she’s friendly to him when she wasn’t before
No, it is Serena. And for the friendly side, she is friendly to him because he is the one who is trying to get close to her first. The one who changed is the Emperor in this exemple.
At this point I think I confused myself so let’s stop here
You don’t need to be condescending about it. I mixed up plots from different stories and I’m not gonna remember the name of nice person in the story (that’s just me). I don’t need you pointing out things to me
Can we talk about how the author didn't use truck-kun! We stan meaningful past lives, back stories and deaths here
OMG YES! It’s either truck-kun or the usual falling asleep and waking into a different body.
My mom was like
same. but in the toilet. and my mom was banging on the door.
We only ship the carriage sex gang here