i hope to see more loid and anya father-daughter bonding time. there are a few scenes where it’s clear he cares about her, but at the forefront of it all is him thinking of her as a tool
the scene where she cuddled up to him in the first few chapters was cute, but we don’t see the that one on one closeness anymore. when they went on the cruise trip for example, the focus was on yor sort of, and how it was weird she wasn’t there (not that it was a bad arc but i just mean that even though they were together, it didn’t feel like they got all that much closer. anya was focused on yor, and loid just felt like he was humoring anya).
it’s clear that loid still sees anya as a tool for his mission first, and his daughter second (imo). even when he came to her when the hijacking happened, it’s very believable that he did it with his main concern being about the mission, not anya herself. i feel like even loid and yor are starting to break through that wall.
i’m hopeful for the future chapters though!! i rlly want some father daughter moments :’) what do you guys think?
(sorry if this is articulated weirdly, i’m sleepy TT)
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Their reasoning for why Marcille couldn’t have her wish didn’t convince me tbh. Like we know now that it wouldn’t have been possible without severe consequences, but the way it was brushed off- and everyone in the party collectively didn’t like the idea of their lifespans being heightened annoyed me.
Especially since the entire argument was “well, that’s because it’s what YOU wish Marcille. If you force others to blah and blah.” Okay, this is an argument on why she can’t FORCE it onto others, but not considering the actual idea or the benefits lengthening life spans could give to other species. If she wanted everyone to live forever, like Thistle did, then this would’ve held a lot more weight, but increasing life spans so the races were on a more equal plane genuinely doesn’t sound like a bad idea, and it annoyed me that it was dismissed so quickly. Like sure maybe to 1000 is too much, and
I get the potential risks as a result of increasing their life spans, like overpopulation. (To their credit they did argue that in order for one being to live, another may die, which I kinda get). But if seriously considered, I feel like workarounds could be thought up too, but nah they put it on the same level as bad as living for infinity and shut it down, which really annoyed me.
To me I view it like having an antidote offered to you to solve a life-threatening disease, and you just decline it because “death is natural, we must all learn to accept it.” Like bitch, take the antidote, damn, you’ll be able to die anyway, it’s not completely removing it
she’s not gonna sacrifice herself for a man that did not want her in the end lmfao
idk if anyone noticed but the moment remi took her body back, one of the first things she did was cut her hair. where we’re currently at in the manga, enough time has passed for it to grow almost to the original length emi had it at, she also paired it with the same outfit emi wore the day she got framed.
i can’t properly articulate how beautiful this is, in the time it took for her to grow her hair back, she swiftly put pina in the palm of her hand.
i hope it gets a little dragged out, since it seems we’re coming to a conclusion soon but i don’t want this wonderful manga to end :’)
The way the count died was so dark and glossed over :’( i know he was a shady guy who did some questionable things, but man, it still hurts my heart. there’s this scene where the poor guy is in bed all bandaged up with arias mom standing beside him, his eyes looked so soft and pure while he was still recovering. it’s really tragic..
it was a satisfying way to wrap up the roscent family, but his death was truly brutal.
making him confused after repeatedly harassing and s/aing him doesn’t making him secretly gay, it makes him traumatized. (even if he does end up being in denial, its evil to force him and strip away his ability to explore on his own terms).
i’m still pissed off that this was being marketed as some cute shounen ai and in reality has these poorly treated dark themes that should make it fall under psychological horror. the ‘s/a into questioning and forgiving abusers bc they liked it all along’ pipeline is an outdated ass trope that should die already, it reeks.
if you enjoy these themes i hope even you can agree that they should be labeled appropriately and separated from the bl genre instead of treating it as one in the same, so ppl who don’t like it can avoid it
does no one else find it kinda of weird the mc got executed for deception? how is it her fault for ‘deceiving’ the empire as if he didn’t personally take her in as his daughter and watch her grow up since she was a baby? like worst case scenario the dads the one who accidentally took in someone else’s kid
i’ve been skipping this bc i hate flashbacks, i just want progression abt the people i care abt and what they’re doing in the present. i’d rather have the three present chapters, im tired of waiting i wanna see anya and if her dynamic changes with damien after the bomb she threw at him :’)
i rlly enjoy the world building but one thing i don’t like is how they try and claim that the male leads aren’t brainwashed. they’re having their emotions heightened, exaggerated and controlled without their consent. even if they have personal beliefs, needs or desires that happen to be compatible with its effects (for example i think the ex fiancé has some insecurity that has him wanting to compete with remi), his emotions are still being manipulated and accelerated.
i think every person has at least a few unreasonable thoughts or emotions. we can’t help things such as envy, frustration or even uncomfortabality towards others, but it’s important to recognize these thoughts are unreasonable and not take it out on someone who’s literally doing nothing wrong. except how are you supposed to be able to control those unreasonable thoughts if they’re being controlled, accelerated, provoked and influenced by someone else without your knowledge or consent?
its kind of like yuri in ddlc where her love/obsession was heightened to the point she went insane. its mind control, or at the very least manipulation, and they’re still victims.
i kind of feel bad for eclise i’m ngl, penelope plays a huge part as to why he becomes the way he does. she buys him while he’s severely traumatized, then neglects him and only visits him to flirt with him basically. all of this is a perfect mix for an unhealthy obsession and dependability to form.
not saying that she’s a bad person for it ? since she obviously has her reasons, but i just can’t help but feel like she especially fucked him over. since the beginning i thought it would’ve been better if she hadn’t gotten involved so the crown prince got a hold of him instead, where there was hope for normalcy for him. poor dude.
she trusted damien before she trusted her parents or even becky!! i was rlly worried that their relationship was extremely one-sided and purely artificial for anya (for her dads mission and all), BUT THIS PROVES ME WRONG!! she IS getting attached to him!
i KNEW THIS BITCH WOULD SEE THE MARKS AND INSTEAD OF BEING CONCERNED HE’D FEEL COMPETETIVE AND SEE IT AS FREE GAME TO DO THE SAME. I CALLED IT. ME. I DID.
anyway this comics trash im dropping it. this shit is not okay, it’s not cute, and it’s even more insulting that they’re trying to romanticize it and frame it as it being okay because mc is in denial about it feeling good, and implying that when he comes to terms with the fact that he enjoyed it, suddenly these assholes are redeemed. they’re not!
while i enjoy seeing the school plot more than the intense plots, i rlly hate that they have anya so committed to plan b and she’s not allowed just be a kid. all her actions are influenced by lloids wants and plans and it’s getting a bit overdone for me, i want to see HER wants and needs in social settings yk? idk
abigail’s insecurity is rlly being stretched out, goddamn, it’s to the point that it’s frustrating. he almost leaned in to kiss you that time and ur like “nah im making things up ╥﹏╥ i don’t deserve love boohooo.” like girl… stand up…
also why are they trying to pair blanche and verite together? just let them be friends #－.－) idc if he’s technically “two” years old, he mentally feels old enough to play a convincing adult, giving him a child appearance doesn’t suddenly make it fine to pair him with a child, and just bc he has some childlike innocence as a result of being in the mirror, it doesn’t exactly = being on the same brain development that a human child is at. it just too weird and it felt extremely out of character for him to be like “ur the beautiful one ヾ(☆▽☆)” after he’s expressed annoyance over having to repeatedly monitor her and humor abigail’s obsession with calling her pretty. like who is this???
they would’ve been better off as friends, or if he took on an uncle role since he’s seen as a little brother figure to abigail.
this felt very raw and realistically written, im always pleasantly surprised when i find content like this. it isn’t like OVERLY edgy and overdone like missing love (well, outside of cole’s moments where he’s straight up insane at times). other comics that gives me this raw, realistic vibe is j no subete (major trigger warning for graphic child abused for that one), and stigma.
idk how to explain it other than this just feels believable. maybe it’s the american themes that are done extremely well with these stories? im not sure, i think the execution for that, the dialogue and interactions are amazing though.
can we get this bitchass duke out of our faces alrdy he’s been here for majority of the updates, i might drop this from how goddamn frequent they show his insufferable ass and keep trying to develop tension. mc’s like