so...
1. seme is hung up on this tutor who took advantage of him (it prob hasnt even been 3 yrs since then), he's also a manwhore.
2. uke happens to look like the tutor & the seme is taking his frustrations out on him. the "aspirin" plot was crazy btw.
3. uke had an inkling his bestie had feelings for him but was acting oblivious.
4. & bestie has anger issues.
can these D-tier stories have shittier art so it makes dropping them easier?
stopping mid-binge at ch32 to say that, despite being 32 chapters in, the children's characters are barely developed. ian is like an afterthought; the duke just happened to send a letter, right as we were discussing the other children's futures. ig it's very simple writing & bad pacing.
there'll prob be be a time jump in the next 10 chapters & while i'm thankful that i won't have to sit thru the childcare arc for 100 chapters, 40 is too fast
had an inkling it was gonna be like this... it's making me nauseous, skipped thru ch14.
don't wanna read until ik i can binge til the old dude gets his shit rocked :/
they prob won't resolve this til like ch55 tho, so i'll just wait til next year to continue ig
like, when will authors retire the "old man with a bit of power/influence exploits young character"-trope? it often doesn't make sense either, esp here — how is a somewhat-crazy character, who can fight, unable to beat up a feeble old shady painter?? KNOCK HIS DENTURES OUT & LEAVE
is this just a pornhwa hidden behind a nice art style & i'm not supposed to think abt the plot too much?
i expected this to be more serious, given that the ML litch betrayed & killed half of a village(?), including FL's PARENTS, but it's just... not. why would she put off killing him until the ball, she said she was in that palace for months. if he was dropped as a baby, how does he know his "task" was to betray the lower lvl ppl? was it correspondence with the guards who came down from time to time? the dream sequence also confused me, did he have sex with some random lady irl, when he was still stuck down below, but FL was swapped in while he was dreaming abt it??
only thing this abomination of a story did better than remarried empress is speeding the plot up. art feels wasted on the story itself... titty is just trashta with less screen time, villain is there ig, fl is spineless (why is she just quiet whenever titty was being icky??). sped thru this in 1.5hrs & only felt happy once i saw ml's BACK MUSCLES
i need to know cause i got too attached & szn 2 is taking ages & i won't get immediate answers when it does release. i'll also forget that this exists in 2 days.
SPOILERS AHEAD? in case i guess something correctly
1. is the novel r19 / is szn 2 going to be r19
2. so 2nd prince is evil, can lord r-something (bowl cut) be trusted?
or i do get it & i'm not happy abt getting it? bcs it ended up being simpler than i thought. & the title ended up being more on-the-nose than i expected it to (the sheep do be falling).
art carries this, but not on it's back, more like a princess-carry, so story is good 'nuff. it's just that i wouldn't have been as eager to pick it back up if it had a different art style but the same plot