The real irony is that both Navier and Rashta had the potential to be incredibly nuanced characters. But of course it was easier to pit them against each other rather than make the emperor the real problem. And I'm so mad it actually worked on me at first. I bought into the rivalry before realizing I was reading patriarchy's oldest magic trick...
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When the fl and ml are rivals and yet for some reason the male lead is always winning at everything. How? Aren’t you supposed to be rivals. Sorry but the one sided rivalry where only the female character loses pmo. shout out Special A.
Also kind of a tangent, but I see this trope in yaoi a lot too where the bottom is always losing to the top. I...... 1 reply
I love me some female villains but there are times where you can tell the author wrote in a female villain so that it's more justified when she's humiliated and broken down by (often times) a male MC. And if I said Malty from Shield Hero is a good example of this people would call me crazy.
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