Agreed! I just finished the webtoon and novel and people don't attack Sovieshu nearly as much as Rashta despite him probably being worse
Sovieshu deserves as much hate as rashta !! they’re both trash
I agree that, as of now, Rashta gets way to much hate and Sovieshu doesn’t get that same hate level that he actually deserves.
However I don’t agree that if the perspective was from Rashta, we would be supporting her for the main reason being that Rashta’s current and future character is not likeable nor are her action even remotely justified. Coming from a novel reader, she only continues spiralling into a detestable and ‘evil’ character. That to me is enough for her not to be able to be a protagonist that the readers would support. I can spoil some of the stuff that she does that makes me not agree to your point but only if you want.
Yea I agree like she’s got a kid that she wants to care for and shit and was slave under that dude she had a kid with father. But she is a bit of a bitch, like she’s purposefully set off the empress by disrespecting her and putting her in bad guy position. Plus she’s kinda power hungry now
i think that's because sovieshit is not as impactful as rashta??? like yeah, he gets my blood boiling but I more or less don't care abt him lmaoooo cuz there are a lot of male characters just like him. he's a dime a dozen. anyway, rashta was so annoying because she's still trying to look innocent till now. most villainess shows their true colors easily, that's why it makes rashta more hateful
(tldr @ the bottom)
Honestly I feel like we give rastha too much shit (keep in mind I'm on chpt. 57).
I've seen so many people trash rashta but excuse the emperor for everything he's done. To me, they are both equally manipulative and toxic.
We've seen rashta say and do some manipulative stuff but we've also same the Emperor pull the exact same thing on the Empress. "You don't really love me" and things like that (typical "but I'm a nice guy" manipulative bs).
I honestly believe that if we were reading this manhwa from Rashta's perspective, we would full heartedly be supporting her. However, she's being portrayed as the villain instead.
Why I think this:
1. she has a tragic backstory like most isekai/reincarnation/etc stories.
2. She is trying to find a better life for herself
3. She tries to be openly friendly towards others
4. If we were seeing this from her perspective, we would probably be thinking more along the lines of "he deserved that" or "she's a bad bitch" iinstead of "manipulative.
The constant hate I see towards Rashta and the lack of hate for the emperor only reminds me of the constant issue of people disproportionally hating on female characters in comparison to male characters with the same/similar traits.
Another example of this is in atla when people would complain and shit on Katara for "constantly" bringing up her mother but never about zuko when he constantly brought up his honor. "constantly" (for katara) being in quotes because she didn't even mention her mother that much in comparison to zuko and his honor.
This constant act of hating on female characters more than male characters with similar flaws is a HUGE problem. It is also EXTREMELY sexist, whether it's subconscious or not.
If you are going to hate on rashta PLEASE make sure you are showing up with the same energy for the emperor.
TLDR:
If you are hating on Rashta and excusing/not paying as much attention to the Emperor, try taking a look at yourself. They are both equally manipulative and toxic. Showing more hate for a female character and ignoring the same traits in a male character is sexist.