My apologies. that last line was bitchy. Shaming people's preferences isn't cool. I'm just kind of hot-headed about good storytelling and am excited about the potential in this one, and kinda upset about some of the comments. Don't drive away people who like to see their main characters experience realistic growth, please.
So I completely agree with you but it's just been 10 chapters so I thik we have to wait for the charecter growth while keeping in mind that she's a victim of abuse and hasn't been allowed to make any decisions her whle life which will make the process a little slow I think. Also, he's only able to be there because of her so I think she holds some amount of power over him, that and the fact that he is bound to do everything she wants him to do.
*think
I think what she did is really smart--Do you think the Emperor genuinely cares about the monsters and how his people are suffering? He doesn't even care if his own daughter is suffering, for pity's sake. She cornered him, giving terms that technically he is SUPPOSED to care about, while not giving him what he ACTUALLY WANTS. Now he can't complain, because it would make him look like shit in front of the temple and his people.
Not only that, she's secured herself a place of safety with a family he can't afford to look bad in front of. If he's his usual charming self, she might be able to persuade that family to help her overtake him. They have a great reputation for being just and not greedy, and would have the people on their side.
That was a really smart political move.
Plus, she's put herself in prime position to take her revenge on Selena, who has feelings for someone who lives there.
Sure, she could use the ML's power and destroy the emperor and the kingdom and have a speedy revenge... but that would cause a power vacuum and could easily be spun in a way that could turn everyone against her. In the long run, it would give her more problems than it would fix, and it would be cheap.
And as a writer? That is shit storytelling, period, and a sure sign the author isn't really invested in telling a good story... or that they just don't know how. There's no character development, nothing intrinsically interesting in the setting and plot, and it cheapens the romance, too--I, personally, like heroines who take responsibility for their own shit and work to become strong for themselves, taking their revenge and being a boss by their own merit. The romance is so much more interesting that way, too. I'm only interested in power couples, thank you, and they can't be a power couple if he's the only one with real power.
**spoiler alert?**
Someone in the comments mentioned she might take the seat of emperor herself? And I was super confused about how disdainful they were about it... I mean, y u no like a genuinely powerful female character who has the balls to rule?
I'm so confused right now (⊙…⊙ )
I guess I should be glad we don't like the same stories.