If you read the novel I makes a lot of sense. You can read spoilers too if you would like, but...
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He ends up treating her the best and protecting her and having faith in her and treating her well, he's on guard because so many are after his life so he was suspicious of her but once he betterbunderstands she isn't sent to harm him and begins to like her he really shows he's different than the others that treated her horribly her whole life.
adding on to this i feel like he's the only one who can truly sympathize with penelope. i saw a comment that really explained this well, both misunderstood and mistreated, and had labels slapped on to them before they could even explain themselves (not like they would listen or actually believe them in the first place). he's really the only one who actually supports and stays by penelope's side t/o the entire novel
Yas. Callisto's the only guy in this manhwa who's not a fvcking shit all the other are so fvcked up. Vinter judge her to quickly that he thinks she's gonna harm Yvonne, Eclise betrayed her, lol i forgot his name the black haired young duke he's just really a piece of garbage, Well aside from the pink haired guy he could be forgiven by the others but not for me tho, from wut he did to Penelope when they were still a child that's enough for me to hate him.
A satisfying spoiler: that fvcking piece of garbage dark haired young duke kneels and begged Penelope not to leave the Eckart's mansion.
I am also asking the same question! Even in the novel update spoilers there are people praising and fawning over him how cute he has become towards the FL ...
Doesn't matter how much he almost killed her or how many times he bothered/threatened/manhandled her out of paronoia, boredom and obsession...(⊙…⊙ )
Let's face it. They love him because he is portrayed as the most hottest best looking one and the only best option for the struggling FL... At the end he has transformed into the ideal attractive gentleman.
Beauty and The Beast Syndrom
To me, it doesn't matter how tragic his backstory is or how bloody his circumstances are, that ML is the typical bloodthirsty violent psychotic tsundere manchild that is easily more priveledged and superior than the FL with whom he likes to toy with/torture/bully until he is reformed into the ideal devoted fine man through the power of love by the not like the other girls FL. ( ̄へ ̄)
The usual FL always always has to please, suffer and do emotional labor for the tyrant prince.(〜 ̄△ ̄)〜 Alphaholes only change after they see their FLs in lot of pain and danger!
Those entitled jerks always get interested when the FL does not want anything to do with him or starts any actions towards self-emancipation#-.-)
I wanna see if that Callisto can even handle Lion Queen Bitch Melissa (BEWARE OF THE VILLAINESS) and Psycho Sloth Rachel (SLOW PRISON LIFE) (⌒▽⌒)
I don't think except for that one first time he has ever done something as bad as you said. But I haven't read the full novel yet so I may not be aware , however even in that one time at the beginning we can understand that he was doing it for his own survival as he was repeatedly and often targeted by enemies, he was protecting himself just as the fl lead is protecting herself but in a different method than him.
May I ask if you read the novel? Cause I think you are judging him so much when in the manhwa we haven't even been told a lot about him.
I have read past this arc that is starting with the hunting competition so I may not have the right to say much but from what I read I would say that he is by far the best one from the targets( well in my opinion )
Well anyway didn't mean to sound rude, sorry if I did (▰˘◡˘▰)
Unfortunately there is no one.
The author wrote it so that Callisto is the only best option and that Penelope needs a man/FL to heal or get stronger. There are even no other equals she can call real reliable friends.
I aknowledge his character development in the novel but it doesn't sit right with me that MLs like him only start changing after they harmed the FL they personally regard as interesting unique object regardless of their reasons...
I m done with glorified toxic tropes: The Slave & The Tyrant
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callisto since childhood has always been targeted by assassins from his own family. so he was taught from a very young age that it's either kill or be killed in order to protect himself. that's also why he's very suspicious of penelope at first bc he thinks she's an assassin sent to kill him. but when he finds out she's not he starts to reveal who he really is and is really the only one who stays by her side t/o the entire novel. anyways basically callisto is the best ml out of everyone else :D
You are not rude at all. You just want to communicate/reason with me.
I ve only read some chapters and all detailed spoilers in novelupdate.
And I understand why Callisto has fans that find him very appealing.
He is obviously the only best thing that happened to the FL even though he nearly killed her.
But to me he is the typically entitled arrogant cruel Alphahole you can find in many Romance related Novels/Stories.
The FL often has to survive him or endure hardship and suffering caused by the ML.
I never liked the scenario where the superior powerful jerk threatens the struggling victimized scared girl/lady. She somehow catches his interests and he begans to bother her despite trying to avoid him or distance from him.
How is this a good healthy power dynamic?
I get that why he behaves like that and that he becomes more sweet towards her in the following arcs but the logic that you will develop feelings for the guy who almost took your life, scares you and harassed you which can give you a serious trauma...
That can't be right.
To be honest, excuses or sad tragic background infos for Bloodthirsty Tyrant MLs don't work on me anymore...
It put me off that after he almost killed Penelope and it was afterwards clear that she wasn't an assassin, he is forcefully wanting to get close her despite seeing her discomfort and her already signaling she doesn't want anything to do with him.
She is strong against the shitty family and servants but weak towards the ML/Prince
of course...
Thanks. I get where you come from and I respect your opinion but I still stand with my own. I mean compared to other scumbags that I've seen before to me he just seems as a normal person that is trying his best at survival.
I mean let's be honest we know our fl is a badass and if she was in his situation with the same past and everything I think she would have done the same thing as him ( probably me as well ).
And I quite get the trauma bit, but in a sense you could say that even him could have developed a type of trauma and habit because of his lifestyle, so I don't think you can really blame him. It's just in his nature to be on guard and arrogant as to protect himself to not show any weakness, and of course because of this he had hurted our fl.
I think in the end we can have both sides being the truth to real life reality.
I also think that fl was able to fall in love with him,forgetting about the near kill thing, because in a way she understands him ( well probably after finding everything out?) She understands the pain and struggle of trying to survive each day by any means possible both in her previous and current lifetime, so I don't think it's too far fetched for her to love him especially when he was the only person to actually care about her
Well that is just my opinion so (●'◡'●)
Well I would say that that is usually how they become a tyrant because of what they have gone through and their will to survive just as our fl; being cold and antagonistic because of the things that she has suffered.
Their past is what makes them act like this as to protect themselves
I don't really know what to say about him forcing to communicate with her. I would probably interpret it as his curiosity of wanting to know someone that said they "love" him; as it was something new he never experienced before
And I would say that she is more afraid of him than the rest 1. Of course because of what happened in the garden and 2. He is of royalty and known as a tyrant, so she can't simply act like she wants as it could be taken in a way as treason , sooooo.....of course she would be scared ..... especially since in the game she played she always died at the crown prince's scenes, however this was not a game but real life for her.
Why are you guys loving that crazy ass Prince when he cut her throat in the early chapters and tried to kill her ??? Am I missing something????