She DOESNT know she’s favoured. She was groomed by her mother to be a people pleaser, and doesn’t know she has influence over people, much less the crown prince. She knows he likes her a little, but he sees her as an object to you around with and parade around. “Then she should make up an excuse” she’s a MAID. yall are fucking dumb
precisely the point. she's a maid and she gets to be do all the stuff only a nobility or royalty can do bcs the empress and the crown prince likes her. she knows she's favoured and she's uncomfortable w it, it's implied in her backstory. i'm not going to argue with someone who doesn't know how to read in between the lines.
So then why talk as if Helena has a choice in what the crown prince and empress wants of her?? You seem to know her circumstances, so why talk about her as if she has any say in any matter, much less with the crown prince??
i sympathise a bit w helena now that we've seen her backstory and how she thinks but it's honestly so dumb of her not to know or even suspect what alec and the empress would do to eris if it was FOR HER. she knows they favor her and that they have biased judgements towards her. is she not thinking at all?
why was she even THAT dolled up in another lady's coming of age ceremony? she's not even of nobility, but a mere commoner. she didn't looked suprised nor against alec escorting HER in his FIANCE's event when it should be eris that alec escorts especially in a time like this. there's honestly no excuse for this. "maybe she can't refuse the crown prince or the empress," then she should make up an excuse lol maybe she should literally break a leg or something?