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Where did you read it?
Yup yup. I feel like a lot of us forget that if she doesn't get someone, anyone's affections up by a certain point she will die. If I was in her situation I would go for the easiest target too. Also, my memory is fuzzy but
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Wasn't eclise originally planning on killing her (Not 100% sure this is true) but eventually he found her useful/started to obsess over her. And everyone who helped the og heroine knew what they were doing was bad but did it for their personal benefit including him
So I think I have to post this to clear up some things.
Please don't think of Penelope as the villainess woman figure like Aria from The Villainess Reverses The Hourglass. Just stop. Penelope is a much more complex character. Sure she's selfish for using Eclise and cruel for throwing him away just like that but I'll just remind you that Eclise knew right from the beginning that she was planning on using him and willingly let her use him. Sure she gaslighted him into thinking that she only has him but he is a grown adult and his obsession of her that became his downfall is his own doing. Penelope's situation is much more scarier and complicated from her perspective, but it's the product of the events that she was forced to undergo.
I'm not defending her actions nor the choices she have made that only resulted in bad consequences but it was just so funny to me when people are so quick to say how she basically drove Eclise to obsession and manipulated him even though it was basically implied on the story that Eclise knew about her intentions right from the start but willingly allowed (and forced!) her to use him anyway.