True, most one year old humans are working through their physical milestones, but also true that it's unusual for royalty or even higher classes to completely 'parent' their children. sadly...
I guess it's true that it's a little more historically accurate this way, but the main couple's whole dynamic is definitely not of the time
So this isn't really a period piece or even really historical fiction, it's fantasy that's referencing a vague time period for little more than aesthetics
Which is totally cool, just that now the argument of "realistically, historically, or traditionally royalty did so and so" isn't really supported because the author has the capability and is currently ignoring all that in favor of the kind of story and the kind of relationship they want to write
But what it comes down to is it's the authors story, so what happens isn't up to the audience. However, the audience will still feel disappointment and express distaste when confronted with what looks like a dropped plot or dropped character, especially when it comes to this baby, because the main story's big conclusions was the pregnancy, which would make you think that this baby was a big deal. Instead the focus was just the pregnancy and the baby was just a discarded byproduct.
I'm sorry this was long and probably came off more argumentative than I intended, I just have a lot of thoughts and your comment inspired even more.
I swear, I've written a whole essay about this baby in the comments at this point and every chapter I just feel an obsessive compulsion to write another
haha, I understand, and agree with some of your points. It's a funny coincidence tho that I have recently had a very similar discussion in a comment section for Asian dramas. Because I have to rebut the part where you say this isn't a period piece or historical fiction.. Because that's just what it is. Here's a snipped quote from Studiobinder dot com when discussing what a period piece is. " Westerns, comedies, thrillers, action, and horror films can all be period pieces. The period piece as a genre is defined by the setting, not the story." So Dracula can be a period piece, and it's not historically accurate , and it is a fantasy, but it is a period piece. The same with 'historical', it's something that is portrayed in the style, or based as a certain time in the past in relationship to the present... So it's not farfetched, to me, that the author uses some devices from the past to create an 'historical' type story, while not sticking rigidly to facts. I mean, the FL's character's village had powers, it's clear this isn't based on a real historical time or story. I only responded to you in that first post based on your reaction that this story wasn't adhering to reality. Interesting discussion:)
Waaiitt so the baby is still only 1 year old and she's in classes?? I assumed they time skipped until she was a couple years cuz they said she's in classes but for reference, most one year olds are still breast feeding, some manage to say one or two words consistently, and only really understand simple words like "no" and "bye-bye" or terms like "mom" and "dad"
What kind of "classes" is this baby a part of and why aren't you parenting you child?
(To be clear, it's not really a criticism of the fictional characters, more just a question of why the author felt the need to make this baby like a huge thing at the end and through the pregnancy only to actually just throw the whole baby away. I'm still enjoying the story ofc, I just have to shake my head over this lol)