Her: the book said he likes things that are interesting and not boring Also her:*proceeds ...

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If she did nothing she would've died obviously

The duke was trying to kill her and if she didn't gain allies she would've been dead by now. So she did the smart thing anyway.

It would've made more sense if she simply ran the fuck away in a disguise and started a new life with out getting caught. But doing 'nothing' would've been the stupidest decision to make.

But didnt she (the og body) bully the ogfl so the tyrant killed her? She said the og body was wrong but doesn't deserve such treatment. So she should've known if she did nothing and doesn't touch ogfl she'd be safe

The ogfl isn't even present yet and the Duke has already attempted to kill her for a completely different reason unrelated to the ogfl so with that in mind if she did nothing prior to the ogfl not shown up yet she'd be dead right now. She was safe before the ogfl nor after so doing nothing was never an option for her.

*wasnt

By “nothing”, I meant “nothing” regarding the male lead/emperor. If she didn’t do anything to gain his attention and just proceeded to do wait out for the fl, the og plot would’ve still go on, which then could she run away. I even specifically said that she “could disappear quietly”, which can be in the form of running away or even betraying her family and selling them out to the emperor to survive. The stupidest decision was to say the emperor likes interesting things and proceeding to do “interesting” things to make him not like her.

Well duh it was because she was acting out of character and unlike a doll that she used to be. It would’ve been better if she pretended to be compliant while still not doing anything to gain the emperor’s attention and wait out for the ogfl, then quietly disappear. And again, I meant “not do anything” was regarding the stuff she’s doing that was gaining the emperor’s attention. What she’s doing now is stupid bcs if the duke was trying to kill her for the simplest thing, the smart thing would’ve to think that he would kill her too for acting stupid in front of the emperor.

My bad for not trying to specify what “not doing anything” I actually meant but my original comment’s point was to point out the stupid train of thought that went through the fl’s head. She even specifically narrated that the emperor likes interesting things and she thought that doing interesting things would make the emperor cancel their engagement??

You just don't get it, do you? If everything went her way and she just stayed quiet and behaved like a good girl all the time would there really be anything to read? If she broke of the engagement right away would the creator really of created something like this then? It would've been boring to read, and the creator wants people to read it, right?

Obviously??? But your take is very weak because by your logic, people can’t criticize any fictional character because they’re what they are for the story to have flowed that way?? Any flaw a character has in most, if not all, fictional story can be excused using what u had just said.

Thats not what i meant. I often critize characters too but you're saying that she should've stayed quiet and not do anything, how fun is that? Tbh all the things she did to try and break of the engagement that you call "crazy" really aren't crazy at all if you think about what kinda situation she is in. She knows she'll get killed if she don't do anything, or she would've have to life a sad and unhappy life that she doesn't want. Maybe she should've stayed quiet and tried to think of another plan? But would it really be fun then? The difference is that this is just to make the story, a character without flaws isn't something you're going to find if you don't write the story yourself. Im not trying to make it seem like she doesn't have flaws or that you can use it as an excuse, i just pointed out that that's how the story often goes. The FL has to withstand some hardships in the manwha, otherwise it would be boring. That's why she can't just stay quiet and not do anything. I agree, if we wanted a easy-going manwha that would most likely be pretty boring but the FL/ML wouldn't have to go through any hardships then it would of been grat if the FL just stayed quiet and didn't do anything. I also critize her for some things she does but not realizing that that is what has to happen for the story to continue is just dumb. You didn't just criticize the character, you criticized the story. Criticize how much you want, you're free to do so, i just wanted to share my thought about how you experience it since we think differently. Don't get offended or take it in another way than what it was meant to be taken as, it's not that deep. You do you, I do me.

Again, I understand that she has to act that way for the story to flow that way it did, your logic obviously goes outside the bounds of the “story” because you’re taking things that are outside of the story into account (ie the author and story building). On the other hand, I only meant to criticize the mental gymnastics the character has to do for her to come up with that plan WITHOUT taking into account that it’s what is need for the story because what’s the fun in that if all irregularities and flaws could just be explained as “oh well that’s what’s needed for the plot”? If you really can’t understand then you could see it “almost” the same as people making theories out of plot holes and irregularities of tv series because while they could be obviously explained as something that the script writers forgot, it is also fun to criticize it and make theories. As you said, it’s not that deep but you guys were the ones who took what was meant to be a light hearted comment about a characters’ mental gymnastics as an insult. As you said, again, you do you and I do me so if you still can’t understand what I meant then that’s on you. Happy New Years!

I understood what you meant from the start but just wanted to see everything from your perspective. I know too that she could've done it differently to achive her goal since her plan wasn't so safe to begin with but for me it seemed like you weren't getting the story. We can both agree on that the things she did wasn't really helpful for her when it came to break off the engagement. This was never meant to became a big deal where both of us felt like we had to fight for our own opinion on this matter with eachother. I hope we both can enjoy this manwha without any further "problems" and feel whatever we want about this manwha. I feel like both of us have now clarified what we feel and our own opinions. Have a good day, happy new years! ^^