Idk why people are mad at the story being fucked up because the story is…meant to be fucked up??? The genre is obviously tragedy and a shit ton of angst, clearly with lots of immoral and dubious things going on. Point is, it’s a melodrama story with tragedy. It’s supposed to make you feel angry and uncomfortable. It’s not supposed to make “sense”. People fall in love for stupid reasons, they do things that are illogical. The plot is going to make you frustrated af because the point is: no one in this story is mentally sane. They’re not perfect, they can be horrible human beings, they can make really bad decisions, and end up suffering with regrets.
They all have trauma and, judging from what I see in the novel, this is a story about healing for everyone involved in the whole bs that led up to the FL’s banishment. It’s not really meant to be a romance story in the most romantic sense. It’s about finding comfort and solace; finding peace of mind in the strangest of places.
You might think it’s stupid or “spineless” of the FL to fall for the kid, but it’s not like she’s doing it on purpose. She’s suffering from her past love and can’t help but see the traces of Bright in his son—which btw, is also Lloyd’s “trauma” because he hates his father. I think the idea is quite poetic: Wisteria moving on from her past love by seeing the “real” Lloyd eventually and Lloyd moving out of his father’s shadows, realizing that he isn’t the same person as his father. Basically, they are exactly the right person to help each other move past their traumas and I think that is what the author is trying to say.
I don’t care what people say about the weird age gap and underlying incest because yes, it’s fucked up and no one is going to deny that. However, just because the FL is mentally weak or the romance is disgusting doesn’t make the story “bad.” Those are two totally different things. A story can be fucked up and still be good.
Anyway, I just feel like all the people bashing the FL for her decisions are reading the wrong story because it’s clearly not the right genre for them. I’ve read a lot of really ridiculous angsty shoujo works and as stupid as they can be, they can surprisingly be incredibly moving. I think the best way to read these types of stories is to stop projecting yourself onto the FL and just read the story like what it’s meant to be: a messed up fictional story about a certain character’s life.
Idk why people are mad at the story being fucked up because the story is…meant to be fucked up??? The genre is obviously tragedy and a shit ton of angst, clearly with lots of immoral and dubious things going on. Point is, it’s a melodrama story with tragedy. It’s supposed to make you feel angry and uncomfortable. It’s not supposed to make “sense”. People fall in love for stupid reasons, they do things that are illogical. The plot is going to make you frustrated af because the point is: no one in this story is mentally sane. They’re not perfect, they can be horrible human beings, they can make really bad decisions, and end up suffering with regrets.
They all have trauma and, judging from what I see in the novel, this is a story about healing for everyone involved in the whole bs that led up to the FL’s banishment. It’s not really meant to be a romance story in the most romantic sense. It’s about finding comfort and solace; finding peace of mind in the strangest of places.
You might think it’s stupid or “spineless” of the FL to fall for the kid, but it’s not like she’s doing it on purpose. She’s suffering from her past love and can’t help but see the traces of Bright in his son—which btw, is also Lloyd’s “trauma” because he hates his father. I think the idea is quite poetic: Wisteria moving on from her past love by seeing the “real” Lloyd eventually and Lloyd moving out of his father’s shadows, realizing that he isn’t the same person as his father. Basically, they are exactly the right person to help each other move past their traumas and I think that is what the author is trying to say.
I don’t care what people say about the weird age gap and underlying incest because yes, it’s fucked up and no one is going to deny that. However, just because the FL is mentally weak or the romance is disgusting doesn’t make the story “bad.” Those are two totally different things. A story can be fucked up and still be good.
Anyway, I just feel like all the people bashing the FL for her decisions are reading the wrong story because it’s clearly not the right genre for them. I’ve read a lot of really ridiculous angsty shoujo works and as stupid as they can be, they can surprisingly be incredibly moving. I think the best way to read these types of stories is to stop projecting yourself onto the FL and just read the story like what it’s meant to be: a messed up fictional story about a certain character’s life.