Morally gray? Nah, andrim is totally on the dark side of the color wheels.
I don’t think it’s inherently evil to act out of one’s own self interest ^_^ while he does act upon some pretty fucked up shit, I don’t think self preservation is fundamentally wrong on its own
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You're talking about making a whole family sell them self to circus and slavery to be a prostitute and a mate of a monster and gave birth to half beast where the three seemed innocent before the slavery and then letting one of the twin experience such pain and torture with the curse and then making her addicted to drugs then let her 'serve' the public with her own body and in the end having her in eternal sleep while the other twin were fired to the circus and then raped by the beast that already impregnated her sisters and letting her have the child until it was born and then make her suffer a big schock and went coocoo.
Well, at least he didn't kill the child she birthed and let her live safely with the circus master.
PARDON LMAO??? No I think all of that is really fucked up. I said self preservation isn’t inherently wrong, but his actions certainly can be. I think what makes the character morally grey is that this isn’t “his” world. His actions are in the context of winning a game, imo (while they are severely messed up). It’s one thing to do all that shit if you’re born and raised in that universe, it’s entirely another if you know that they exist to be a part of a game. In the same way that people deliberately make their characters be mean to NPCS when they play games, lmao. I think there’s a possibility that his moral greyness comes from not really seeing them as people.
The prime minister ( I forgot the name atm lol) never treat this as a game world. He live his life as evil prime minister, and just happens to gains knowledge of his past life and the spoiler of the future. But he is still the evil prime minister, before or after gaining the memories. This is his world, his life, and he never treat anyone as an npc. The evil prime minister just be evil all around. He's a little less evil on second vol of the novel but yeah... Which is why I love him lol.
Seriously love it, I feel like this is a true depiction of a morally grey character. It really feels as if you’re playing a game yourself, and it’s super satisfying to see the dialogue play out in his favour. I’m looking forward to what I imagine to be a slip-up, just because I’m curious to see how Andrim will react. I think he has a really complex personality that isn’t just “male manipulator,” lmao. The plot itself is clearly very thought-out and actually pretty believable. I find that (and I’m sure a lot of people do as well) I can’t help but want Andrim to succeed in his gaslight/gatekeep/girlbossing :^) it’s a great way to depict a character that is unethical and morally grey, and also making him appeal to readers that creates a conflict of interest.