Ep 28

YEAHHH maybe that's what I should've pointed out TT .. going back to it, my point was I hope she doesn't choose to be a mom of she wasn't ready - or forced to be a mom? Maybe she felt guilty about aborting or adopting out but yeah that's the point

don't stress yourself! just take it slow and see more perspectives, and you might come to understand :) it's okay it takes you awhile, as long as you try, you'll find a clear answer eventually

I know what you're saying but isn't it understandable why she would give up on her mom?! Yes, she took care of her but how? Only giving birth and food? That's not a mother. Even abusers takes care of victims that doesn't mean they should be forgiven. If the victim actually took care of such a person and didn't abandon them, they need therapy because its clearly how they are trained to feel. She needed and deserved the treatment she got. A crime is crime and a criminal needs to be punished for thei crime. Otherwise where is the justice?

Where did my other comment go?!! I understand what you're saying. But is giving birth and feeding someone is enough to call them mother? She did bare minimum. So isn't it understandable for mc to turn out the way she did. If she was still caring about the mother i would think she needs therapy lol. Even abusers takes care of the victim but that doesn't make them redeemable. A crime is a crime and a criminal needs to be punished. Otherwise where is the justice for the victim? Talking to the mother was a way for mc to get closure only. Mom is entitled to forgiveness nor does she deserve it.

I couldn't see my comment so I commented same thing twice lmao. Now I can see it again. Ignore one of them.. It's the same thing( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ ╮(￣▽￣)╭

so? the point is the kid is never at fault. you're literally on coke if you think that

shawty's an abuser not to mention and here you are defending her. no matter how bad trauma is or how bad your situation is it does not mean you can take it out on others. trauma is valid but it doesn't mean you can be a fuckn ass.

I think its ok to understand the reason someone acts a certain way. In this case, how some parents become neglectful when they have a child because they lost out on some part of life they wanted. However, explanation does not equal excusing their behavior. A child is never at fault for being born, and I hope you (and others in similar scenarios) realize that you deserve to be here just as much as anyone else. You deserve to be loved and to be treated with kindness. You, yourself, are allowed to forgive if that's what's best for you, but it's not something that's required or necessarily deserved especially if the parent has done nothing to make amends.

Just because something happens to someone doesn't give them the right to treat others poorly.

In the case of this story? She was literally a slave trader so she doesn't really deserve any sort of redemption.

me personally. I think the fact that she was a slave trader was worthy of the death penalty.

I think you're forgetting the fact that she DIDN'T do her best to raise Melody. I forget which chapter but when Melody arrives at the Duke's place and is given a bath, it's shown that she's covered in bruises. It's implied that she @bused her child physically. In several of her flash backs, she's shown crying and covered in bruises. Yes, some of them are from the children being cruel but we are shown more than one scene and only one scene is given context. We don't know how regularly her mother @bused her. She's even shown throwing things in Melody's direction a couple of times, even if nothing hits her.

Her mother also drank, which likely impared her thinking. And you're completely disregarding that in the first couple of chapter, Melody TRIED to change her mother's mind. She actively told her several times to stop sl@ve trading and her mother would react negatively each time. She didn't just "abandon" her mother, she made an effort to save her. Her mother made her choices, again and again and again and again. Even until the end, not once did she show a shred of remorse. She didn't want Melody with her to be "forgiven". She wanted peace of mind because she was about die.

Melody was a child, a literal child. She went far beyond what many would put up with as adults, BECAUSE it was her mother, BECAUSE she wanted to save her. She had other options, she could have gone to live with the doctor mother of her knight friend. Her memories came back before Loretta ever showed up. Simply saying she abandoned her mother who "tried to raise her" is wrong. Her mother made the choices that led to conception and had to deal with the consequences. Not once did she show an interest in honest living. She ruined her own life.

Listen, I've been physically @bused by both my parents and a step parent. While I've forgiven them now, it wasn't easy and it took decades to get over that. I don't have really traumatic @buse stories but it was still bad enough. I don't have sympathy for a character in a story that @buses her child, especially if she shows no remorse. Honestly, no, she DOESN'T deserve a better future but I'll still hope she gets one because second chances aren't about who DESERVES them. She was cruel until the end and by glossing over that, you've completely missed the subtle story telling in between.

you're genuinely slow and can't be helped. i can't even feel sorry for you.