fuck everyone. i don’t anyone for what they’ve done to penelope. not the duke not reyn...

Dude almost decapitated her and somehow they’re together haha. And I’m not saying he should harm with just plain suspicions, but it’s just that’s how he is, with his shitty upbringing. If he suspects someone he will most likely try to find out using cold methods.

I agree he didn’t change as a person, just towards Penelope. And no I’m not saying you were talking about the fantasy world for therapy, but me just adding onto it, and how I wished there would be some form of therapy in a world/time like theirs, and how unfortunate it is that there’s no care towards mental health back then, it was horrible in the past with how many people looked down on mental health and the hierarchy stuff.

It can be burdensome though, at least in my experience when I had to deal with my ex’s emotional turmoils and him being emotionally abusive, so yes it is a burden cause of his mental outbursts. Not all mentally ill people are to that extent, but it’s possible and some will find it burdensome. You’re right that it’s not the partner’s responsibility, although I also felt that I should’ve looked after him a bit more enough to send him to therapy. But that was years ago and he’s in a better place now.

I’m not saying Callisto looks down on others because of his trauma ALONE, but his trauma does contribute to who he is today, his actions and how he sees other people. I personally have read worse stories with trash MLs than Callisto, and he hasn’t killed any innocent ones I assume. And that’s one reason why I don’t care too much about the past, him hurting Penelope during their first meet, him being shittier than now, I’ve grown used to some toxic MLs, and this one is at the bottom of the list for toxic ones imo. If he did kill someone innocent, yeah I agree

I wonder if Callisto ever apologized for his actions towards Penelope? I only remember them talking to each other in the cave about their trauma or back story something.

I honestly don’t think this story’s writing is that good. But I barely find anything original nowadays so I am not too picky either. The art is nice but the plot kinda bores me, maybe it’s just because of the hiatuses.

I tend to like villains as long as they’re ML or FL, I tend to read angst stories over wholesome, I find it boring imo , and of course I’d never condone bad actions in reality. But I enjoy morally grey characters more than villains or the “good perfect hero protagonist ones.

Yeah I know he’s like that. I’m just saying it’s not an okay thing. And yeah, mental health is still often even looked down upon now, let alone then.
Sorry you had to go through that. I just think word burdensome doesn’t fit because… It’s hard for me to explain. But I will try. Basically I would use that word if someone let’s say only talked to me about their issues, like their issues didn’t hurt me, more like it was smth annoying not harmful. I think if they hurt you, and as you’ve said were emotionally abusive due to it, that just goes far beyond smth like burden.

Idk, if u get what I mean, but basically if someone goes as far as abuse I think a burden is huge understatement of a situation. Also, I know it may feel like you have responsibility to help them. Majority of my best friends had issues. Just wanna let you know, it really is not your responsibility. And his mental state was not an excuse for him to hurt you. I have issues myself and I don’t treat people like that. I also don’t want people to solve them for me. I think support is enough.
Callisto, I get what you say. I do think his paranoia comes from assassination traumas and that his lack of care from people also in some way comes from being raised in toxic environment. I don’t think he’s necessarily a very toxic ML. He is somewhat a red flag, yeah, but I don’t think his behavior is really toxic when it comes to Penelope. Personally, I try not to read stories with toxic ML as they infuriate me. So if he really was toxic, I would’ve dropped this.
Also, I’m not sure if he apologized. I can’t remember. I don’t think so tho? That would be shitty if he didn’t tho.
I don’t think writing is very deep but personally I LOVE this story. I do think it’s more original than others as it’s the only one where (SPOILER!!!)

MC tried to change her faith in the game and fails. The only one MC doesn’t forgive and actually runs away.

(END OF SPOILER)

I love Penelope because she doesn’t just forgive and forget. I love her pettiness, I love the angst, her indifference towards everyone. I love that she doesn’t suddenly forgive years worth of neglect just because they are a little nice to her now. I love that if someone wrongs her, she just crosses them out. I like how cold she is. I like how she makes them regret how they treated her. I was waiting for this kind of story. Personally, it’s one of my favorites and I very rarely see an MC like that.

And yes! Me too! I love angst and I love revenge stories. Villains as MC’s as long as they are more morally grey. And would also choose them over villains or perfect good. I like good protagonists too, but I’m also very petty so I love good revenge stories. I don’t like it when they go easier on the person in comparison to how much that person hurt them.