Honestly, I was thinking the same thing, because by no means is someone perfect in their way of thinking and actions and I think this story shows the reality of two people living two VERY different lives. I feel like he’s justified in being angry and he’s not gonna know all the things that we know about fl. If you also look at it another way, he died as a child, he never had that guidance of fully living to his adult years and learning the morality that any other person would. He died and then became an adult and ended up with a sword and saving the world. That’s no different than giving a child a sword. I’m not defending his actions either but I’m starting to see the more he’s with fl, he’s slowly learning empathy and self understanding.
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It’s like y’all have been reading this with your eyes closed. “The ML is trash” “He’s a monster” “He’s selfish” Oh PULEASSEEE, y’all sound so emotionally unintelligent and childish. Welcome to the real world and welcome to the human psyche.
I’m really happy y’all have never gone through the type of grief and trauma that the ML had to experience because you would be in for a rude ass awakening. Do y’all know know stupid you sound trying to minimise his actions to being “stupid” and “selfish”? You try growing up on the streets, try seeing your entire found-family get burnt alive, try having to live with, and be enslaved by their murder. Try it, please, and tell me whether you think you’d come out sane.
This story started from the FL’s perspective. We saw her hardships, we saw her pain, we saw her die deaths she did not deserve. The ML was the villain in the FL’s perspective. WE (the readers) know she did not deserve to die, but HE didn’t, because in his mind, why should he show mercy to his murder’s family, when his family did not have that luxury? I’m by no means declaring his innocence. I’m simply putting it out there that the ML was also very much a victim of the circumstances in the story, and from HIS perspective, the FL and her family were the villains in his story.
Y’all are also continuously overlooking the key factor for his hatred towards the FL. Having to keep reliving that same tragedy multiple times, just added fuel to his already fiery anger and grief. And because the FL caused the loop initially, OF COURSE he’s gonna hate her more, not realising that HE himself, is contributing to the continuous cycle by taking his anger out on her.
It is a shame that this manwha fell into the clutches of children who only know how to appreciate one-dimensional, unrealistic characters and a generic story.
The pacing and writing of this story is dare i say, fantastic. It is not insta love, there was no instant compassion, there was (still is) hatred, anger, hurt and ignorance on both sides. There were so many misunderstandings and misconceptions they had about each other that are slowly being resolved, and the more they start to understand each other, the more they will heal from their trauma and become mentally stable people. I love that they highlighted the reality of having trauma and mental illness.
This is not fucking Abandoned Empress y'all.
The dual POV in this is genius. The ML was NEVER the villain of the story who fell in love and suddenly turned good. The ML will not be having a “redemption arc” for us to overlook his wrong doings, he will be growing. Matter of fact, it would be more accurate to call him a MC, because that’s what he is as well. This is not only female lead’s story, it’s his too. And neither of them were ever truly the villains. It’d do y’all good to remember that from the very start, the villain has ALWAYS been the father. (〜￣△￣)〜