Might be a hot take, but I still can’t see Rosephine as a true villain. All of her villainy stems from the cruelty and disregard of others. It’s been shown that her family regards her only as a tool to expand power, so she really doesn’t have any support. Dionel used her as an emotional replacement, let her think they were dating for two years, then dumped her in an extremely cruel way before immediately bringing in a replacement. While there were definitely political factors, it seemed like she genuinely liked him as well. He was her primary partner at events, he let her use his money to get all sorts of stuff, he never corrected her when she talked like they were a couple, and he never did anything about the widespread rumors of their imminent engagement. It would have been stranger if she didn’t think they were in a serious relationship. Both she, her family, and all of high society thought they would be getting married. Dumping her so suddenly was not only traumatic, but humiliating and severely damaged her reputation. Bringing in a new girl (and one who looked so similar to Rosephine) so quickly only added insult to injury. And even after that her father put immense pressure in her to recover the relationship, despite how clearly Dionel had communicated his disregard for her and severed ties. She was spiraling and it was easier to blame the other woman when she A) seemingly had a decent relationship with him for two years until she appears and B) still needs an engagement with him. Dionel literally gave them the exact same dress, which was bound to end in disaster… and most definitely created more friction and a publicly humiliating situation. I’m not saying she isn’t in the wrong for pushing someone down the stairs, but her entire villain arc could have been prevented if Dionel hadn’t used her and thrown her away like trash merely for his personal convenience, or if her family had actually cared about her beyond securing a royal marriage. Rosephine’s entire story reminds me of those villainess time turner stories where the villainess belatedly realizes that everyone was manipulating/exploiting them and that all their previous actions were wrong, but they only realize too late. I honestly feel bad for her even though some of her actions are inexcusable. She’s a circumstantial villain. If anyone in her life had respected or cared for her as a person, o thing ever would have escalated this far,
Might be a hot take, but I still can’t see Rosephine as a true villain. All of her villainy stems from the cruelty and disregard of others. It’s been shown that her family regards her only as a tool to expand power, so she really doesn’t have any support. Dionel used her as an emotional replacement, let her think they were dating for two years, then dumped her in an extremely cruel way before immediately bringing in a replacement.
While there were definitely political factors, it seemed like she genuinely liked him as well. He was her primary partner at events, he let her use his money to get all sorts of stuff, he never corrected her when she talked like they were a couple, and he never did anything about the widespread rumors of their imminent engagement. It would have been stranger if she didn’t think they were in a serious relationship.
Both she, her family, and all of high society thought they would be getting married. Dumping her so suddenly was not only traumatic, but humiliating and severely damaged her reputation. Bringing in a new girl (and one who looked so similar to Rosephine) so quickly only added insult to injury.
And even after that her father put immense pressure in her to recover the relationship, despite how clearly Dionel had communicated his disregard for her and severed ties. She was spiraling and it was easier to blame the other woman when she A) seemingly had a decent relationship with him for two years until she appears and B) still needs an engagement with him.
Dionel literally gave them the exact same dress, which was bound to end in disaster… and most definitely created more friction and a publicly humiliating situation. I’m not saying she isn’t in the wrong for pushing someone down the stairs, but her entire villain arc could have been prevented if Dionel hadn’t used her and thrown her away like trash merely for his personal convenience, or if her family had actually cared about her beyond securing a royal marriage.
Rosephine’s entire story reminds me of those villainess time turner stories where the villainess belatedly realizes that everyone was manipulating/exploiting them and that all their previous actions were wrong, but they only realize too late.
I honestly feel bad for her even though some of her actions are inexcusable. She’s a circumstantial villain. If anyone in her life had respected or cared for her as a person, o thing ever would have escalated this far,