I had not read the novel, but I remember they described her as a quite normal girl also at the beginning of the manga version, not as a stunning beauty as they've been doing lastly. It's a little bit bothering: as if her personality wasn't enough to deserve her husband's love and other people's appreciation, and as if she needed to be perfect from every possible point of view and for every person she meets.
Yeah exactly, in this scene with the queen in the novel, she's like "huh, the rumours were wrong, she's not that pretty" and then, after they talk for like an hour, she's like "hm, i get it, maybe the rumours weren't that wrong".
that's true. i hadn't even read the novel but when i read the part that described her as, "her figure is so dainty that she could fit perfectly into a man's arms", i knew there's something so wrong. likEE that's a crazy statement to make about a woman's "beauty". it's so male gaze
I think it's bc of the smut + length of the manhwa. Like they lost or just forgot about her character and went with default smut objification.
Either way thank you for validating my double take. I read that line and died a little inside.
Yes! That statement was so cringe, especially because it was coming from a woman
Yes, likely that's the reason, but I can't help to feel annoyed. I mean, I'm not a writer and I can't imagine how difficult could be to elaborate such a long work, but the main characters' main characteristics shouldn't change throughout it
Why change the novel to make people think Lucia is beautiful?