I loved the way the artist drew the scene where they’re holding hands and he starts telling her to walk behind him. Not sure why he bothered trying to keep her at arms length “for her own sake” when he should have realized she cannot be stopped. * This is a novel only complaint but it’s kind of important character-wise. So much of the early part of this arc, including the omitted first duel, is them redefining their relationship. The Charles affair, however, supposed to be one of the culminating moments. It may not be clear to Catherine, but Chezare takes protecting her honour very seriously. Remember how angry Chezare was with Catherine’s sister for the whole affair business? Yeah he’s far more pissed at Charles. . Catherine never wanted him to meet Charles, so she doesn’t involve him in punishing Charles for what he did. Chezare arrives at the scene after the duel is over and Charles is a humiliated sobbing mess. Rather than leave it be, he decides Charles hasn’t been punished enough and challenges him to another “duel.”He sends Catherine on her way before he gets started and when she asks him what he’s going to do, he says something along the lines of breaking down Charles spine and putting him back together again. She wonders if he means this literally, since it shouldn’t be possible, but he very much did. He even keeps some of his molars to give to Marchioness Panya for her own revenge plan because she didn’t get the chance to give him a beat down herself. . It’s disappointing to see him just not react or when he was so ready to thrown down on sight. He would have absolutely slipped up considering what happens just after the actual first duel, which he does act as witness for. After watching her match, Percival shows up and challenges her to a fight, to which she agrees. During the fight, Percival manages to break her magic shield and suddenly goes in for a kiss. Just after their lips touch, Catherine finds Percival suddenly all the way on the other side of the room, having been thrown there and trapped in a force choke by Chezare. This was when he was still acting cold and distant. (Catherine herself didn’t see what the big deal was, it wasn’t like it involved tongue.)
I loved the way the artist drew the scene where they’re holding hands and he starts telling her to walk behind him. Not sure why he bothered trying to keep her at arms length “for her own sake” when he should have realized she cannot be stopped.
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This is a novel only complaint but it’s kind of important character-wise. So much of the early part of this arc, including the omitted first duel, is them redefining their relationship. The Charles affair, however, supposed to be one of the culminating moments. It may not be clear to Catherine, but Chezare takes protecting her honour very seriously. Remember how angry Chezare was with Catherine’s sister for the whole affair business? Yeah he’s far more pissed at Charles.
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Catherine never wanted him to meet Charles, so she doesn’t involve him in punishing Charles for what he did. Chezare arrives at the scene after the duel is over and Charles is a humiliated sobbing mess. Rather than leave it be, he decides Charles hasn’t been punished enough and challenges him to another “duel.”He sends Catherine on her way before he gets started and when she asks him what he’s going to do, he says something along the lines of breaking down Charles spine and putting him back together again. She wonders if he means this literally, since it shouldn’t be possible, but he very much did. He even keeps some of his molars to give to Marchioness Panya for her own revenge plan because she didn’t get the chance to give him a beat down herself.
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It’s disappointing to see him just not react or when he was so ready to thrown down on sight. He would have absolutely slipped up considering what happens just after the actual first duel, which he does act as witness for. After watching her match, Percival shows up and challenges her to a fight, to which she agrees. During the fight, Percival manages to break her magic shield and suddenly goes in for a kiss. Just after their lips touch, Catherine finds Percival suddenly all the way on the other side of the room, having been thrown there and trapped in a force choke by Chezare. This was when he was still acting cold and distant. (Catherine herself didn’t see what the big deal was, it wasn’t like it involved tongue.)