Honestly the simplest way to avoid having it be wierd, so simple i dont understand why other manhwas dont just do the same thing
I feel like that's one of the only ways to introduce an ML while the FL is still young without making it weird.
The other is how WMMaP did it by making Lucas know Athy was older than she let on. Then they FUCKED it up by making Izekiel a 2nd ml
IKR!! like i cant even anymore with the transmigration and then the mc that is obv 20+ yrs old falls in love with A CHILD
But in manhwa they never had romance there in the end at least, all of the others have it even tho either ML is a kid and FL is not, or ML is 838292827 years old and FL isn’t
Ik that, but my thing is that it felt weird having Izekiel fawn over Athy, and having her get blushy about it. They should've just gone all-in with Lucas, since they're both conciously aware of the other's age. Tho it's been a while since I've read it, so I don't remember their exact dynamics.
I don’t remember Lucas being aware, but yeah her blushing over a child was kinda weird. Also, I didn’t like 2 things that happened there and are common everywhere else: 1. FL’s acting like kids just cause they got reincarnated into kids. 2. FL’s forgiving years of neglect or abuse, it never being really addressed. Claud’s (was that his name?) neglect was never really discussed and Anastasia forgave him without blinking. Like he neglected her and she sucked up to him and they are suddenly happy family. He almost let her drown. That’s why I like manhwa’s where FL’s leave the families and don’t forgive them
The manhwa doesn't go into much detail about it, butI vaguely remember a scene of Athy talking about Izekiel to Lucas, and he makes an off-handed comment about her age, and it was never brought up again.
WMMaP was one of my first rofans, so I overlooked a lot, but the more I read, the more I realized Claude fucking sucks, lmao. I've never liked the trope of FL having to "earn" her family's love, especially if the FL is a reincarnation and has to use prior knowledge of the novel to accomplish it. It completely writes off the years of abuse and neglect the FL went through, and the abusers face absolutely no consequence for their prior actions. I remember one where the FL posessed a baby that was neglected so bad that it DIED, then FL proceeded to do her thing and won over the family. It's so crazy how they could just gloss over that fact and pretend that they're a happy family that DIDN'T just kill an infant and play happy family with the fake that took its place.
1. Same, it was also one of my first ones which is also why I overlooked a lot.
2. YOU ARE SO RIGHT, OMG. About everything!!! I agree 100%
3. I think I know what story you’re talking about and I dropped it cause of that. It’s always cause “father” or “father figure” is handsome that’s why everyone is like “all forgiven uwu”
what i like about this is the fact that it the ML and MC doesn't have a huge age gap.
MC is only 10 yrs old in that universe but she remembers her past life so doesn't her age from the past counts as well.
and the ML is a divine beast living for 50 yrs so its not something that is sus tbh