adele continuously brushing over and outright ignoring the duke’s feelings and trauma seemed kinda weird and hypocritical for me. of course a man who was pursued under the pretense of “love” would have hesitancy in another relationship. instead of trying to understand him and heal his trauma, she forced him to proclaim love for her in an extravagant way so that other ladies could be jealous of his proposal. imo thats super shallow and selfish of her— how can she demand him to understand her feelings without even attempting to hear his? kinda ruined the story for me ngl
adele continuously brushing over and outright ignoring the duke’s feelings and trauma seemed kinda weird and hypocritical for me. of course a man who was pursued under the pretense of “love” would have hesitancy in another relationship. instead of trying to understand him and heal his trauma, she forced him to proclaim love for her in an extravagant way so that other ladies could be jealous of his proposal. imo thats super shallow and selfish of her— how can she demand him to understand her feelings without even attempting to hear his? kinda ruined the story for me ngl