The queen, my Sheylaa. I’ll be devastated if she gets killed again this time, but it feels inevitable :( The only one who deserves to be disposed of is the scum king. He wanted a kept lover and planned to crown their illegitimate son. Ofc a queen from a more powerful empire, with dignity and pride, wouldn’t just bow down and let herself be trampled on.
It seems like people aren’t considering her side at all. Her reaction to the king’s betrayal feels entirely on brand for a strong and powerful queen. He continuously forced her hand, leaving her with no other choice. I’d much rather have her than some submissive queen who lets the scum king walk all over her.
Looking at power politics, she HAD to have a son! And her ultimate goal was to ensure his safety, that’s what turned her into a mama bear. The palace is brutal, the king was always going to go after her son’s life. He failed his own son, the lover, and the queen.
The king is utterly unfit to be a ruler. His duty was to show respect to the queen for the sake of peace, yet he prioritized his selfish desires over the empire and did so in the most insulting way possible due to arrogance. If that was how he intended to act, he should‘ve just let a sibling take the throne. The queen tried upholding the alliance all on her own, but he failed to do the same from the very get go. (This is how I remember things off the top of my head).
In the first timeline, it seems ML had always harbored romantic feelings for MC on a subconscious level. While his reasons for killing MC were never specified, it’s clear he had a deep obsession. He would get mad whenever others flocked to MC due to his flirtatious nature. Internally ML struggled with conflicting emotions—his forbidden love, avenging his mother, appeasing the king, and his duty as the CP to pursue a relationship with the high ranking noble woman that was dating MC.
This inner turmoil led him to lash out at both of them, resulting in their deaths. He resented the woman for hogging MC and hated seeing him share with others what he wished they could’ve had tgr. The feeling of love, coloured with hatred had long since turned dark, twisted by their sour relationship and unfulfilled desires. Also, MC is the OG. It’s kind of a Penelope situation.
I just want all the ladies to make it out alive this time x
The queen, my Sheylaa. I’ll be devastated if she gets killed again this time, but it feels inevitable :(
The only one who deserves to be disposed of is the scum king. He wanted a kept lover and planned to crown their illegitimate son. Ofc a queen from a more powerful empire, with dignity and pride, wouldn’t just bow down and let herself be trampled on.
It seems like people aren’t considering her side at all. Her reaction to the king’s betrayal feels entirely on brand for a strong and powerful queen. He continuously forced her hand, leaving her with no other choice. I’d much rather have her than some submissive queen who lets the scum king walk all over her.
Looking at power politics, she HAD to have a son! And her ultimate goal was to ensure his safety, that’s what turned her into a mama bear.
The palace is brutal, the king was always going to go after her son’s life. He failed his own son, the lover, and the queen.
The king is utterly unfit to be a ruler. His duty was to show respect to the queen for the sake of peace, yet he prioritized his selfish desires over the empire and did so in the most insulting way possible due to arrogance. If that was how he intended to act, he should‘ve just let a sibling take the throne. The queen tried upholding the alliance all on her own, but he failed to do the same from the very get go. (This is how I remember things off the top of my head).
In the first timeline, it seems ML had always harbored romantic feelings for MC on a subconscious level. While his reasons for killing MC were never specified, it’s clear he had a deep obsession.
He would get mad whenever others flocked to MC due to his flirtatious nature.
Internally ML struggled with conflicting emotions—his forbidden love, avenging his mother, appeasing the king, and his duty as the CP to pursue a relationship with the high ranking noble woman that was dating MC.
This inner turmoil led him to lash out at both of them, resulting in their deaths. He resented the woman for hogging MC and hated seeing him share with others what he wished they could’ve had tgr. The feeling of love, coloured with hatred had long since turned dark, twisted by their sour relationship and unfulfilled desires.
Also, MC is the OG. It’s kind of a Penelope situation.
I just want all the ladies to make it out alive this time x