I completely agreed with your point . Even though she was an innocent girl of her age . Kept hidden from everything but for me still I don't believe she never once thought something is wrong.
I am perplexed by this comment...
seriously, WHY SHOULD SHE GIVE A RAT'S ASS ABOUT HIM??? In all honesty...
The fact that she could still stomach him was because of the plot and the Author's whims...
1) The General might be a demon to Heiner BUT he was her dad and they had a pretty good relationship.
2) Heiner organised the coup that saw him dead, I think they even killed her long-time maid cause she kinda disappeared.
3) Heiner told her to her face that he never liked her and just pretended to get to her dad
4) Heiner stood by the sidelines and watched as the WHOLE COUNTRY POINTED FINGERS at Annette as the cause of their woes in fact at a point he cherished it
5) Heiner emotionally abused her to miscarriage and double suicide attempt
she tried offing herself TWICE to get away from him.
Seeing him should seriously trigger her ...
.....BUT
she's the devil for not asking about the man who married her for his revenge.
Do you know what deceit/ ultimate betrayal does to someone's psyche???
Sincerely, it takes serious strength of heart for Annette to stand in the same room as her abuser/ex-husband/ the repentant perpetual victim,Sir Heiner
You'd be surprised how much your upbringing affects your thought process. I see how she turned out as completely possible given how she was raised. She was taught to not think about the things that don't concern her and was never exposed to any of the world's hardships. She really was not raised to think for herself or to think critically about things. All she has was the piano and her love for her family.
Just reaching a certain age doesn't make you able to comprehend concepts you were never exposed to and deviate from the path your entire life has been on until that point. That's just not how things work. There would have to be some kind of external force to cause her to do that. There were small things that almost did that for her, but they could be waved away by her father and now she's right back where she started. Right back on the path her father wants her to be on. She would have needed much more exposure to the outside world and to have at least a little knowledge about the common people that she gained herself (not from her father) to question the little things that don't quite seem right. That or she'd need something much bigger to push her on a different path.
Annette doesn't purposely ignore what her father was doing because she literally didn't know anything about it and only knew to believe what her father told her. He have her reasonable enough explanations for what she did ask about, so she had no reason to question it further. That's it. It's easy for her to look back now and think 'what if I did this' now that she's been exposed to more, but it's just not realistic to think she would have done anything different. She's only able to think about things the way she does now because she's experienced more things.
Us modern people tend to question our parents more because we are exposed to a lot more from an early age from the media, friends, school, movies, etc. I doubt Annette was ever exposed to things that wasn't what her father wanted. He could control basically everything she came into contact with be it information entering his home and what friends she could have. It's very unlikely she would have ever found anything out if Heiner or someone else didn't shove it in her face like that.
Now, she did have plenty of time to ask Heiner questions about his past while they were dating and the rebellion hadn't occurred. Though I doubt she'd even know how to properly treat or get close to people given her noble upbringing and who her father was, and it doesn't really make much sense for her to ask after given her situation. Though it's not going to stop her from feeling terrible about it since she's kind and already blames herself for things that aren't her fault.
I could go on anout many more things, but this is already really long.
I can see how that might drive someone insane, frankly, Heiner was already off it to begin with, but that pedestalized version of Annette he had of her, only made it worse when he actually realized how her selfish she truly was. A really bad cycle of cause and effect… Heiner traumatized by Annette’s horrific father, watches Annette from the distance, creates an entirely idealized version of her in his head, while Annette lives in luxury, pointedly ignoring her father's crimes even as she reaches an age where she should start asking questions. They get married, and before the revolution, Heiner is at his lowest getting ready to fight back, and Annette is just flaunting her traumatized husband, and the biggest problem in her life is a piano recital… And then down the line, Annette begins to spiral due to Heiner’s action.
They were never suited for each other to begin with. Even if they were to heal individually, I’m not sure how I can see a relationship working out between them. I feel like for them, the best thing to do after healing, would be one last meeting for closure and discuss the in and outs of their marriage. Apologies on both ends, more groveling from Heiner bc omg he’s quite insane, a quick handshake, and then never speak again. The author has written this incredibly well. I love seeing flawed characters. I think people are used to getting manhwa characters that aren’t flawed, or have a more one dimensional character style and structure, and don’t know how to react when they do have flaws. I don’t think they need to be likable to you for you to read, and for Gods sake, if I see another comment painting Annette out like an innocent victim, I just might lose it! Like even after the revolution that literally led to her father’s death, she never once asked why at her big ass age? With how damaged Heiner was, I can see how he became so resentful, ofc that’s not to excuse his literal abuse towards her.