the hate not at all uncalled for. honestly, doing something "for" someone without talking to them is tantamount to betrayal and lack of trust. you're with someone "for better or for worse" and ppl always forget the "worst" part. communication is the very foundation of relationships and doing something in secret can absolutely do more harm than hood, regardless of the intention. just bc she the female lead and not the male lead, is not an excuse, but for the countless male leads that do things like protecting her in secret and that end up having it backfire, that's fine too ig.
tbh, if you're incapable of communicating with one another, you aren't really in a relationship, it's nothing but superficial and that's what most of this story is, a superficial and selfish relationship.
she didn’t think they were in an actual relationship she thought it was all contractual like she didn’t think she had to tell him about her illness and everything bc she thought he was also going to let her leave after the three months and just wanted to disappear so he wouldn’t have to watch her die
obviously she screws up by running away but she does try to fix it after she leaves and realizes she won’t actually die so that they can fix it and then move onto an actual relationship it also doesn’t help that doha LITERALLY SUCKS and feeds into her fears making things worse (i don’t want to hear anyone yapping about how she’s too naive he’s literally her first friend it’s not her fault she trusts him when he’s actively manipulating her bc he wants her)
that's something else I'll never understand. a contractual relationship is still a real relationship, you still have responsibilities towards each other. I'll never understand the obsession with "it's not a real relationship unless we love each other", even if it's a contract, even if it's an arranged marriage, even if it's not for love but for money, a relationship is a relationship.
but that is a whole other can of worms
I don't HATE her per se, I'm just REALLY REALLY frustated and angered by her thought process and decision making when it comes to Doha and Asrahan. Because in NO WAY is Lariette dumb, she isn't an idiot, and I totally get that she's not completely thinking straight since she thinks she's dying and all that, but COME ON a LOT of things got past her and either she decides to not think more into it or not put two and two together, but a lot of things could of been avoided or done better if she just stopped to think FOR ONE SECOND. (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
i mean yes it’s a “relationship” of a certain type but there’s a clear difference in that technically she WAS fulfilling her responsibilities to him as laid out in the contract? like if it was a romantic relationship yes she would’ve owed it to him to tell him about her situation and discuss things w him but since she thought they were only dating bc of the contract only those terms and responsibilities applied (ie her continuing to heal him and their agreement to go on a certain number of dates etc) like obviously he didn’t think of it that way but that’s not her fault for not knowing
tbh i really don’t understand the FL hate completely, because yes she’s oblivious as hell when it comes to doha, but other than that i do understand why she left.
like she got diagnosed with a terminal illness that will legit make her body explode and obviously she doesn’t want to explode all over her boyfriend so she left to protect his feelings.
she definitely could have handled it better and told him she was dying or something but either way i think the hate is just a bit uncalled for and she does seem to be developing as well throughout the chapters *(^o^)/*