Yes!
I don't quite agree with these misery olympics you're putting on. The "someone else's suffering was worse so you how can you feel so hurt" mindset is so wack.
Why do people need to reach some kind of misery threshold to be worthy of sympathy?
I think you are misunderstanding me. I may not have explained my thoughts clearly enough. My point was that rather than letting us feel sympathy naturally, it feels that we are being constantly reminded that we should feel sympathy, even when we are learning about the backstory of someone else. The constant reminder to pity the MC, in my opinion, comes up at inopportune times. It's like if you were telling someone your problems and they always managed to find a way to make it about themselves or their problems. After a while, although you still feel bad about what they went through, you are no longer as sympathetic. Of course, all this is just my opinion. I could be wrong. I read a lot of stories in a day, so I could be looking too into things or not into things enough. This is just how it came off to me. I wish I could explain better.
I kinda have a hard time sympathizing with the MC. This may be insensitive, but she treats and carries herself like she believes she is the most unfortunate person in the room. A prime example of this can be seen when we are learning the back story of the ML. He was literally physically and emotionally abused by his father since birth, traumatized by being sent to fight in a war at young age, further traumatized by seeing all of his friends die, pushed off a cliff by his brother, and stigmatized by the entire kingdom all his life. The MC actually tries to compare what she went through to his trauma! I don't mean to diminish her experience, but most of her heartache came from trying to date all the men she knew the ogfl dated in the game. Was there really no one else? It seems the bracelet only works on the men the ogfl dated in the game which is why the ML seems to be unaffected.
While it is not hard to see why the MC is sad, the sympathy I am supposed to feel naturally for her feels forced on me. Like the author is screaming pity her pity her. During the scene where the wolf tells her she has been through a lot, I could only think that compared to the main characters in other stories, the ML in this story, and the commoners in any story (keep in mind kids are being kidnapped for experiments in this story), she has lived a pretty decent life. She has wealth, status, and loving parents. If she went to her parents for ideas and used her 21st century knowledge, I am sure she could have turned some of the rumors around.
The MC can also be a little insensitive at times. She clearly hurt the ML and his brother's feelings. I believe this is why the ML said no to marrying her that day. Although she had some points when it came to status being a barrier, she casually degraded and ridiculed the ML's brother for wanted to stop the rumors. If it wasn't for some weird grand plan to keep the MC by his side, I would have understood why the ML's brother left.