You’re so right, I’m incredibly confused, the love interest with the dark hair also never seemed to have a chance to me, I thought the blonde on was supposed to be the main one but apparently not?? And the main character was just starting to have some feelings for them then all of a sudden he’s in love without the reader’s knowledge, I’m just sad it’s turning out this bad.
Tbf Maythan is technically the side character in the game.
100% agree on love interest thing, that was very sudden there was no implication at all. But they had the most connection out of the 3 (but Maythan never showed interest).
Second prince is a psycho, I thought that was a given (hate this trope btw, psycho sibling bs).
You’re right that Maythan is a side character in the game, but he is the mc (main character) of this web series. Thus, our mc.
Yes, I can perceive that the second prince is a psychopath, however that alone doesn’t explain his behavior.
The second prince isn’t out for the throne, nor revenge. Plus, the second prince fails to meet any clear criteria for psychosis. Because of these things, there's no realistic grounds to justify the extent to which the second prince is willing to go, simply to annoy, and/or hurt the feelings of, his brother. This creates a lack of premise for the second prince’s behavior - a plot hole, if you will, since there just isn’t a strong enough motivation for the second prince to do all of this according to the existing plot line.
Psychopath isn’t a type of mental illness, since Psychopath isn’t a diagnosis at all. The closest related diagnosis to psychopath would be Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD). Those with ASPD don’t value the rights of others. But ASPD is not a disorder that can result in the devaluation of just “one person.” The second prince only harasses his brother, while getting along with others. Therefore, the second prince doesn’t have ASPD.
Even if the second prince had a different form of mental illness, it wouldn’t be possible for it to only affect the relationship between the second prince and his brother. That’s because if the second prince were truly mentally ill he couldn’t hide it from others at will. Mental illness doesn’t work that way.
A person can be a crazy bastard without being mentally ill, or you said, the second prince could be a psychopath. But even then, such issues being directly solely at the first prince lack reasonable explanation. My problem is that the motivation for the second prince’s obsession, towards the first prince, is too lacking.
Where did this “holy power of God” vs “long hidden evil” final-showdown come from? While I don’t doubt it flew in out of left field, someone please explain why? What was the point?
There are so many better ways reach the game world’s ending than to spontaneously kill off our mc, after spontaneously granting saint powers to a side character, so she can spontaneously summon a Godly holy sword, while spontaneously granting holy knight powers to the prince, so he can try to kill his love rival who spontaneously became the embodiment of evil, resulting in our mc saving his @ss with a spontaneous love confession… did I miss anything?
And why are both participants on the good side so fine with killing their friend, without trying to look for alternative means first…?
Also, why is the plot jumping around like some drunken fool playing hopscotch?
I feel like the death of the second prince/villain was kinda slapped on, and moved on from, at an unnatural speed. Also felt like the second prince’s obsession with annoying his older brother was unnatural. If it was psychotic then it should have been made clear, but if not, then the lengths the second prince went to just to annoy his older brother were bizarre. I could see it being reasonable if second prince was after the throne, but he was after an unhappy expression on his big bro’s face? So much so, that he could die happy just from seeing it?
Not to mention, the second prince being able to hide the existence of an entire tower, to the point of erasing memories, while creating an unnoticed aversion to the exact location- like ain’t nobody ever walked straight into that invisible sh*t- is incredibly overpowered… but why not use such op ability before? Like all he’s trying to do here is piss off his bro. I seriously feel like that ability, its lack of prior results, and the whole premise of the second prince’s obsession with being a pain in the ass, is the result of plot armor.
Finally, saving the best for last, our mc wasn’t attracted to any of the available love interests at all. He was avoiding romantic relationships with ALL the characters, then suddenly he’s in love…?
Pacing, where art thou?