unpopular opinion

What do u like about him ? ( ･ὢ･ )

his design really suits my taste, i love the color of his hair and his eyebrows as well as his eyes. his dark eyebrows paired with his upturned, perpetually angry eyes and that angry scowl just shoots an arrow through my heart

and then i just really like how much he's like his mom in a sense. he hates everyone whos in his way and he even has resentment for his mother because she doesn't let him do what he wants.

i also think its really cute that he likes hunting, its the only activity we've seen him do that doesn't involve any hatred, its just him doing something he's good at because he likes it and it strokes his ego when he's better than people at it (until inevitably the second prince starts hunting too) AND I THINK ITS ADORABLE

he also just kinda gave me slight second ml vibes sometimes with the way he looks and interacts with florentia, I KNOW IT WOULD B REALLY BAD AND TOXIC but i just really like complicated character development in mls who are bad people due to their environment and if he WAS the ml (which i know will never happen) it would be really interesting to see how his character developed from there

the fact that none of the villains really have any dimension to them is what stops me from hating them. the author basically gives the villain role to a character and makes it so that their character cannot develop for the better at all, EVEN CHILDREN arent given a chance to grow up and mature, they just stay evil, which is why i cant really hate any of them because they're kinda just treated like villain fodder instead of characters that have a choice to grow and learn

I agree with your last point ( cuz other points is subjective i cant agree nor disagree ╮(╯▽╰)╭). I also looooove the queen actually she has the brains but well still rooting for our ml, the villains do feel 1D tho like they were created just to be evil and they will keep on following that path with no changes which is sad but well most manhwas are like this

Omg i assumed i was the only one!!!!

Especially when he started to rebel against his mother the empress i started to side with him and look at things from his perspective


A novel with the story from his pov would be so good!

EXACTLY BRO, HIM REBELLING AGAINST HIS MOM WAS THE TURNING POINT IN WHICH I STARTED TO LIKE HIM

Honestly I get you so much... I love angry-looking characters, I think they're so fun and have so much potential! And Astana is easier to like now that he's older bc he's not as over-the-top evil or dumb, he's just really selfish ╮(￣▽￣)╭ and how angry he's getting at his mom lately maybe gives us a chance to see him break free from the influence she had on him... he's probably not giving up on the throne, but if one day there is a chance for him to side with the MCs instead of the empress I hope he does it just to spite her

And also his design spells out he's going to be a handsome man (thick black brows and golden hair? count me in), so I hope we get them as adults soon lolol

Akskdkfk A fellow Astana connoisseur!!!!! I also love Astana but only for one of your reasons.

I just love blonde assholes. That's why i love him. So basically i can't hate him cause of his character design.

I don't think the villains are 1 dimensional tho but to each their own.

Omg I realized why Astana looks so weird in the latest chapter bc of you… HIS EYEBROWS CHANGED COLORS it was like two panels with his dark eyebrows (which looked great) and then the artist bleached his eyebrows for the rest of the chapter (jumpscare!!!)