The worse to me is the art makes her look even younger, it’s disturbing
Yeah they can literally just say FL doesn't go to any noble events because her family is overprotective so she is still not engaged at 18 yrs old. And the fact she looks like a kid next to him.
My biggest issues aside from that is ML is the Crown Prince. He can't hate all women because of political issues. Why does no one put him to therapy? Lolll
If it makes it any better by the time they actually get married she'll be 18 and he'll be 25 (according to the novel)
at that point she got groomed into the relationship, yeah? it makes it even ickier? “i’ve been waiting til you were 18 to get married <3” is deadass peak groomer/pedo activity lmao. cradle robbing at its peak
they’re making a quirky fun historical story, why did they have to have historically accurate AGES?? like if they’re gonna play the “historical” card why are there even women at school? LET ALONE A CO-ED SCHOOL. cherry picking for historical accuracy is just normalizing an icky relationship. nobles married young bc women would often DIE during childbirth, and bc royals especially aimed for MANY kids, a young (child) wife could theoretically have more kids over her lifetime. also.. pedophilia just permeates royal families. even if he’s being “platonically” friendly/affectionate w her they’re GONNA BE MARRIED BRUH- just make her fuckin 18+. it wouldn’t even change the story.