The story wanted to portray the MC as a tragic victim taking revenge on a groveling scummy ML, but the execution totally backfired. Instead the ML is the true victim, while the MC is an infuriating, self-sabotaging mess. Honestly it’s almost entirely him hurting himself.
Time and again, MC recklessly attempt to either kill or rebel against ML without power, leverage, or strategy, repeating the same doomed cycle. His actions aren’t just futile, they endanger everyone around him. If he truly cared about his people, why does he keep making the same mindless mistakes? Most of it stemmed from his crushed sense of pride, but c’mon, he couldn’t even deal with that much for his ppl?
ML shockingly has been more than forgiving, sparing both him and his allies despite repeated betrayals. He even cleans up after MC so to keep him safe from his crimes. This wasn’t even a usurper who seized the throne through bloodshed, it was a fair conquest. Yet the MC’s resentment is so irrational it borders on stupidity.
In the end, his poor judgment gets his brother and allies killed. And their deaths weren’t even the ML’s doing. The blame falls all on the MC. How did someone with such poor judgement ever rule an empire? All the tragedies could’ve been avoided if he weren’t so senseless. He could have had it all, but he threw it all away.
Honestly, my sympathy lies with the ML. His entire world revolved around the MC, and every choice he made was tied to him. He started out on a bad note by forcing the MC against his will and making him his queen, but given the era, an emperor claiming someone wasn’t even considered immoral. Unlike typical toxic MLs, he never abused the MC, if anything he literally worshipped him as if he were a deity. Even in the end, he kept his promise and protected the empire. That’s what makes it so tragic, he gave everything yet he was never enough for the MC.
I was take aback when they finally faced real consequences, with no plot armor to save them. Turns out the author just wanted to wrap up that timeline to send them back in time. All so the ML could suffer twice over for no reason sike.
By the end, it didn’t even feel like the MC truly loved him, just that he gave in because the ML refused to let go. The author made both the ML and Yun so obsessively devoted to the MC that it stopped making sense. Poor Yun got it worst, he died for the MC in both timelines.
This manhua didn’t give me enough reason to side with MC, ML is lowkey the protagonist here
The story wanted to portray the MC as a tragic victim taking revenge on a groveling scummy ML, but the execution totally backfired. Instead the ML is the true victim, while the MC is an infuriating, self-sabotaging mess. Honestly it’s almost entirely him hurting himself.
Time and again, MC recklessly attempt to either kill or rebel against ML without power, leverage, or strategy, repeating the same doomed cycle.
His actions aren’t just futile, they endanger everyone around him. If he truly cared about his people, why does he keep making the same mindless mistakes?
Most of it stemmed from his crushed sense of pride, but c’mon, he couldn’t even deal with that much for his ppl?
ML shockingly has been more than forgiving, sparing both him and his allies despite repeated betrayals. He even cleans up after MC so to keep him safe from his crimes. This wasn’t even a usurper who seized the throne through bloodshed, it was a fair conquest. Yet the MC’s resentment is so irrational it borders on stupidity.
In the end, his poor judgment gets his brother and allies killed. And their deaths weren’t even the ML’s doing. The blame falls all on the MC. How did someone with such poor judgement ever rule an empire? All the tragedies could’ve been avoided if he weren’t so senseless. He could have had it all, but he threw it all away.
Honestly, my sympathy lies with the ML. His entire world revolved around the MC, and every choice he made was tied to him. He started out on a bad note by forcing the MC against his will and making him his queen, but given the era, an emperor claiming someone wasn’t even considered immoral.
Unlike typical toxic MLs, he never abused the MC, if anything he literally worshipped him as if he were a deity. Even in the end, he kept his promise and protected the empire. That’s what makes it so tragic, he gave everything yet he was never enough for the MC.
I was take aback when they finally faced real consequences, with no plot armor to save them. Turns out the author just wanted to wrap up that timeline to send them back in time. All so the ML could suffer twice over for no reason sike.
By the end, it didn’t even feel like the MC truly loved him, just that he gave in because the ML refused to let go. The author made both the ML and Yun so obsessively devoted to the MC that it stopped making sense. Poor Yun got it worst, he died for the MC in both timelines.
This manhua didn’t give me enough reason to side with MC, ML is lowkey the protagonist here