Ryan and El 's story deserves a bit more credit. Most people seem to prefer Vichid and Ian but I think there are some big issues with the couple. Mainly that there is no reason for Ian to love Vichid. I get that it's the florence nightingale effect but that still seems like a very weak basis for love. Plus, Vichid is definitely a sociopath (like actually pretty textbook case) even if he claims to love Ian he's not actually capable of that because he doesn't give a crap about Ian's happiness. It seems that the consensus is that Ryan and El are only interested in each other for the sex but I don't see that as the case. Ryan is attracted to El's gap moe as the kids say. He mentions how he likes that El's seductive poker face can be broken by genuine surprise, and says himself El is the first thing he has ever felt greed for, something he couldn't just get by being his bad-ass prince self. Its pretty easy to imagine Vichid doing something terrible to Ian but harder to see Ryan intentionally hurt El. Ryan makes it clear that he would want to make El happy. Ryan is for sure the better prince, even if he is being dumb about the young witch's prophecy (oh hubris the downfall of many fave characters). Also, El's love for Ryan makes more sense than Ian's. Ryan was the first person to accept El for his true self, and the first to make him feel like it was possible for him to be happy. So basically, even if it seems like all ryan and El do is have sex they do have a strong storyline. Also, the excessive sex as of late has been to display El's denial about him being cursed to misery and attempt to force himself to be happy to ensure he doesn't end up like his mother. The past few chapters have shifted focus plot-wise to Vichid and Ian but it seems like we'll be getting more Ryan and El plot again now. ok rant over (￣∇￣")
Ryan and El 's story deserves a bit more credit. Most people seem to prefer Vichid and Ian but I think there are some big issues with the couple. Mainly that there is no reason for Ian to love Vichid. I get that it's the florence nightingale effect but that still seems like a very weak basis for love. Plus, Vichid is definitely a sociopath (like actually pretty textbook case) even if he claims to love Ian he's not actually capable of that because he doesn't give a crap about Ian's happiness.
It seems that the consensus is that Ryan and El are only interested in each other for the sex but I don't see that as the case. Ryan is attracted to El's gap moe as the kids say. He mentions how he likes that El's seductive poker face can be broken by genuine surprise, and says himself El is the first thing he has ever felt greed for, something he couldn't just get by being his bad-ass prince self. Its pretty easy to imagine Vichid doing something terrible to Ian but harder to see Ryan intentionally hurt El. Ryan makes it clear that he would want to make El happy. Ryan is for sure the better prince, even if he is being dumb about the young witch's prophecy (oh hubris the downfall of many fave characters). Also, El's love for Ryan makes more sense than Ian's. Ryan was the first person to accept El for his true self, and the first to make him feel like it was possible for him to be happy.
So basically, even if it seems like all ryan and El do is have sex they do have a strong storyline. Also, the excessive sex as of late has been to display El's denial about him being cursed to misery and attempt to force himself to be happy to ensure he doesn't end up like his mother. The past few chapters have shifted focus plot-wise to Vichid and Ian but it seems like we'll be getting more Ryan and El plot again now.
ok rant over (￣∇￣")