it's completely possible for readers to enjoy a story with an arrogant rude and self important male lead. I've seen so many manga(hua/hwa)and webtoons with such male leads. It seems to be a standard template. Those who rise above them are memorable.
after reading your comment I realized I wasn't quite clear on who I meant was a rude lead x'D I meant princess Edith from the mc's sister story sorry!
More than likely double standards but I'm not as into bitchy female leads unless they have a reason to like fighting back but in this case it just feels like open hostility from the start from Edith.
Like yeah she would be pissed to find out her dad the emperor cheated and gave a new half brother for the throne+non-blood related sister but with her being so "prideful", you would think she would try to keep up better appearances that the royal family wasn't as uncouth to leave an illegitimate princess to further ruin the royal reputation and instead have the minimal necessities (decent tutors for high society, not super outdated fashion, etc.)
But yeah you're totally right on there already being tons of rude MLs who are just considered tsundere/kuudere or something till their heart opens up and we then we accept them with open arms lol ⁄(⁄ ⁄·⁄ω⁄·⁄ ⁄)⁄
the only antiheroine I'm totally rooting for is Psyche from To Be You, Even Just For A Day
yessss!!! now that's a bamf antiheroine.
for real, her "evil" is so deliciously satisfying
the originally story has strayed so far, I think Ares already picked up on the slight shit Edith has been pulling on Alicia and wants to ruin the proud princess LOL
mc wasn't kidding, her sister's novel has some pretty bad flaws.
Don't see how the original story's fans could support a rude MC who treats a somewhat important character(side tho) like that ┑(￣Д ￣)┍
Kinda cute to see the emperor showing like 1% of a soft side for his sister even if he is pretty realistically a shitty brat Lancelot picked up on that and I assume the guy he's thinking of must be Ares.