The MC married him as the consort because she wants to live a lazy NEET life and she chose this path especially since she doesn’t love him and (she thought) if she keeps that up and the ML gets together with the Korean girl, nothing will go wrong as long as she doesn’t object on their marriage or bully the Korean girl + she’ll get her desired ending (living a relaxed life in the shadows as a side character). To sum this up, for the original ‘character’ this was an unhappy path to take, but for her, OUR MC, this is the path which leads to ultimate happiness.
Correct me if I’m wrong .
he is the emperor you can not just say i am not going to marry or smtng like that right
I mention this in my comment and how reasons like this are hard to identify with. Also for someone graduating as number 1, she has no grasp of how a situation like this could lead to heartbreak, jealousy, feeling humiliated or being seen as a hindrance and threat. She says she wants to live lazy and quiet but also gets involved in politics while being Queen. Her motivations seem all over the place and I can’t get a full read on her, which annoys me, lol
I talk about this in my comment. The emperor didn’t want a wife but he had to cave due to being outnumbered by his advisors. So he decreed an edict for his advisors to approach several aristocratic families with certain conditions attached. Serena was a frontrunner due to her accomplishments but she was one of many. The emperor wouldn’t have felt slighted if no one would have agreed to this, as he laid out those conditions in the belief that his advisors wouldn’t find a noble woman who actually would. So there is no threat for Serena or her family. Of course you could make the argument that the advisors themselves could have implied that if she doesn’t agree it would lead to consequences. Politically this would be a disaster to antagonize the bulk of the aristocracy and weaken the empire. This webtoon never hints at this happening. Her father himself said she shouldn’t do it. It’s never hinted at that she wants to use her future position to raise up her family or get involved politically. She actually does get involved politically but this was never mentioned as being one of her motivations to marry the emperor. So her motives remain bare boned and incomprehensible.
I would ship them if there's a proper build up tobtheir relationship. But there's none. Like, what interaction did they had for the emperor to suddenly fall in love with her? NONE!! That's right, plot convenience yeyyyy
If I was in her place, I’d do the same to be honest because if you thought about it,,, instead of changing the story from the very beginning (choosing a different path) it would be better to change it at some point because if it was from the beginning then it would be harder to predict what to do next and what her ending will be; she might be forced to marry someone or deal with other things; as a person who wants to have a peaceful life it would be easier to walk down the path which has been already decided & known. Also, as a studious person she might’ve never experienced love before so she didn’t really care about the heartbreak?? And didn’t take into account the possibility of experiencing love. But yeah she keeps getting involved lol, maybe she wants to help if she can but still mostly chill around pfft. Tbh I feel that she’s kind of wasting her intelligence
I can get behind that reasoning. I just wished it would have been made clearer that she feels frightened of an unknown future. She was so relaxed about this. I guess it’s just difference in character. I have to say I think you are on to something with her being a little a-romantic, and she would probably never expect to love anyone. Maybe it’s because she doesn’t grasp her new reality and is distant because she knows this world is a novel. And yes, she’s wasting her intelligence. I would have liked to know more about her former life to understand her reasoning better.
I enjoy reading this webtoon but the story has some problems. Like, why is she marrying the emperor in the first place if she knows it would be unhappy? There are no implications that it would be politically detrimental for her to refuse such an offer. It’s established the emperor was pushed into taking a wife, thus making demands from the prospective bride and her family, which are rather insulting. Which was his plan so no one would agree. I assume MC’s family wasn’t especially selected, but one of many families with of age daughters who were offered this proposal. So I really don’t understand why MC would do it, if there were no stakes involved. A political reason to raise up her family wasn’t established either. Even her father tries to talk her out of it. Why wouldn’t she try to stay as far as possible away if she knew her husband would fall in love with some other girl and make his empress. Which is even more of a slap in the face. She doesn’t give a reason why she agrees. We only see her think about being friends with this girl, and having a quiet life. I can’t grasp that motivation. I would take the opportunity to do something else with my life. It’s also really boring to go a route you know the outcome of already. I have to say, you don’t need to be in love to feel disrespected. And that would grind anyone’s gears to see their husband, who never spared a glance in your direction, worshipping another woman and making her his empress. And how would she know the Heroine’s personality? She knows that this girl is coming from the real modern world and I don’t see her being chill with her lover having another wife. MC wants a quiet life but any normal person would see so much drama and complications ahead, they would bail. Also, the attempt to make the emperor likable by chibi-fying him in the later chapters doesn’t work and is off putting to me.