I’m not gonna say I like that point in the story. But it is true that it have to be understand the context and the era when the characters are. It was very common to have lovers even if they were married and often for the woman it was a tragedy but the man had all the rights.
But I don’t feel sorry for the husband but more for Yuri and his sister-in-law because they love each other but can’t be together. And assuming that Catarina is Yuri’s daughter I find it sad that Yuri can’t said it's his daughter and Catarina love fer uncle more that her "father".
This was so spot on ╥﹏╥ watching those two made my heart ache... You need to know context before writing things off as good or bad!!!
Totally agree! I think that now we feel so strongly about cheating cos we assume marriage is a choice made out of love, and with love comes trust, and cheating breaks said trust like you said. But we have to consider that most of those marriages were but an alliance, there was no love involved, some of those women were even missarable, is it so weird that Sofía fell for the brother who was not an ass? Can you blame her? And it's obvious Yuri also loves her. It's still not exactly ok to cheat even if this cases, but it's soooo not unexpected
Am I the only one who isn't grossed out by the relationship between Yuri and Sofia?? I don't know if it's because I read a lot of medieval stories, but I sympathized to a certain extent. As much as I hate cheating, society was much more different during that era. It was absolutely stiffling, women only had value as potential wives. They'd grow up believing they had no future just because of what they have between their legs. So many women must have ended up with miserable marriages. Seeing the husband's behavior, I'm sure their marriage isn't a happy one. She was literally so scared to voice her opinion on HER daughter. We don't have much information on their relationship or how it even started, but I somehow feel like I know all there is to know. Yall say the fact she's kissed/done it with two men is disgusting, but honestly, it's not as disgusting as it is sad. I don't think it's sad because she gives herself to two men, but because one of them has her consent forcibly. Cheating isn't always done out of pure lust or evil purposes. In this case, I sincerely believe they love each other. Yuri doesn't discriminate against women, perhaps that's one reason he was able to make her act upon her feelings for once, even if it's in secret. It must have been a heavy decision. Back then, this would be considered "adultery" and would DEMOLISH a woman's reputation, and stain a man's ever so slightly. I hope people realize this wasn't a decision they took on a whim, I clearly felt his love for her when he was watching her and her husband from above. The pained smile that hovered on his lips actually made my chest sting. Yuri will always have to watch from the sidelines, and Sofia will always have to keep up a facade. I don't know. Cheating is truly a bad thing, in the sense that it betrays the trust your original partner has in you. But what leads to it is what matters to me. There's no one definition for "bad" and "good". Not in an awful society like that. It's been toned down in the manga, but society was much more cruel than yall think. The artist really knew what they were doing when they portrayed that relationship, as cloudy as it seemed. I didn't think "wow, what a bitch move." but rather, "oh."