Obviously I don't like Rastha, but we should honor the author's writing : she wrote a complex and cunning character, not a basic mean girl. Rashta was apparently a slave and has lived a difficult life, she did not even know how to read and write, her child was taken from her... If this was a reincarnation or isekai story from her point of view we would be rooting for her. She uses what talents she has, and those are her beauty and charm. She seems desperate to escape her previous condition, and she does whatever she can to secure her new one, be it manipulating or learning to act like the empress does. Hating on her is too easy because she is "the villainess", but I actually appreciate the fact that even though we do not agree with her, we can understand her. (Also if Rashta was not here we would not have NavierxHeinley so yay ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶)
Obviously I don't like Rastha, but we should honor the author's writing : she wrote a complex and cunning character, not a basic mean girl. Rashta was apparently a slave and has lived a difficult life, she did not even know how to read and write, her child was taken from her... If this was a reincarnation or isekai story from her point of view we would be rooting for her. She uses what talents she has, and those are her beauty and charm. She seems desperate to escape her previous condition, and she does whatever she can to secure her new one, be it manipulating or learning to act like the empress does. Hating on her is too easy because she is "the villainess", but I actually appreciate the fact that even though we do not agree with her, we can understand her. (Also if Rashta was not here we would not have NavierxHeinley so yay ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶)