Basically he's got heavy sociopathic tendencies ngl I think he definitely is a sociopath
He doesn't even feel that much attachement to his own mother, all he wants is three things: Become a historically famous emperor, accomplish his expansionist goals (he wants to take over neighboring nations/ invade them) and have Luce.
He takes a crazy amount of time to understand that he loves him cause he doesn't know what the emotion of love is, he realizes it incredibly late in the story.
He deeply cares about politics and decorum, he's very arrogant and wants people to see him in a positive light, only Luce really sees his other sides, he's definitely most comfortable around Luce and he's most likely the only person he trusts after himself.
He's extremely violent and calculating, he's willing to destroy entire nations just for glory cause tbh his nation is already very powerful he doesn't need to take over other people's land, he wants to do it to be remembered as an exceptional emperor and to do that he needs to use Luce's hometown, Vera, which I believe is neutral ground.
Anyway, it's dramatic story, very entertaining, quite dark.
It does take him a long time to realize that his emotions are love and love means not hurting that person even if they don't give you what you want.
His priority has always been being a glorious emperor regardless of anything else, hence why he uses Luce. But then, that shifts, he throws it all out of the window because Luce becomes even.more important than that. Which is huge cause he makes his whole life about being emperor. Lunacy really fits the name cause so far it's just starting, he gets worse with Luce but it all gets crazier once his lunacy becomes less of a secret to the court. He won't even care later on, he'll just obsessively chase after Luce.
Though I gotta say both him and Luce are crazy. Luce definitely loves him, even knowing he's a lunatic, but the prince fumbles the bag many times cause all he had to do was ask and Luce would stay. Instead he hurts Luce and his pride making Luce not want to be with him. Again, the prince is a noble prick who does it all through violence plus he's really young so it all takes a while. But the ride is very interesting.
Thank you!!! That's what I've been saying, both him and Luce are equally crazy
Right, it takes two to tango, though I'd definitely say that the prince is waaaay crazier. Luce does make a lil more sense in the book though, since he definitely has a love-hate relationship with the prince and does understand that he is manipulating him, still he has feelings for him, but he does the responsible thing and leaves because he understands that their situation is horrendous.
That's what made it spicy and toxic but I love it, it's very specific and detailed in books how Luce is very much in love with Ail but he indeed leave several times.
Yet he comes back, every single time.
I must say that no kings ever sane, Ail definitely crazy since birth.
Absolutely agree!
He mainly goes back to him because ngl the prince does get a little better, I think that many also have it in their interest to have Luce stick around the prince, since it comes to light that he's an absolute nuthead, Luce seems to be the one person that stabilizes his behavior.
This is definitely one of the better dark romance stories out there, the couple is interesting but the political games that drive their decisions are also interesting.
Haven't finished the whole book but I can say it was really a fun read.
Right!!! The politics and royals stuff, Ail's every steps was so so calculated and it cost Luce heart breaks because he couldn't understand and never care about politics.
It's my 4 re read lmao
Oh yeaaah angst this what I’m lookin forrr
One thing I don't like is the part he sleeps with others. I mean "I bed others but you will not do it too" somewhere like that. Please make appease to my heart I don't like that part TT^TT
We're supposed to feel good for his psycho ass?
Shayla run away.
Art ls bad and the story is the corniest.
This has potential but it went downhill from chapter 2
No offense gng but when I accidentally clicked on ur pfp the first thing to come up was alpha buddies...so like given the fact both these story's dont have the best art and the plots aren't notable idrk why ur acting like anything made this story unreadable.
Come on now, Alpha Buddies is better, both art and.plot wise. Not the biggest fan but it's not so bad.
Ngl I rlly wouldn't say so. Idk maybe its
Cz they're vastly different artstyles but AB wasn't that memorable to me. N plot...nooo I canttt sorry gng but I feel like AB was tryna do smthn specfic but then it kinda failed halfway through yk? N ts ones js chill n simple so it can't mess up but isnt showstopping u feel me?.
But i get that, its probs js different preference, cz the same way u feel abt this story i feel abt Alpha buddy.
Yeah Alpha Buddy is fine, not the best but yeah it's alright. I guess it's preference as you said, it's to each their own.
Jo is not really a red flag, the characters are quite realistically written, Jo really likes Ian and in the moment he of course chose to help the person he liked over a strange guy who attacked him. Idk why y'all think his reaction was so bad, as Ian just said in the preview of S3, he isn't used to high stake situations like those.
This isn't really comparable with TJ's situation, him and Ian initially became gangsters to find a way out of poverty, then TJ wanted to go up the hierarchy to protect both himself and Ian, then at some point he became more into being a gangster than anything else, hell, he was even constantly putting Ian and himself in danger because of money and power, and because he wanted those two things Ian no longer became a priority, he became his hidden secret. Ian wanted someone who wouldn't hide him and who would genuinely like him so he could have a healthier relationship. TJ can't give him that stability and won't make Ian a top priority.
Jo remains to be explored, so far we've seen that he's serious about Ian and keeps trying to prove himself to him, this time he tried in a really.messed up way but then again he's a regulat civillian, so he's not used to this much violence.
So far, I'm hoping he's endgame because he's the healthier option, we still have to wait and see how Ian works through his insecurities and trust issues as well as how both his violent world and Ian's fun world will merge, there's bound to be some mess. Let's not forget abt Jo's cousin who has ties to Ian's past environment.
Also, to add to the paragraphs written by the girls saying chase isn't a bad guy.
It was mentioned in the novel that unlike other dominant alphas dude has more empathy.
Remember that all are said to be sociopathic leaning, grayson (chase's older brother) is especially lacking in empathy.
Chase is empathetic and he doesn't release his pheromones with others. So they build up and he becomes a mess.
He's also a major introvert, he enjoys his alone time and is very picky as a person.
Mind you, dom alphas get targeted by ppl in this universe and he doesn't like being in crowds anyway.
He's also very much depressive and lonely (and he can be sui c dal).
Hope this paragraph helps y'all understandhis character a little better now!
4 years later GAGGED TF OUTTA ME GURL.
I haven't been gagged like this in years.
YEARS!
GIMME the next chapter OMG
They're both lovely and in their own right to feel what they're feeling.
They both care for the other and are doing their best. I'm curious to see where this angsty story will go.
No need to hate on either one of them, they're really well written and the story is so well paced.
We don't always have to pick a side in a story, sometimes both individuals aren't bad.
I wonder how they'll work out this whole situation...
I bet the ML is gonna run to military service as an escape and probably completely go off grid even after getting discharged.
Can you pls share the novel link?
Didn't this end a long time ago and the girl ended up with the guy with a bowl cut?
Omg same thoughts!!! I remember it coz I hated the ending so much. UGH why update now
Its so sad but good ending! Jumi deserves hibum. They are perfect for each other. So were hibum and his sunbae but unfortunately his sunbae chose his future and his mom over his love for hibum.