
Okay so I really want to hear other people’s input on this- am I crazy for thinking Rein is not as bad as Wilhelm? I agree Rein was manipulative and took advantage of Will, but he was also manipulative and gaslighted like crazy and was horribly possessive and a liar. At may any points Will was abusive to Rein as well- him holding her against her will and touching her, him turning her words against her and making her doubt herself and think she’s a worse person than she is, him asking to use her body for 3 days (low key r*pey??), him saying he wasn’t a to break her and keep her all to himself etc. I feel like at the end when Rein hasd that whole revelation about not loving him as much as he loved her and how she used him etc didn’t hit me that hard because I still looked back and thought will was crazy asf and nothing would ever change how he treated her. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good yandere, but what made me unsure was how Wilhelm regressed as the story went on. In the beginning he wanted to devote himself to her (still unhealthy but not as bad as later), later, he wanted to hold her hostage so no one could be near he. Sure, he soon let her go, but that was only after she tried to kill herself. Anyhow, please share thoughts!
I think they’re both really horrible people, but what gets me about Rein is that in the beginning, she was the adult. She had all her memories and chose to groom Wilheim and send him into battle as a child, KNOWING what the battlefield would do to him, KNOWING that he was an unstable boy and dependent on her. Even when he gains his memories back, it doesn’t change his character much, his whole life he’s been used and abused, and never taught how to treat people normally. Not that it’s an excuse for anything but I’m honestly surprised he didn’t become more evil lmao. My point being that I don’t like either of them but I can understand Wilheim’s actions more in the context of his experiences, whereas Rein, I’m like…. Surely there had to be another way to exact revenge. Her father saved her from the streets and raised her with love, and you avenge him by taking in a child and sending them to hell for you? If you’re going to be evil like that, don’t be surprised when the mad dog you raised bites you in the ass
Every time I seee her annoying ass my blood pressure rises…. Please can we have her killed off already?