
*tilt head in silent in spoilers*

I was thinking about the empress, the empress is basically tia if their positions were reversed and tia was bitter and less people sabotaging. The empress didnt want the empress throne actually, she wanted to be the head of the angress family, to leage her family prosperity, i have read the novel top to bottom several time and thats the feeling i get each time. The empress is so bitter because she never got the true right she wanted, the agress name and title of the head.

I don't know since I haven't read the novel but I feel like they're different in many ways. Maybe she wanted to be the head of her household in the past but right now it's quite evident that she craves to be the person with most power. That's also why she's pushing for her son to be the crown prince/next emperor. And the difference between them is the empress will not twice before discarding people she's used for her own gain once the work is done. She'd sabotage literally anyone for her own gain without any remorse, very brutally at that. I'd say she's a very well written villain. On the other hand Tia literally plotted every single thing since she was a child just so she could inherit the title. She was tactful but never played dirty or harmed innocent people. There are similarities between them but at the same time they're very different. That's what makes them protagonist-antagonist maybe
Idk what I just yapped about but yeah hopefully it makes sense(?)
*sighs* can the ml get lost?