I don't know why but i can't bring myself to like the lapileons (besides the kids). I'm on ch 93 currently and It's like they are thankful to our mc for all she has done for them and will always help her when in need but that's it. It doesn't feel like she's a part of the family. Everyone keeps reminding her that one misstep from her and she'll be out from the family. Anything that she tries to do is always questioned by the family and they have this attitude of this doesn't concern you (about family matters) at all. I know that she is in a contract marriage but if they truly really like her and want her as family they should try to make her want to stay instead of giving her reasons to leave.
Even the ML is a bit.... Off? He respects our mc when he wants to (which is most of the time) but when he's mad or troubled he'll straight up ignore her or say hurtful stuff to her. Even for literally killing her thrice all he managed to say was sorry. His actions also seem a bit hypocritical. He expects our mc to tell her what she been doing but doesn't wanna tell what he's been upto. He got mad at her for hearing what she's been upto from someone else's mouth but our mc too has to always hear what he's been upto from others mouth. Even after he realised he he was very rude after making mc cry he decided to ignore her and talk rudely to her... Like what?
I really like the story and want to like the characters too but i somehow can't even if i try to ignore all that bad stuff and focus on the good one. God this frustrates me a lot.. ಥ_ಥ
Being frustrated about it is the "right" way to feel about it in my opinion. As someone just said imo they are still in the journey of learning what normal communication is. MC isnt perfect, but shes the most normal of them all. What Celphis mom even said is hurtful, mean spirited and evil, but it is also with a good reason. I fkn hate her for saying that sht, but Lapideons are dangerous as fuck to anyone within and outside family. Being pressured by royalty, creating even more stress.
That being said i absolutely cannot wait for Theo to actually fully open up to the MC and defend his wife aswell. He still needs to show her real support. I am eagerly awaiting and i honestly would love to just go and read Webnovel, buT IDK IF THERE IS TRANSLATED VERSIONNN IF ANYONE KNOOOWSSS.
I have such hopes (❀╯°Д °)╯╧╧
God idk how y'all are so forgiving towards ethan...
He literally made her 1st life shit by manipulating her so much just so he's the one she ends up loving. And it ultimately resulted in her death and that's when he realised he fucked up and went back to past to change everything. But it doesn't change the fact that he was a terrible person who played a huge role in ruining MCs 1st life... Just because a terrible person who did terrible things for whatever reason decides to become nice, it doesn't wash away all that he did.... I can never bring myself to like ethan ever. Im not a fan of theon either.
Its crazy how dorothea forgot all ethan made her go through by knowing the fact he did it for love not power.. That does not justifies his actions. That is typical yandere behavior..
Maybe I am wrong but the way I see it, the one who ruined her previous life was Freede and her father not Ethan.
Ethan may have manipulated her to become empress but that’s because he truly believed the throne should have been hers. She was literally oppressed all her life to never reach full potential by her pos father. Ethan saw that potential and also her inferiority complex. So the only way for her to reach her true potential would be to manipulate her because otherwise she would never see herself as worthy.
Where Ethan ensured she reached the highest of places. Freede ensured she would forever remain unstable. He also manipulated her but solely for his own gain. He married her simply to use her while maintaining his relation with Julia. I also believe he’s the reason she think she forced him to marry her because this flashback showed he approached her first. (again like you said just because he felt guilt later on doesn’t mean he didn’t commit the wrong. In Ethan’s case manipulation was there but there no negative intentions which isn’t the case with Freede) and worst of all that shit killed himself like he did just to hurt our fl to get back at Ethan. That was the lowest of the low. He knew what it would do to her and he did it because her pain would hurt Ethan. That’s how little he valued her.
If she remained mentally stable (which she didn’t because of Freede) her life wouldn’t have been ruined.
Yea i totally agree you for the most part. Freede and her father were indeed total pieces of shits and did ruin her. But still IMO Ethan also did his best to isolate her and make sure she ends up alone so that she falls for him. He manipulated her to kill her brother who was actually the only person nice to her and that took a huge toll on her. He turned her into a tyrant and never once tried to correct her. Sure he wanted to see her at the top too but most of it was basically out of his own selfishness to have her for himself. Even in the second life, remember how he tried to frame the two brothers so that she would kick them out , just because he was jealous? Freede and father were indeed trash but ethan isn't any better.
I am not saying he isn’t manipulative. Just that his intentions aren’t negative towards her. It did come with negative consequences that’s true because he didn’t foresee what it would do to her. But he literally didn’t mean to hurt her. I think that should count for something. And majorly the negative outcome mentioned before came about greatly because of the circumstances her father and Freede created. She never saw her brother in a positive light because her father favoured him so much. She only realised in this life that he was always on her side. So through her perception Ethan also saw her brother as an enemy in the og timeline. I don’t even need to elaborate with Freede.
His intentions were based on what he thought was good for her and would help her get the things she want. Even if his intentions towards her were nice, he acted as a catalyst which made her commit evil deeds. The negative consequences of his actions were quite obvious the first few times and he could have stopped after seeing how badly it was affecting our mc. But even after that he continued to do the same things thinking it'll be all good just based on his beliefs. If someone's actions cause someone great pain and despair more than once, it doesn't matter how good their intentions were. Even ethan himself realised how his actions fucked up our mc's life but it was too late. Even in the new life he tried to destroy her relations out of jealousy and would have succeeded if our mc was the same as in past life. I get it that people forgave ethan because he truly loved her and regretted his actions and decided to be better, but i personally cannot bring myself to forgive him no matter how good he becomes. Maybe im just really bitter cuz im maybe relating it to irl but that's just how i see it.. Im more into the maid x guard love story ʕ≧ᴥ≦ʔ
You are right that it was his own belief that he was doing good for her. And the fact that it ended with negative consequences. But honestly the way the story thus far was portrayed through our fl with a warped perception I doubt she was as evil as she believes and as we have been made to believe through her.
The only evil thing that happened for a fact was that she killed her brother and I gave a logic for that. Afterwards as the empress, through her we saw she was a tyrant. But her actions in things like the project for the disabled (that everyone opposed in her last life but approved in this one because it was suggested by her brother) suggest otherwise. She thinks she was pleasing the nobles. I think she was pressured by them. Also again at the time she was unstable because of Freede because that pos lost the spirit of light. Bottom line I don’t think we can trust what we have read so far because only a few chapters from Ethan’s pov changed the whole scenario.
But you can keep on disliking or unforgiving Ethan. That’s your prerogative too. I hope things are working out better for you now.
And yes. The maid and the knight are super cute! ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ノ~
i can’t bring myself to forgive him either. i try to imagine myself in her shoes. i loved someone so much and another person who loves me so much and knows a way to save the one i love doesn’t help (and also harms the person i love) because of jealousy (and obsession?). i would’ve really liked the story if neither ethan nor theon were ml
Both of them are literal pieces of shit... The mc is soo annoying, she keeps playing the victim card and just keeps getting mad over anything without even communicating with ml. She made the ml this way and now she can't deal with it...
ML is gaslighting the shit out of her here and keeps using her love for him as an excuse to cover up his bad deeds. And the audacity of him to say that he's not at fault for Dietrich's apparent death when he in fact knew that he was gonna die is crazy...
Both of them are soo toxic and the poor child is suffering cause of this... ヽ(`Д´)ノ
As much as i hate jaekyung, i really wanted him to win this match cause the other team played dirty.
I want him to lose in a fair match, not like this.
And i bet instead of groveling at Kim Dan's feet for forgiveness he'll get angry at him for daring to leave him and act like Dan's a thing that he owns...
NOOOO MY BABIES!!! 。・゚・(ノД`)・゚・。