The first couple panels are pretty self explanatory. When they are out of school I think, their relationship could be define as fwb/brohelpbro out ; thus Langa mentioned something about them being siblings or some like that. Reiki saying that he not ready for Langa to put it in could mean that he knows once this happens there’s no going back. Even tho they are going pretty far now one could simply blame it on “oh yeah just helping a bro out no homo” type of thing that they could simply grow out of. Or maybe if they do finally have sex they gonna have to come to terms with their feelings and sexuality and Reiki not prepares for that. Even so, I could be thinking too deep into this.
Sigh, I said this before and I’ll say it again. The more I read and I see his reaction ( yes I know it’s because of the trauma ) towards the mc I feel bad for the original body owner. No one ever told her about his trauma , not him, the advisor or anyone. They all turned a blind eye to his behavior towards her, hell even some participated in rumors about her. Judge her etc. No sympathy was ever showed for the young miss who was thrust into a marriage to a man with a child and on top of that embarrassed her at any given moment as a result of his trauma ( not saying this his fault at all ) without ever explaining himself EVER. Adding on to the pressure to produce a heir from her family bc that’s a woman’s job back then. Now I’m not excusing her behavior towards blance bc that’s just damn wrong. But eventually dealing with the blunt end of the kings trauma caused the old queen to have her own too. It just so happen she took it out on the child sadly.
Exactly! I do understand how hard it must be for the king to live with that kind of trauma, but the original owner hadn't wronged him, and ended up dying without even knowing why she was hated this much. Her behavior toward the princess was wrong as hell, for sure, but I didn't see the king doing anything to help the child either. Poor child she was a victim here as well, she has done nothing wrong but again is ignored by her only family meaning his father, and abused by someone who's mentaluty has been wrecked agian by the wrong behavior of the so called father
In the end, after all these years, neither the king nor anyone around him has tried to solve the issue! Like at least seeking therapy over a long period of time. His behavior could've changed so much so for the better
Because just like Abigail, the king is brought up to show no weaknesses and whether we like it or not, in their patriarchal society and on top of that, he's a king, with no professional help available, people will likely turn the blind eye. Both have their faults and flaws, yes, but you really can't apply our common sense to theirs when they live in an entire different era where trauma and mental illness are frowned upon.
I get you. My point wasn’t really to criticize the story or how things are playing out, just more of a different perspective and just speaking out for the original character. I think people tend to forget those who have trauma ( again not fault of their own ) could unintentionally be the source of other people trauma. Then the vicious cycle continues. I relate to the original one because I to have been on the blunt end of someone’s unresolved trauma and it’s not a good nor peasant feeling.
I also get your point but people who read this story get that it's hard for that cycle to stop especially when they're in a situation like this were there is no one to turn to and elitism and classism is very relevant in this story. I don't think some of the readers are that daft to not understand how trauma works and how it affects other people.
I feel bad for the FL, she’s literally doing all of this to go back home. Her only goal was to die making Jade emperor then she would have made it back to her original world with her original family. But no, fates decided ( or allowed Jade ) to bring her back into the cycle again. With the same goal. It not that she pushing her ideology on him but that is her role in that world “to die so he can be emperor” and that would intel even giving him the motivation to become it also. Her methods may not be idea from an outside perspective because we readers know the truth. We know he remembers etc. She doesn’t. She just trying to fix the mistakes she made along the way, notice things a little differently before the meets her inevitable end. And that’s okay. That’s what keeps the story going.
..if someone don’t stomp this roach, my boy out here acting a hot ass mess. We don’t force ourselves on people in this household... it looks like he didn’t get the pamphlet...
I marked this as spoiler just in case. But this is purely speculation.
The ‘author’ will be the key to everything. Since this will be both of the main characters last life / story. I feel after a couple reincarnations Ceilca (The Grand Witch) set this library up to record her deaths and rebirths from beginning to end in hopes on her last life, it will come in handy and save them another tragic death. The reincarnated author will be there for the gaps in plot that only she knows. And will serve as a cheat sheet for the fl to regain her powers while also figuring out the most effective method of saving the ml. Since “technically” the author would know bc this is all in a world she “thinks” she made up. But it’s really a character in a novel that is currently been rewritten or written again by a new author aka ( the author of this story ) but this time with all the pieces to give the main characters a happy ending.
I feel sorry for the original female lead. I can see why she got drove into a corner bc if it’s not the rumors about her, it’s her parents or even her husband blunt disrespect towards her because of his own traumas. I’m not saying she is excused for her treatment of the kid but I can see where she’s coming from. Her husband and the people broke her down til she felt inferior, unwanted, ugly and just not worthy of love. I honestly wished in the end she got the sorry she deserved.
I feel way more sorry for a king. Those are very fucking serious traumas. If he was a girl I bet people would’ve been way more enraged. Not only rape but having to raise child which was an aftermath of your darkest and most traumatic moment in life. I can’t even imagine that.
Honestly same. People out here acting like his feelings don't matter
Yeah. He had it the worst out of all of them.
I’m not saying you can’t feel sorry for him either? I just said I feel sorry for the original female lead. It’s not about who had it worse because to each person their trauma , hurt or sadness could be the worst thing in th world to them. No one is on this post downplaying the kings traumas.
I never said I did. I just said that I feel bad for him and that imo he had it the worst out of all of them. I didn’t say u were downplaying anyone
Tho ngl it did sound very downplaying with “disrespect because of his own traumas”.
Its was only me speaking the truth. His disrespect towards her is a direct result of the trauma he experienced. That’s not me downplaying it, it’s me acknowledging he does have it and it also the reason she had then had her own which lead her to continue the cycle.
Yeah I understand. I don’t think u lied about it. It’s just how it sounded. Unfortunately it happened but I also don’t think she’s not at all at fault. I think you’re forgetting what her character was like. She was being very forceful and cunning towards him, it was said that she did stuff before like approaching him in her underwear which can also be counted as the sexual harassment, not to mention trigger his trauma. So she ain’t a saint and that’s why I personally don’t feel bad for her. Clearly it’s possible to get close to him if MC can, so the original owner of the body clearly chose the wrong path. Not only that she took her anger out on a kid, there ain’t excuse for that. He was probably forced into another marriage, when it comes to arranged marriages I don’t believe u have to be loving person towards another, I think indifference is very much justified not to mention when u have trauma like that. U never wanted it, u should just stay respectful, tho u don’t think she was really respectful either. Ik tho that times were different and support of the husband was very important tho I still think she approached the situation in the wrong way, therefor he hated her.
Yechan is so cute. He basically told Ham that if he let him, he will be the flower in his field until he’s ready to grow things again. Basically saying he will be by his side, helping him heal and patiently wait until he’s ready to be with him. Ah, that is so cute.
I feel for the fl, she deserved better or at least her mission explained fully. She literally died so she could go back to her original family and life. A part of me think the ml had something to do with them both reincarnating together instead of her going back home.
Or he used the saimtess to drag fl back
My thoughts exactly
I think the original FL and the current FL(The villainess) were childhood best friends. The original FL use to visit the mc a lot to yanno hang out, train and whatever. During those meeting the original ML caught feelings for the bestfriend and in return made things awkward. Maybe to the point where the original villainess assumed she only came around to just be with her fiancé. And I think the missing memory she mentioned is the fact that the og villainess was training her in sword art or she knew of her dreams to be a swordsman.
When she mentioned somethings about “when you woke up I hoped you would come to me or tell the truth” I think it was to tell everyone the real reasons she came around them. Instead of the rumors. The only person who could have cleared up the misunderstanding was the original Villianess since her fiancé wouldn’t because he was inlove with her. And I think in the original story she ended up giving into the pressure and stayed with the first ML.
I wish the original fl was there to hear that, atleast in spirit. So she too could heal from her trauma and know those years of neglect was not solely because of her looks. Maybe if he would’ve open up a lil sooner then maybe the story for Blanche, og Abigail and the king could’ve been a bit different. Times like this I feel bad for og Abi too.
I don't know if personality wise old Abagail would be a good match? But I think if at least before they got married they talked about expectations it would have made their marriage smoother. Or hey, maybe they wouldn't have gotten married at all??
Exactly! I think the expectations should’ve been set too. Especially once he seen how his behavior negatively affected her thus leading to other problems.