I feel kind of weird about the regression thing. So ml just gets to start over since Yan conveniently forgot about all the abuse and neglect in their past? It’s great that ml finally realized how horrible he was, but that doesn’t erase Yan’s trauma and I feel like the amnesia development is a cop out that lets l start over and show “character development” without actually atoning for any of his previous action
I think Yanyan will get his old memories back when he's in his right age again. And the spider dude is still going for Yanyan since his brother miss him
I don’t know about that, but I hope so. He hasn’t been recovering his former childhood memories as he mentally aged though.
Exactly... Without proper redemption ML is just a jerk. He said he let go of bunny cuz' he loves him and doesn't want his dad catch him so he had sxx with other and hurting bunny. But why ML so jealous when bunny with the lion or spider and he chase his ass again? I wish he could be treat bunny like Randi did to Lanbo.
I hate it when the ml infantilizes the emotional responses of the fl. It’s such a common trope where a massive secret gets suddenly revealed about the ml’s origins, intentions, or actions, and the fl had a reasonable confused, angry, upset, or betrayed response. And the reaction from the ml is usually dismissive and condescending like “well I did this for us so don’t be so dramatic with your silly little feelings”.
Louise found out he was secretly the crown prince AND that she will likely be expected to marry him as soon as her divorce is finalized. Those are big betrayals from a supposed friend, and she didn’t even get that angry about, just a bit upset and wanted time to process, but his reaction to her hesitance was basically “lol you’re so cute with those hissy feeling, but you should really get over it because this is great (for me lol)”. She is struggling to escape a lopsided marriage and regain her freedom outside of the duties of empress, and now someone she had trusted has now publicly entrapped her into another one, where she will still have to fulfill the role as empress.
I also think the princess carry trope is infantilizing unless the fl is sick, tired, injuries, or there is a legitimate reason. It just looks ridiculous since she’s perfectly capable of walking on her own, and it was really more of a mechanism for preventing her from exiting the conversation as she wants. He blatantly ignores her when she tells him to put her down and just keeps talking to her. It just shows a certain degree of disrespect for her autonomy within their personal interactions.
Like Taylor Swift said “women are expected to absorb male behavior” without rejecting it, and that mentality definitely carries over into how a lot of fls and straight relationship dynamics are written. It really does cheapen the depth and quality of the relationship and story as well.
SO MANY LANGUAGES IN THIS WORLD AND USER WITCHERY CHOSE TO SPEAK FACTSSSSS
Right! It started off fine, good even!, but lately it’s just gotten so…. Almost sexist. It’s annoying and I really dislike how often she seems to be infantilized like the constant nickname of “Mr moon” is KILLING me. Every once in a while a teasing nickname makes sense but the way she uses it all the time and for any situation (such as the most recent chapter) it’s just so.. childlike!
"they're going to execute the mother, to elevate the man" is a song lyric I understand to full certainty
It’s just become obvious that he feels entitled to her. He didn’t ask, he told her how it was going to be. If he truly respected her, he wouldn’t be able to act like that. He sees how miserable and exhausted she is with her current marriage and the job of empress, and he just suckered her into it again. She talked his ear off about everything she wanted to do once she was free, and I guess that just didn’t matter to him. He wants what he wants.
And she would have the extra stigma of:
1. Getting married immediately after a divorce
2. Getting married to your ex husband’s sibling, which is considered weird/tacky in most cultures, but even incestuous/scandalous in some
The “friend/acquaintance suddenly gets jealous and starts pursuing the mc after they get into a relationship” trope really annoys me. It sucks when you miss your chance to be with the person you like, but in most cases, the rival has been around the mc for years without making any moves. You snooze you lose, but jealousy isn’t a justification for trying to break up your crush’s happy relationship. I see it as a betrayal of their friendship that illustrates that the rival cares more about getting the mc to themself than they do about the mc’s personal happiness
And of course the dumb kid randomly almost drowned so Killian could swoop in with a grand heroic gesture to save the day.
The only actual development Killian got is:
1. I’m so grief stricken that my girlfriend and kid died right before I was about to marry another woman (grief is valid, but the entire situation was necessitated by his bs)
2. I’m going blind now, look at how sad and pathetic I am
3. I’m “choosing to let her go” mentality, aka basic respect for the free will and autonomy of his former partner and not viewing her as his property
4. Being helpful in random situations designed solely to give me a chance to be heroic/helpful
This man literally forgot he owned a spacecraft!!! ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶
Do Korean authors spontaneously combust if they write a “romance” that doesn’t involve coercion, abuse, toxicity, or controlling behavior? If this is the mentality towards relationships in that country I understand why so many women are shunning relationships in the 4B movement.
So homosexuality is illegal and you can go to prison for it. Cop guy coerces roommate into engaging in sex acts with him to protect other gay guy from getting imprisoned for kissing another man. A totally healthy relationship which is not problematic in any way.
also a bit dumb in their part
like bro instead of agreeing to it u can just threaten the ml cuz he slept with u which was illegal in their world
uke had me speechless when he agreed to it
Not really, because in that case, it’s the cop’s word against his. Neither of them have physical or forensic proof, but an officer’s word to other law enforcement professionals usually Carrie’s more weight than a civilian’s if both are giving the same evidence. Cop guy can prove that roommate associates with gay people, which would make it harder to prove “innocence”, and an accusation against the cop could be easily brushed away as a lie to get out of the charges by slandering the cop. Uke is designed to accommodate the predatory nature of the seme by not having traumatic reactions and making nonsensical choices (in this case it actually made sense to me because his friend’s life could have literally been ruined because they unknowingly kissed in front of someone he was with)
I have to say that while this might not be the most compelling story out there, the relationship dynamics and development are far better than 99% of the other stuff out there
Nora:avoids his parents like the plague to avoid violence ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ
Nora’s dad: why is my kid so maladjusted? I always ignore him to spend time with another kid and make sure to beat him whenever he shows a shred of noncompliance with my impossible and draconian expectations. ╮(￣▽￣)╭
Normal people: wtf is wrong with these parents (⊙…⊙ )
It’s just become obvious that the ml feels entitled to her. He didn’t ask, he told her how it was going to be. He didn’t stop to think about her dreams (the ones she excitedly told him about which involved freedom away from the duties of Empress). If he truly respected her, he wouldn’t be able to act like that. He sees how miserable and exhausted she is with her current marriage and the job of empress, and he just suckered her into it again. She talked his ear off about everything she wanted to do once she was free while he acted so supportive, and I guess that just didn’t matter to him in the end. He wants what he wants and decided that he would get it.
And she would have the extra stigma of:
1. Getting married immediately after a divorce
2. Getting married to your ex husband’s sibling, which is considered weird/tacky in most cultures, but even incestuous/scandalous in some