Ok so I know most don't like Ethan but he's a way better candidate, even though he was bad in the past Dorathea clearly made an effort to stop him for being as dark and also, HE DOESNT HOLD POWER OVER HER?! Like girl is trying to repeat the past, letting a person have so much power over you and your emotions is dangerous and that's why if she doesn't end up single or alt route, I want her with Ethan. Together they would be able to place boundaries and talk properly but the second this bitch sees Theon she weak!!
This story must be every colonizers wet dream. Cause most slave would detest the person enough to kill them and the fact that all the couples are slave owner and slave puts me off.
The first couple seems rational and actually good but the last 2 are straight up slave owner and slave, Stockholm Syndrome and post slave syndrome. This is kinda sick to me but people keep wanting to bring up other shitty stories as if glorifying slavery is not on a similar level as r@pe which was common back then.
This story should have stopped at the first couple or had a slave on slave couple cause this author just seems to like slave x colonizers couples the most.
That's why I'm saying Stockholm syndrome and post slave syndrome. Like its crazy how they just let that go. Only a person who lived in such a bad condition for such a bad long time would just get past there abusive master and fall for them. Like the romanticization of slave x slave owner like there wasn't abuse or anything worse is maddening and insane.
It reminds me of 12 years a Slave- patsey’s life. It’s horrible how they did romanticised the slave and slave owners and trying to pass off his abuse as a small redemption arc by getting slapped by his father? And we’re supposed to feel sorry for the wife that she didn’t get her love reciprocated? That couple was just a mess and shouldn’t have even left the drafts
Honestly, I feel like the story was supposed to go deeper into the personal stories of the main ones and be deep but what he said to dongwoo kinda felt empty cause we got the most basic show of his back story, I wish they did a flashback episode and show the true despair and emptiness he felt so when Dongwoo came it would be more meaningful. But because they haven't showed yet or wont, it just doesn't feel all that meaningful, just kinda empty. Other stories do a good time of throwing the good and the bad while reaching the relationship but this just showed good and misunderstandings. They haven't gone back into Dongwoos story of being a pro and losing or the semi feeling shatered. Stores like roomates ( I think), blood bank, love is an illusion, or even behind the desk, all show what it's like before and after they fell and d love showed how impactful is was too meet and love eachother.
Anyways imma fuck off cause I font think anyone cares. Just something that kinda bothered me.
.... the romance in here, knowing that they're all slaves.
Is very questionable, literally the emporer said the slave being scared like a cat is cute and I was like.... my dude he's a slave and being scared was a learned reaction like. It's not fun for him. This story writing all these love stories between slave and master as consentual is weird because imma pull a back in the day and say MOST did not speak the language of there colonizers, and when they did it was broken or short sentences.....
This shits sus as hell
Dropping.... She asked for one fucking thing, among the list of things he picked the easiest shit and disrespected her only real wish. Dropped!