im only on the first chapter and when MC was so awestruck and pledged herself to the empress on first sight i lowkey got butterflies so im going to join the already massive chorus crying over the fact that this isnt gl
cause even when shes killing left and right and plotting to kill her husband only based on a previous timeline i was rooting for her haha. even if shes killing just to be empress and not some noble causes or proportional revenge id still root for her. i love me all the cersei lannisters in stories cause women dont need reasons to crave power!!! the fact that she has a legitimate reason now dont change the fact that she outsmarted everyone, even the girl who has the same advantage of being brought back in time with her. her husband was right to fear her
theres no ethical consumption OR even dignity under capitalism. unfortch, thats currently the default. capitalism being the issue this webtoon is built upon makes other 'slice of life' webtoon pales in comparison. this is THE slice of life webtoon.
you get ur ordinary family ridden with real money problems, you get having to choose between your self respect or ur paycheck. you get no male lead in this webtoon because theres no male lead in real world, but everyone is their own main characters. you get no happy ending/resolution bc as long as you live, life will always have a chance to be worse.
i went to this expecting a heartwarming slice of life or sumn like that but stayed bc of how real it is. brace yourselves before you read this.
sedin is a carryover of the tower owner's soul or spirit or energy or something. hes not in the novel, he has crazy abilities and latches onto MC the second he saw her. maybe idk hes a byproduct of the tower or the system, maybe? something foreign to the novel theyre getting in just like MC
same thoughts. had a feeling he's the tower owners soul that maybe lost its memory or just acting it out. Or maybe had a change of heart for the fl. I hope he's the ml though
Spoiler
The tower owner's soul hasn't possessed Seydin. It was someone else.
and its so damn crazy how bad i wanted to bitch slap yoonso cus he keeps torturing chaeah! but then i get to the later chapters and seeing how pathetic and pitiful yoonsoo became cus he wants chaeah so bad it crumbles his sense of self. it pays off soooo good!! my god i love this webtoon so much. i love all the 'all powerful immortal/supernatural creature being reduced to a loser when they lost a mind game with a survivor traumatised mere mortal that the creature underestimated' is my fav genre in books so to have this in webtoon is gratifying for me!!!
i was vibing sm she and the others are doing children shenanigans, i love her relationships with everyone, even down to her mom with little screen time, i love how they have her all disheveled, tomboy, and her persistent eyebags BUT THEN the shady ginger ML showed up and ruined everything omg i want him dead kinda
OKAY SPOKE TOO SOON DAMN i hope he gets by okay!!!
flower boy is actually just ML with a wig or sumn cause have they been seen in the same room? no? thats what i thought!!!! (coping cause i cant handle another ML when ML is already this cool and flower boy is that cute)
no cuz why was i thinking the same thing
This could be good theory too
HOW'D YOU READ MY MIND!?!? i was literally thinking the same thing too whatt
Same
this is so anticlimatic. as funny as everything is i personally hate this thanksgiving pardon parade!!! to have his entire foundation of opposition crumble in like 3 panels, after us spending 100+ chapters with him being a fuckass douche? im kinda really not satisfied!!!!!!! he gotta get tortured!!! dungeon dweling!!!! balls plucked!!!!! IDKKKK something more!!!
bc GOD every woman in this webtoon are entangled with another woman and eachother:
1. the duchess/emperors sister is probs having a repressed twisted love for her late sister in law, and thats why shes unreasonable in her hate to the empress who replaced her.
2. MC is in an angsty not yet disclosed emotional conflict with her former master, the crown princess of dunamis.
3. her rival knight, serene, is jealous of MC and crown princess relationship and blames MC for the crown princess losing her former self.
4. princess johanna of ollogos is a wild card who gets pulled in all of the other womens conflict.
5. MC's ex friends/fellow maids are struggling with competition with each other AND their puppeteers who are also higher ranking noblewomen.
6. not to mention the main relationship between MC and empress who gets on at first chance and the empress begging her husband to spare MC despite her precarious standing and dependency on his favor for her.
both the emperor and his son (who is unfortunately, the ML) literally only serves as extra problem trigger IM DYING LMAO and its kinda really funny too cause ML is genuinely a strong well built character!! he manages not to be a useless cog in the sea of sapphic yearning and frustration, so ill give credits where its due.
its also kinda amazing that while this is very angsty, you dont get that vibe at all and instead it carries its comedic tone well. im so glad i scrolled through the latest update page and find this webtoon cause this is incredibly entertaining despite not being actual GL
YES OMG THIS IS LITERALLY WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT did you read myind or something lol