I think what she did is really smart--Do you think the Emperor genuinely cares about the monsters and how his people are suffering? He doesn't even care if his own daughter is suffering, for pity's sake. She cornered him, giving terms that technically he is SUPPOSED to care about, while not giving him what he ACTUALLY WANTS. Now he can't complain, because it would make him look like shit in front of the temple and his people.
Not only that, she's secured herself a place of safety with a family he can't afford to look bad in front of. If he's his usual charming self, she might be able to persuade that family to help her overtake him. They have a great reputation for being just and not greedy, and would have the people on their side.
That was a really smart political move.
Plus, she's put herself in prime position to take her revenge on Selena, who has feelings for someone who lives there.
Sure, she could use the ML's power and destroy the emperor and the kingdom and have a speedy revenge... but that would cause a power vacuum and could easily be spun in a way that could turn everyone against her. In the long run, it would give her more problems than it would fix, and it would be cheap.
And as a writer? That is shit storytelling, period, and a sure sign the author isn't really invested in telling a good story... or that they just don't know how. There's no character development, nothing intrinsically interesting in the setting and plot, and it cheapens the romance, too--I, personally, like heroines who take responsibility for their own shit and work to become strong for themselves, taking their revenge and being a boss by their own merit. The romance is so much more interesting that way, too. I'm only interested in power couples, thank you, and they can't be a power couple if he's the only one with real power.
**spoiler alert?**
Someone in the comments mentioned she might take the seat of emperor herself? And I was super confused about how disdainful they were about it... I mean, y u no like a genuinely powerful female character who has the balls to rule?
I'm so confused right now (⊙…⊙ )
I guess I should be glad we don't like the same stories.
My apologies. that last line was bitchy. Shaming people's preferences isn't cool. I'm just kind of hot-headed about good storytelling and am excited about the potential in this one, and kinda upset about some of the comments. Don't drive away people who like to see their main characters experience realistic growth, please.
So I completely agree with you but it's just been 10 chapters so I thik we have to wait for the charecter growth while keeping in mind that she's a victim of abuse and hasn't been allowed to make any decisions her whle life which will make the process a little slow I think. Also, he's only able to be there because of her so I think she holds some amount of power over him, that and the fact that he is bound to do everything she wants him to do.
*think
Is anyone else just not feeling any of these dudes for Roxana? She's hella gorgeous and scary intelligent and deadly cunning... and NONE of these motherf*kers are actually seeing her for HERSELF. They've all got some fantasy version of her they are seeing, and she's totally using that like the kickass BOSS she is---but, at the same time....
(╬￣皿￣)凸 NONE OF THESE TODDLERS ARE GOOD ENOUGH FOR MY SHINNING DARK STAR!! WHERE'S MY SHOTGUN?? GIVE HER A REAL MAN OR I'MMA KILL EVERY ONE OF THESE BITCH-ASS PUNKS!!
*ahem* Yeah. Just sayin'.
I mean, even the ML is projecting this 'damsel in distress' image on her. She's so crazy smart and brilliant and lovely just exactly as she actually is... and I just want someone to come along who sees her for HERSELF and compliments that. I don't even remember the name of this dude. does it start with a Y?
The ML is probably Cassis? I hope it's Cassis and not her brother
Its probably not her brother--he's probably the main villain, that's the vibes I'm getting anyway. there's way too much set-up with this Cassis fellow, he's even in the title. I'm hoping they have a little more chemistry now that we've had a time jump, that he's been working hard these 3 years. fingers crossed!
Ah. the beginnings of a hand fetish. this gives some context to the novel cover illustration at the end of the chapters, where he's pulling off her gloves with his teeth. I dig it.
do u have the link of the novel???
Nope, sorry. I don't actually know if he has a hand fetish or not, I just thought it would make sense, given the illustration at the end of all the chapters here.
...think it would kinda be really cool if Nora had traveled back in time with Shuli, and that's the reason he keeps popping up to save her in various situations-- because he knows her and what her life is like, and is trying to help save her from the life she had to live before. In that case, he'd still be the only one who really gets her, and also still feel like he can't reveal himself to her (this poor man, having to be undercover like that and to fall in love, but not be able to help... damn ╥﹏╥ )
Plus, it'd just be really nice if they could be the same age mentally.
I knew he was doing Tia's hair and picking out her clothes! I thought 'her outfits are definitely picked by someone who thinks she's beautiful and wants everyone else to see it too... I bet it's the Dad!' ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~
Yep. called it.
this comment is so cute wtff
I thought so too! I thought: she has no mother and nobody cares about her and in the future she is always in rags, so why as a little child is she always dressed in the cutest clothes with perfect hair and matching accessories ... *enters doting dad*.
...Oh, that explains it.
This dude is gonna get killed by John, I can feel it.
Sorry I meant to give you an up vote Σ(っ°Д °;)っ
Litia really is the best person for Herrace to follow around--she's surrounded by such pretty people, and she makes them cry buckets.
LMAOOO I love this realization!!!
I choked on my milk
I want to see what happens when she uses that kick on one of the assholes back at the shop (extra points if its Chiba).
You know how Anette asked if John hated her and that was why he did those things, and John was like "You wouldn't understand if I explained"? I was like (╯°Д °)╯╧╧ Explain it, don't just leave her confused!!! But then... I had a depressing epiphany...
Anette has only ever been raped. She's never been safely aroused in her entire life. And sure as shit is smelly, the bastard husband who raped her in front of an audience on their wedding night didn't give a flying fuck about the importance of foreplay, or about how SHE felt at all. And the demon? John was hardly in his right mind enough to work her up to it. He thought he was dreaming, for fucks sake. Even if he had given it a decent attempt, she was so overwhelmed and scared that it just would have made it all the more confusing.
Sex is just violence to Anette. Strange, confusing violence that makes her feel powerless and dehumanized. It would NOT make sense to her that John loving her could make him want to do that to her, and John apparently has more empathy than your average joe, and can see it from her perspective. Bravo for that, yeah?
she likes kisses and cuddles because those are a safe, comforting form of intimacy with someone who loves her... but the jump from that to sex is mired in so much trauma that it makes NO SENSE. Why would he suddenly want violence when they were just being sweet?
gawd, these poor children.
Um...why wait for the seventh life to suddenly have a personality change so drastic? what were she doing before? Still gonna read it, cuz its fun, I'm just a little confused---three lives seems much more reasonable. Seven times is overkill and makes you wonder if there is an outside force that kept her from changing before. I'd have gotten progressively colder each life until I decided to mess them up on the third try, not meekly put up with it for seven lives and THEN decide to protect myself. Damn. It compromises an otherwise relatable and admirable character's ability to feel 'real'... which is a crime, here, there's so much fun potential...
Sorry, I'm a writer who takes editing my own work very seriously, and I get a bit caught up on details. Hard to immerse myself when my brain is saying "You need to fix that!!" Σ(っ°Д °;)っ and then doesn't let me relax until I've done it. Character development is my favorite part of writing too, so I'm particularly anal about it. ╥﹏╥
I mean she is a child maybe she thought she was the problem and wanted to change them and in her seventh life she seemed to have finally confirmed that they are just beyond helping
This is based on my thoughts not a spoiler.
But, from how she was raised I think she just wanted to be loved by her family so she held out on any small hope and clung to it (Like her brothers "kindness"). Also, it's not like she lived full lives for the 7 times. She goes back in time at a set age and probably dies within the next couple years. But, I do want to think she changed with each life (ex: her control on her powers)
Re: 3/7 times. 3 times is lucky, 7 is unlucky. She’s been unlucky her whole life(s) (mom dies, dad blames, step/replacement sis, bad maid), so she isn’t able to ‘access’ the luck of going through it 3 times. She has to go through it 7 times, and reclaim her bad luck. (Although, if you bother to figure out which country the author is from, which I did not, you could argue 7 is arbitrary, and 4 is more culturally significant) It does seem to have european influences, so 7 is a reasonable unlucky assumption.
Re: Putting up with it. I totally agree, it seems like a lot of time.... I also think (other than the probably essential plot points they will provide) that people who are in/ raised in bad situations have trouble recognizing that fact? Like they reason away horrible behaviour?
Re: Personality change. Trauma?
Re: Fun potential. Where might you have gone? I’m very curious.
/srs
Anyways, I enjoyed responding to this! Character development is also a favourite of mine. Also this is all speculation lol. /g
PS. This was probably waaayyy too formal, but I don’t know how to not write an email lol.