You know what’s really annoying to me? When words appear like “pissed, It’s ok. It’s not a big deal, I’m in, and thanks” in a webtoon that has a historical setting. It especially throws me out of immersion when the translation attempts to be formal, for it just to be intercepted with sudden slang words and modern abbreviations by supposed gentle folk. I don’t want to hate on the translator and I’m grateful but my limit has been reached after reading numerous historical webtoons that employ the same sentence forming style.
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This is quite a unique concept in a genre that’s flooded with similar setups, love interests and resolution of problems. You see it quite often that the MC, who transmigrated into the villainess is often the bubbly sort who instantly makes people fall in love with her and they forgive past transgressions immediately, which robs the reader of enjoyment. Very often the MC will take over the body of the villainess in early childhood as well, which is also rather boring sometimes as the future conflict between the villainess and the “heroes” is just non existent. Here the MC is dropped into an environment where she has to do major damage control due to the villainess’s former transgressions. And it’s not resolved in the blink of an eye either. Everybody hates her and she could die quite easily. Also, the villainess is not just evil because she was spoiled. This is actually an orphan child who was used as a replacement and then treated like an interloper by everyone. Not being able to deal with this she became even more socially maladjusted and would lash out in boasts of anger and violence, which in turn was used to justify everybody’s hateful treatment of her. And the MC had quite the same upbringing in terms of her being abused, but she handled it differently. Where the villainess would lash out, the MC retreated into herself and has quite a good grasp that she can’t change other people’s behavior only her reaction to it. Now after finally getting away from her own abusive surroundings she’s put right back into a similar but even worse situation. This is really interesting to me to see a person who’s actually able to empathize with the villainess and try to resolve problems her own way. All for survival. Also, in most transmigrated stories the love interest is obvious and will be introduced immediately. Spoiler.....................................If it was the same formula I’ve seen so many times before then the main love interest would be the older brother. He’s handsome and there is enough tension between him and the villainess to create a love story. But this time around SPOILER....... it’s actually the crown prince. And in a setup like this, that’s actually a new concept. I don’t mean that it never happens that a crown prince would be the love interest. But it’s new that this type of love interest will be introduced after the “obvious” love interest in form of the older brother. Normally the crown prince in this kind of scenario would be the interloper to the MC’s and love interests relationship. So this is a little unexpected and quite refreshing.
Not gonna lie I read the whole comment and I agree completelyヾ(☆▽☆)
this comment went OFF but i agree completely
Wow I couldn't say it better than this comment here. Big brain energy and I can't help but agree bc it makes total sense!
I completely understand why people are not fond of the prince. It looks like he’s in a polygamous relationship with women he’s not emotionally attached to. It’s unpalatable for me as well, as I was never fond of the concept to vie for someone’s attention who can just pick anyone out of the flock. Ugh. That’s why I also find the show “Bachelor/Bachelorette” annoying as hell. But tbh, I don’t understand why the female lead doesn’t get at least half as much shade thrown her way. She’s just in it for money and to get back to her own world. Which I have nothing against. At least the female lead seems to distance herself from trying to lure the prince, which makes this story much more enjoyable. And I guess for the prince it’s like a custom in the kingdom to have this bachelor like voting system to choose the right princess?
It’s a cute story but I don’t get the MC’s motivation here to ruin her own life. Why? Because she remembered her past life and that her present one is an Otome world where she was the villainess who harassed the heroine. If there was at least a plot device introduced to justify her having to play the villain. Like some deity popping up and forcing her to go through with it because otherwise it would break this universe or some other mumbo jumbo. Then it would be amusing to watch her trying to fill in her role as villainess but utterly failing at it. As it stands, she comes off as a suicidal comedy relief clown.
Maybe she want to be banned and become a commoner to be able to end up with her butler..
I'm not exactly sure but I heard that she's doing it because of her house. She needs her house to fall into 'ruin' because if it doesn't it'll end worse than her original ending because of some political/diplomatic issue. The issue has something to do with the house having too much power.