it doesn't seem off tangent since he already played the tyrannical twin emperor and the priest. but still, imagine one of the top celebrity hearthrobs in the country who became famous as an iconic cutie suddenly busts out the armanis and archetypal black flag mafioso mannerisms... dear god, the sheer number of fanfics and fanart that would come into being...
on one hand, love the angst, love the complexities of human imperfections & emotion. absolutely adore the moral ambiguity of their past and present and how it's set in the backdrop of an ongoing war.
i love how you'd be an idiot to rule out either the ML as a one-sided evil incarnate with puritanism brainrot or the FL as some girlbossing survivor; they're so much more than that. it would be such a disservice to the story. i adore that they superimpose both main leads' character arcs against the lives of the bourgeoisie, the commoners, the poor, the soldiers... truly, even the extras are nuanced. like yes yessss give me the tearjerkers, give me love lost and unforgivable transgressions and the complex growth they'd have to go through before clawing their way back to each other. i LIVE for the drama
on the other i had to bust out laughing when he was like, "ok name 2 things u want" and she literally went, "1. a letter to not-you, and 2. a restraining order."
fatality
AHHHH I MEANT TO UPVOTE!!!
one of the most well-said comments ive seen about this manhwa bruh idk why u got a bunch of dislikes
last part is so real too lmao dead and delivered in a casket
why the crown prince why would you fridge such a good and caring older brother? can't we just progress the story as a foiled attempt where he doesn't actually die???
Wtf NOOO PLEASE AHHHHH!!! THIS IS WHAT I'M PRAYING NOT TO HAPPEN PLS NOOO, DON'T MAKE IT THE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT FOR HER ARTHUR-NIM
she's not just a helpless, passive subject to be pursued by the antagonist but the story has already established that she also has a different side to her that's 'not quite right'
so it'll be interesting how both of them will try to be one step ahead of the other. while obviously, the psycho bf is gonna be on top of the secrets and run the show for a while, i hope we gradually get moments where FL catches him with a show of her inherent ruthlessness too
i really feel like these conversations (spoiler) after kyuho gets rejected and starts to distance himself (spoiler) is all building up to kyuho agreeing to the 'let's still be friends even tho we're not fwb' deal and getting a boyfriend and mister mcfriendship is gonna Realize and eat his words
I hope so