Lauvil's manga / #Webtoon(610)

Ch. 63

I'm kinda bored with the story, so I'm dropping it. Dohee's childhood friend Jaehyun has gotten a girlfriend, but she's very jealous of Dohee and want the two friends to spend less time together. By chance, Dohee becomes entangled with a handsome but eccentric upper classman and romantic tension grows between the two. Childhood friend, Jaehyun, doesn't like it though and tries to get between them, even though he has a girlfriend whom he just makes more jealous with his actions. The story is kinda slow paced and most of the characters are annoying. I might've liked it better if the drama was just between Dohee and Wonyoung Sunbae, as they have good chemistry, but the drama with Jaehyun and his girlfriend is just annoying.

Paused at ch. ??? (After arrival at castle)

Reincarnated into a novel she read in Korea, Amelia gets drunk one night and happens to have a one-night-stand with the male lead. Or, she planned on it being just a one-night-stand... But the duke has other plans. For in the span of just one night, he became enamoured and obsessed with Amelia and now does everything in his power to bind her to him - whether she wants it or not. Because clearly, Amelia doesn't want to date the Duke. He's the male lead with a destined partner, and there is nooooo way that her actions could ever change the course of the story, right? Don't mind the fact that her actions has already changed a whole lot. It doesn't count. No, sir. I hope something more interesting will happen soon. This whole "push and pull" between the Amelia and Killin is already getting kind of old and the MC's conviction that he's going to fall for the female lead no matter what, is so cliché and annoying...

Dropped for the following reasons: 1. The story is kind of boring 2. The misunderstand between the FL and ML is pointlessly drawn out, to the point of rediculousness. Cluelessness can be funny and cute, but the author has gone to far when you begin to question the character's intelligence. 3. The novel suffers a severe case of internalised misogyny, as exemplified by: - Most of the central characters being male - Female characters, aside from the MC, are either extras, that serve as plot-devices but little more, or the antagonist. - Male characters are allowed growth and redemption (as seen with the prince and the emperor), but female characters are not (like the princess). - The MC is allowed very little choice for herself. Instead the male characters have taken it upon themselves to shape her future - usually without discussing it with the MC herself. - The MC rarely gets the chance to prove or defend herself, bc a male character always appears to save her (usually the ML) - The MC is treated by the plot as a typical "not like other girls"-girl.

Omg. I'm so excited for this one. The intro is fucking hilarious. I can't wait to see Claudia struggle and grow, now that Desire tricked her into becoming a hero xD

Dunno if this is good or bad yet. Guess we'll see...

The art style is pretty, but that's about the extent of the compliments I can give this Webtoon. Unnecessary reincarnatation, an ML with mysogonistic vibes, one dimensional female side characters, boring FL, basic and predictable plot. Even the circumstances behind their engagement is stupid and unrealistic. The Emperor sent her a marriage proposal despite having just been told that she didn't want to be married. It's a proposal she can't say no to, so she'll end up having to marry him, regardless of what she wants. But she'll end up falling in love with him anyway, so the Emperor won't ever need to apologise for his forceful and inconsiderate actions. Yeah, no thanks to this one.

God. I don't even know where to start my complaints about this story... I certainly hope that the author intends to adress the gender equality issue they created in this world, otherwise: why the fuck make it that way in the first place? I really don't get why it's become a trope to make stories in a setting with rampant misogyny, when the author has no intention of addressing it. It's just a backdrop to make the reader sympathise with the female lead's pain and anger, but otherwise it serves no greater purpose. She doesn't change anything or inspire anyone else to change it. All she shows the reader is that it's nice to be the exception in that kind of world. But she still needs a man to "allow" her to be respected and happy. And for that to happen, you need to be different from "other girls." You need to be "special" to "deserve" being treated fairly. It's not exactly inspiring and it gets me angry every time I read the trope. Aside from that, all I'm reading here is that a woman got married to a man because her parents decided it. Because of that, she did not trust her husband and thus didn't enjoy sex with him. This caused him to be disinterested in her and so he solely focused on satisfying his own desires with no regard to hers. This only deepened the rift between them until he eventually tired of her. Then finally his interest was re-awakened when she displayed a mind of her own and a desire to take the reins to satisfy herself, before circumstances would again remove that option. But rather than allow her some freedom momentarily he thought it fair play to let her have the illusion of freedom and power, while he was actually manipulating it all behind the scenes. We're only 7 chapters in, so there is still the possibility of the webtoon averting expectations and giving the mc and the women of the story a liberating plot, but I highly doubt it. If it lives up to expectations, all we'll get is a "happy" ending for the mc, while any other female character fend for their own. And by happy ending, I mean an ending where she is still 100% controlled by her husband and societal norms, but at least now he loves her.