My opinion of this mangas male characters can be accurately explained by a game of fuck, marry, kill.
Fuck Dion. Marry Cassis. And Kill her dad.
Fuck Dion (in a literal sense) because let's be real. Hes too bat shit crazy insane to keep for longer than a few hours of entertainment. He has substance as a character which makes him interesting and separates him from a cookie cutter villain yes, but he still has crazy, psychotic, incestuous bad guy substance.
I do highly appreciate the fact that the novel also accurately represents how in ye olde timey fantasy setting, they explain that incest isn't surprising cuz in real life history, it truly isn't. It's been viewed irl history by royal dynasties as a sad, wrongful and delusional way to 'preserve the purity of royal blood.' And I like that the novel incorporated that in a family that was already bat shit crazy to greater emphasize how twisted they are.
Marry Cassis because hes a pure, sweet guy and it's a refreshing contrast to Roxannes twisted world. Like, hes the 'endgame' for a reason and I love it. She has been living in a world filled with blood, murder, incest, distrust, hatred, schemes, etc. And this man that barges into her is a person she can let her guard down with. A person that was untainted with her twisted world despite seeing her twisted world himself. Hes not naive in the slightest but has somehow kept a certain purity in him that was most likely hard to keep as he readily trusted her and helped her despite seeing how she twisted she can be.
And of course. Just straight up kill her dad. End of story. Hes an asshole. Just straight up A grade assholery.
My opinion of this mangas male characters can be accurately explained by a game of fuck, marry, kill.
Fuck Dion. Marry Cassis. And Kill her dad.
Fuck Dion (in a literal sense) because let's be real. Hes too bat shit crazy insane to keep for longer than a few hours of entertainment. He has substance as a character which makes him interesting and separates him from a cookie cutter villain yes, but he still has crazy, psychotic, incestuous bad guy substance.
I do highly appreciate the fact that the novel also accurately represents how in ye olde timey fantasy setting, they explain that incest isn't surprising cuz in real life history, it truly isn't. It's been viewed irl history by royal dynasties as a sad, wrongful and delusional way to 'preserve the purity of royal blood.' And I like that the novel incorporated that in a family that was already bat shit crazy to greater emphasize how twisted they are.
Marry Cassis because hes a pure, sweet guy and it's a refreshing contrast to Roxannes twisted world. Like, hes the 'endgame' for a reason and I love it. She has been living in a world filled with blood, murder, incest, distrust, hatred, schemes, etc. And this man that barges into her is a person she can let her guard down with. A person that was untainted with her twisted world despite seeing her twisted world himself. Hes not naive in the slightest but has somehow kept a certain purity in him that was most likely hard to keep as he readily trusted her and helped her despite seeing how she twisted she can be.
And of course. Just straight up kill her dad. End of story. Hes an asshole. Just straight up A grade assholery.