it’s nice that the author gave an alternate “what if” ending to satisfy those who shipped van and verta but honestly i couldn’t take the extras seriously because it’s so clear to me that van does not suit verta.
blaine and verta are literally cut from the same cloth, no one suits them like they suit each other as they have similarly wicked personalities. even if van said he still loves verta after knowing what she would do to people who get in her way, there’s no way he knows the true extent to how evil verta could be. he’s just way too nice of a person to be with her in the long run and i feel like he could never truly understand her, he fell for her because of her beautiful appearance and her innocent facade. blaine knew verta’s true side but even then he took dozens of chapters that take place over months within the story for her to return his feelings, but somehow it took van only 2 weeks???
i just wasn’t convinced, it felt forced if anything. for someone as crafty as verta, i don’t think she’d just casually tell van she loves him as for all she knows this guy has just randomly decided he loves her when they’ve had like 2 interactions together before that point. she should be more suspicious of him. and i don’t like how her revenge was basically left in the hands of a man, it was better when she took control of her plans while getting help from blaine and many others. i do like stories where villainesses get with good guys (ariadne and alphonso are a great example) but the way these characters are written, i felt like the extras didn’t even make sense. at the same time, it just shows how well the author wrote blaine and verta’s relationship since it doesn’t feel right when they’re not together
it’s nice that the author gave an alternate “what if” ending to satisfy those who shipped van and verta but honestly i couldn’t take the extras seriously because it’s so clear to me that van does not suit verta.
blaine and verta are literally cut from the same cloth, no one suits them like they suit each other as they have similarly wicked personalities. even if van said he still loves verta after knowing what she would do to people who get in her way, there’s no way he knows the true extent to how evil verta could be. he’s just way too nice of a person to be with her in the long run and i feel like he could never truly understand her, he fell for her because of her beautiful appearance and her innocent facade. blaine knew verta’s true side but even then he took dozens of chapters that take place over months within the story for her to return his feelings, but somehow it took van only 2 weeks???
i just wasn’t convinced, it felt forced if anything. for someone as crafty as verta, i don’t think she’d just casually tell van she loves him as for all she knows this guy has just randomly decided he loves her when they’ve had like 2 interactions together before that point. she should be more suspicious of him. and i don’t like how her revenge was basically left in the hands of a man, it was better when she took control of her plans while getting help from blaine and many others. i do like stories where villainesses get with good guys (ariadne and alphonso are a great example) but the way these characters are written, i felt like the extras didn’t even make sense. at the same time, it just shows how well the author wrote blaine and verta’s relationship since it doesn’t feel right when they’re not together