i feel like part of the "point" is that helena doesn't really care for romantic love? she cares about the people, so her goal is to be a good empress. she might have loved alec some point along the way, but i think seeing how he and the other men treated eris made her disillusioned with love and value it less?
a lot of comics have every side character paired up with a love interest in a way that feels forced to me. like they need a love interest for their stories to have a happy ending. but in this manhwa, only anakin & eris got together. all the other side characters got endings that suited them and matched what they did previously. i really liked that—i mean, what other comic has endings like becoming cursed to live with an older body, becoming a familiar, and becoming a goddess? thats so sick; i love it!
omg sorry for spamming replies but ALSO remember how the king said helena was a weak crybaby who wouldn't survive being imperial or something like that? her ending also completely proves him wrong!
yes i totally get what you mean. she has so much goodness in her so she will definitely do her best for her people. but at the same time, i kinda wish she wouldn't have to stay with the prince yk? she'll have to put w his ass for a lifetime and that's..... but yeah considering the kind of society they live in, i guess it's wishful thinking to have the best of both worlds for her
no that makes sense; he's an annoying pos. but maybe bc they used to be childhood friends and lovers, it wouldn't be as bad for her? idk now it's me having wishful thinking, though thinking of her having some fondness for him also doesn't sit right XD she doesn't know the extent of how bad he was to eris
the men here (except anahkin) are so selfish, egotistic and arrogant. they don't treat the women like human beings at all now i feel sorry for helena being stuck with that scumbag, she deserves to be loved properly too