Responses
Gotta agree with you here. It’s like he’d be the devoted ML we adore in other manhwas but we’re seeing it from the perspective of how that kind of romance can destroy others. Specifically I’m remembering Getting My Husband on My Side. It’s a fierce kind of love you can’t help but accept as a reader, and one you can’t fault since that type of devotion is so rare, even in story form. You just…can’t hate something like that.
I can definitely agree with Herman hate. However, I think it’s pretty interesting given his role in this manhwa, and I like reading all of the comments left solely because of this.
I believe that Herman’s perspective was birthed from naïveté, but in a sense I’m glad he turned out that way for the narration and its ending. I’m pretty fond of the idea that Evaldina wasn’t alone until the end (even IF she was, in a sense, pitied and forgiven by others, she was wanted by a man who didn’t particularly care for her wrongdoings), and I would also like to say that the favorability garnered towards her due to her background and reason for vengeance is why I love this story so much.
Herman was more akin to a blind faith actor, but instead of this being enforced upon him, he was instead fully accepting of this fact. The pain he brought to the FL, whom was obviously written more emotionally in-depth than any other character seeing as she’s the protagonist, as well as the downfall and suffering of his own family surmounting as the result of his love for another was his circumstantial downfall. At the end of this read, I did entertain the thought of how widely accepted something like this might’ve been had he vied for our primary protagonist Regina instead of the antagonist Evaldina. But there’s no definite conclusion to something like this since that was not the outcome, so it’s just food for thought. I do firmly believe that others would see it in a more romantic light for a multitude of reasons.
I think on my initial read (a long time ago mind you, so I don’t really recall that well) I was really scared that the female antagonist was going to have a similarly styled rhetoric that other manhwa/manga carry. Something along the lines of hardly having deep motivation aside from surface level jealousy and harsh misunderstandings because… she’s a woman, I guess. I was thrilled to find out this was not the case.
Anyways, this is all just to jot my own thoughts down at the end of this. I loovvveeeee complex stories that consider all sides and character mindsets, and as I do personally feel like the ending could have been a smidge rushed (despite how worn down Evaldina was), I’m extremely satisfied with how this turned out. I’m definitely going to miss this art style oh my god… ლ(´ڡ`ლ)