I BINGED the hell out of this and just finished s2, need a big break because WTFFFFFFF First off, I have been on a WIRLWIND of thoughts, at first I wasn't a huge fan of Ruby because she kept fake crying when she was angry and wouldn't ever say what was on her mind. But the webtoon does a really good job of putting you in her position and showing what prolonged abuse and conditioning does to someone, especially with her constant fawning behaviour to protect herself. It annoyed me how she acted around Iske at the start because it seemed like he would have responded better to her being truthful - but it was never about what would make him happy, that was never important. After seeing how she was around her awful brother - the constant appeasing and smiling - that was the ONLY thing she trusted, especially since Iske was always someone who would kill her (originally). Anyway, I have cried and felt so much for Ruby, but I was also surprised how much I felt for Emilia and her struggle with her mother. Honestly this whole story features so many surprisingly realistic and harsh depictions of depression, anxiety, ED, abuse and PTSD. Its a hard read sometimes and i genuinely did not expect that from the start. While Iske doesn't have too much of a character on his own - I like him don't get me wrong but he's just not as complex as Ruby or Emilia - I do appreciate his presence as someone that can provide a healing environment for Ruby with his unconditional love, because oh my god my girl needs some healthy TLC. Also while I do NOT like Cesar BLEH disgusting man, I do find it interesting how it brings up his relationship with his father and how he was raised to be the horrible person he is, even believing in his own twisted way that he was protecting Ruby from their dad - a lot of abusers do not believe they're the bad guy and he definitely thought he was doing something right.. ick
Anyway I'm gonna come back to this later when I'm mentally ready again... please tell me Ruby gets a break.. And also where is Enzo??? I hope he doesn't die in the war or smth he seemed so nice ;-;
I BINGED the hell out of this and just finished s2, need a big break because WTFFFFFFF
First off, I have been on a WIRLWIND of thoughts, at first I wasn't a huge fan of Ruby because she kept fake crying when she was angry and wouldn't ever say what was on her mind. But the webtoon does a really good job of putting you in her position and showing what prolonged abuse and conditioning does to someone, especially with her constant fawning behaviour to protect herself. It annoyed me how she acted around Iske at the start because it seemed like he would have responded better to her being truthful - but it was never about what would make him happy, that was never important. After seeing how she was around her awful brother - the constant appeasing and smiling - that was the ONLY thing she trusted, especially since Iske was always someone who would kill her (originally).
Anyway, I have cried and felt so much for Ruby, but I was also surprised how much I felt for Emilia and her struggle with her mother. Honestly this whole story features so many surprisingly realistic and harsh depictions of depression, anxiety, ED, abuse and PTSD. Its a hard read sometimes and i genuinely did not expect that from the start. While Iske doesn't have too much of a character on his own - I like him don't get me wrong but he's just not as complex as Ruby or Emilia - I do appreciate his presence as someone that can provide a healing environment for Ruby with his unconditional love, because oh my god my girl needs some healthy TLC.
Also while I do NOT like Cesar BLEH disgusting man, I do find it interesting how it brings up his relationship with his father and how he was raised to be the horrible person he is, even believing in his own twisted way that he was protecting Ruby from their dad - a lot of abusers do not believe they're the bad guy and he definitely thought he was doing something right.. ick
Anyway I'm gonna come back to this later when I'm mentally ready again... please tell me Ruby gets a break.. And also where is Enzo??? I hope he doesn't die in the war or smth he seemed so nice ;-;