I get it, there are charming dimwits in stories that I like as well, but the problem arises when that stupidity does not lead to cute or funny scenes that have an overall positive outcome, but just chaotic messes that could have (and should have) been prevented. 1. Why does the protagonist know exactly how "evil" Ophelia originally was, yet still hasn't resolved herself to understand her position? She would just freeze up instead of properly reacting. Knowing how she did something to this Countess Cadell, for example, she should WANT to apologize first and deal with everything else later. She could have said she would borrow the painting, instead of having it gifted, since she never had any interest in the painting to begin with. Why did she talk to the FL when she approached her, knowing the Crown Prince, whose favor she tried to curry, literally told her not to even greet her at the ball she was thrown out of? 2. Speaking of which: Why is she too dumb to understand that the mere fact that the OG FL approached her means that she isn't the innocent angel she read about in the novel? Because that OG FL would ALSO know that she shouldn't approach her. Not just because she should really be afraid, after all that has happened, but if she was so kind-hearted, she would have had to know that it would cause more damage to the Protagonist if she were seen speaking to her, right after she was told off by the Crown Prince. 3. Speaking of which, yet again: How the fuck did she even enter the premises that one time when she went to that ball, if the Crown Prince would immediately throw her out anyway? She didn't do anything; she simply walked in, and he was yelling at her. 4. Speaking of which, one more time: She can see how much the Crown Prince hates her. She got that impression from their very first meeting. HOW would it work for her to simply "do as the OG FL did" so he would fall for her? The OG FL did all of this off a blank slate. In other words, she did all of these positive things, building up on neutral ground, securing a steady foundation to their relationship, on which all the stuff that would have come later - i.e., all the shit that the Protagonist now tries to "take away" from the OG FL - was just thrown on like flitter. On the other hand, the relationship the Crown Prince has with Ophelia, as well as the entire house and husband she belongs to, is anything but neutral - she's trying to build something on a patch of dead soil. No, not just dead - completely cursed. Where does she get off believing this would work? Yes, the Crown Prince is embarrassing and childish, but she's not any better.
In the end, as of now, at chapter 14, everybody exudes the air of retardation. The only motherfucker with some semblence of a brain would be the husband, Sylvester.
I get it, there are charming dimwits in stories that I like as well, but the problem arises when that stupidity does not lead to cute or funny scenes that have an overall positive outcome, but just chaotic messes that could have (and should have) been prevented.
1. Why does the protagonist know exactly how "evil" Ophelia originally was, yet still hasn't resolved herself to understand her position? She would just freeze up instead of properly reacting. Knowing how she did something to this Countess Cadell, for example, she should WANT to apologize first and deal with everything else later. She could have said she would borrow the painting, instead of having it gifted, since she never had any interest in the painting to begin with. Why did she talk to the FL when she approached her, knowing the Crown Prince, whose favor she tried to curry, literally told her not to even greet her at the ball she was thrown out of?
2. Speaking of which: Why is she too dumb to understand that the mere fact that the OG FL approached her means that she isn't the innocent angel she read about in the novel? Because that OG FL would ALSO know that she shouldn't approach her. Not just because she should really be afraid, after all that has happened, but if she was so kind-hearted, she would have had to know that it would cause more damage to the Protagonist if she were seen speaking to her, right after she was told off by the Crown Prince.
3. Speaking of which, yet again: How the fuck did she even enter the premises that one time when she went to that ball, if the Crown Prince would immediately throw her out anyway? She didn't do anything; she simply walked in, and he was yelling at her.
4. Speaking of which, one more time: She can see how much the Crown Prince hates her. She got that impression from their very first meeting. HOW would it work for her to simply "do as the OG FL did" so he would fall for her? The OG FL did all of this off a blank slate. In other words, she did all of these positive things, building up on neutral ground, securing a steady foundation to their relationship, on which all the stuff that would have come later - i.e., all the shit that the Protagonist now tries to "take away" from the OG FL - was just thrown on like flitter. On the other hand, the relationship the Crown Prince has with Ophelia, as well as the entire house and husband she belongs to, is anything but neutral - she's trying to build something on a patch of dead soil. No, not just dead - completely cursed. Where does she get off believing this would work? Yes, the Crown Prince is embarrassing and childish, but she's not any better.
In the end, as of now, at chapter 14, everybody exudes the air of retardation. The only motherfucker with some semblence of a brain would be the husband, Sylvester.