he genuinely feel like a controlling emotionallly abusive husband sometimes with the way he doesn't let her do the things she wants or interact with ppl sometimes
Knowing what's to come in the next arc, I genuinely wished the author had grown an extra brain cell and had Maxi leave Riftan permanently. Funny enough, one of the author's other works, Twilight Poem, ends with the protagonist leaving the first ML and ending up with the second ML. If she was going to make Riftan THIS insufferable without any cathartic payoff, I don't know why the hell she didn't take this same narrative approach with Maxi's character arc. In fact, I'd unironically pay to have someone rewrite the novel or remake the comic similar to when a Lore Olympus created a fan retelling of the comic.
that's really annoying especially cus maxi's the only one that's trying to grow while riftan kinda doesn't really change much on top of the fact that he prevents her from trying to better herself
Bc she keeps running into danger... and war... i mean he's kind of justified for flipping out on her lol
He's not justified at all if that idiot spent more time arguing with her and discouraging her from learning magic when he should’ve been looking for safer ways to help her control her abilities instead. Like, you do know that Maxi's dilemma could’ve been handled differently if he actually treated her like a capable person instead of something fragile that needs to be locked away, right?
Let’s be real, part of why Maxi ends up reckless and stubborn in the first place is because Riftan never gives her space to prove her autonomy or trust her own judgment. He doesn’t trust her capabilities as a mage, he doesn’t encourage structured learning—as I said, he actively discouraged it when Ruth initially taught Maxi, and then acts shocked when she pushes herself too far trying to figure things out on her own.
You can’t restrict someone’s growth and then act like their lack of control is some inherent flaw in them. That feedback loop is literally the main problem in their relationship.
Blaming Riften for Maxi's immaturity, reckless behavior, and stubborn personality is wild. She already had those traits to begin with, she just has more freedom and less fear of Riften than her father, which allowed her to begin doing more/pressing limits she used to have. I think they're both making mistakes. Putting all the blame on him isn't right. Even with the abuse from her father and being treated like she's fragile/whatnot, does not excuse her jumping into danger multiple time, especially not for randomly joining a war. I said he's "kind of" justified bc it's a normal reaction, but he also should not have yelled at her. I get both sides and honestly, Maxi has a lot of growing/healing to do too. Not just Riften.
She's literally the only one who's done any development throughout the entire story, so I don't know what to tell you. To each their own, but I'm not arguing over something so obvious.
No... she's not. You just refuse to acknowledge each characters development. Also, this story is mainly focused on Maxi and her development. Riften is changing we're just seeing hers at the forefront of the story. And I could say the same about not arguing over something so obvious. If you didn't want a discussion you should have never commented in the first place.
Bruh just take the L already, they said they weren't going to argue. Also, basically most comments I've scene here, plus the narrative itself prove you wrong anyway, so...
No it doesn't... and there are plenty of people who agree with me and comments. Said they weren't going to argue bc they didn't want to finish having a debate. Also, they commented this twice. Here and under my comment where plenty of people agree with me lol Just bc a couple people disagree with me does not mean my OPINION based on what I read (novel and comic) is incorrect or that I have to "take the L". Btw, that's so cringe
Lol, nothing cringe about telling you to stop being argumentative and wrong. Literally, there are several examples that people have given to prove Maxi improves significantly more than Riftan, but if you insist on denying that, then that's your problem, lol. I've honestly seen far more people on multiple platforms saying Riftan never improves compared to the contrary, but whatever. I really don't care either way. This story is garbage because of the male lead, and no amount of copium you produce will change that :)
Pretty weird to block me just so you can have the last word. Grow up Poppy, no one has to agree with you or anyone else, we're allowed to have a difference of opinions. Learn to deal with it or just don't engage im debate or public comment sections. Anyways have the day you deserve
honestly maxi could do way better than riftan. Cus why does he keep grabbing and screaming at her