Reading this hurt me so bad. Literally my heart physically hurt. They both obviously care about each other. I genuinely think that if the prince just romanced Luce like a normal sane person, Luce might actually be ok with staying with him & not going back to Vera (obvs still out of the palace). Instead this prince has only ever thought that the only way to get what he wants is to manipulate & hurt other people by way of purposefully creating these dire situations where Luce literally doesn’t have a choice but to cave in & do what he wants. I understand that as the crown prince, there are things he can’t have officially and there are certain measures he has to set in place to make sure he’s safe. But none of this warrants him hurting Luce repeatedly like this. I’m so conflicted on how to feel. If the story wasn’t so well written and the art & storyboarding wasn’t so beautiful, I definitely would’ve dropped this a while ago. Why do they have to show the yearning so damn cinematically. I hate that their first time together was like that. It made me so sick. If the prince doesn’t have some kind of arc where he realizes he fucked up really bad and somehow redeems himself fully…
Reading this hurt me so bad. Literally my heart physically hurt. They both obviously care about each other. I genuinely think that if the prince just romanced Luce like a normal sane person, Luce might actually be ok with staying with him & not going back to Vera (obvs still out of the palace). Instead this prince has only ever thought that the only way to get what he wants is to manipulate & hurt other people by way of purposefully creating these dire situations where Luce literally doesn’t have a choice but to cave in & do what he wants. I understand that as the crown prince, there are things he can’t have officially and there are certain measures he has to set in place to make sure he’s safe. But none of this warrants him hurting Luce repeatedly like this. I’m so conflicted on how to feel. If the story wasn’t so well written and the art & storyboarding wasn’t so beautiful, I definitely would’ve dropped this a while ago. Why do they have to show the yearning so damn cinematically. I hate that their first time together was like that. It made me so sick. If the prince doesn’t have some kind of arc where he realizes he fucked up really bad and somehow redeems himself fully…