I see that yoh really like the story for you to write so long, In my opinion, what broke cale is everyone telling him he is a murder when he did it out of nessties. No one is saying he is the hero.casting aside by everyone you love is very hard and if that is reason for your living.i think diana is a propar villain as in her power is the thing that measure her goodness.her powerdid not dissiper at once but gradually. Her paryer as a child told us that she wish to help people but being a crownpriness is not what she
Can be just because she want to.she need to be morally gery if for the kingdom. She cannot that where her flaw appear. She never surffer as a child and everything work for her that she think her way is right which is right to think so.which is why she is very real to me than hestia bc i never has someone i fangirl about which is why her way of thinking is strange to me.sorry for my english thk u for reading this. ⁄(⁄ ⁄·⁄ω⁄·⁄ ⁄)⁄
Yeah I did enjoy it cuz it’s not your typical reincarnation manhwa, but I still don’t think Diana is a proper villain. Cael wasn’t really called a murderer left and right, he killed because he saw it fit yes, but was met with Diana’s anger cuz she doesn’t like anyone getting killed (but then later on wishes for mc to die??) her character feels very inconsistent and more than being a villain, being forced to be the villain of the story. Normally Diana had the right to be happy, she had the right to feel happiness on HER wedding day. Cael isn’t mentally completely well, and honestly non of the characters felt completely reasonable. The prince was surprisingly incompetent. If Diana was deluded by praise then it’s their constant lack of making her take accountability that made her too carefree. The prince was wrong then in making her crown princess. But you’re right Diana definitely feels later on like a real person truly deluded by constant praise, but it doesn’t really explain the things like her being genuinely a good person as described, selfless, and even criticized at first for being a commoner with the power of healing. I think all the characters are flawed, which is normal, humans aren’t flawless, but it could have been shown in a better way. Tbh the true villain was Cael’s own self, he learned to heal with his past obsession with Diana to the point of suicide cuz he couldn’t have her in the end on their wedding day. He later on in the story heals and doesn’t even want an apology, despite mc insisting, because he has already moved on and found happiness with MC ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶
Thank you for reply. I enjoy reading your analysis and yes cale is very much a villain for not wanting the apology which he should have if we think about him as in the second life. He do not remember the agony of not being able die.He do not remember hestia wistenssing his death.He simply try to die once and he fail.so i think him not wanting the apology is valid.about diana i think we can see her mentle health during the king's death bed. The king himself say that is their fault that diana is like that.her inhert goodness was covered by the judgementle stares of others.no matter what she did even if she tried to do the right thing she did not have the correct way to do it bc she was not taught about it
This is a very well written explanation of exactly how I felt reading the story!! The ML tried to off himself becuase he got dumped???? It what universe is that NOT black-flag, psychological genre-worthy behavior??? The villainizing of Dian is also SO forced. I totally agree that the author had to commit complete character assassination for her in order to portray her as a villain becuase all she did, at the end of the day, was choose one man over the other in a love triangle. The narrator REALLY matters here because I’ve read many webtoons where a Diana-esque character is the MC between two love interests. If Diana was the MC and one of the potential ML’s tried to off themselves after getting rejected, fans would be FLAMING the guy for being emotionally unregulated. You really have to just ignore a LOT of obvious faults to enjoy the story.
I also like the point you made about how Diana was painted as a villain when she told the MC to respect her as the crown princess. Once again, if Diana was the MC then Hestia would be looking realllll disrespectful and villainess ngl.
I think, as a seasoned webtoons reader for many years, there are very few webtoons where authors ACTUALLY write fleshed out characters in an isekai/historical setting. It’s truly a gem when, as you said, characters are sensible and complex because then the plot will follow in quality. “Broken Ring” and “miss peddleton” are pretty good examples.
I do recommend reading, i enjoyed it, but honestly had to look over some flaws that kinda ruined the story for me in some scenes. I feel like the mc kinda overreacted a bit much sometimes, that’s one, but I do like her in general. But my biggest minus about this manhwa is honestly the “villains” of the story. Ultimately the main villains here are the crown prince and Diana, who turned their backs on Cael (the male lead). Or at least that’s how it’s portrayed. Diana’s character didn’t make any sense to me, the prince is at some point an “ally” of sorts and retains his status, but Diana is driven away in the end. Diana at the start is the heroine, a kind hearted girl with strong principles, she was blessed by god and became a saintess out of her sheer will to help the needy. The two men are in love with her, but ultimately, she chooses the crown prince. The story villainizes her for that point on. TBH I didn’t understand why at first, sure Cael is heartbroken and driven to the point of suicide cuz of heartbreak, but no one OWES you their love. Even if he loved her the most in the world, she has the right to choose and love anyone. Love isn’t something you trade at equal amount. I would even say that he wouldn’t be considered a man of healthy mind if his whole life collapses because of love. I’d even say if the mc left him as well he’d be in the same position over again. That’s one thing. The story seemed unable to keep Diana a “villain” for simply choosing the crown prince, and it started painting her as greedy, foolish, deluded, utterly naive. But then that raised many questions for me, if she was all these things, then how does that explain her character at the beginning. She receives god’s blessing because she is essentially pure hearted, she wants to help others, her character turned back on Cael after his murders out of her strong principles and mind at what’s right (regardless of the reason), how does this same person also conceal the greed and crimes of the temple. How is this person unable of even apologizing after spilling hot tea at another. Her character was portrayed as strong minded only for her to crumble immediately after marriage, her character shifted from being shown as noble to one being deluded by the praises of others. Which is what i thought it all was but then how does that explain how the two men, especially the crown prince, have made her the crown princess (which is a huge responsibility) on a girl who they never taught accountability or have even seen through her deluded state of mind. If you look deep into the characters the whole logic starts to show that they were all simply fools. The mc is shown as exceedingly smart, even the crown prince doesn’t dare punish her even when she oversteps. The story doesn’t even punish mc when Diana (the crown princess) asks her to behave herself cuz duh she’s a princess, but even when she asks of smth which should be common sense, she is painted as a villainess then. In truth the mc wasn’t exceedingly smart if you look at it as a whole, the others were just too dumb.. I have had many moments in the story where I just wondered how come the most powerful characters in the story are so helpless to something that can be slowly but surely fixed with basic reason. Anyway I ranted for a bit too long.. don’t let it discourage you from reading and I’m not saying you shouldn’t like the story cuz of it. I just tend to over analyze. The story would have been infinitely better if the villains were written or portrayed better with actual clear, sensible motives with a sensible background as to why they have gone down that path. In other words- if only the villains weren’t half assed.