Whether you love her or hate her, you gotta admit the way she's portrayed is very well written. We have a woman who was abused and exploited as child who grew up to become an abuser herself, perpetuating the cycle of abuse. When she gained power, it didn't humble her or bring out her inner righteousness. She was filled with rage at the world and enjoyed dishing out revenge at those who wronged her before. Then after she regressed to the past and regretted how she treated Lyrica, the only person to ever unconditionally love and cherish her (the kind of love Ludia was craving all along) and she vowed to change. However, I love that she magically doesn't become a better person overnight. She's trying to be better as a mother and as a person over all but every so often she reverts back to how she was in the past life. I think that feels a lot more realistic. A person can not change who they are at their core in an instant. It takes time and effort and people have to make a choice every single time to be better or fall back to old, comfortable patterns of behavior. This going back and forth between old habits and struggling to build a better life for herself makes Ludia feel more humane as a character. I absolutely love regression revenge stories but people cannot become an entirely different person at their core overnight, even if they are fictional. The author does very well in evoking sympathy for Ludia for trying to better and then also reminds us what a horrible mother she was actually to Lyrica. Her character shows the many complexities of a human character.
Whether you love her or hate her, you gotta admit the way she's portrayed is very well written. We have a woman who was abused and exploited as child who grew up to become an abuser herself, perpetuating the cycle of abuse. When she gained power, it didn't humble her or bring out her inner righteousness. She was filled with rage at the world and enjoyed dishing out revenge at those who wronged her before.
Then after she regressed to the past and regretted how she treated Lyrica, the only person to ever unconditionally love and cherish her (the kind of love Ludia was craving all along) and she vowed to change. However, I love that she magically doesn't become a better person overnight. She's trying to be better as a mother and as a person over all but every so often she reverts back to how she was in the past life. I think that feels a lot more realistic. A person can not change who they are at their core in an instant. It takes time and effort and people have to make a choice every single time to be better or fall back to old, comfortable patterns of behavior. This going back and forth between old habits and struggling to build a better life for herself makes Ludia feel more humane as a character. I absolutely love regression revenge stories but people cannot become an entirely different person at their core overnight, even if they are fictional. The author does very well in evoking sympathy for Ludia for trying to better and then also reminds us what a horrible mother she was actually to Lyrica. Her character shows the many complexities of a human character.