Relentless Psyche haters dislike analyzing a character beyond what they see, and what they might feel, in my opinion. Even Medea has an idea of Psyche’s bird cage, and how that impacted her mental capacity.
Yeeess they either hate her because they think she likes Helios which is obvious she doesnt or because she "betrayed" Madea, when in reality she technically didnt.
Nothing more, nothing less. When they dislike a character, they dislike them. Regardless of any redeeming features they may garner in the future, or the fact that even half the things Medea hated her for wasn’t necessarily her fault, in hindsight. Let the sheep wither in their senseless hate
Yup they'll just lose the chance to enjoy an amazing story with well made characters.
Stop acting as if you’re above everyone else because they have a different opinion than you. Most people dislike Psyche because of her stupidity, and yes, betrayal is one of the reasons why. The description the story is literally about how Psyche took everything away from Madea... I’m sure those who dislike Psyche know that her character can be redeemed... But right now she’s just really idiotic. There isn’t much to like about her.
The fact that you’re so defensive, just proves my point. I said what I said, take it or leave it. There are many comments that explain perfectly why all the Psyche hate is borderline obsessive, and I won’t repeat myself like I’m in an echo chamber for you.
Dislike her all you want. I said my piece.
Yes, Psyche was trapped in this birdcage, ignorant of the world. She’s trying to better herself, making an effort to improve herself. However, it’s been getting repetitive. Her uselessness. Her lack of critical thinking. That’s what I’m sure makes most people pissed off at her character. What pissed me off most is how it took the nanny’s death, the realization that the nanny’s death was partially her fault for her to realize her stupidity.
The princess thing... Is not really her fault since the Crown Prince is the one who decided to switch it up all of the sudden and choose the princess himself.
Addressing that I don’t think that hate is directed at Psyche, but the author. A lot of authors really think that readers will like that sudden plot twist, but it really just annoys them.
Psyche is good at heart, however you can not deny her stupidity. That’s what makes her unappealing to people. If she was smarter I’m positive people would actually like her. But she’s not. The idea of two smart female leads teaming up to kill the evil prince? Hell yeah! Even though she’s trying, her stupidity really makes it hard for people to like her. Though she did take a big step in actually asking Helios for information. That’s some slight character development there.
Since shes so useless what do you expect her to do anyways, despite the fact that she knows nothing of Madeas life. Mostly because Helios just expects her figure out things about Madea on her own. It's not like shes super strong or this amazingly smart person. Anyways I think that that Psyche and Madea are going to work together and I guess that will make Psyche less "useless" or whatever.
The thing that boggles my mind about this whole thing is that -mostly- everyone is looking through one perspective - through the eyes of Medea, which is, by all rights, an unreliable narrator. Her hate transferred to the audience, even though in some cases it wasn’t even justifiable. Hell, even I disliked Psyche at one point. However, Psyche isn’t even that useless in my opinion. She does the best she can do with the knowledge she has - she chalked up the confidence to talk back to the rude bitch who slighted her in Medea’s body, and has a natural ability to act like Medea in accordance to the given situation, despite being randomly thrown into a body that isn’t hers. Despite living a sheltered life, she’s doing things at her own pace, and even alerted Helios of Medea’s impending marriage. Everyone I’ve seen looks through a needle hole and focuses on her faults, instead of finding the positive qualities in her character.
Now, I’ve fully said my opinion on the matter. And my point in my earlier comment will remain standing as well - most of the hate she’s getting is senseless, and have become unreasonable in light of the latest chapters, whereas it would be understandable if we still lacked important information about Psyche’s motives, and mental state. My opinion isn’t above anyone else’s. If you took my earlier comment that way, I can’t bother to care much.
Yeah that true a lot of authors tend to do that and its pretty annoying. But this author seems like the type to not do this. I personally feel like Helios will start to warm up to Psyche but not necessarily like her. I feel like Helios is much too devoted to Madea to even spare Psyche a chance anyways.
I 100% agree, people are only seeing this in the perspective of Madea at the beginning of the story. Despite the fact that Madea now can understand Psyche's situation and feel empathy for her, now that shes living it.
Over all the relationship between Madea and Psych at the moment, is built on misunderstanding, miscommunication, as well as one side not knowing or understanding the full extent of the others situation.
Tonsss of miscommunication and misunderstandings - and this is what makes Medea an unreliable narrator. If the story started in Psyche’s perspective, the -majority- would flock to her side. Because she was the first female lead shown. And with Medea’s heartless and ruthless nature as seen in the beginning chapters, she would hardly be redeemable if she was on the other side of the spectrum. Psyche could have ‘cared’ about Medea’s feelings when she won the competition, yes. But if Medea knew she and the crown prince were lovers, and won the competition, would she have given up the crown because Psyche was her ‘friend?’ I can bet you she wouldn’t.
Yup you explained this perfectly
I should have used past tense. It’s true that she was useless at times. No matter how hard others try and deny it, she was useless. I remember when Madea was dying in Psyche’s body, I’m pretty sure that the god was showing favoritism. Because wasn’t the only reason why Madea was healed because the god awakened Psyche’s powers when she begged? (Correct me if I’m wrong.) Psyche would have been useless during that event if she weren’t graced. Just in general, during the events that have happened so far, Psyche hasn’t shown much usefulness. The only useful things she’s done so far is ask Helios for information.
I disagree with the POV part. For me personally I really hated Madea at the beginning. I thought she was bitchy for no reason until I learned why she was acting the way she was. Maybe that was just me. But perhaps you’re right. Maybe if it was Psyche’s POV people would like her. I don’t think even if I was in Psyche’s POV I would like her. She’d probably annoy me with her stupidity, and then if I learned about the nanny during the POV of Psyche, and the “betrayal” of Madea in her POV she would probably annoy me even more. But then again, if the story started in her POV maybe we could learn more about the “birdcage” she was stuck in, and that caused her to have such a low mental capacity. Maybe we would understand more why she’s so ignorant and dumb. Maybe we could understand more about her “freedom”.
Yeah I suppose she has been useless. You using the word useless made me see it as her not trying at all. Which she has. Anyways I definitely see a future of growth for Psyche and Madea
Everyone in the comments wh hate Psyche make no sense. Yall hate her for being weak and doing nothing, but literally there's already an explanation onto why shes like that. These characters arent supposed to be these perfect people that know what's going on allll the time. Her switching into the body of Madea is supposed to further push her need for revenge on the prince and further help her understand Madea. Same thing with Madea, her being in Psyche's body helps her understand Psyche more and know what she's gone through as well. Both of them have done wrong in some way, and this is supposed to help them grow as people and see more perspectives to the story. Madea is stronger and more conscious because of the experiences that shes had in life. Where as Psyche is the opposite because of her being locked away for the majority of her life. Neither of them are weak just different and are continuing to grow. And hopefully this story will lead to loyalty and a deeper friendship between the two, now that they have a better understanding of eachother.