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yk I do occasionally think about carcel's cheating from a wider pov than just the "cheaters are the worst" (they are)
I mean he was engaged to a woman before he was even 10 years old, as he got older assumed she must have liked him at least to get engaged, then have the same woman completely and utterly shut him out for no explained reason and then act utterly cold to him like she didn't care at all about him.
it does lead me to wonder, if the gender roles were switched here, would we still look at carcel's choices as trashy or just the actions of someone trapped. especially cuz (i can't remember but) was he even allowed to call off the engagement? all he could do was delay it right?
I think as readers we would see it as someone trapped in a loveless arranged marriage regardless. So I personally wouldnt class anything as cheating there was no relationship between the two.
(I dont think he could call it off either without backlash. Ines family I believe has higher standing even though Carcel is cousins with the prince. )
To be fair we cant judge his actions before the two fell in love because she did not care for him either and half of the story she saw him only as a tool for her freedom from a marriage with the prince.
yes exactly!! I was thinking about it because a lot of people were hating on him and Ines herself namecalls him while basically being the problem, as well as planning on divorcing him for her freedom. I think the pre-wedding time is nuanced on both sides
I wholly agree as well. There was very limited interaction between the two, and ines in the first place did not want to establish a relationship prior to the marriage.
Plus I actually think the playboy part of plot was meant to emphasize his charisma which was a common webtoon thing for male characters (I fucking hate cheaters though to the point of no forgiveness—but my reader self and reality-based self are two separate personas) and was never really a detrimental aspect to their relationship so it didn’t really do much ╮(￣▽￣)╭
Yeah people are obsessed with male leads being solely for the FL. But its so unrealistic for everyone to expect a young man in the army to be a virgin just because an 8 yr old child said she wants to marry him
That’s so funny!! Mentioning the age makes it so much funnier
dude, I completely blocked my memories of reading this and starting over nowomfg I can't take it