I started crying when I realized that in the beginning her clothes are black because they are mourning clothes, and she is still grieving her husband and child from her second life
Her clothes are not black because she’s mourning. Manhwa just doesn’t tell readers they’re black because she uses black to make herself unattractive to Carcel
She is wearing black as a kid way before she announces him as a fiance so it makes more sense that they are mourning clothes. Besides, they look exactly like mourning clothes. She looks like a widow, and not necessarily unattractive.
No. She woke up as a kid at 6 years and made a plan to make herself unattractive to defy her mother’s stupid oppression. Then she formulated a plan to continue wearing black to make herself unattractive to Carcel after choosing him. She even hints at this back in the episode after they had mirror sex and she was wearing black and she wondered why Carcel was still so sexually attracted to her. Then there’s that other chapter where Carcel caught her changing into her black dress and told her her buttoned up dress turned him on. Ines persuaded herself from the time she was 6 years old that she was too small to have a child and kill a child. And her brother was too young to kill a man. That’s how she survived and proceeded to make a plan to live safely to die safely. Her wearing black into her 20s was all about making herself unattractive to Carcel.
Manhwa just does a shitty job of adapting a very complicated and nuanced novel.
Here is an excerpt from the novel and it’s not a spoiler because it should have appeared in chapter 12 or so of this manhwa but they skipped it all.
She had been scheming to get Cárcel to cheat on her for her whole lifetime. She downplayed her attractiveness by wearing black dresses. When others remarked that only women who were “mourning, living as a nun, or had become clinically insane” would wear black dresses, she smirked in delight. She matched the drab frocks with boring buns or braids.
She had kept this disinterested and uninteresting identity in front of everyone not just Cárcel. The whole world needed to remind Cárcel that she was never enough for him. She needed to ensure that he would not have a sudden change of heart one day. She did not want him to ever be intrigued by her even for a split second.
Inés had grown a sizable ego from her past experiences. She worried that Cárcel would fall for her at least once in their long relationship. To hide her charms and her decent face, she needed to be careful to choose the least attractive outfits and avoid all makeup. Once she stripped naked, she wouldn’t be able to hide behind the ugly clothes though. A sigh escaped her throat at the mere thought.
Thus, she resolved to be extra careful. She had to keep associating herself with all the boring and ugly things in his mind. She would continue to exhaust him with her suffocating attitude, gaze and outfit. Back when he feared her the most, she sent him an overwhelming amount of presents and letters to scare him off. He didn’t panic immediately as she expected. Still, she did manage to send him off to military academy and navy army in fear of marriage.
Inés would eventually have to marry into his family even if he tried to ignore her for many years. Their betrothal was inevitable — no wonder he was stricken with fear. Inés wanted to seize this chance and get him to be so stressed about their imminent marriage that he had no choice but to cheat on her when they did marry.
Until their marriage ceremony, she planned to make him feel less guilty about cheating.
Well, I thought it was for both reasons. Then I agree that they did a bad job adapting nuances of the story. And lost a great opportunity to turn this into a real tear-jerker. ╮(￣▽￣)╭
All of Ines timelines are tear-jerkers. Wearing black dresses is cliche. It’s not necessary for Ines’s tragic lives to be compelling. All of the lives she lived in all timelines before were tragic and sad.
Obviously. Otherwise, I wouldn't cry at all. But making subtle connections like that, giving your audience that "a-ha" moments of realization, telling story through actions instead of descriptions is what makes a story even more compelling. So that kind of connection would've been great IMHO
I also read in a spoiler that Carcel was deployed in the ocean by the crown prince to fight rebels (I think) and was later confirmed dead by CP, and that Ines would be marrying him after. That's why, I think the black clothes in the first chapter was Ines mourning for Carcel and waiting in that mountain, then Carcel suddenly appeared.
That’s a fake spoiler though.
Really?? I thought it was real tho, since the threads was meant for novel spoilers of the broken ring
Parts of it are true and parts are false. Carcel does go to the war for the emperor but that occurs in every timeline.
This reminds me about reading a Reddit story where a woman's boyfriend cheated on her with her brother for years (while being in intimate relationship with her as well). Then both came out and got married, and were expecting her to be accepting and happy for them. The art truly mimics life.
Is this for real? I don't understand the "WHY" in these situations ngl ┗( T﹏T )┛
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The "why" in this story was money. His parents were very conservative, and would've disowned him if he came out. So he funneled as much money as he could out of them while keeping the girl as a beard and f**cking her brother in secret. As soon as he was financially sound he and the brother came out and kicked the girl to the curb. What's sad is that her parents forgave the brother and wanted her child to have good relationship with the "uncles". So they set her child up to meet them against her wishes. I think she should've gone no contact with the whole family. That family just seemed to keep betraying and hurting her. I honestly don't think I would've ever recovered from that nuclear level of betrayal :(
Just to be clear: the child wasn't the boyfriend's. She married years later and the child was her husband's.
Now that's some serious mental issues, they have the audacity to have good relationships with the child?! (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
Ok, but for judo master that punch was weak as f*ck! ML didn't even budge. Kinda shows that bigger and stronger physic can outweigh fighting training sometimes?
Judo has nothing to do with punches and kicks. Try searching
Your reply has nothing to do with my statement. Their sheer size difference puts MC in great disadvantage even if he was a former boxer.
He freaked out cause he realized he's going to be the bottom lmao
Jokes aside, this is one of my favorite manhwas.
Dabin is a guy, right? Why did the guy refer to him as a "young woman"? I'm confused lol
DiD yOu juSt AsSumE THeiR GeNdER??
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lol
I thought it was meant for the FL thb
Yes, I totally did. Lmao
Oh, maybe he did refer to FL. We'll see ig.
Since fl's mom let her daughter stay at dabin's place for a night. I bet it's a she, a boyish one. I mean, it's (east) asian mom we're talking about
Good point
Why does everyone have second hand embarrassment from them doing it in front of everyone when it's clearly that sort of establishment (red lights district kind)? Did you not notice the girl and the guy sitting on the couch had naked people with them? Then the guy with his junk out and another naked in the background in the bar?
The only weird thing is that Go Hajoon didn't use a condom. Is it a "buy a drink and get a std for free" deal at this brothel?
It's a fiction manhwa so it's got to be more enjoyable
Nooo, at least give us a kiss! The art is so gorgeous I don't want it to end
Why all the phones look like from the 19th century?! We have iPhones in Russia too
Wealthy people love vintage stuff
I am watching a Korean spy series and they use old phones because they cannot be tracked
How can you be so dumb to fall for such blatant manipulation again and again?! Just tell him: "I don't want your STD-ridden dick anyway!", and leave. That will teach him