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you guys couldn't get him anything to wear before breakfast?

MY TOES CURLED OMG

I didn't reread the whole thing and just read where I left off so I'm definitely forgetting a few key elements of this story from when I first started reading it so a reread is definitely due lol.

I ADORE Mc's relationship with his mother, it's genuinely treated as a real obstacle for him emotionally and while Mc might fear his mother, might hate her actions, and feel resentful for all the years she's treated him poorly, you can tell that he loves her or at the very least craves her validation, acceptance, and pride. While I wouldn't say this manwha has the best character writing, it has a fairly decent representation of the cycle of abuse. the empress is a victim of grooming, and I like how the story doesn't shy away from calling her a victim despite all of her misconducts, nor does it justify her actions, she is just a tragedy. She groomed her son under the pretense that he needed her when it was truly the other way around, she needed her son to be more than what society ever let her be, which I believe is commentary about how women put so much pressure on their daughters in the real world because they have opportunities that their mothers could never have. I LOVE LOVE how Mc didn't wish to become the emperor and neither did he wish for ML to become emperor, he did something right there, he rejected the path his mother carved out for him but not without acknowledging and taking the system that abused her which ultimately lead to her abusing him. I like to think of it as him telling her that her pain wasn't in vain or that at the very least, she is seen. I do wish this series had more subtly when it came to writing because I feel like it would have hit harder if the author just trusted their reader to read between the lines hehe, overall a 4/5 (๑•ㅂ•)و✧

I was wondering if the lover thing was a mistranslation or something but no, he is genuinely a pedo wtf LOL? am I crazy or is this story not addressing the elephant in the room

WOW. this is an amazingly well crafted story, especially because I only read manhwas when I don't feel like intellectually engaging with what I consume. Rue is one of my favorite characters! simply because he reminds me of the saying "You could be the prettiest shade of blue, but it wouldn't matter if their favorite color is red", he, is by their standards, the most loyal servant, someone who is willing to serve his god for eternity, but not because he got to know Na-in or came to love him so much that he would wanna serve him forever naturally, but because growing up he was taught the Shahs were everything, his servitude to Na-in isn't self nurtured, it was taught from an early age in his life, which I think makes him such a complex character! You could almost say that he serves Na-in for a selfish reason, especially because he is willing to serve Na-in but never willing to see Na-in past what Na-in is in his own life, someone who he serves for honor, for glory, and as a promise for prosperity in the afterlife. He is implicit in the torture Na-in faces despite his deep care for him, he looks at Na-in like a wounded puppy because this is how he was conditioned to serve Na-in, I like to believe that he's insecure he isn't serving Na-in well enough despite all his efforts and he just can't understand why.

10/10 even the smut makes me feel like an ancient philosopher

I feel like if the tone of this manhwa was more psychological horror I'd enjoy this more. I can't say I find this scene romantic.. I think I'd be more into it if the main character was OK that it was happening (￣∇￣")

I love how the main character is such a well rounded character. I like that he gets jealous yet refuses to harm pink hair because he is a good person in nature, and I like the push and pull thing he has with Amon. it's the way he wants Amon but is scared of him at the same time– it's his two sides conflicting with one another, the part of him that is made to be Amon's companion and the part of him that is human, which in the story itself addresses that it's almost like he was made from the only human parts of Amon. so far this story is well written!

Na-in is a god with the heart of a human and instead of that serving him it's like a prison of sorts. He and Amon are different in such regard where Amon sees people as nothing, only in existence to be entertainment to him with their lives, so much so that he has no sense of shame and cannot understand Na-in for that very reason, the human part of Na-naturally can feel shame as he holds those lives with respect, valuing their opinions and thoughts, caring about how they perceive him, and most importantly... wanting to be understood by them

I can't help but see Amon in the big cat Na-in loves so much. it mauls with no second thought despite being human raised yet rolls on its back to present its belly for Na-in alone, and to be frank that makes his actions all the more sensible to me; He isn't human and because of that I don't think we can put him up against human standards, who is to say that what he demands is cruel (like human sacrifices, those banquets with fighting, entertainment, etc) when he has no concept of human experience? it's a very interesting thought! amazing read so far (๑•ㅂ•)و✧

no one can outfreak Edwin, like this is Cupcakke's fucking ancestor atp and he's so freaky that I knew he was gonna make Layla piss in his mouth

please make this female character enjoyable, I like her personality, she's adorable she's like a tsundere type!