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In all honesty this was very disappointing, the whole mystery of cosette’s true identity and what really happened in the original timeline was so interesting and what captured me at first. But then for the story to just pan out in such a generic way is such a shame, a really unsatisfying ending, big bad villainess lose heroes win yay. Zero depth to the villain she wanted to take over just cuz
This is what I feel too, it’s like the author suddenly changed the plot, forgot the main story, and rushed the ending
Major spoilers, just a rant about eckles
I like Eckles (eclair) so much, he is such a complex and deeply intriguing character, what drives him to his goals? His ambitions? He’s not just some typical 2D villain and for a moment I really thought he would be endgame but I cant fathom that he genuinely just gets thrown aside like dirt by Penelope. His story is so freaking tragic and frustrating a prince from a fallen kingdom enslaved and forced to become a mere animal for spectacle and then used endlessly by others. Can’t even bring myself to dislike/hate him even though that’s what the story is propping us readers up to do because his motive and reasoning make so much sense to me, then boom comes Penelope with her bs. I don’t understand why she NEVER thought the way she treats him won’t have later consequences? Later bad consequences?
Like he gets upset when she doesn’t visit him, he shows jealousy etc and she just ignores it?? Or doesn’t even go on to acknowledge it which pushes eclair to act more irrationally, driving him closer to insanity. I only read this up to the part where eclair gets imprisoned and it’s beyond me that Penelope doesn’t think for even a second that this is her fault, or that she had a hand in the way that eclair ended up the way he did. She never treated him like an actual person just threw gifts and empty words to him, he clearly shows red flags which she promptly ignores never reassuring him or following up and then got mad when it all blew up in her face?
So bummed out knowing he’s just going to be used as a bad guy plot point, brainwashed and die, it’s so unfair(._.)
Honestly I agree with you but also from a character point of view I have to also see the fact that she as the MC is also just not like regular people, the environment she grew up in and knowing the og story of the world and how it’ll turn out makes it a bit obvious that she doesn’t know how to actually care about people and she may also stop herself from caring so that she doesn’t get hurt when they eventually betray her as she assumes. Of course all of this still doesn’t excuse the fact that she was still quite horrible towards him but when you know someone may eventually be the cause of your death because he’ll help the og MC to kill you, I also wouldn’t like getting too close to that person but she definitely ignored way too many red flags lol
I’ve never so much agreed to anything in my life. He’s truly such a complex character, and ever since I’ve started reading this story, I’ve always known that I could never hate the guy. And to this day, I still can't hate him. Of course, he has his flaws, and he has done things that were obviously wrong, but at the same time, while looking back at what he’s gone through, I wish he had a decent ending instead of closing off his character as the complete bad guy and killing him off.