I understand why people are frustrated and/or mad. Granted that she is now in her sunken place due to past traumas and current betrayal that are constantly triggering her. Yet, Pen is literally being handed a helping hand to help get out of her situation (which many people don't get) and instead she's harshly slapping it away. What other choice does she really have now? Switching over to her father and brothers is impossible at this point. There is a good lesson to be learned here. To not put all of your eggs into one basket. Which is exactly what she did. Now that this happened, she has a choice to either sink or swim. Instead, she has lost all hope and is actively choosing to sink and wallow in her despair. I'm sure readers want her to keep fighting her way back to the top, especially because there is a hand reaching out towards her. You can empathize with one's situation while not being an enabler to their behavior. Personally I'm frustrated because of the way she is acting towards Callisto. She's trauma dumping on him when all he's trying to do is offer a helping hand. That's another lesson folks. Stop trauma dumping on innocent people.
"Trauma dumping on him when all his trying to do is offer a helping hand"
GurlHis helping hand aint enough for fl to get out of that shitty game.
Am 100%With fl. She's not leading
Opps Mistakely cut of myself
She's not leading on the ml ,Fl has made her intention very clear.She has stated that she needs someone who loves her and that isn't the ml because ml has also been clear that emotion like love are useless for someone of their position.
Both have different goals so its best to go thier own ways rn.
Yeah but... she's literally back at zero with what options she has and she refuses to look at his favorability score for whatever reason. Callisto may say and act one way, but he has natural a-hole energy. A-holes don't seek out people just because yet time and time again...he just keeps popping up. At this point, something is better than nothing. And yes, she is trauma dumping on him. She's simultaneously thinking about the game and how she was treated in her old world, which is causing her to lash out. A simple no thanks... I'm not interested would've sufficed
Oh, and ummm never said nor thought that she was leading him on. The main point of my mini thesis :-P was to express what I feel alot of readers are frustrated about. This post isn't about being on team Penelope vs team Callisto
Not trying to sound rude but I can comprehend "fl trauma dumped ml"
Could you explain more?
Cannot*
Nor is my comment about being team Penelope vs team casllisto.
I have also made it clear in my prev comment about ml being clear about his intention.
Both want different things so its best that they go separate ways. That's all I am saying
The thing that made me reply to your post was about the line "Fl trauma dumped ml"
....and now back to square one this story is taking us, I would not be surprised at all to find out that Celphi's real mom tried to kill him when he was an infant. She definitely gives off a bitter woman vibes.
At least give the young lady a chance to get acclimated with a p*nis first before smacking it up and flipping it like a pancake.
Agreed… lol
Omg....hahahaha...so true
Isn't of hating a character because they aren't doing what I may think is right, I try to understand the complexities of the so called bad guy. Alexandros came into power through war and carnage and he has had to remain hardcore throughout his reign. OG Robellia is a green flag, but in the wrong type of story. In a different story, I would pair the OG Robellia with Norman. In this type of story, the new Robellia is the perfect match with the Emperor and the type of bad ass queen needed for this monarchy. One must remember that the marriage between OG Robellia and Alexandros was an arranged political marriage which was a norm at the time. Arranged marriages were rarely love matches. Many just gave in to their circumstances and found ways to endure. Alexandros may be seen as a cheater in some eyes, we don't even know if he actually ever had sex with Aisha. She seems as just another pawn who is there to help his reign be more legitimate. The new Robellia got sucked into the story and I don't blame her for wanting to get the heck outta there, but I also don't blame her for feeling tingles for Alexandros. SHE IS NOT THE OG ROBELLIA, but her own person who is experiencing 2nd hand emotions. I won't be upset at all when these two get together.
Agreed. The comments were so negative that i didn’t want to start. Turns out they don’t understand shit.
I don't hate Alexandros for necessarily using the original Robellia because obviously that was all he was taught. But Robellia says in the story keeping someone against their will isn't love but an obsession and she's totally right. He's still selfish and not understanding of her feelings, no let me change that, he understands how much she wants to divorce for her own freedom but still is keeping her on a leash for still his own benefit and feelings. The only thing has changed about Alexandros is the fact that he realizes his selfishness and feels guilt but he hasn't changed his stubbornness about hearing her out. Anywho that's my opinion on the take. I do agree what you said about the time period tho.
I feel as though I could have worded this wayyy better but I don't think I can edit the comment
Love to finally have a female character who is assertive and isn't slut shamed. Male character was good, but a bit too green flag for me. It felt like he wasn't being his true self. He was doing everything just to please her with not much effort on her end. This gave the impression that their relationship was very uneven. He was desperate and she was desperately horney
I feel really bad for Asrahan because even though she thinks she's dying and is just trying to live her life before she dies, she's still manipulating him by not being truthful. Of course he's going to be hurt when you suddenly leave him girl no matter the reason! It also annoys me how handsy she is with the Priest guy which is now giving him love tingles. It's like her feelings are more genuine with him, and he's not the actual male lead. I also dislike how these stories make female characters look so weak when it comes to sex. Yes, sex can be exhausting, but sex can also be fun. It's somewhat a turn off by having the females always look so weak and tired to the point of them not actually enjoying the act of sex, but just giving in to their partners lustful needs. I love it when both characters are equally passionate about love making.
I agree with most of what you said. But not about the handsy part. As someone very tactile with people around me bc it's my way of showing my affection, I appreciate that she is also like that. Even though, yes, it can create misunderstandings and all. But she has been clear with him that she is in a relationship already and that Doha is just a friend.
And even if she wasn't handsy, the author could have made a love triangle anyway, because most authors seem to think it's needed (I don't like it either, trust me).
I came here to reread and finish this story. They really did have such great sexual chemistry that progressed into actual affection and love. At times, the FL was annoying, but I chopped it up as naivete, being that she was raised as a noble and formerly engaged to a prince. I can't believe I pay Manta for their stripped-down G rated comics that literally change the story and our impressions of the characters in those stories.
A bigger translation team hasn't picked this up or offered assistance to the current translator. Seems to be a pretty good story which people are interested in even if the smut isn't really smutty as I saw in a comment on another site or was it Tiktok?
Despite the crap translations (sorry BUT I'm not about to be fake nice here. Crap translations ruins a story..but thank you new uploader) Yet... from what can be gathered, the marital arrangements with both the Empress and royal concubine were of a political nature only. The Empress only ASSUMED that he was in love with the Concubine due to her own lackings. While the Emperor maybe guilty of neglect, there was never a love match with EITHER woman. He wanted a strong Empress which our FL initially wasn't. Now that the Empress (an imposter actually ) is finally acting out, his true feelings about the Concubine are becoming apparent and he is now second guessing himself. The story isn't about the Emperor redeeming himself. He was NEVER portrayed to be a good guy turned dick. The story is actually about the FL (Empress) getting a second chance to grow a backbone and become the strong, empowered woman the Emperor wanted his Empress to be. Too bad the actual Empress will never learn this lesson. The OG Empress, on her own decided to fall in love with such a cold man, but that was no fault of thr Emperor. He never lead her on which is far worse than simply being a cold individual. It's like forcing someone to like or love you because you like or love them. Life doesn't work that way.
Wait a little while, as I’m now uploading official translation from tappy so you can read official if you wait a little :)
PLUH
You are very much appreciated
Ilysm bro finally someone ACTUALLY understands what this story is about
...translations make me wanna barf. I was reading on Webtoons but wanted to read ahead. I literally stopped reading and forgot about this webtoon because of the translations here turned me completely off and I was too impatient to wait for Webtoons. There should be some way to put a placeholder or something so these trash sites and their trash-lations aren't automatically updated here.