the story is kinda childish and the ending was kinda rushed, but it was a cute short read and i really enjoyed it (finally finished it by binging it from the start eventho i started it years ago)
god i love this author. this one is my fave from them
that webtoon is sooo obviously a childbirth propaganda story on top of demonizing orphans. "he became evil bc he didn't receive enough love as a child"
like i was neglected as a child till adulthood and i didn't grow up to kill the person i love bc they didn't love me back
"He didnt put hot sauce on his burrito...Im tired of this propaganda against spicy sauces!"
i get that you think I'm reaching, but when the coincidences, norms and facts pile up, it would be stupid to not recognize it for what it is
is korea struggling with their child birth rate? yes
is there more and more child rearing webtoon and novels coming out? yes
is korea known for being unkind to orphans, socially and economically? yes
is there a common trope of the unloved and/or orphaned child growing up to be a horrible person? yes
is korea known for judging children brought up without a mom specifically? yes.
is there a common trope of a child growing up no better or even worse than an orphan when they don't have a mom, eventho they have a dad? yes.
is there a common trope of a child being the youngest and only one who physically and personality wise resembles the dead mom being loved by her father and her brother(s) that resemble their dad? yes
when all of those unconsequential things pile up to become a mountain, you can't just close your eyes to it, it's right in front of you.
does that mean i don't read those stories? no i do, i like many of them. but it gets to a point where I've read the same backstories literally hundreds of times (like fr, my reading and read lists amounted to 10k together and about a third of it was fantasy stories with the same backstories)
mind you, actual real people go through this. there are so many killers especially serial killers who have been abused & grew up with no affection & go off being the horrible people they are. it’s definitely not an excuse but it goes to show that not everyone who goes through the same abuse are affected by it the same way. like, it’s good that you didn’t grow up to be “evil” like the boy in this manhwa did when he grew up but that’s not the case unfortunately for everyone. everyone’s brains are different when it comes to such trauma & abuse. you can’t base your experiences & expect eveyone else who grew up similarly to turn out how just like you did .
honestly, female leads that just accept their fiance, that they supposedly love, changing and becoming mindless followers of the saintess as something normal and expected and decide to cut all ties before having even one heartfelt discussion are just pathetic.
i just want to see 1 such manga where instead of "so I'm breaking off the engagement and running away and letting an obviouslyevil saintess rule the world" it's "so I'm saving my fiance who's obviously being controlled and we'll fight together against that evil saintess to protect the kingdom"
like how shallow do you have to be, as a high ranking noble and future queen, to abandon your country to be controlled and ruled by a mindcontroller saintess just bc your feelings got hurt by your mindcontrolled fiance?
"oh this obviously evil saintess is mindcontrolling everyone in the kingdom to follow her blindly? I'm just gonna dip bc she's obviously incredible and the saintess so she's right and I'm wrong and I'll let my ciuntry burn"
not a vampire called garlic (ail is garlic in french)
To be exact, ail and isle aren't exactly the same pronunciation. A close but not exact spelling for ail would be aï. No L.
it was written as Ail, not Isle in the first few chapters
Are you reading the fan translation?
i only read the firs few chapters available on this site, made a small funny comment and dipped bc it's not for me. so ig yes. it's still funny that anyone translated his name as ail. now go along with your day and stop caring about me
You seem angry about my previous comment.
i love all the art and culture references in this webtoon lol.
also i hate parents who have kids to mold them into what they want them to be, living vicariously through them instead of having a life and saying they're doing it for them too