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I think we should have more people speaking out and hating the people acting on these actions in real life and not characters in a book

@Katsu lol not u blocking me. Yall hate being called out. Cry harder

*There is nuance

I'm there with you about Riftan. Once I read his whole backstory before marrying Maxi, all his behavior made sense. People forget there is no mental health services in this time setting. You either have someone in your life who can articulate and guide you, due to their family experience or their own mistakes, or you suffer through it.

Both of them are doing the best that they can. Neither of them are wrong to want what they want. Maxi is the only one who can see where this is going to lead to their ruin. Riftan is still stuck; he thought he had made it through his own challenge and he is currently finding out he has not made it to the peak of the mountain. He hasn't seen Maxi as a person but as the root of his happiness and desire. Even if he had never beat her father within an inch of his life, they would have fought over her wanting to gain some independence.

Riftan is physically independent while Maxi is loving to become emotionally AND physically independent. It is time for him to work on his mental health. He has good men around him that can help him do so, even by simply standing beside him. Maxi, thanks to the princess, knows how to look for people to support her in the same way.

They need this time apart. Maxi was suffocated by her father and she is now allowed to be a person. Riftan suffocated himself to survive and he doesn't know what to do with himself because he anchored so much on an idea of a person. They are having growing pains.

And to clarify, even if I didn't know more about his backstory, at this point, it is clear Riftan has put too much of his happiness on putting Maxi on a pedestal. He needs help. It isn't like some other stories where he brought this dismay entirely on himself. It's just sad to see others not recognize when something is wrong not because someone is horrible but because someone is hurt and it has festered.

Me rn put a hole in that damn head of his, I’m tired of seeing 8187 panels of his stupid face just staring

you have to read the story over again if you don't think this is abuse. Or maybe reassess what you understand abuse to be. To blow up and scream at your partner over every single disagreement, to ice her out, to control her, to use your power as the richer more powerful partner to not just boss her around but to order everyone around them to treat her one way or the other...there isn't a more textbook definition of abuse.

Abandonment issues are an explanation, not an excuse. It makes no sense to say someone can't be abusive because they...have emotional problems? Or abandonment issues?

That's what I'm saying how did they become like second hand characters? The fuck?

fr. as a nalu fan omg this hurts

ikr what gotten into his head

Sorry I meant “into rough sex” lol

Watch out you're going to get a novel in response to this comment

Yeah and I’m not reading all of that lmao.

What novel lol?

Yeah, she is down bad for Riftan

They are Referring to (rabbitmage) and their insanely long ass rants coming at you for not agreeing with their opinions .

Lol I'm living rent free in you heads yet apparently, *I'm* the one who's obsessed, lol.

They're talking about the lengthy comments I make about why Riftan is a poorly-written and awful ML. They didn't like it, so Honeymoon called me a bitch over it, and now I'm living rent free in the minds of her little posse, lol.

You know what I was thinking the same

@rabbitmage No one’s living rent free lmao , it’s just we can’t escape ur bitching in the comments , ur dumping big shits in it 24/7 so it’s unavoidable (⌒▽⌒) looks like ur quite the triggered one too considering you block anyone that has something to say about u lol

Yeah especially that none was asking them to join our discussion nor do we welcome it, but they really just can't give it a rest and go somewhere else ╮(￣▽￣)╭

Also I always found it funny that she can't help being jealous of the princess even when she gives out gay vibe so hard you can see it from the outer space like Maxi honey, she have eyes on you not Riftan (▰˘◡˘▰)

Yep butting in when no one asked . Seems attention seeking to me lmao

"Unavoidable," Yet you chose to get upset about my rants instead of ignoring them since, you know, you don't agree with them, so they shouldn't concern you. Nah, you're upset over how many people have agree with what I've said, lol.

Yeah I think that as long as we won't interact with them directly, they will finally get bored and leave ╮(￣▽￣)╭

I don't think anyone infantilize her. Riftan deadass rapes her on their wedding night lol. Like in the first few chapters and every other smut scene is just forced. Sexual coercion is rape.

@Honeymoon Wow honey you blocked me? But I thought we were really starting to get to know each other

Yeah that’s just sad if they don’t like it there’s literally NOTHING making them interact with you I tend to write long rants too because some stories deserve an actual opinion instead of a sentence that doesn’t match up with what we’ve seen of the characters and here I’m just saying it the ML is an actual ignorant fool who thinks they know best for Maximillian without ever actually listening and just forcing reconciliation through physical intimacy very forceful and we know that isn’t what Maxi needs after the abuse she’s already used to and expects from her husband he gives her small moments where she feels loved and listens to while a vast majority she feels a burden or abandoned working herself to death while he tells her it’s useless and she shouldn’t do anything so hard but imagine Maxi who’s only just been opened up to a whole new world realizing there are things she CAN do but he constantly belittles her struggle and tries to tell her he’s not doing it to belittle her he cares for her and I get it but truly he’s a fucking dunce only war in that head no logic in a married relationship AND LEAVING HER ALONE AFTER FINDING OUT SHE WAS PREGNANT AND MISCARRIED ONLY FOR HIM TO FORCE EVERYBODY TO HIDE IT FROM HER WHILE LEAVING HER HIMSELF UNDER THE GUISE OF HER “TREATMENT” bro could’ve been dead ass been mature enough instead of an infant when dealing with maxi during this time and stayed to have a long discussion about everything that’s happened as husband and wife but he left her to find out on her own through her pos father that she miscarried not mentioning the trauma she has of her mother who struggled heavily with pregnancies now believing her husband sent her back as a form of abandonment since she knows he made that face at that time because he knew what happened to her baby and now maxi believes she will become just like her mother a tool now worthless to be discarded. Sorry if that’s long but it’s just what I’ve picked up from reading this a few times just wanted to say I agree with your comments I don’t understand petty people who start arguments on sites like these just because they are upset some people agree with you and not them it’s just silly in my mind since we are reading mangas varied opinions can exist at once and it’s no point getting all bunched up just because some people don’t view it in the same way as they do like it’s as simple as skip the comment and read some where you agree with its like those gooners who interact with things they apparently hate but the algorithm will just show them more because they keep interacting sorry just a little funny since I was going through this in the morning before work and it reminds me of some silly things lol

Deadass, I appreciate your response. I understand exactly why these hoes are attacking me, and it's because they hate the fact that I'm brutally criticizing Riftan, because, in there eyes, the flaws I've listened don't exist and I'm just talking out of my ass. I understand disagreeing, but ffs, to outwardly state I'm "wrong" and calling me a bitch over it? I now have a good idea of the type of individuals I'm dealing with, lol. They don't care about good literature. They just care about the poorly written smut they could goon to, not to mention how often these dumbasses sexualize and glorify a literal abuser. They're usually the ones to toss around words or phrases like "nuance" and "media literacy," meanwhile missing actual nuances in the narrative, like how Riftan essentially conditioned and forced Maxi to adapt to his possessive style of "affection," never once reflecting on how his actions would affect her, regardless if whether he was aware of her history of abuse or not. Maxi, of course, interprets Riftan's obsessive possessiveness and sexual aggression as genuine "affection" due to her abusive and extremely sheltered upbringing. She wouldn't be able to tell the difference between love and possession because she doesn't even know what "love" is. To her, "love" is whatever makes her feel seen and "cherished," (i.e. through sex and love bombing) regardless if the way she receives that affection is healthy or not.

Not to get off topic, but this is what makes their relationship so toxic and honestly should've never happened at all. Neither of them see each other as people, just objects to use for when they need to feel validated. The worst part is that when the two begin to fully *see* each other, they don't end up liking what they see, and consequently are at constant odds with each other by the second book because of it, and by the end of the story, their "romance" feels incredibly forced—almost delicate even, as if any day their "affection" might wither off. The intent of their harmful dynamic is to witness two broken individuals grow together into a happy and healthy couple, yet that never ends up happening at all. They may "talk," but they never genuinely "communicate." They never sit down and express their insecurities to each other without involving either rough sex (which had typically occurred through Riftan’s coercion) or arguing. Maxi, as a standalone protagonist, is great, fantastic even. Watching her grow and interact with Ruth and the others was really nice to see since we got to see her in her element. But this has made me realize just how much her being with Riftan only brings out the worst in her.

I'll continue to criticize the story, no matter what these bitches say or do. I don't care. If they don't care for my "novels," then, by all means, look the other way. They weren't meant for you anyway.

That was a whole-ass run-on sentence you just wrote, lol, but I agree with everything you just said lol.

I agree with you 100%, Riftan did Rape her, just because Maxi started to read porn later on DOESN'T mean he didn't rape her, Its brushed under the rug, The Manhwa doesn't show ofc, but he as a matter of fact did rape her. Heck even in the Manhwa there was a specific line that is very rapish " Even if you beg me to stop I won't have it in me to stop " I think its around these lines. It shows no matter he says it himself that no matter how much it may have hurt her, he wouldn't cared to stop. Thats just what is wrong with Riftan, He doesn't see Maxi as her own person, If Maxi was in any way like the Princess Riftan wouldn't have had it that easy to constantly shove into bed. Yeah now Maxi's is comfortable and capable of having HER OWN sexual desires, but it doesn't remove the factbthat Riftan rapes her, 2 things can be true at once. And when these people learn to actually acknowledge that instead of acting like this is a healthy romantic story, things will be lighter. Maxi is a grown Woman, but before she started reading those box she was never taught anything about how to enjoy herself, how to make herself feel good, I don't understand why they'd bring up this fact up, when it wasn't in the 1st chapter or for the 1st few chapters. Like I don't remember Maxi being given a Smut book to read on her 1st night with Riftan. No one believes Maxi is a child, or I haven't seen anyone infantilize her, What I've seen people do is call out Riftan's BS. Its kinda of disappointing that people brush off the things Riftan did to Maxi, because it just makes me wonder if thats how they think for a comic/novel then what does that say about how they think in real life cases.

Maxi reading Smut novels later on doesn't remove the fact that she was raped I totally agree that she's not a child aND AT THE VERY LEAST NOW, She knows enough to have her OWN sexual desires, Which means she has got her autonomy, after having it be stripped away from her by her Father. Yeah now she likes Rough sex, thats well and good, But before she was crying and it looked like it hurt, But Riftan literally said it himself before they started " Even if you it, Endure it, because I won't be able to stop " This literally means that even if Maxi were to beg him to stop, which she was doing, He wouldn't have stopped. Its clear Maxi didn't understand what she was about to do even, because she asked " Why do I have to take it off " She at 1st didn't know how sex worked, I personally a very predatory culture, Not telling the women how to enjoy themselves, or well sex education.

I agree with you, rabbitmage, poppy, speedyfudoshi, i think I'm blocked too so even though I am getting notification of previous comments, i can't see comments. But i guess some people can't digest the fact that they're justifying abuse.
Nobody is perfect so is Riftan, but the fact he never tried to change his behaviour showing how little he cared about his wife and get away with this is absolutely diabolical. As a reader we are allowed to love or hate the characters, and we can defend them but I saw how people were being so rude and agressive, truly shows how truly mature they are.

You got your novel(s). Good luck (⊙…⊙ ) I'm muting this thread now

@Honeymoon Good for you, loser lol. More for use

*us

No same , they stay talking under my comment wanting us to respond to them lmao. Attention seekers unite . ლ(´ڡ`ლ)

We literally do not give a fuck about y'all lol. We're responding to each other's comments. Idgaf if you respond to us or not. The irony to accuse us of attention seeking meanwhile your slut friend Honeymoon was out here calling out people directly and calling them bitches, lol. You're the real attention whores and it shows

I think the worst part about this is when you realize that Maxi basically forced herself to adapt to Riftan's roughness instead of being honest and telling him when it hurts. She was never into rough sex because she didn't even know what it *was.* With her only sexual experience being Riftan, it's no wonder she eventually ends up tolerating his raw-dogging.

To give you the basic rundown of Maxi and Riftan's relationship: It's sex. It's literally just sex. Coercive sex (on Riftan's part), sometimes bordering on rape, until Maxi eventually forces herself to adapt to Riftan's aggression and sexual intensity because "she belongs to him, so it doesn't matter if Riftan injures her or causes her pain." (I'm not fucking joking. Those are her actual words in the official translation). Remove the sex (and love bombing), and you're left with Riftan acting borderline abusive towards Maxi, the two constantly arguing until Riftan decides to either throw a temper tantrum or emotionally stonewall Maxi.

In summary, their relationship is a fucking disaster, and it's sick that Manta, the author and many stupid fans girls romanticizes the fuck out of it.

Their relationship is not in anyway romantic whatsoever. And thats what pisses me off. If they advertise the story for what it was AN EXTREMELY toxic relationship, dark romance of the sort, I wouldn't be here arguing, and if people actually acknowledge that Maxi and Riftan are in no way a healthy couple. If we see a story like this in reality, I just wonder how these same people would react, Would they romanticise it too? Because I've heard stories of Marital rape and Riftan and Maxi are literally the exact example of this, ofc in Maxi case she's conditioned into believing that Riftan's behaviour is ok, because she hasn't seen propwr love for most of her life, She wasn't shown love, and seeing this misplaced and skewed obsession Riftan has for her, it makes her think " this is okay and this is love " Ofc I won't deny Maxi Love for Riftan, but I can't help but think if she fully came to understand and see the way other couples are she might realise that the way Riftan shows affection for her is skewed. Ik there are a lot of real life cases where not every couple is extremely healthy and they may have their issues in their relationship, But Riftan and Maxi have WAY too many issues, Miscommunications, Misunderstandings, Trust issues, Marital rape, and ofc their own personal strifes, they aren't made for each other. Maxi despite all she's been through is clearly the type to try and communicate and want to mend broken pieces in the relationship, but Riftan is the type to brood and handle his feelings through violence and emotional neglect and stonewalling Maxi, This sort of relationship is EXTREMELY exhausting. No matter how much you voice your opinion, He doesn't fully comprehend them. Its like talking to a wall, he will never change, and even hearing about the ending of the story, makes me think that Riftan may have not fully acknowledged Maxi as her own person if it took that long to acknowledge her accomplishments.

Lmfao yeah I tend to forget to sentence and space my thoughts on reading sites

I think what I find especially funny and downright appalling is how these stupid fan girls look at Maxi's developing sexuality in Book 2 as sign that she's "always been as horny as Riftan," ignoring the fact that 1) Maxi never knew wtf sex was, so her earlier sexual encounters with Riftan were always filled with hesitation and discomfort, and 2) she ultimately forced herself to adapt to his obsessive sex drive because of the misogynistic mindset she was conditioned to follow, that because she is the wife, she must put up with any pain and discomfort her husband inflicts on her. As I mentioned before, with Riftan being her only sexual experience, of course, it was only a matter of time before Maxi would eventually adapt to his intensity because of her warped idea of "love." There's is no "love" between them, just two individuals using each other for validation. They feel "incomplete," and so they both seek out something they see in the other: Riftan uses Maxi to relieve his sexual frustrations amd insecurities of being married to a "noble woman," and Maxi sees his sexual aggression and love bombing as a sign of true affection and desire. Their relationship is codependent, at best. A codependency developed through trauma-bonding.

Gosh I love you for this comment, we need more readers like you here and I can already see the triggered people already lmao

Yeah we need more people who justify rape yay!!

Well, at least y'all are self-aware, lol. (Yes, obviously you're being sarcastic)

Only gross-ass freaks think it's kinky and normal for a woman to blow a guy off after she was essentially forced into sex for a whole week, but too, each their own. The same way that fiction reflects reality, I hope y'all find yourself a man that forces sex on y'all like a doll with no other purpose, lol. I'm sure there would be nothing to complain about, right, since this is what you like about Riftan?

Yes we need more people who justify rape, cry about it, it's funny how you guys can not make any valid comment without saying rape lmao

Cause that’s what it is?? it’s funny how you guys think you’re right and keep justifying

Yes coz we know we are right, and it's funny too how you guys think you are also right too, it goes both ways by the way lol

Ok then putting that aside, what about Riftan being the only one still the same with no character development, no change in how he views Maxi, no change in his cruelty against Maxi, and his emotional stonewalling when he's mad that Maxi isn't sitting idle like a doll and being adorned with jewelry and silk, but instead she wants to help out and be more productive. Note that Maxi's biggest obstacle when She 1st decided to join the Knights in their travels as they needed a mage, was Riftan, he didn't want her to go. Now don't get me wrong, I don't necessarily disagree on this, I love Maxi, but by that point she barely had a good enough stamina, and She was only relatively okay whilst using Magic. Now before that tho, when Ruth proposed to teach her Magic, who do you think was her biggest obstacle? Or rather the one who didn't want her to learn Magic? Because mind you Ruth isn't teaching Maxi some High level magic that requires a lot of stamina and mana and it would cause her harm Ruth would know better than that and would obviously inform Riftan or Riftan should be able to find out easily that she learning basic level magic. But even that basic level of magic would be good enough to protect herself in case of an attack or a troubling situation, So what reason does Riftan have to oppose it? It could be a big advantage for Maxi in case Riftan or any other Knights aren't around to protect her. Riftan's possessiveness and overprotectiveness is always an obstacle in Maxi's growth, Maxi's recklessness is another topic. But at the end of the day, how is a frail person meant to get stronger if all she ever does it lay around and do nothing, that makes it worse, Maxi wanting to learn Magic helped her gain more physical strength too, or else if she constantly incapable of defending herself, whether he likes it or not, a time will come where she is unable to protect herself, and he won't be around to stop it. So better yet have a slight chance than nothing. Thats one of Riftan's many flaws. Being overprotective isn't always a bad thing and it does stem from good intentions, but what use is that overprotection, when you're hurt and she's stuck in a very dangerous puzzle?

I feel like you not read this long comments

I never thought I'll be saying this, since I usually make fun of people who say this all the time, but "I’m not gonna read all that", and I’ll be the judge of his character as the story progresses. So far, Riftan isn’t the monster or the irredeemable character you all make him out to be

And honestly on the matter of sitting to talk. Has there come a point in the story where Riftan or Maxi has asked each other what their favourite food is, their favourite color is, what they like to do for fun, or anything at all. I don't remember this being the case, but maybe in the Novel there is, tho I honestlycan'tsay I blame them for not being able to talk aboutthis since Maxi's life before Riftan was spent being beat and extremely sheltered so there is probablyno real chance of her developing her own hobbies or interest, and as for Riftan I assume he'd be so busy as a Mercenary( Dk if I spelled that right ) so he also would have the time to develop another hobby? This is what disappointments me about Some Manhwas and not just this story( This is off topic ). Their always professing their love for one another, all good but what else? You guys love, but is that it, When you're alone and not in the mood do you just stare blankly at each other? Don't you both have any interests you'd like to share each other, apart from the underlying plot if the story where there is more urgent matters, and after that, How do you guys interact with each other past constant love bombing and sex?

omg they actually do.^^ no wonder i thought there was something peculiar to them

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