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this is giving my abandoned empress vibes, it genuinely bothers me so much how the author had cesare manipulate, use and even rape ariadne in their past life just for her to still be friendly towards him in the present. i know that he’s not the ML and they won’t end up together but even the FL treating him this nicely considering what he’s capable of towards her just doesn’t sit right with me. when alphonso and ariadne kiss for the first time, she literally gets ptsd from when cesare raped her that makes her push alphonso away but you’re telling me she’s okay with bantering with this guy???
like it’s very weird that in the past, cesare is the main person who ruined ariadne’s past life but isabella is currently being treated as ariadne’s main target of revenge, isabella was sly and manipulative but she still didn’t beat cesare out for being the most evil towards ariadne. at the beginning, ariadne says she plans on becoming queen and making cesare pay for his sins but it low-key seems like she’s forgotten about that. yeah she and alphonso have their romance, but i feel like she’s letting cesare off considering how much he wronged her. i understand he hasn’t shown the exact same behaviour in the present life but it doesn’t change the fact that he only tried to get close to ariadne and show attention to her because alphonso is interested in her and he wants what he can’t have. if ariadne returned his feelings, i bet he would lose interest in her immediately, that just seems like the kind of guy he is. it’s strange that there’s double standards towards how isabella and cesare are treated