moody_bish's manga / #villainess(8)

at first, i was having fun with the way she deals with making sure that the guys don't fall in love with ariel. Then came this forced romance between her and one of them which she had absolutely NO CHEMISTRY with. As well as the typical dense and nonintentional vile novel FL who harms others with her words. Worst, the psycho crown prince is infatuated with her (but there is a room for improvement since he's not "as impulsive" as his original self) — anyway, after the 2 guys were well written, the rest are like "quick to fall". It's not as fun as it was the first chapters because we also miss alot of memories from the OG Litia.

the fl... is too stupid, like a typical villainess that i just can't read anynore beyond ch21—k fine, i'll continue since other ppl are cleaning after her mess before things go awry. I'VE SEEN THE LIGHT. from stupidity to quirky, she ain't so immature once she's learned the weight of her actions. and i love how the author unraveled the value of trust not only for Ginger and Izana, but the main keys to the curse. Yep, totally a fave!

Dropped @35 Im actually so immersed into the tidbits of wisdom in here. The first ep drove me crazy coz of her intention to use the child as her shield against her son, but the next chapters were great in terms of confronting child abuse, weidling power over those who speak out of turn, having courage to keep a stance as a child while also showing how difficult it is to do without another adult validating you. Anyway, the FL is an actual strong character. Esp when she's being a mother. (The budding mommy issues is quite heavy in the later chapters, damn)—ive read bits and pieces from the MTL and no proofread chapters and i have to say... maybe it's the translation but maybe it's also because the author hyperfixated on the daughter in law that im losing my interest. like ma'am u just expected your son to forgive u coz he likes his fiancé and his fiancé likes u. the Mag scene was the only nice mother and son happening (maybe it's just because im waiting for chapters that i don't enjoy the pacing lol, it's dragging this tutoring arc too much) ...took her 33 chapters to realize her actual role in this story, but I get it. She was neither a mother nor did she have a good mother role model in both lives. But since she managed to stand her ground against her mom in this life, she is able to confront her own role as a mother as well... @41, end season. Cant help but raise my eyebrow at FL forgetting its the OG body discouraging her son and even when she's informed that it was her words, she doesnt acknowledge it when talking to her son so now it's like she is gaslighting him...like its so ridiculous reading "who said that? Youre making me upset" ...girl, YOUR BODY DID, STOP GASLIGHTING THE KID LIKE HE THINKS THAT WAY BY HIMSELF.

I really like Marilyn because of hew straightforwardness and confrontative personality. I was concerned by the trope at first but the author is so good at adding refreshing scenes that arent normally addressed in other stories. It's a balance of mind games, miscommunication, and blunt scenarios. Like, Sibel is a major red flag, but it's being addressed in this seemingly natural transition from love to hate, twisting "youre the first girl who did this to me, and "i can fix him". These trope are very apparent, but the execution is so refreshing and interesting.

That was the most impressionable chapter 1 ever. The best villainess trope. The best og and new mc tandem. Oh my god, thank you so much for this. Why isnt it featured?!ahhhhh

The quality was falling in terms of art and consistency in story details. It attempts to tie the loose ends via a cyclical domino effect revelation, but maybe because they were rushed, it wasn't executed well.