Many said that Ikemen Prince is the darkest Ikemen series as of late. I agree. And I wonder if they would ever release an alternative TRAGIC END to IkePri in the future after they have exhausted everything. Because, as much as I fear it, that would certainly fit IkePri's "dark theme" as well. The "Grimm fairytale version". 🌑
(Warning: lots of spoilers below)
*IDK how to make a spoiler cut, sorry*
So, If IkePri had a tragic end... I imagine it would probably go like this for each route:
Chevalier: Belle would die protecting Chevalier.
"Didn't I promise you, Prince Chevalier? I will show you..that love has value. I promised..."
After many years, Chevalier finally found his human "heart", but at that very moment, it also shattered into a million pieces.
(In exchange for Belle's fulfilling her promise, Chevalier makes a promise to Belle that he will work on for the rest of his life...)
Chevalier becomes a King, sitting on that cold throne alone. He never marries and appoints his nephews as candidates to the throne (Like Genbu Kaiden ending). But unlike his father who was driven to insanity with the passing of his beloved, Chevalier makes an effort to become the King his Belle hoped him to be - an exceptional King with a human heart... He makes an effort with the shattered pieces of his heart. So that in the end (unlike his father), he can meet Belle in the afterlife proudly...and Belle, smiling warmly (You did well, my King. I was watching...)
Really, I wonder how the previous King faced his Belle in the afterlife. Even King Senka (Saiunkoku Monogatari) did better and, at least, fulfilled his promise to his true beloved.
(Cliche but honestly, when Belle said she will prove to Chevalier the value of love, I expected something like Belle putting her life at risk for Chev in the dramatic route...but it turned out to be the other way around. )
Clavis: Clavis doing a true "Code Geass Lelouch route" - wherein he usurps the throne from Chevalier in a cold, brutal, chaotic fashion. All his other brothers, subjugated while Chevalier was forced to kneel to him in the end. Clavis kills Belle in front of Chev to add to his misery.
Rhodolite, once the Kingdom of Roses, becomes the Kingdom of Chaos.
Licht: An alternate ending of the dramatic route wherein, ironically, Licht dies just when he has finally found his will to live... That would have been very tragic and regrettable.
But they promise to find each other again in their next life.
Nokto: Either Licht dies protecting Nokto again and Nokto living the rest of his life as "King Licht" (completely discarding his own self in a way to atone while fulfilling his promise to be the Number One king to Licht)
- OR Nokto ends up really marrying the Jadean princess and being separated from MC forever.
Yves: Yves having a mental breakdown due to despair and disillusionment following the "incident" with Obsidian and developing a split personality/DID (ala Keith) for real.
He switches between two persona: (1) the kind Yves, the Rhodolitian prince, (2) the ruthless Yves, the Obsidian prince. His brothers found out about #2 after Yves served them a poisoned cake and Yves laughed at how easily fooled they are.
But true to her promise in Ch9 ("I'm here for you, I'll always believe in you no matter what people say about you"), Belle stays by his side all throughout.
Luke: Based from spoilers, I feel like Luke's dramatic end is almost like a tragic end. MC went with him but he was expelled from Rhodolite and ended up being alienated from his brothers--his last living family /blood siblings. They are family but he wasn't officially recognized as part of them. AGAIN and again, to his ONLY blood family, he doesn't even EXIST.
Leon: Leon being "discovered" and dying with the regret of failing to fulfill the wish /legacy of the true Leon.
- OR better yet, Leon becoming THE king but in the end, his ideologies and pacifism aren't enough to create a happy kingdom. He, along with his citizens, gets pathetically crushed by Gilbert von Obsidian.
(I, very honestly, have always thought that in times of peace, Leon would have been the perfect King but not in THAT timeline where an exceptional villain like Gilbert von Obsidian exists. Rhodolite needs someone who can go head to head with Gilbert, aka Chevalier. Leon was at the right place at the wrong time.
I can't help but compare the circumstances to Saiunkoku Monogatari. Before the Kingdom of Saiunkoku achieved peace and Ryuuki (who hated wars) became king, there was THE King Senka--ruthless and feared by all-- who brought an end to the hundred years of war in Saiunkoku. The one and only King Senka.
Jin: I can't think of anything, haha! I don't know much about his story. Maybe, Jin and Belle will go separate ways in the end. Even though Jin can probably do something about Clause 99, a deep part of him feels guilty being with Belle because it seemed unfair to his mother. His beloved mother couldn't be with his father. Why can Jin/Belle be together but his mother/the previous King can't? It just feels unfair and he feels he hasn't done anything significant to deserve something different. And he's stubborn. So he lets her go.
Rio: Rio ends up heartbroken in every route except his own. So, let's not make it even more difficult for him. On the other hand, he deserves a thousand happy endings!
Gilbert Von Obsidian: Something that I read very randomly somewhere... It just fits. I immediately thought of Gilbert and if his route had a tragic end:
"He loved me. But he ruined my kingdom. He killed my family. And he enslaved me."
Keith: Well, simply put: Dark Keith accidentally kills Belle...and then Belle dies in the arms of good Keith. Keith having a total mental breakdown -- dark Keith completely taking over and good Keith locked away forever. Dark Keith goes on aggressive mode and invades the other kingdoms. Bye, Neutral Jade.
Silvio: I can't really think of anything... Since he seems to be very grounded person, maybe, reality biting both of them in the ass... It's no fairytale.
- Belle, being a commoner and Rhodolitian, ending up as his mistress (and not a legit queen). He loves Belle, but can only hide her / alienate her from everything else. And he's too selfish to let her go, he wasn't a good person. It's not ideal, but they would make do with that if they can be together.
- OR, better yet: He chooses the throne over Belle. They go separate ways in the end. Belle in Rhodolite (with Rio) and him, in Benitoite with his loveless marriage. Theirs was a fleeting romance, it felt like an illusion.
Belle who loved reading love stories no longer believes in fairytales.
Actually, Yves becoming the Rhodolite King is tragic for Silvio. He's no longer the most fashionable king. It's a HORROR and he can't accept it. He HAS TO BE The.Most.Fashionable.King.Ever. And he becomes more vain than he is now. Now, that is the real tragedy! 🤣
Silvio (every fucking day): "Mirror, Mirror on the wall. Tell me, who is the most glamorous of them all?" 🤣🤣
SARIEL: Hmm, difficult... (but oh boy, I enjoyed it so I edited this one with a little backstory). It is unrealistic but let's just make his tragic end dark and twisted then:
- In a twist of events and Gilbert's evil manipulation, Belle ends up betraying Rhodolite and stabbed Sariel in the back. With tears falling from her eyes, she looks at him straight in the eye and her next words are cold, bittersweet, and haunting:
"Sariel, you made a mistake in choosing me."
Once upon a time, there was an angel who fell from grace. He was a benevolent angel of death who comforted and cared for humans more than anyone. The angel was called Sariel.
But one day, under the ethereal moonlight, Sariel fell in love with a human--a dazzling beauty with the purest heart. His love for her was so deep and desperate that he could not bear to see her suffer and die. In his moment of weakness, he let the devil trick him and he betrayed his most benevolent Master in an attempt to change one human's fate. Realizing his sin, Sariel begged God for forgiveness. The brand of the devil on his hand can no longer be erased but he still wanted to repent, and so, Sariel humbly accepted punishment for his sin.
Sariel, one of the most radiant and powerful leaders of angels, was banished from heaven. He was punished to become a human servant and to suffer the deep pain of betrayal from the hands of his most beloved for nine human lifetimes. Only then will his sin be forgiven and he can be with his beloved, as a human.
In his eighth human lifetime, in the Kingdom of Roses, Sariel became the loyal servant to the King who was a fallen beast. After the King passed away, he went on in search of a commoner to choose the next King of Rhodolite. He found Belle--a dazzling beauty with the purest heart... And Sariel, the fallen angel with no memories of his past sin, fell in love with her again.
Just me and my crazy ideas...I'm hungry and sleep deprived.
I love IkePri. It's fun to think of different scenarios! But of course, I prefer the FAIRYTALE endings
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