i’m sick of seeing people only drag MC on my dash so you know what? i’ve got a list of reasons why MC is great
highly kind & empathetic. she’s able to put herself in her man’s shoes & understand the pain he’s been through, providing him with someone who understands him & thus making him feel SAFE and LOVED
self-aware. she’s aware that she’s a human in a mansion of vampires & that she’s weaker than them. she’s also aware of her own feelings, able to recognise when she’s upset, angry etc. (PS. her denying her feelings when she first starts falling for her guy does NOT mean she’s unaware of them. she is, but she’s denying them, which is honestly a natural reaction that most people can relate to)
she cares deeply for them and puts their feelings before hers. in isaac’s route, she’s willing to leave the mansion even though it would break her heart bc she’s afraid staying would mean hurting him even more
takes responsibility for her actions when she’s fucked up. in isaac’s route, she was the first to reach out & apologise to him after that incident happened. in vincent’s route when she realises she mistook the paint on his clothes or something for blood, she immediately apologises & admits her mistake. in leonardo’s route, she recognises she made a rash decision & takes responsibility for it. in napoleon’s route, she realises she hurt him when she pushed him away (y’know after he threatened to kill that priest dude) and sought him out to apologise & to hear him out
doesn’t act like an entitled princess. she knows they’re doing her a great kindness by letting her stay in the mansion, so she doesn’t take any of that for granted but in fact is willing to “work for her board and keep” by helping out around the mansion, as well as attending the ball in mozart’s route even though she wasn’t 100% comfortable with the idea
open-minded. initially she was frightened of them being vampires (and who wouldn’t be?) but she’s willing to give them a chance after learning they’re just friendly neighbourhood vampires. in fact across several routes, she gets frightened by her guy & pushes him away, but later decides she wants to try and understand him bc she wants to accept him (eg. napoleon, arthur)
protective of her man & is willing to fight for him. refer to: the climax of arthur & isaac’s routes
does her best in whatever she does, whether it was being a travel agent back in the day, or helping sebas with the chores, theo with his art dealer stuff, arthur with his detective shtick, or vincent with his painting.
optimistic/positive vibes. this is best exemplified in napoleon’s route where he asked her, “what if nothing good happens in a day? what would you write about?” and she told him she’d try to find one good thing about that day, even if it was something small like the umbrella she packed being a good parasol to protect her from the sun, or turn it into advice for others.
enjoys learning new things & shows genuine interest in what her man does (eg. listening to isaac’s tangents even if most of it flies right over her head, helping arthur with his detective shtick, modelling for vincent even though the idea was weird to her at first, helping theo with his work & learning to enjoy it)
also it’s really cool that she can speak multiple languages. granted, it’s with varying degrees of fluency as theo said in his 1st letter that she needs to work on her dutch, but the fact that she knows enough to converse with theo is impressive enough especially since she also speaks japanese as her native tongue, french (most likely since she IS in 19th century paris), and possibly even english (i like to think she communicates with arthur & isaac in english tho idk if there’s actual proof of this)
also also her narration can be fucking hilarious
by no means is she perfect (she could afford to make better decisions & not jump to conclusions, as well as be a little LESS trusting especially in vincent’s route) but from the way some people talk about her you’d think she’s this horrible scum of the earth when she is in fact…… wait for it….. and hold on to your wigs so they don’t get snatched:
this goes back to my rant about how characters are ALLOWED to be flawed. people don’t always make the right decisions all the time. people don’t always say the right thing and may as a result end up hurting someone. people don’t always take the time to think through their actions before diving recklessly headfirst into trouble. if she didn’t have these flaws people would be up in arms calling her a mary sue (yes i’ve seen that)
but people can have good traits too: being kind. being empathetic. being open-minded. being willing to learn. this may come as a shock to some people, but having a mix of good AND bad traits is what makes MC human and a relatable character. sometimes she does stuff i don’t necessarily agree with, but i like her well enough.
anyways i’m not saying you have to kowtow to MC or anything lmao just give the poor woman a break bc she’s doing her best 🤷🏻♀️
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