The Witch of hopelessness

"In this world,hope is such a fragile thing Wouldn't it be better if we just become hopeless ?The risk of pain is lesser after all. That's why I exist,the witch who feeds on hope"

[bernkastel11]

You guys can call me Bern

Age: 18+

Fandoms: RoR, TWST, Shadows House,Dinoverse etc....

Pronouns: She/Her

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My works:

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔

𝑫𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝑨𝑼

𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝑰𝒔 𝑨 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒘

𝑷𝑴𝑴𝑴 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑾𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇

𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐫. 𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐭

𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬

𝐍𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞

[ventique18]

Briar Valley enjoyers

[sajtkifli]

smooth criminal

[carnage-cathedral]

my partner said something that kinda rocked my world

[shiverandqueeef]

how measurements work in canada (ie/ badly)

[your-dads-filing-cabinet]

@/teaboot

[teaboot]

This isn't even a joke it's just what we do

[rottenbites]

DUNCAN WHO FUCKS YOU IN A HEADLOCK

ooo this gentle giant … gimme that cookie right now

“i’m sorry. i’m sorry, m’lady. so fucking sorry.”

the position dunk had you in was brutalizing, your hands clawing at his forearm as he held you in a headlock, his other arm splayed across your stomach, pushing your back into his front. you both were kneeled on his bedroll, the fire light dancing across tree bark and soft grass as your moans echoed throughout the air.

duncan had pounced on you the second you came back from cleaning off in the stream, a little shy in the fact he watched the water trickle down your breasts as you washed yourself, yet unabashed in the way he fucked you relentless. his oversized cock split you in a half, each rut of his hips leaving you a whimpering and mewling mess.

“o-oh god,” you cried, dunk’s hold getting softer as gasps of air spit from your lips. all though he couldn’t help his desires, this was still dunk — your dunk, and he would never hurt you.

breath tickling your neck, duncan’s moans were loud in your ear, the sounds of his pleasure stirring you on further. you loved the way he fell apart, each fibre of his being submitting to you as he made his only goal to make you feel good.

“i swear on my honour,” dunk whispered, his voice coarse with pleasure. “that i will never hurt you. you’re my girl, okay? remember that.”

[bunnies-p1tst0p]

- Him apologizing but still fucking her anyway 😝🥵

“you’re my girl, okay? remember that.”

- Fucking hell this is so hot!!!!!

[mrskarma]

put me in there and call it 'The Whore of The Seven Kingdoms' the way I'd be dick hopping

[simkaye]

Pride prints are back in stock but leaving soon! 🐹🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[pruneunfair]

The way manhwa readers went from condemning cheating to glorifying it if the female lead was the mistress in question should tell us that misogyny is a neverending cycle.

We went from "Cheating is terrible and these whores should know better than to seduce a married/engaged man."

To "Well that bitch was awful anyway, she didn't deserve him."

The main relationship could be nuclear waste and readers would still be willing to take not even the bare minimum because an attractive fictional man is the prize. There's this whole idea that the romance genre is as popular as it is because women couldn't imagine a man in the real world being so sweet to them and even that was tainted by the very misogyny they were trying to escape reality from.

And it's not even like our original situation was any better, this all just proves a point that misogyny in the media we consumed has left thousands of women with a shallow interpretation of what girlhood really means.

[a-vstine]

Ok quick question but is it this like a scanlation error or is it the same in the raws but in this panel of the family tree it shows the twins and varkas being dark skinned compared to the emperor, senevier and thalia....

Considering what thalia says later on to varkas i wouldn't be surprised if it's actually intentional 😭

[pruneunfair]

Thalia, you are NOT beating the racism allegations.

[dearuntoldruby]

You know you're speaking facts when a slavier fan hates you.

P.S. My post was about how unfairly the manhwa community treats certain characters. For example, characters like Rashta, who was a Slave, lived in poverty, was sexually assaulted, and lost her child, receive an incredible amount of hate and are constantly labeled as a "homewrecker," even though she was literally a Slave with very little control over her circumstances.

Meanwhile, some people defend a character who seduced her stepsister's fiancé when she was mentally 24 years old and he was only 16 which is literally Grooming. She also carried out a cruel and unnecessary revenge against a 13-year-old girl and harmed innocent commoners, including having her maid's tongue cut out and her hair burned.

The difference in how these characters are judged is honestly unfair. One character's tragic circumstances are ignored, while another's harmful actions are excused or overlooked.

[dearuntoldruby]

Explaining My Issues with The Villainess Turns the Hourglass and Aria Roscent

The Villainess Turns the Hourglass was one of my first manhwas. I generally love true villainesses and morally gray female leads, but my biggest issue with Aria is how the author turns her into a Mary Sue and presents her revenge story as justified despite the extremely unfair power dynamic that allows her to win from the very beginning.

The entire premise of the story is that Aria wants revenge on Mielle because Mielle caused her death in her first life. However, when you look closely, that is not entirely true. Mielle manipulated Aria, but she never forced her to do anything. In the end, Aria made her own choices.

For example, if I tell someone to jump into a fire, that does not mean they have to do it. Aria was the one who chose to hurt her loyal maid, Jessie, who was kinder to her than her own mother. Aria cut off Jessie's tongue, cut her hair, burned her arm, and threw her out of the mansion. Aria was also the one who wasted her life chasing parties and men who did not deserve her. She hurt people because of her own decisions. In her first life, Aria was a naïve and cruel girl who harmed others.

What bothers me is that the moment Aria realizes Mielle manipulated her, she suddenly becomes a genius strategist in the second timeline. From the very first chapter, she is portrayed as intelligent, manipulative, and capable, despite not having studied, received an education, or developed any of those skills yet. The change happens instantly with almost no character development, which makes little sense.

Another major issue is her revenge itself. Aria is mentally twenty-four years old, yet she decides to seduce Oscar, Mielle's fiancé, who is only sixteen. If the genders were reversed, many readers would call this grooming. Mielle never stole Aria's romantic partner in the first timeline, yet Aria stealing Mielle's fiancé is treated as acceptable simply because it is called "revenge."

Aria constantly complains about how evil Mielle and the Roscent family are for looking down on commoners. However, Aria herself also mistreats commoners. She abused Jessie despite Jessie's loyalty and kindness. When Aria first met Asher and believed he was poor, she immediately looked down on him. She acted as if he was beneath her and even destroyed the flower he gave her. She assumed that revealing a low social status would ruin his chances with her.

When Aria received expensive gifts, she often compared herself to those of lower status and internally thought about how they could never be like her. She clearly enjoyed the difference in status and superiority. In other words, Aria herself developed the same classist mindset she constantly criticizes in others.

Aria hating and abusing commoners

She hated the Roscent family, but if not for them, she and her mother would likely have remained trapped in poverty. This also makes Count Roscent's decision to marry Aria's mother difficult to understand. He claims he wants to avoid unnecessary trouble, yet he marries a former prostitute who knows nothing about noble society or politics in a world where nobles already look down on commoners. Such a marriage would naturally create scandals and political complications.

The story becomes even stranger when Aria's mother, Karin, cheats on Count Roscent with Aria's biological father while the Count is injured and vulnerable. She does this before divorcing him. Yet Karin is rarely criticized by the fandom for this behavior.

Another thing I dislike is how many readers label Count Roscent as a terrible parent while excusing Karin's actions. Karin never truly tried to build a relationship with Mielle and Cain. She never educated Aria properly in the first timeline despite watching her make mistake after mistake. In the second timeline, she even encourages Aria to pursue Oscar, Mielle's fiancé.

Karin telling Aria to seduce Oscar (Mielle's Fiance)

When Mielle and Cain are eventually executed, Karin shows little emotion. Instead, she spends much of her time focusing on her own romantic interests. Yet many readers praise her as an amazing mother simply because she brought Aria into a better environment.

Taking your child somewhere safer is the bare minimum expected of a parent. Once Karin married Count Roscent and became Mielle and Cain's stepmother, she also had responsibilities toward them. What confuses me is that many of the same readers who praise characters like Mildred from I Raised Cinderella Preciously and Shuli from A Stepmother's Märchen for being loving stepmothers excuse Karin for doing almost nothing.

People often argue that Mielle should have tried harder to get close to Karin. But Mielle was a child. It is completely normal for children to feel distant from a new stepparent, especially one who makes little effort to connect with them. Karin was the adult and should have taken responsibility.

In the end, Mielle begins the story as a thirteen-year-old girl and is labeled the main villain, while the adults who truly shaped the situation receive far less criticism. The real villains were arguably Count Roscent, Karin, and Emma, Mielle's nanny, who heavily influenced and manipulated her.

If Mielle is considered foolish for falling for Aria's schemes, then Aria was equally foolish for falling for Mielle's manipulation in the first timeline.

The revenge itself feels extremely unbalanced. Aria is mentally twenty-four years old, possesses knowledge of the future, and has a magical hourglass. Mielle is a thirteen-year-old child. This is hardly a fair battle.

Aria constantly claims to hate Mielle, yet she gradually becomes just like her—and in some ways even worse. What is the point of revenge if you end up becoming the person you despise?

I also do not find Aria particularly intelligent. The story often makes other characters act foolish so she can appear smart. Lady Isis was one of the few genuinely intelligent characters, but she was removed from the story relatively early. It often feels as though any woman who opposes Aria must either lose, be humiliated, or die.

Aria's treatment of Sarah is another example. Sarah was kinder to Aria than Karen ever was, yet Aria initially viewed her primarily as someone she could use for her own goals.

Another reason Aria feels like a Mary Sue is her beauty. The story repeatedly emphasizes that she is the most beautiful and attractive girl in the empire at fifteen years old. Nearly everyone falls for her charms, and her appearance frequently solves problems for her. She rarely faces meaningful challenges because the narrative constantly favors her.

Meanwhile, Mielle is pushed into madness and ultimately tortured before her death. While Mielle certainly did terrible things, the punishment Aria inflicts feels excessive.

Asher is also a weak male lead in my opinion. Much of his personality revolves around liking and protecting Aria because he finds her interesting. Aria herself only becomes seriously interested in him after learning that he is a prince and wealthy. The childhood-friend reveal later on feels unnecessary.

I also dislike the revelation that Aria is secretly of noble blood. It undermines one of the story's original themes by suggesting that she was special by birth all along.

The subplot involving Aria's children traveling back in time to save her also feels unnecessary. Even worse, Aria treats her daughter coldly and harshly before realizing who she is. Regardless of the circumstances, it is difficult to understand why anyone would behave that way toward a child.

Aria threatening Bliss

Overall, my biggest problem with The Villainess Turns the Hourglass is that it presents an extremely one-sided revenge story. Aria is given every possible advantage: future knowledge, a magical hourglass, beauty, wealth, noble status, and powerful allies. Meanwhile, her main opponent is a manipulated thirteen-year-old girl.

The result is a story filled with double standards, an unbalanced revenge plot, a male lead with little personality, questionable relationships, and a protagonist who is constantly portrayed as perfect despite many of her own flaws and cruel actions.

[dearuntoldruby]

For My Derelict Beloved

One thing I’ve always found strange about For My Derelict Beloved is how the story started with a woman rejecting a man and ended with that same woman losing her voice. Yet people still say Hestia isn’t misogynistic.

[the-devils-widow]

I. Faustian Bargains

II. Rekindled Reveries

III. Sanguine Skies

My Frollo x Female OC -trilogy moodboards. 🔥

[pprpgndi]

idk if you take requests.. but i want you to give me your take on frollo and viagra and reader when they are like fucking/in a relationshipp.. (i was never here)

Modern AU! Minister of Justice Claude Frollo x Reader Headcanons.

NSFW with Religious Imaginary and Blasphemy. Minor DNI. sorry oomfs...

I self-ship/yume with Frollo and doubles are 100% fine. seriously, no gatekeeping here. You can read it as Frollo/Esmeralda too if that’s more your thing.

The reader is loosely coded as a POC, but feel free to picture them however you want: queer, leftist, religious minority, immigrant, feminist. Basically Frollo’s worst nightmare and everything that gets under his skin.

Author's not catholic. I'm jewish/muslim depending on what you believe HAHA

Despite his endless lectures about moral purity, he gifts you expensive jewelry engraved with subtle religious symbols as "reminders of your place under divine authority." and yes, he'll give you a collar.

He becomes irrationally possessive whenever he sees you talking to anyone from your own community, accusing them of "corrupting" you further while ignoring that he's the one doing it.

Sex with Frollo is always framed as punishment. He'll recite scripture verses about lust while pinning your wrists and railing you hard enough to make the antique furniture creak.

He has a fixation on leaving visible marks on your thighs and neck that you have to hide, claiming they're "visible proof of your sinful nature" that only he gets to see.

His favorite position is bending you over his massive oak desk in the ministry office, pants/skirt off and panties yanked aside, muttering about cleansing you with every thrust.

He refuses to use condoms because "barriers are for the faithless," but he secretly gets tested obsessively while forbidding you from seeing anyone else.

He got breeding kink OK

When his age starts catching up to his stamina, he discreetly pops a Viagra before summoning you, then acts outraged that "your wicked presence" forces him to rely on "unnatural aids" to discipline you properly.

One night the Viagra hits way too hard and he ends up fucking you relentlessly for hours, growling that it's "your fault for awakening this unending fire" while you beg for a break he refuses to give.

He once took an extra dose by mistake before a late-night "interrogation" session, resulting in him pinning you against his office wall and pounding into you so aggressively that papers scattered everywhere. He later blamed "demonic influence" while still hard and going for round three.

Post-Viagra marathon sessions leave him unusually quiet and almost tender for about five minutes afterward, stroking your hair while whispering that you're both damned now, before the self-righteous mask snaps back on.

He keeps a small silver crucifix necklace looped around his wrist during sex so he can press the cold metal against your clit/cock while he’s buried deep, muttering that “even your pleasure must kneel before higher judgment.”

After one too many Viagra, he starts carrying a discreet blue pill case engraved with “For spiritual emergencies only” he pops one right in front of you with zero shame, claiming your mere presence “tests the flesh beyond mortal endurance.”

He’s obsessed with making you recite corrupted versions of prayers while he fucks you from behind. If you stumble over a line, he'll spanks you hard enough to leave handprints, saying “blasphemy demands correction” before driving in deeper.

He once took a double dose by “accident” right before a planned “purification session,” resulting in him bending and fucking you over the balcony railing of his private penthouse, he'll preach scripture about Sodom while he refuses to stop even after you’ve come twice and can barely stand.

He has a ritual of wiping your thighs clean with his monogrammed handkerchief afterward, then folding it neatly and tucking it into his breast pocket like a trophy.

Later, you catch him inhaling the scent when he’s supposed to be praying.

When the Viagra keeps him painfully hard long after he’s spent, he forces you onto your knees under his desk and makes you “atone with your mouth” while he pretends to review case files, occasionally gripping your hair and hissing that “the fallen angel still serves the altar.”

[thehunchcast]

(The latter, in our humble opinion.)

[johnnyhatesducks]

Dude I’m pretty sure you don’t.