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The otome isekai subreddit is actually pretty dumb and I’m surprised about how dumb they are.

They are and at this point I dont give a fuck about it

Why do we bash Diana for abandoning Cael but we never question if Cael has bad vibes? Or if he’s just unpleasant to be around?

Maybe because we never question that before due to caelus being the male lead and we never ever ask ourselves about that.

yuurei20

Do you have a master list of the translated novel chapters so far? Or someplace to read all of them at once? If not, thanks anyways!

Hello hello! A compilation thread of translations from the first novel can be found here! It is not a complete translation of the entire novel, just a few blurbs that I found interesting for being different from the game, if that is okay :>

I hadn't put together a compilation of second-novel translations because it is still ongoing, but I can list them now!

(Disclaimer: I am very, very much not a writer, I promise that the actual book is much more well written than this, and I encourage everyone to read the official translation when it is released! The first novel is coming in August, 2024, from Viz Media!)

Introduction "In a corner of the prestigious magic school, Night Raven College, there stands an old, unused dormitory."

Yuuya and the Rumors “'What's the matter? You look a bit down,’ says the ghost." Grim, Unhappy "’Whaddya mean? I’m a Night Raven College student. That means I can play in the tournament, right? Right!?’"

The Classroom “'There's no way that Ramshackle can compete on the same level as our dorm—that’s a crowning moment. Us, being mocked like that? We wouldn’t stand for it.’"

Bakery Day "Yuuya hands over the money he had promised to Ace and Deuce, then lines up for his usual lunch set, alone."

Ruggie in the Cafeteria (pt1) "Yuuya looks over his shoulder to the sight of a skinny boy standing behind him."

Ruggie in the Cafeteria (pt2) "Thinking about it, Yuuya realizes that he can’t recall seeing Japanese food or sweets since coming here."

Ruggie in the Cafeteria (pt3) "Each dorm at Night Raven College has its own distinguishing characteristics."

Ruggie in the Cafeteria (pt4) "‘You mean they have good teamwork?’ Yuuya recalls an earlier conversation with Ace."

The Botanical Garden Scene "Ruggie and Leona are both from Sunset Savanna, with Ruggie coming from a humble upbringing in the slums as a hyaena beastperson, who are generally regarded with contempt."

Riddle and the consequences of overblot "When Riddle enters the Mirror Chamber, the other dorm leaders cast open and obvious glances his way. It has been like this ever since that day."

Leona and the Housewarden Meeting "‘Remember. What was it like two years ago? Last year? How did it feel to be used as a stepping stone to showcase the power of Lord Malleus Draconia?"

Riddle on Leona: The Housewarden Meeting "'I don’t really mind putting him in the Hall of Fame,’ says the Ignihyde Housewarden in an unenthusiastic tone over his speaker."

Yuuya and Grim's Club "Yuuya and Grim were told by the headmage that they would both have to choose the same club."

Crowley's Request (pt1) "As Yuuya listens to the ghosts' stories from their prime, the doorbell rings."

Crowley's Request (pt2) "‘Actually,’ the headmage begins, his voice turning serious."

Crowley's Request (pt3) "‘But I really don’t think I will be much of any help.’"

Crowley's Request (pt4) "The headmage remains silent—which makes Yuuya nervous—but rather than upset, he seems to be deep in thought."

Meeting Pomefiore (pt1) "Having reached the Hall of Mirrors, Yuuya faces the mirror that, according to Deuce, will lead him to Pomefiore. It is splendid, adorned with a large peacock and framed in its feathers."

Meeting Pomefiore (pt2) "‘You came to see the student of ours who was hurt, did you not? Here he is.’ With a gesture from Rook, a second-year student steps forward."

Trey's Room (pt1) "They knock on the black door, and there is an immediate answer from within."

Trey's Room (pt2) "It seems that, in each dorm, 1st-year students are four to a room with 2nd-year students two to a room and, as a 3rd-year student, you finally get a room to yourself."

Trey's Room (pt3) "‘It looks really painful…’"

Trey's Room (pt4) "‘Things seem a little rough, but it’s good he’s okay,’ Yuuya murmurs to Ace and Deuce, but they do not reply."

Trey's Room (pt5) "‘It was because of Housewarden Rosehearts? What do you mean?’ Deuce asks.

The accidents befalling Spelldrive players "‘Yuu will come with me.’ ‘Eh? 'Yuu will come with me?’’ Yuuya echoes Riddle’s words back at him with a puzzled look."

Meeting Jade and Floyd (pt1) "'Jade Leech and Floyd Leech, twin second-year students. Jade is vice-housewarden of Octavinelle—he is also in my class.'"

Meeting Jade and Floyd (pt2) "‘Ah!’ A loud call echoes out over the grounds. 'Over there—isn’t that Lil' Goldfish?’"

Meeting Jade and Floyd (pt3) "‘Ah, nice to meet you. I’m…’ ‘Yuu-san, I believe. I have heard of you. It is an honor to meet the new student of the rumors.’"

Meeting Jade and Floyd (pt4) "Yuuya finally understands why Riddle looked so displeased when they first arrived."

Meeting Silver and Lilia (pt1) "Silver is often doing physical training, even on days when he has no club activities."

Meeting Silver and Lilia (pt2) "Silver accepts the towel with a casual ‘thank you,’ and wipes the sweat from his forehead. The birds chirp back, as though in response."

Meeting Silver and Lilia (pt3) "Lilia is as cheerful as he is lively. His sweeping gestures are so mismatched with his small stature that Yuuya cannot help but smile."

Riddle on Malleus "‘Someday, I'd like to ask Malleus-senpai what he thinks makes a good Housewarden.’"

Pre-Practice Match (pt1) “Perhaps it is because they are all so focused, but no one seems to have noticed them yet."

Pre-Practice Match (pt2) "The students who surround Yuuya's group are a mix of beast-people and others, each with impressive physiques and vibrant yellow shirts—the dorm color—stretched tight over their muscles."

Pre-Practice Match (pt3) "Only Ruggie makes a chuckle of sound, jogging to Leona’s side."

Pre-Practice Match (pt4) "Yuuya gives Cater a hopeful glance, but Cater’s expression is surprisingly stern."

Pre-Practice Match (pt5) "‘Shi-shi-shi!’ Ruggie laughs like air is escaping from him—a unique sound."

Spelldrive Practice Match (pt1) "Deuce is about to respond when suddenly both he and Ace are enveloped in light, their school uniforms transforming into their gym clothes."

Spelldrive Practice Match (pt2) "Colliding with another player Deuce tumbles onto the ground, but quickly regains his feet. Yuuya breathes a sigh of relief."

Spelldrive Practice Match (pt3) "'This has got to be a joke. You mocking me?’ Leona asks, lifting one hand and forming it into a fist."

Spelldrive Practice Match (pt4) "As Cater says, the unity of the Savanaclaw students—led by Leona—is overwhelming."

Spelldrive Practice Match (pt5) "Spelldrive is a timed sport, and a considerable amount of time still remains."

Leona and Jack (pt1) "It was three years ago, when Jack was still in middle school."

Leona and Jack (pt2) "‘The important thing isn’t how hard you try. It’s the result. Results are everything.’"

Leona and Jack (pt3) "Filled with frustration and sorrow, Jack clenches his hands into fists and leaves to return to the dorm, in silence."

Meeting Malleus (pt1) "‘Who's there?’ ‘Ah—' Suddenly, a voice from the darkness."

Meeting Malleus (pt2) "Yuuya quickly drops his eyes. Regardless of what those horns might be, it must be uncomfortable for one to have their physical attributes stared at in such a manner. Perhaps he has been rude."

Naming Malleus (pt1) "‘—and I guess it’s because I was so surprised, but I didn’t get any sleep at all last night.’"

Naming Malleus (pt2) "'The only reason you can say that is because you’ve never met Hornton.’"

Continued >>

leuke-rants

Exams are finally over, so what better way to celebrate than complain about genshin again?

The Sandrone short is proof that genshin rewrote the Harbingers, specifically the female ones. Like, you can't seriously watch the short and say "Ah, yes, I am glad to see the female Harbingers having fun together and caring about one another" when everything before that showed that the girls never really cared about eachother.

In the Night Lazzo Trailer, Sandrone is as apathetic and rude towards Signora and her death as the rest of the Harbingers. Columbina was just smiling and singing an eerie song while hugging Rosalyn's coffin like a damn psychopath and she didn't say anything to defend her so called friend from everyone's harsh words. The only one who said something is Arlecchino.

And no, Sandrone and Columbina weren't "grieving", they straight up did not give a fuck about Signora's death.

And speaking of Sandrone, are we going to ignore the fact that she mocked Rosalyn during the Nod Krai archon quest? She kept talking shit about Rosalyn's character and the way she dressed and you have to tell me that this girl was friends with Signora? And even going as far as to change her dress to match her (which is a shitty excuse to justify that awful short skirt)? Yeah, I don't think so.

Arlecchino straight up said in her voice lines that she has no interest in Columbina and you have to tell me that she went against orders to protect her? And before someone says "But Arlecchino likes it when people have the wrong impression about her so she obviously lied". I guess she only lied when it came to Columbina and no one else just like how Wanderer and Childe's voice lines were only wrong about Columbina and Columbina only. Do you even hear yourselves?

Speaking of Columbina, during the Nod Krai archon quest she kept bitching and whining about how mean the Fatui were to her, how everyone just used her and how lonely she felt during her time in the organisation. Then you watch the Sandrone short and Columbina is spending time and having fun with the rest of female Harbingers, all of them laughing together and having a great time. Does that look like someone who was isolated and had no friends before leaving the organisation?

And no, Columbina wasn't just talking about The Tsaritsa, she mentioned that the Fatui (aka the whole organisation which includes the rest of the female Harbingers).

If you seriously think that Genshin didn't rewrite the female Harbingers, and the organisation as a whole, even after all of this then you're just gaslighting yourselves.

roguetwst

Technically this isn’t twst related but literally everyone I’ve seen talking about Sparklink Stars is a twst fan so

The company making Sparklink Stars, coly inc., is extremely open about using generative A.I. to generate ideas and create assets, and the teaser visual shows signs of being A.I. generated. Twisted Wonderland has its problems but it’s also undeniably human and Sparklink Stars has already shown itself to be distinctly not.

windblumewishes

CALLING ALL ARTISTS AND CREATIVE PEOPLE!!!

It’s come to light that the new game, Disney’s Sparklink Stars uses AI for their game- the company called Coly that’s working on the game ADMITS to using AI.

See here:

Why does this matter?

AI is STEALING our creative process, it’s eliminating the human magic and imagination behind projects. It’s making people lazy… so to fight back against the game’s usage of AI I’ve created a plan. We use THEIR character they made using AI and make him better- we draw him with our own hands, our own godly talent sand skillset we were born with, that we learned, that we have learned to perfect over copious amounts of time and energy. We are astronomically better than anything generative AI can spit out, we are HUMANS, we are the superior life forms upon this planet we call home. We are the ones, the living beings who call the shots, who use their incredible brains to go the distance and change lives.

The goal…

We are going to do a creative project, a collaborative project, we are going to need artists AND writers to bring forth your finest creative skills and show the world that WE are the superstars here, that WE are the powerhouses. We don’t need a bloody machine to make “art”, we have the emotions, the hands, the brain, and by gods we have the imagination.

What we will do is simple. Artists, you will draw the character in your own style, writers, you’ll write something- anything- a short story, anything! Give him a name, give him a whole backstory and have fun!

We are going to tag the work as follows on ALL our social media platforms…

#NoAIForSparklinkStars and #MyHandsDidItBetter

This is to spread the message that AI sucks and we as HUMANS can do everything better with art!!

We are going to show that WE are BETTER than AI because damnit we bloody well are!

TAG TRAIN!!

To spread awareness to creators, we are doing a tag train! Tag 5-10 people and reblog this, share the link, and even talk about this project on social media to get it into circulation! We need to spread awareness of this game using AI!

Tag List: @bibiddibobiddi-boo @achy-boo @rubiadraconia @1vector1 @owl778 @rebel-lady0405 @silkshine4u @lys-laugh-love @riddlerosehearts @echoesofvalentia @savanaclaw1996 @astronma @scuderiamoshi

- Windblume

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dearuntoldsioanna

Can I ask why you hate mafia nanny? Im curious to know why

Hi dear♡

Oh, there are many reasons. I've already made some pins about it, but most of my issues come from Gabriel's behavior.

💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 16 · Taking about my issues with The Mafia Nanny Webtoon : · but first what is "The Mafia Nanny" webtoon even about? Here is

First, the webtoon heavily focuses on a Y/N-style CEO/mafia romance, and I personally hate any form of romanticization of the mafia.

Second, it fetishizes the single dad and remarriage trope with undertones of misogyny. Emmaline, the first wife, is portrayed as weak, while Gabriel is glorified despite the fact that he basically abused her and was very harsh toward her. When she supposedly died, he showed almost no guilt or remorse. Just seconds after talking about his wife's awful death—which may have involved harassment—he was already flirting with Davina and kissing her hand.

Fans justify this by saying that he never loved Emmaline, but I find that argument ridiculous. Since when do you have to love someone to show basic human respect, decency, or remorse? He didn't seem to feel guilty at all about the mother of his son.

Davina is also overly glorified. She's constantly praised for being strong and lovable, yet she falls for Gabriel very easily. I also dislike the boss × employee dynamic.

Another issue is how the story handles Mikey. Children who lose a parent or come from broken families go through real pain and grief, but the story treats the situation as something cute and barely explores Mikey's suffering or Gabriel genuinely helping him through it.

I also dislike the sexualization of Gabriel through the "hot single dad" trope. I find it odd and uncomfortable.

What bothers me even more is the fandom. People constantly root for Gabriel and Davina to fall in love while directing an insane amount of hate toward Emmaline, even though she did nothing wrong. Some fans go as far as saying that Davina would be a better mother—not even stepmother, but mother. They say she's prettier and even hope Emmaline is truly dead because, if she were alive and returned to her husband and son, she would somehow be the villain who ruins the main couple's happy ending. Basically, Emmaline is expected to suffer for the female lead's sake.

People always talk about "true love," moving on, and how it's okay to fall in love again—but only when the story wants it to happen and only when it benefits the main couple.

For example, think about popular couples like Ruby and Izek, Ines and Cárcel, Eris and Anakin, or even Penelope and Callisto. Fans call them true love. Now imagine that the female lead dies. Would most fans want Izek, Anakin, Cárcel, or Callisto to remarry? Probably not. Why? Because people would say they were each other's true love, and that moving on would ruin the romance.

Similarly, after Amelia's and Diana's deaths, very few fans talk about Regis or Claude remarrying because people are attached to those original relationships and love the tragedy associated with them. If those characters remarried, many fans would feel that the emotional impact of the original love story had been reduced.

To me, this shows how much perspective matters. Authors can influence readers' views on what counts as true love, who is allowed to move on, and which women are considered good or bad.

Long story short, my biggest problem is Gabriel's misogynistic and awful behavior, as well as how both the story and the fandom excuse it because he's handsome and in love with Davina. On top of that, I dislike the problematic mafia romance, the boss × employee relationship, the age gap, the cringe-worthy plot, and several other aspects of the story.

That said, I still respect the fans. Everyone has different tastes, and they're free to enjoy it even if I don't.

dearuntoldsioanna

I am actually about to tear my hair out.

So you're telling me that the FL rightfully didn't fall for the ML, who was literally a murderer that attacked multiple regions and countries, killed countless people, kidnapped the FL, threatened her, made her his slave, raped her, locked her up, killed her people, her family, and the man she loved most, and even had a fiancée he cheated on with her? Instead of the FL developing Stockholm syndrome, she hated him, wanted revenge, and wanted to kill him. In the end, she only slept with him because she wanted to become Empress and basically lure him into doing things for her so she could protect her country's people from this maniac. And the story ends...

ONLY

for the side story to show her going back in time to when she was with the man she loved most, AKA the second ML, who was 10 times better than the ML. (Yes, the second ML was also toxic and problematic, but he was still way better than that maniac.) She saves him and lives a happy life with him, only to start thinking about that maniac ML again and pray to return to that timeline. Then she basically says:

"The ML truly changed and became soft for me, and we have a kid now, so I forgive him and got Stockhol— I mean, fell in love with him. Even though I was with the second ML, who was 10 TIMES SAFER, I was sad and unsatisfied, so I let him die so I could return to the future and live happily ever after with my tyrant ML."

........

WHY? JUST WHY?

WHY DID YOU GIVE HER STOCKHOLM SYNDROME WHEN SHE LITERALLY HATED HIM, WANTED TO KILL HIM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MAIN STORY, AND LOVED THE SECOND ML, ONLY TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THE ML IN TWO CHAPTERS?

I AM SICK OF THIS.

MANHWA NAME: Every Night With the Sleeping Slave Princess

c-your-hero

Can we have more Invisigal slander?

Or, really, just more Dispatch slander when it comes to how much grossness happens.

somecloudthing

i played the freak circus

and i didn't like it all that much.

no it's not because i'm some purist that can't stand visual novels with raunchy content okay i downloaded stuff off itchio by the batch, i know my damn stuff

the point is it feels like the stuff the characters say is super generic for a game that's supposed to be all dark and stuff. like i feel like stuff about "being whatever you want (suggestive emoji)" and "wanting to make you scream" or whatever is really damn lackluster. like. i think i could get that from pulp fiction featuring alpha daddy ceo wolf and his little submissive kitten. or i could get that from a random tinder openings reddit post.

like omg the "wow i love you so much i'm going to kidnap you" trope is so overdone. "i'm overrun with lust/jealousy so now i must sexually assault you" is also pretty overused. i also cannot exactly get over when a character is immediately like "oh- um- i love you! wait actually pretend i didn't say that" and the mc has no reaction.

usually this is the part of the essay where you're supposed to suggest a change. and uh. here's my suggestions. now i'm not saying the freak circus should implement all these changes. i'm just saying if i wrote the freak circus these changes would be in place.

1. a different voice actor cus god damn. the "deep husky daddy voice" that visual novel companies use for every marketable male love interest is getting really really damn boring (i'm looking at the voice they cast for casper in adwd) when can we get cute, lighter voice in a male love interest. like okay dude "growl in my ear" or whatever. pmo.

2. show more actually interesting emotions from the yandere. not just "jealous anger" and "lovesick rambling" and the occasional "cute" for those screenshots on tiktok. can we get actual despair and self doubt and begging and crazy mood swings? why is every male yandere so confident. where are the boyfailure yanderes that beg and look pathetic and not fixate on sex?

3. idk man i just don't like Harlequin's design. he's not appealing to me. might be the art style. oh i guess i'm actually beefing with the art style then. i just don't like black line art with no difference in line width i guess.

i did my best to not shame anyone who enjoys these things so if you feel personally offended come argue with me some more i don't mind. i'm not calling the game cringe because cmon we've all been there and we've all played YB, alright. i still enjoy tfc fanart from time to time. i think pierrot's design is cool (looks great in different art styles). i'm also not expecting the game to suddenly cater to my tastes or whatever. i like submissive guys and this game just happens to not feature that. why am i explaining myself? screenshots of old tumblr where people get mad angry over any personal opinion expressed. do i think i could do better? no because i love procrastinating and would likely never finish a long project.

alright if you're reading this hope you have a cool day.

Mind you, I don’t think I said anything too crazy.

This is what I said.

Because my memes of FMDF are popular, I think I’ll have to actually explain my problem with this fuckass story. Let me warn you right that this is my attempt to explain my actual issues with the story but you’re not dumb or stupid for liking this story.

My problem with FMDF isn't that the author presents Diana as someone who was abused and mistreated by the Orchus family. My problem is that the author chose to depict abuse, victimhood, and power dynamics in a way that I find deeply suspicious and misogynistic.

So first things first: Diana isn't actually responsible for the narrative role she is forced into. She is not a real person who is following real lines of emotional logic. The author chose to make her act and react in specific ways. If you're rolling your eyes right now that's fine because it is annoying to re-iterate this, but I'm kind of tired of people straight up ignoring the real criticisms you can make of FMDF's writing by just saying “but Diana did x bad things!!!”

My point isn't whether Diana was right or wrong to react negatively to Cael after he murdered the Orchus family. The point is that the author wanted to depict a situation where a woman is abused by a powerful family and then wanted us to sympathize more with the man who slaughtered them than with the actual victim of the abuse. To do that, the story bends over backwards to make Diana’s victimhood secondary to Cael’s emotions and Hestia’s resentment.

If you're not interested in examining the text by those standards and just want to look at raw facts through a lens that has no care for how narratives frame sympathy, lets get that out of the way quick:

If this wasn't a story, Diana’s abuse would matter independently of Cael. Being abused and kidnapped by a powerful family would realistically shape her worldview, behavior, relationships, emotional reactions, and ability to trust others. And on top of that, Diana was literally raised by a corrupt church institution that clearly shaped her morality, beliefs, and black-and-white worldview. There is no universe where a woman raised inside a corrupt religious system and abused by nobles would come out emotionally untouched. There is nothing Cael can do afterwards that suddenly makes her trauma revolve around him. Even if he killed people who hurt her, that does not erase the fact that she was still the victim in that situation. If we are to judge these characters as real-world stand ins, Diana’s abuse and upbringing should center Diana first and foremost.

But it is a story, a fictional telling of events that is designed by the author in order to make you feel how she wants you to feel. And the way we're supposed to feel is that Cael is tragic, Hestia is justified, and Diana should be grateful.

Now you'll notice that even though the entire situation starts with Diana getting abused and kidnapped by the Orchus family and being raised under a corrupt church, there is almost no exploration of how any of that shaped her. While the story constantly revisits Cael’s guilt, pain, depression, suicide attempts, and emotional suffering, Diana’s own victimhood gets flattened into background information. You're just lying if you claim the story centers what she went through in any meaningful way. The initial emotional response the author wants you to feel is not “this poor woman was raised inside a corrupt institution and then abused by powerful nobles,” it is “look at what Cael sacrificed and suffered for her.”

But Cael needs to be the tragic sympathetic party in this story. It is in part a revenge fantasy that asks, “what if the saintly FL rejected the man who destroyed himself for her.” I do not actually against the story for wanting to approach that theme, and the implicit power dynamic between “tragic savior” Cael and “ungrateful saint” Diana presents a unique problem to the author.

My issue with the story is that the author relies on favoritism and lazy writing to ensure we never fully center Diana’s perspective. They could have explored how being raised by a corrupt church affected her sense of morality. They could have explored how abuse affected her emotionally. They could have explored how horrifying it would feel to learn someone massacred an entire family in her name. They could have explored how trauma, religion, and political pressure shaped her worldview. They could have explored how Hestia projects her instability onto Diana and dehumanizes her into a scapegoat for own issues. They could have done anything to seriously interrogate the emotional logic of framing Cael’s violence as romantic and Hestia’s treatment of Diana as justified.

But they didn't. Diana just kinda exists to absorb the consequences of everyone else’s actions. Meanwhile Cael massacres an entire noble family, and the narrative treats him with endless sympathy. He gets emotional depth. He gets psychological exploration. He gets to be tragic. He gets a suicide attempt framed as heartbreaking because he “lost his friends” and thought life wasn’t worth living anymore.

Diana HAS to be emotionally distant, HAS to be “wrong,” HAS to be unsympathetic, and she has to do all of that whilst somehow remaining less humanized than the man who slaughtered an entire household and the woman who spends dozens of chapters reducing her to an object of revenge. The story isn't really interested in talking about how abuse affects women psychologically. That Diana’s actions, fears, emotional distance, religious rigidity, and moral absolutism could all be shaped by years of institutional conditioning and mistreatment is barely considered. We're never meant to question why the actual victim of abuse receives less narrative sympathy than the people reacting to her abuse.

And this is where the deconstruction completely fails.

FMDF wants credit for “deconstructing” the saintly FL archetype through Diana, but a deconstruction requires interrogation. It requires the story to critically examine the archetype and the systems around it. Instead, the story just replaces the saintly FL with Hestia while using Diana as a punching bag. Diana is not treated like a complicated former protagonist whose worldview collapses under pressure. She is treated like an obstacle that exists to validate Hestia’s superiority.

And Hestia’s entire arc depends on dehumanizing Diana.

Hestia cannot cope with the fact that this “fictional world” contains real people with autonomy, contradictions, and emotions outside of the narrative she read. Instead of confronting that existential instability, she redirects all of it onto Diana. Diana becomes the embodiment of everything wrong with the world in Hestia’s mind. She stops being a person and becomes “the fake saint,” “the woman who ruined Cael,” the thing that needs to be punished so Hestia can emotionally stabilize herself.

And the story validates that mentality constantly.

Hestia humiliates Diana socially. Undermines her politically. Frames her as incompetent. Treats her like an object rather than a person. And the narrative almost never pauses to seriously acknowledge that this is dehumanization. Even when she decides to move on, she doesn’t move on because she sees Diana as a real human being. There is no sustained reckoning where Hestia has to confront the fact that she projected her instability onto another woman and emotionally destroyed her. Instead, Diana gets flattened more and more until she barely exists outside of her function in Hestia’s revenge fantasy.

And like- that's fine, right? Most revenge romances simplify morality and prioritize catharsis over realism. That was the point of my exercise earlier, it's okay for a revenge fantasy to exist without deeply interrogating every moral implication. But what the story can't ALSO do is claim to be a deconstruction while refusing to engage with the actual implications of its premise.

If FMDF wants to deconstruct the “saintly FL,” then Diana’s trauma, upbringing, perspective, and humanity should matter. If it wants Hestia’s revenge to be morally messy, then the story needs to acknowledge the ugliness of reducing another woman into a narrative scapegoat. If it wants Cael’s violence to feel tragic, then the story should probably care about the actual victim more than the man reacting to her abuse.

But it doesn't.

Why does Diana NEED be abused if the story is too afraid to allow it to be more than a footnote in her writing? Why does Diana NEED to be raised by a corrupt church if the story refuses to meaningfully explore how that shaped her worldview? Why does Hestia NEED to dehumanize Diana if the narrative refuses to acknowledge that dehumanization as harmful? Why does the story NEED to place an emphasize on how Hestia’s dehumanization being bad if it doesn’t matter when it comes to the woman in which she dehumanizes the most? Why does Cael murdering an entire family receive more emotional focus than Diana being victimized by them in the first place?

The answer to these questions is usually just “But Cael loved her!” or “Well Diana hurt him!” or “Hestia was defending him!” Things that don't super matter to me when it comes to the themes presented. Diana is the emotional center of a story and yet the narrative consistently redirects emotional sympathy away from her and toward the people who resent her. The unspoken implication is that Diana’s suffering only matters as far as it creates tragedy for Cael and emotional catharsis for Hestia. It bends over backwards to redirect the emotional weight of abuse away from the abused woman herself.

At this point, I am so glad that I completely forgot this manhwa/story since its really really bad at doing this aka making diana take the blame because she rejects caelus and yet the story aka narrative wants us to forgive caelus.

I made the otome isekai subreddit mad with a post about FMDF the other day, and I got responses saying that I deserved to end up like Diana. Which is kinda funny.

l'd like to say that I'm not upset or anything. I just think that it's interesting that they wish I should get bullied, divorced, and lose my voice because I makes memes about me thinking that a manhwa is misogynistic.

I don't blame them, if they feel annoyed as fuck, they're annoyed. Though, I am surprised they call me obsessed, knowing that I only posted like 3-4 memes within months. My latest meme (not including the post) was like 6 days ago.

At this point, this is why I wonder the subreddit really didnt try to take a deep dive why the manhwa is very much not liked in recent years and all of that

cypher-030

!!REMINDER FOR EVERYONE!! IF YOU GET COMMENTS LIKE THIS IF YOU CLOSE YOUR TUMBLR DMS JUST BLOCK OR IGNORE THEM (or if you like me just reply "no" and leave). BECAUSE AS YOU EXPECTED (AND I'M PRETTY SURE) IT'S A SCAM.

It's the same writing I see these past few weeks.

prunesflowerfics

We got a new manhwa adapted by the author of remarried empress called husband stealer and so far, i cant trust it. Seriously, I aint trusting it.

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSHSGwoVD/

I ain't trusting shit about an aunt beefing with her niece

zukaii

can we all agree in astro dramas and movies, they dont always need to include the forced romance. Especially for the latest movie magik rompak, they really dont need to add the forced romance in it

Oh my godddd magic rompak is literally so freaking forced!!! Like asal tiba tiba... I literally luv u so much