Why I ✨️Love✨️ Killian Rudwick
I fucking Love Killian's character growth. I knew he would improve as the story goes but fucking hell, that man has exceeded my expectations. Dare I say he is one of the rare Manhwa FLs who is both an absolute green flag BUT a 3 dimensional character whose only thought isn't "FL this, FL that" this man has actual rationale and logic going on alongside becoming more aware of his surroundings.
I love the way he is shown thinking about things in contrast to Edith's POV and having different viewpoints than her that keep him worked up (Like when he is pondering about her🥰)
One such example is the family dymanic. His behaviour with his family isn't something that is shown to be rebelious since the beginning , sure it's a sour spot but he is compliant. That is why he agrees to marry Edith despite not liking her.
But when he takes responsibility of Edith and starts catching feelings for her, he ends up fueding with his family on increasing frequencies. Like the time he snapped on them for giving the light of Lorraine to Rhyse instead of the first DIL like tradition dictated. He even shut his Father up, on whose dictate he married Edith, when the prospect of divorcing her was introduced.
Let's not forget the way he actually begins doubting Cliff and Rhyse as suspects for sabotaging his wife when his mind is no longer subservient to theres in the story. (And the way he continuously fights the mind control and tries hardest to not let his thinking be clouded by it? To the point he actually starts breaking its control on him? The man actually makes efforts to be a good man and passes with flying colours.)
You see that growth? 🥰 And I don't mean it just in the sense that he was falling for someone who prompted these changed by giving him confidence, I also mean him coming out of his shell more as the story progresses.
And I love his romantic side in more than one ways. Him being an absolutely respectful lover and husband who looks after and coddles his woman based on his observations and of her and the environment around her. He trusts her and loves her in a very healthy way, which I really appreciate since this webtoon doesn't make him toxic or absolutely one or at most two dimensional love interest.
I really love the way this Manhwa shows his thought process as well so it can be seen how he thinks, his anxieties and rationale when it comes to confronting his feelings about her. I love that he thinks about her in a way which makes it a husband wife relationship rather than thinking of her as a Goddess whose wish is his command.
He respects her but at the same time shows concern for his wife, not just her physical.well being but mental as well, wanting to protect her despite knowing she can take care of herself. Its not about him not respecting her autonomy, he does that very much and only speaks up on her behalf when she isn'talready doing that, but about how knowing that your loved one can handle themselves doesn't make you worry any less. I love it.
He notices her in ways which aren't just "this thing reminds me of her" but also remembers her tastes, her peculiarities and her little habits. (Notice how he picks clothes for hers? Tarts? The way he is often anxious and thinking of the problems that surround her?)
I love how Killian opens up to Edith to a point where his cardboard personality in the novel just blossoms into showing the human he is capable of being.
I did not have high hopes when I started this Manhwa, but boy am I happy that the love story turned out to be as amazing as the art!
Tldr: I love Killian because he grew, because he is greener than amazon, and because he feels so soo real he is fun to read
