#problematic prince

[black-rosarium]

I will stand by this till death takes me apart.

The sheer fact that The Problematic Prince might actually have been a masterpiece and a wonderfully done case study of a realistic patriarchal Institution, the underlying misogyny of society, and a woman's true, genuine struggles to try to escape this web, but instead we're stuck with it being a shitty 'romance'- I'm sorry, NOT ROMANCE, I am not calling it that. Its all because the the author Sochel, loves her 'male leads' as irredeemable and disgusting as possible.

Erna is genuinely such a beautiful character, her descent into despair is so realistically done, the crushing weight of her institutional responsibilities and her emotionally abusive, yes, abusive husband, all pull her so down in the depths of absolute misery.

She is a victim of abuse. At the hands of her father. At the hands of her husband. And most importantly, at the hands of society. Yet, we see her plight being undermined by the narrative itself. It's despicable, just because the author has some weird kinks.

I have so, SO MANY, more pointers for this, but man I'm just pissed off rn. Nor do I have the energy to type because two nights of no sleep can really do a number on you.

But good god do I hate wasted potential.

(Also my English is like, fucked FUCKED, so-)

I'm going to actually write a full ass essay on this when i get a break from school. I simply HAVE to.

[avrupasya]

my contributions to the valentine's day celebrations in the otomeisekai discord server

[anneeeboleyn]

has anyone noticed how the strongest guiding force of both erna and layla seems to be their sense of debt??

erna accepts bjorn's proposal because she feels indebted to him for helping her family. then she tries her level best to make that marraige work because she believes she "owes" it to her grandmother to be happy like she promised rather than "wanting" to be happy herself???

a lot of people say erna expected more from the marriage than what bjorn wanted to give but i honestly think erna's "love" for bjorn was more of a survival mechanism than anything else. she had no idea how badly she would be ostracized and villified because of gladys and believed "loving" bjorn would help her "endure."

it's a conspiracy theory of mine but notice how erna feel out of love with bjorn AFTER the whole Gladys thing was cleared and she was finally accepted in society?? i think erna finally subconsciously felt she didn't need to endure anymore and had payed off her debts by becoming the face of hatred in place of bjorn among other things.

[manhwasave]

Problematic Prince

[theboykingofhell]

This is sudden but do you happen to have any ND headcanons for Griffith? I'd really love to hear them, even if you don't remember the manga all that well (it's very long and old so no one does).

SUDDEN ND HEADCANONS ARE MY FAVE ONES

also, i haven’t read the manga unfortunately so this is just based on my impression of him through the movies!

unfurls gigantic scroll...

... griffith is an nd lil mess omg mr ‘i got rejected once so i’m going to deliberately sabotage the success and happiness of not only myself but all of my friends because i Cant Deal With Not Getting My Way One Time’. unsurprising but he’s def very npd to me. he’s a very VERY ambitious person and because he finds stock in ambition, he automatically decides that anyone and everyone who ISN’T ambitious are below him. guts was someone he considered an equal which, considering his superiority complex, is something that is so SO rare for him to encounter. 

he also splits with guts so many times, oh boy, but it’s that same kind of splitting that is born from narcissistic rage because guts does so much to challenge the way griffith sees himself and the world and griffith CANT DEAL

also, while i don’t think he’s necessarily hypersexual, i think he does put a lot a LOT of stock on his sexuality. if i’m remembering right, the only times he IS overtly sexual in the movies was when he’s upset about something, so it definitely is a way for him to reassert his power and superiority by being dominant over someone, a way for him to feel that someone belongs to him and is 100% devoted to him (in that moment if not always) and also, in a way, considering what happens the two times i’ve noticed him doing this, a way to self-harm. 

... idk if i’d give him anything else!!! i’d have to read the manga and see if he shows any other sort of symptoms that aren’t linked to a disordered personality but. holy shit. that boy. he is as narcissistic as they come, and he’s so self-centered he doesn’t even realize because he’s been completely unchallenged in this view of himself until guts showed up and ruined his life which made him ruin everyone’s life after..as you do. god. i love him

[apoptosisnecrosis]

some nathan prescott phone wallpapers I made from some screenshots i took today c:

[apoptosisnecrosis]

drew this earlier but like now its actually his birthday whoop my precious problematic prince