Rekishi ni Nokoru Akujo ni Naruzo: Akuyaku Reijou ni Naru hodo Ouji no Dekiai wa Kasoku Suru you desu! - Vol. 2 Ch. 10

[Kaitensatsuma]

Making an economically collapsing nation a tributary won't be that profitable, unless you are just planning to bleed it dry, but that would inevitably lead to that country growing resentful and getting closer to your enemies, should the enemies be willing. If you know how to fix their economy, though, it could be profitable indeed, not to mention you would gain an ally. One nation fixing another nation's economy isn't that common, though, but this is a work of fantasy. A reincarnator could also use modern knowledge to do it. Maybe make that potato country Duran a giant of French fries, potato chips, and potato vodka.

Depends - using tributary status to begin an economic exchange while ostensibly acting as a protectorate isn't an outrageous idea: it would keep that other country on the backfoot and reconsidering their own invasion without sending resources one-way into the collapsed economy - though Liz is speed running the worst part of capitalism with her suggestion to make potatoes into the "tax crop" - just look at the Great Famine.
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Hey, who wants to take bets that Duke's grandfather is "Grandpa Will"?

 

[Smokeball]

It seems this is the crucial flaw for nearly every reijou stories. The villainess got hated by everyone, which supposed to be the heroine's role to take. I mean the ones in Katarina is make sense because that Cambel girl hated by nobles and people are licking Katarina's shoes. The villainess are supposed to be someone that got every cookies and the heroine is someone with empathy points from players.

 

[astheticPorn]

I'm so sick of the trope where the isekaied person changes a bunch of stuff from the og story or show or game or whatever it is, then continues to think that everything is going to turn out exactly how it did in the original work. Like, no? There's something called cause and effect. The butterfly effect. Use your brain for God's sake. How can you be so smart with politics and stick by such a dumb idea? That's insane.

 

[astheticPorn]

While it's true that she isn't a villainess, it's not that she pretends to be one; it's that she strives to be one. She just as a few misconceptions about how to accomplish that.


She be like that, yes.

I think instead of just misconceptions it's also that her heart is too good for her to be one. She's not a bad person or willing to actually hurt people. But she is looking up to what she views as a tragic but strong and independent female character. Honestly, if we're talking Villainess characters, I can definitely think of a few that I'd want to be more like just based on personality traits alone. Melissa Podebrat and Roxana are two good examples.

 

[Kaitensatsuma]

I'm so sick of the trope where the isekaied person changes a bunch of stuff from the og story or show or game or whatever it is, then continues to think that everything is going to turn out exactly how it did in the original work. Like, no? There's something called cause and effect. The butterfly effect. Use your brain for God's sake. How can you be so smart with politics and stick by such a dumb idea? That's insane.

I mean it comes in two primary flavors with two variants each

"I'm in a game where everything is scripted to happen" (True/False) Variants
"I'm in a world that resembles a game I know, but the characters have actual awareness and autonomy" (Realizes/Doesn't Realize) Variants

And sometimes it's a pick and mix - like where the game characters have autonomy but the system constantly tries to "Reset" them or there are scripted events but because the character doesn't realize they're supposed to be following along with them.

I like exploring the variant takes on these in the Reijou/Villainess stories because the authors explore them to more breadth than the usual Isekais which just dial up the Male Power Fantasy to 11 or beyond

They really went and took the already kind of OP power of "Beat/Eat an enemy to gain their power" to just "Look, we'll literally hand you powers as the situation requires - or you say what you need out loud - you don't even have to be creative"

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooored

C'mon T-Rex, do us a solid and just EAT THIS FUCKER so we can get on with looking for something more interesting to read.
(The Despised Level 0 Incompetent Explorer Is Actually the World's Strongest)