okay so heli/medea is real and true love and fealty like i fuck with it. secondly, stop pitting medea and psyche against each other... didn't u see medea accept psyche's engagement ring? they're wives.
But like seriously I love this manwha's approach to politics and "villainy" like earlier i was like, yes... a bad bitch at last, and that still holds true but I honestly love how, rather than attempting to make this primarily a romance or slice of life, this manga frames characters motivations in terms of real political stakes. It's not that Medea is "evil", she's simply an ambitious pragmatist more suited for game of thrones than a shoujo manga. Her losing the throne wasn't a matter of romance or even rivalry, but a matter which affected her entire household and societal standing. Even how she treats servants makes more sense once you see that shes used to employing them as spies for her rivals and expects the same from others. I like that the author is willing to say the same for Psyche, that while naivete makes for a good heroine, it doesn't suit an actual political agent and is something which is used against her.
Honestly i just think this is just a great fantasy manwha so far and i hope the author keeps at it!
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its kind of funny to see people acting like Medea is completely unreasonable? the prince didn't want to marry her so he had her family framed for an assassination?? her mother- who was completely unrelated to the succession- went to prison and is now comatose from the trauma she experienced there? like even if psyche doesn't care/isn't aware of the stakes its clear that the prince is and is willing to play them both to accomplish his goals.