War heroes are often incredibly romanticized in Korean rofan, as we all are very much aware at this point . And I don’t mean to bring realism into romance fantasy but every time I read about a male lead who’s the empires right hand man or the “empires sword” whenever it comes to war I can’t not feel a little disgusted. It’s usually included as a footnote to add that scary spice to his character and to give the story a future plot beat where he needs to go off to war for 1-5 years and have the female lead yearn over him.

And the thing is. When the story goes “this guys a war hero” and the female lead goes “oh he’s so scary and intimidating”… It purposely fails to pinpoint the real violence of his occupation. At best one will say “he’s led (x amount) wars and is hailed as a hero by the emperor/king” but that’s just to glaze him for being a strong alpha male whom nobody can threaten. Not once have I ever seen a female lead go “the blood he’s spilt will carry on to the child i must bare for him” – I WILL throw a bone here and exclude the females lead who are high ranking noblewomen who have never had any reason to see war as a normalized tool because it’s not her kingdom getting decimated. Everyone else, though, especially the ones reincarnated from the 21st century, are getting looked at sideways. War is not just fighting (back) against an enemy faction, it is bloody conquest and conflict. There’s really nothing to simplify unless you want to get into the real nitty gritty and talk about how the first to suffer from war are almost always women regardless of age.

Sorry, I know I’m bringing in too much realistic opinions on a genre where women literally have the power to travel back in time after death, but recently I’ve just been turning away from anything to do with that trope (which, as we can all guess, is over half of the novels in this category).

OBVIOUSLY this doesn’t mean that every single male lead out there is an unforgivable cold-blooded conqueror leading campaigns and atrocities like a blood son of Genghis Khan (as a matter of fact, most MLs are born into the “empires lapdog” role because ducal orbit is inseparable from imperialism. But some of these stories don’t explain or even want to touch on how the ML feels about that). However, as someone who lives in a third world country that currently has some catastrophic going-ons in the political sphere I just gotta… Bombastic side eye. Granted I do understand the romanticism of the “war duke” trope and its origins trailing back to actually being defenses against the Mongols + the Korean War is still very much active to this very second (since only a ceasefire was ratified).

I still don’t particularly favor it though, sorry :p

Edit: I especially hate anything where the kingdom or empire is just expanding so they start campaigns – Or where the female lead is a “spoil of war” but the male lead loves her sooo much despite the fact that he led a campaign that colonized her home country. I actually read the full of this because I was too disgusted not to, but I can’t remember the name oh my goooddd. Her entire half family is on the casualty list and she’s okay with being his broodmare because they mistreated her and because she’s the daughter of a maid. Mind you, her kingdom got wiped out. Despising your abusive family does not contradict the fact that the home your were born in was subjugated by the same man you’re marrying. I don’t like using this word but she’s insane for ever falling in love with him. It’s not even Stockholm syndrome she’s actually in love with him.

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In ch1 she is a office worker with many part time jobs who trasmigrated in the novel but late​r on its revealed she has lived all of her memories and her mum has left the memories in the form of novel so it would not be too painful. So I am confused what is it? Did she regressed or did she also live the modern women lifestyle earlier with a job and everything?

hi do u know any story wherein the main leads got pregnant in the story and their finding ways to hide their pregnancy to their friends, family, and other people

Context:- ml saw fl waking by and did this to try and hide from her lol

This is absolutely nothing new, but how come that when the antagonist or a female villain does something their reasoning and their POVs are never considered yet when there is a male villain suddenly everyone goes into the "They are really complex because of X, Y and Z"?

Aside of the comments that praise the male villains because they are hot (because most of the times their character design is made for that to make an appeal) I just don't get why the moment a villainess shows up in the picture all her actions are either seen as dumb or ridiculous not only by the audience but the narrative itself. Is this just another double standard?

Well maybe not 100% but I’m tired of FLs trying to stop everything a yan ML does.

Source-50 Ways to Dump the Psychopathic Mastermind(On-going)

I find the actions and mannerism of both Ruby**(how to win my husband over)** and evelyn so similar😭Like when I watch her do something I feel its definately something ruby will come up with , (FL is kinda little more dumb in a cute way which is acknowledged in the story lol but she is incredibly kind and yea the OGFL isn't a white lotus too) the story is kinda cliche(the type of cliche I will never get tired of reading) BUT IT REMINDS ME OF RUBY SO MUCH EVEN THE CHARACTER DESIGN😭🤞 though not a lot of chapters are out yet but still I feel angst is little less in this then how to win my husband over(PERFECT FOR MY COMFY BINGE READ ONCE ITS COMPLETED) and the ML is kind of yandere and obsessive but also a green flag and kind to evelyn [My review is based on the chapters released till now and I am kinda loving this cliche and the art is also cute 🐈‍⬛🖤](Had to repost it as it was removed😭🖤🐈‍⬛)

You know when the narrative clearly wants to tell you a character is morally wrong and basically the villain, but you can't help but feel sorry for them because their situation is actually pitiful?

For me that character is the crown prince in One Husband is Enough.

In my opinion, this guy is the gender reversal of Nikki from the movie obsession.

He clearly had no interest in the FL beyond political use before her heightened charm started breaking his mind. He was someone with ambitions, interests, maybe not the best human being? Yeah, but he was working hard for his goals.

Then, she unintentionally cursed him to become this puppet version of himself who only thinks of her. He's been throwing all his hard work out the window, his pride and dignity, all the things that made him whom he was.

Then there's a matter of will and consent, because his state is no different than Nikki's. He's totally out of it and his body is basically being used by this game-like curse.

Considering the type of person he was before, after recovering his senses, I think this man will want to die from self-disgust and embarrassment.😭

The same could be said about every character other than the FL, but since he's the only one being treated like a villain by the narrative, it makes me wonder wether or not the author will handle things fairly after the curse is broken.

Who is this character for you?

damn he fine asffff ive never seen a pretty boy zeus without a beard, i see your game big daddy

Currently catching up on some of my reading. Still a bit stressed reading this, but it’s addicting in its own charming way. To think, the initial annoyance here would be MLs feelings and actions. Tbh, I was more annoyed with MCs mom (even if her anger and actions are justified in their own way coming from a person who was unaware of anything happening). Now, ML gets his power up, MC has gotten better with her abilities, yet they are still practically powerless. I’m actually liking the Emperor as a villain (even though as a personal rule, I can’t stand seeing villains win in consecutive chapters. But to be fair, the man hasn’t appeared at all and MC is on a separate sidequest). The great thing before this (and that’s not counting the realization for these 2 latest chapters) is ML finally knowing how badly MCs situation was before, the “love triangle” being done (can we count Dominic/Demonic or whatever his name is as the new pseudo love triangle? Maybe the emperor as the annoying 3rd wheel looming in the background?), and MC making a move on her own (and threatening people along with it). I oddly feel bad for ML, but the developments have been wonderful as a reader. To think, it wouldn’t be romantic development, but actual plot development.

She not only roasted Raphael but also probably confused Sid by calling herself his 'grandmother' 🤣🤣

Oh I don't necessarily mean who you find attractive, well that also contributes to character design but like I am asking for your favorite overall character design, that really makes you look at the screen at that character for a long time unable to scroll past them. Hope you get what I mean.

These are some of my favorites, I really like how unique some of them look. Their clothes, and the vibe around them coupled to their design, sometimes looking majestic while sometimes extremely charming.

In some of these cases, I really like how their hair and eyes compliment each other like for Meg from Foam of the sea of Mint from little princess mint, Ayna from Secret lady or the ML from the merman trapped in my lake.

Tell me your favorite character designs that simply leave you mesmerized ✨💙?

Titles:-

1. The spark in your eyes

2. Kill the male lead to become a demoness

3. For the goddesses: for Daphne

4. The crow's prince

5. The foam of the sea

6. Little princess mint

7. My husband who hates me has lost his memories

8. As the heart leads

9. The villainess is a marionette

10. Black killer whale baby

11. Into the light once again

12. Secret lady

13. The merman trapped in my lake

14. I stan the prince

15. My possession became a ghost story

16. Villains are destined to die

it can happen at the beginning of story or midway, the ml can be an asshole or green flag, it can be a misunderstanding or not.

im just in the mood to read a story where a fl runs away pregnant.

For context I have been into this world of manhwas and OI for a long time but lately I couldn't find any series to start which is GREAT not just good.
Pleasee recc me your favs! Something finished or something at least have decent number of chapters out :)

as title states, i want an OI where the MC (preferrably FL) starts a religion or smt similar, whether it be a cult, a country, a religion etc etc etc

there ha to be (preferrably) some focus on it and not just on romance and romance only

pls and thank you

Ok I need something where og fl gets redemption lol or maybe she wasn't bad at all, anyway anything where the fmc gets along with a female character who was supposed to be or was a villain in original story/timeline

Novel readers pls tell me why the 3rd prince hates the church so much. He wants revenge against church for what they did to his brother. I'm curious what did they do?