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Love it when I repost to the wrong fuCKING BLOG

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Okay,here is a novel because the manhwa adaptation did it so badly. It's called,actually,I was the real one. Note,this novel doesn't have any any romance aka those so called male leads aka Joseph and erez aren't into Keira aka fl while Keira doesn't have any any romantic feelings towards the two. Teh brother aka Zeke helps her the most on uncovering who Cosette aka antagonist truly is. The manhwa did a lot of changes badly,tej only good one is the fact the og Cosette soul is still alive. I prefer you read the novel if you want novels better than their manhwa adaptations okay. I said this because I hate the unnecessary romance on the manhwa adaptation.

Writing all these down oh my gOD

I have to fix my attention span, I'm in like... three different novels right now lol.

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Transmigration is isekai but better.

Less male power fantasies, more female oriented political drama and maximizing success with knowledge

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I've also been really into Epic lately.

I have a history degree and I'm super into Antiquity. Yknow... like a basic bitch (if ur getting a history degree, u kno what I mean. Basic AF). So I'm familiar with the Odyssey already, tho I know a fair few are because I think a lot of high schools in America had it as required reading? So I'm not special or anything but some background for FlAvOr~

I love Rivera-Herans take on the story so much. The music is fitting and beautifully nuanced. While I'm not like... super well versed on music theory, what little I do understand is absolutely LIT THE FUCK UP about the motifs and the designated instruments for specific characters...

All this to say the soundtrack has been playing in my head nonstop for days.

We stan a Wife Guy.

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You should also read not sew wicked stepmother because the fl cares for her stepdaughter and the fact she wants stepdaughter aka ogfl to have a good childhood. The father aka ml does care about the ogfl it's just complicated and the fact he doesn't neglect her,of you know the reason,you will know that he has ogfl aka blanche when he was so young aka 14 years old. And when fl knows about this,she decided to help him getting better. I also love the fact the fl fights those that is in her status and has good female friends.

YES GIVE ME MORE SHIT TO LOOK INTO

My webtoon app didn't transfer to my new phone so all my history is borked and there's nothing I can dooooo

I need more fun shit. I love transmigration shit so fuckin much.

Also mother/daughter story????? Those are so rare, I rlly love that aaaaa

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Honestly,if I wanna compare remarried empress I, would say I abdicated my throne as empress m Even though some people called it a remarried empress clone,it's not. The fl is also acts like navier except she has flaws and has personality. Heck,she is forced to marry an emperor because her mother ordered her to. She doesn't even love the emperor but the emperor(not the ml) still keeps forcing her to love the guy even though he has a mistress. But the interesting this,the fl doesn't hate the mistress. She sees the mistress as just person and treated her like an acquaintance no matter how the mistress lets her anger out on the floor. The fl still sees the mistress as a person no matter what and doesn't want to be her enemy.

Abdicate is SO good too. I genuinely like the nuance of it, the Mistress sees the empress as a threat but the Empress has more stake in what's going on with the Empire.

I only just started it though, I really enjoy it!

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Also the fact that I can go search up "Unmarried Queens" a ship name I coined and get results for Rashta x Navier makes me so fuckin gleeful

I'm glad it took off and that other people see the appeal

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That ask about Lebetti and Alan has me thinking a lot now about how there's a lot lost in the lack of media literacy some of the fanbase has.

Lebetti is written to be a rather cruel and horrible character, but she aligns herself with the heroine so she's a bit nuanced. She is, objectively, on the correct side according to the narrative but she's also a horrible person to other people. I like how nuanced she is and how contradictory her character can be.

But it's completely lost on the "haha serves Rashta right! Go Lebetti go!" that I see constantly.

Lebetti is awful, her being friends with Navier doesn't make her a good person.

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Can you make a post about the sexism and misogyny in Remarried Empress?

Honestly most of my opinions on this boil down to how the writing is done. Slavery isn't bad, it's part of the culture. Adultery isn't bad, it's just how it is.

Never mind the fact that all of their society is primed and READY to take sides on a matter as complicated as an Emperor taking a mistress. I find it incredibly contradictory too. The fact that it is stated that it's really normal for an emperor to take a mistress but that their society seems to immediately look down on said mistress and paint their empress as a poor jilted woman is... weird.

If mistresses were normal, no one would bat an eye, there'd definitely be favorites still but it wouldn't be a woman scorned situation. Rashta wouldn't receive hate for being a lover, she'd receive hate because she's opposed to the empress. They'd be two different kinds of politics.

Women in Remarried Empress are entirely religated to their positions of political status, their ability to scheme, or their ability to manipulate social climates. If they cannot provide anything to this effect, they're rather useless.

People are quick to boil Navier down to being a sad woman rather than wonder what their strong Empress will do.

Though the systems of gender imbalance in this universe aren't as apparent as our own, since the story largely follows a strong female lead or her equally as cunning (if differently cunning) rivals.

I feel like Krista gets the worst of it. She is literally native to the land, was the wife of the former emperor, well loved, had a crush on her brother in law, and largely didn't immediately do anything to hurt Navier. But she's pushed repeatedly into a corner, manipulated to being a demure widow as often as possible so she "knows her place". While Krista eventually DOES do something rather reprehensible, for the most part she always came off to me as desperate to keep her status and to win over the man she loves.

The problem is that her status isn't in danger? Krista's motivations are... not well done IMO. She's written out of the story almost as quickly as she was written in.

tldr, the whole thing is a mess and written so contradictingly that it's hard for me to pinpoint a specific opinion.

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Reasons why Alan and lebetti are liked despite being shitty characters who suppor slavery?

Lebetti is liked entirely because she hates and is mean to Rashta. There's not really a lot going for her character. She's petty and rude and completely unapologetic about the absolute disgusting crap she puts other characters through. She likes Navier, therefore she's the best and she's mean to Rashta who everyone feels deserves it.

Alan is similar, though he's not as rude. I think the single father angle and the fact he's cute probably play into it a lot. No one seems to remember the fact he slept with his slave... who cannot consent. Alan is a rapist pure and simple but he's a cutie who would do just anything for his son so I think people like him because of that.

It all boils down to how they interact with Rashta and Navier.

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The fact that Rashta was written as half-assed character meant to be a stepping stone for Navier enrages me, so much could've been explored through her.

I don't even think she's that half assed though, I mean if that was the intention she's written pretty well so they failed. There are definitely a lot of societal issues within the Empire that should have been explored with her and that's definitely a disappointment but I think overall Rashta is a very nuanced character.

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Back from the dead to discuss Rashta some more given the most recent chapters. I'm caught up to 175 so if you're not there, I completely understand if you wanna avoid this post.

My opinions on Rashta have not changed one bit. She's still my favorite and I feel so incredibly bad for her, especially as time goes on and the scheming she does is more and more just... desperate. I won't excuse her crimes or anything but there's so many people who are willing to victim blame her to hell and back and it's not right.

Rashta is a slave, she was no one, no one has ever taken her seriously and the only ones who ever did were Navier and her previous owners. Sovieshu practically confirms that Rashta never mattered and all that ever did was him having a baby with someone.

He never loved her, he never respected her, he needed her womb and thought she was pretty. He didn't keep her on a leash and shielded her only so much as it protected his interests.

The same goes with Ergi. Ergi is using her and I think Rashta kind of knows that but her desperation is just so extreme she needs to rely on someone and unfortunately her trust is misplaced. Whatever ending she gets is going to be a horrifically tragic one and I just feel so so bad for her. Not a friend in the world and no one to rely on. From a slave to a place holder empress back to nothing.

What happens when Sovieshu is done with her? What happens when she's not empress anymore? She has nowhere to go and no family to go with unless her fake parents plan on keeping the act up and taking her in but I doubt it since like... half their reason for doing anything was because they needed Rashta and her position to find their real daughter, a truth Rashta is sitting on currently because she's damned if she tells them and damned if she doesn't.

It genuinely feels like everything is spiralling out of control and I can't help but watch her world get shattered and feel sad.

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I HAVE REMOVED MYSELF FROM THE CLUTCHES OF TEXAS

BEHOLD... SLIGHTLY MORE FREEDOM THAN BEFORE

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GUESS WHO GRADUATED

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Sorry I've been so quiet, I'm very close to graduating so I've been kinda focused. It's exhausting.

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You can enjoy.......... a villain/antagonist character.......... whoa. Novel concept. Hope I didn't blow anyone's minds or anything.

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I honestly feel the same. Rashta is an interesting, well written, complex character with a sympathetic backstory. If she spirals down a bad path I'll analyze it like I do everything but I'll still probably really like her character and think she's well written.

Last chapter really showcased the extreme differences in the way Rashta and Navier perceive things. Navier perceives things she does as official, helpful, consice, and to the point. She doesn't skirt around when talking about duty and doesn't really cushion her words or explain things. She just assumes someone will infer she has the best intention because she's as upstanding as she is... and she'd be right to assume as much.

Rashta, meanwhile, is from a completely different view outside of aristocracy where your reputation is your word. For Rashta, people in power are conniving and sneaky and she has to do the same to get anywhere in life. She says it herself, that she was only doing what she had to to survive. So when she reads Navier's note, she doesn't see this benevolent hand that's asked Ergi to help Rashta, she doesn't see the carefully cultivated image. She sees the intricate weaving of misunderstandings that lead their relationship to be so sour, except this time Navier is directly asking her a favor. To her, there has to be an ulterior motive for asking her to use the money she left to fund programs and institutions that need it under the imperial name. There has to be because Navier, in Rashta's opinion, only ever despised her and only ever wanted to embarrass and ruin her... so this must also be an attempt at that. In fact the parts that make Navier seem like a good ruler are jarring to Rashta, she doesn't understand them and why it sounds like she "pushed her out". Because, time and time again, Rashta has stated that Navier is where she is because she's lucky, because it's a marriage of convenience, and because she was born in the right place... so why does this letter sound so pleading?

In showing that Rashta is confused by this, that her perception is so outside the world of aristocrats she's in, she can only think Navier is taking her for a fool and not giving her really good advice on how to do things discretely. It doesn't help that Navier doesn't explain WHY she needs to do things so discretely. She just says she must do them. Rashta is a very literal person only now learning how to play the game of court. She has a long way to go to figure out what all the double meanings and unsaid truths are and Ergi isn't there to interpret.

Now... I'm not totally sure what'll come from Rashta now, whether she'll keep the money or use it as intended but under her own name. And I don't know what it would mean for her to use her own name. Perhaps it would look selfish or like she's showing off. Perhaps it would be suspicious how she got that money. Maybe those things are actively against Sovieshu's interests and the best way to deal with it is a vague payment from the crown rather than a public display. Maybe Navier IS setting her up... though that one I doubt. She cares too much about her homeland to want Rashta to fail.

I've also started getting some reports on why people dislike Rashta so much... though no one's given me spoilers. So I'm assuming that we're heading to that territory soon. It'll be interesting to see what set people off so badly and what'll happen when Navier finds out about Sovieshu's plan. Though honestly I'm not sure what he expects? She has too much pride to return to his side so easily. It might cause some hold up for her as she figures out what she wants but I figure ultimately she's not going to just go running back, hell she might not even write back.

Things are definitely heating up.