#happiness for her just happens to include a seemingly cold but genuinely kind husband

[schmaltzystutters]

just saw a comment while reading the first chapters of My Happy Marriage and one of the comments said they'd drop it bc this is gonna be another one of those 'ML is a coldhearted war criminal but the FL will fix him' type of stories which is so funny, having watched the anime

because it is so far from that trope

if anything, Kiyoka is technically the one to save her, but Miyo's character arc? That's her own doing. She has agency. The people around her that genuinely care for her only helped her along the way, most of it is Miyo. And Kiyoka isn't even actually cold- well, he was at first, but ultimately he's a kind, caring man and it showed pretty early on

I totally get having trust issues because of manhwas and webtoons (god there's a lot with that exact trope and it hurts- i myself have instantly dropped a webtoon the SECOND the FL went "he's evil...but why do i feel so attracted to him?" like NOPE), but damn they got it so wrong it simultaneously hurt and made me laugh