#she's bi as fuck for Helene and Fian and there's literally no room for interpretation on this

[shidoukanae]

Things I am learning from reading the The Mighty Extra light novel's first chapters

(and for a note for now and the future, Lyla refers to the transmigrated and currently unnamed heroine while OG!Lyla refers to the original Lyla aka Helene’s actual sister).

-at the start of the story, Lyla is 14 years old. Based on some implications in the manhwa, the current ages of the main cast by the time of the S2 finale is roughly:

Lyla: 19 years old (I’m assuming she’s also 19 in South Korea). in the light novel shes 20 years old so everyone else's ages are +1 in the light novel.

Helene: 23 years old.

Paris: ~24 years

Ellie/Daniel: >24 years old

Phillip/Fian/Rosalyn: ~19 years

Odelia is, I think, younger than Lyla so she’s: <19 years old

-The Empress is, off the bat, portrayed more sympathetically and motherly than in the manhwa. She’s still doing the same things but the word usage gives her a softer feel rather than a condescending one. Which might explain why the manhwa subtly takes her side despite making her an antagonist

-some info omitted in the manhwa I personally like knowing: Lyla on the day she transmigrated had her family going out to eat to celebrate her stepbrother’s accomplishments of getting into college

She also got accepted into medical school and was hoping to be celebrated too. The food she eats / the supplements she takes were the first signs of acknowledgment she got from them (and also were intentionally meant to murder her :/). And I gotta say: from this short reread alone i feel more connected to Lyla as a person than as a protagonist waaaah

-“Blonde beauty with green eyes” I’m sorry that’s the funniest description of Helene this novel could have given. It’s not wrong persay but now I’m suddenly getting bi vibes from Lyla which is a funny surprise (and now she gets to join Paris in the “they’re bi as fuck” club just for this comment alone, not to mention her saying Helene is “pretty” not 4 lines later).

-an interesting change:

In the manhwa, Lyla’s first memory of Helene is scrambled. She doesn’t remember much of that event and struggles to identify what happened, having been traumatized by those events as she thought Helene was trying to kill her (also Helene said a loooot more lines alluding to feeling hurt and betrayed). Also, it seemed like Helene was pinning her down.

Vs.

Lyla woke up to Helene crying over her. Helene called “her” name, making her realize she was in the body of Helene’s dead half-sister. It also seems like Helene was said to be standing over her instead of pinning her down. So, overall, there is a much greater impression that from the beginning Helene cares deeply about Lyla instead of being mistaken for trying to hurt her 

I do adore the manhwa’s take on the story more (and how much more obfuscation it adds to Helene’s character and her relationship with OG!Lyla/Lyla) but there’s something kind of sweeter about Lyla’s first impression of Helene being that Helene was crying over her dying instead of trying to hurt her

-Order of the Royal fam siblings (for funsies bc even I dont keep track):

Helene = first princess

Tyrone (aka Helene’s fully blood-related brother tho the manhwa plot has somehow never had them interact OTL) = 3rd prince

Lyla=4th princess iirc?

Odelia=7th princess (also iirc)

Might update as I go along bc I love how he narrative says there is “39” siblings to Lyla and only 5 of them ever show up lmao

-ngl from the first chapter alone I’m adoring all this additional context that was left out of the manhwa story. I feel like the manhwa took the base ideas posited here and added a lot of depth to them but there’s also stuff the manhwa leaves out that would’ve been nice to leave in (such as Lyla getting into medical school and wanting to be acknowledged for it, which honestly makes it feel worse that her family is as horrible as they are).

-oooooo the main plot of the original story happens when Lyla would’ve been 20 years old. She’s 19 now in the manhwa. I wonder if that’s going to come up in the manhwa~

-I still find it funny af Helene is called the Emperor of Belliana instead of the Empress because if she takes on a lover (*coughs*Paris), does that make him the Empress? Or would he be called an Emperor too? God I hope the plot answers this

-“…3 dragons attacking Helene” *squints* 

I’m going to presume that actually says “3 dragons pursuing Helene” unless in this interpretation Fian wasn’t as sane as in the manhwa’s tale of the original story im from the future and i am obligated to say this line could honestly go either way

-some more details about the original story:

=original plot happens in one year from where S2 left off. Might explain why Lyla in the manhwa is glad all 3 dragons are getting along in one of the raw chapters (d-does she understand that Paris is as obsessed over Helene in canon as he is in the OG timeline tho?)

=Lyla read the novel a long time ago. Apparently, it caused massive upset in its reader base to the point many people started asking from refunds (presumably due to Fian’s death pissing people off I’m thinking).

=the original story was a complex political narrative (GIMME. I WANNA READ THAT STORY. GIMME GIMME GIMME)

-“Helene can make it rain on the entire continent” she can what. She’s that powerful? Jfc no wonder she’s deity-ified by Lyla 

-“Lyla’s death was the trigger for Helene to become celibate” t-that explains a few things, like why the manhwa implies Helene reciprocates Fian’s feelings yet never became lovers with him even up to his death (and why Lyla also alludes to the fact she feels guilty from taking Fian from Helene). Also explains why OG!Helene does not care for OG!Paris or OG!Daniel (esp bc they lusted after her from what I understood from the manhwa?)

-Ngl I really, REALLY hope there’s more stuff about Fian/Helene in here bc the original take on their relationship sounded really cute (and I love the irony of them loathing each other in current canon <3). Fian being lovesick for Helene and being the only sane dragon who wanted to do anything and everything he could for her (even if she never looked his way) is just ghfhvhbb that’s adorbs to me

-22 sons and 18 daughters. W o w. Jfc that’s a lot of kids even for one dude

-THERE’S MORE TO THE FUNERAL SCENE. HELL YEAH.

I think it takes place from the Empress’s POV? Basically stating that they’re glad Lyla’s dead so she doesn’t seek revenge? Also i think Helene is the one who puts a single white chrysanthemum on Lyla’s grave (and considering the Korean meaning of that is grief/lamentation I’m awwwwwwwWWWW about that)

-The implication that Lyla observed Helene’s actions in order to see if Helene was doing anything suspicious to her when she first woke up is an interesting thing to learn. Wonder if the novel is going to imply its Lyla who doubts Helene’s intentions instead of vice versa?

-the story also highlighting how Helene and Lyla are polar opposites (more so than it did in the novel) makes me :Dc.

-more on the Kylon Empire:

=the silver dragon whose heart fragment shows up in the plot took on a human Empress and was looked down upon by his brother dragons for it. Curious if the story will come back to this considering like it feels like a callback to the OG novel/Paris's situation to come?

=dragons are named after the color of their scales. Which I’m squinting real hard at based on how awakening as a dragon works but that might explain why Paris is called the Black Dragon, Daniel the Blue Dragon and Fian the White Dragon

-most interesting change so far is that Helene seems openly caring about Lyla whereas in the manhwa she’s an asshole towards Lyla. Not sure how I feel about that because I ADORED the manhwa making her antagonistic as fuck OTL. Tho I do wonder how that’s gonna impact Helene’s relationship with Paris bc I really enjoyed her antagonism towards him (and I hope she stays the way she is in manhwa canon towards him I’m BEGGING) also from the future and all i will say is my worries were not warranted regarding how she reacts to Paris

-“let’s all three of us be happy and never meet again” referring to Lyla, Helene and Fian is such a sad line waaaaaah

-Okay “Lyla” is definitely gay af for Helene and no I refuse to believe otherwise. She keeps describing Helene as pretty and lovely and beautiful and radiant and mesmerizing and doll-like and perfect like a goddess and do you see my point?