Comment by Paramei on Emperor And The Female Knight - Chapter 190

Comment on ChapterEmperor And The Female Knight - Chapter 190

I want to say this in this website.

I know not everyone can agree with Paulianna's decision and not everyone fully understands. But if you were the person who faces such a life changing situation and made a decision which you think is the best, what reaction would you want from everyone?

For me, I would want my decision or choice to be respected. Even if its not what everyone expect or be it an unexpected decision.

First of all, she gave the emperor and herself a chance. She even thought about it without jumping to a conclusion. She also seeked out the opinion of the people she trusted and also those who know the situation well. She also weighed the position of the princess and her son although that was not really highlighted here.

That is her choice. This is their story. If they again were real people, the good thing anyone with a common sense will do is respect the decision made.

3 Replies

Ryip·2 years ago

@Paramei I'd like to "differ" in the way to see that. In real life, we once had Joan of Arc : self-made woman leading men at war who ended abandoned to her funest fate : literally scammed for petty pretexts (Wikipedia: "In 1456, an inquisitorial court reinvestigated Joan's trial and overturned the verdict, declaring that it was tainted by deceit and procedural errors.") then sentenced to the stake and burned alive (1431), it is said even her own king Charles VII (who trusted her to great extent) had to half "sell" her to Burgundies and Englishes for the sake of putting an end the Hundred Years's War.

What this taught to us from Pauliana's perspective is that : as much as Lucius loves her, he's first of all an emperor and makes decision according both to the necessity and to the extent of his own power. Pauliana becoming an empress with the current political situation equals to her forsaking almost all of her personal power and condemning herself to dependence on others. Add to that the deletion of her name : it equals having no definite family beside her, so that as an emperess it's like cutting even more from "her" power. She'd be at best a happy doll constantly at risk of both mother & son being swept (if not killed) by political shenanigans. As a knight, as the head of imperial guards, as marquese Winter, and now as the emperor lover and mother of a prince, these give her more than one card to play as she weaves her way through the palace intrigues.

So I don't think it's just about respecting her choice/decision, because History teaches us all along that the necessity surpasses any individual and their deepest wishes and regrets. At the surface it may look like a "whim", but deep down it bears far more than just her life style/choice. It's a grave decision, but she made the right decision.

Ryip·2 years ago

@Paramei tldr: At the surface it may look like a "whim", but deep down it bears far more than just her life style/choice. It's a grave decision, but she made the right decision.

ParameiMember·2 years ago

@Ryip very true.

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