@Pharaoh Atem well I believe that a person's childhood/adulthood is shaped by his/her surroundings. Her taking this kind of path definitely influenced by her family conditions and obviously how emperor's actions were.
Still as a Lombardi her aura design would've absolutely shadowed by Tia's presence. How Shannet is very much capable of being the matriarch of Lombardi but she stepped down for Tia. And every Lombardi family members are only thinking of Tia becoming the matriarch not Shannet. If the empress born in Lombardi then I bet she won't leave her matriarch status for Tia, her character design is like that. As a very ambitious independent and power hungry person she would absolutely turn into a villainess again just to remove Tia from her path. As a result her own family will turn back and maybe exiled her also. What I am trying to say is, doesn't matter which family the empress born into, her fate is to be a villainess if we keep her original personalities, if we soft down her ambitions, and make her more kind and etc etc like Shannet, then she won't be original. That's another Shannet for us. I hope you get my pov.😿😿
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