It doesn't seem like he did much to discourage her violent tendencies, since he's essentially blaming it on her brothers here. Because even if she has a childlike mentality, he could have done something to protect the people she was hurting at least. It's not like she was particularly being secretive about her crazy behavior lol
@Irateastartes you know it's fked up when you can say at least Ras got to live vicariously through people she believed loved her back.
But I agree, of course ML is how he is, his "role models" were psychos and people who bullied or resented him. He has difficulty identifying his feelings of love and affection and he only expresses his approval and appreciation through maniacal laughter and stereotypical, yet awkward, courting maneuvers. All of his flashbacks paint a messed up picture. The one in ch 39 is pretty bad, where he's doubled over on the ground after healing and then his dad pulls him back up by the back of his shirt collar. The flashback this chapter is different because we see he felt something new, aside from the previous fear and pained exhaustion: anger lmao.
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People in the comments still hate a lot on the emperor but I see him as more pitiful than the empres...
@justasnail he's emotionally repressed so he doesn't totally mean that. He wants her to join him so they can "use" each other to exact vengeance on the world or whatever. He feels a sense of kinship with her, bc of their similar circumstances, which is why he's particularly disappointed at her refusal.
So not exactly love, but probably the closest his emotionally constipated a** got to love. In that timeline, at least
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@Beast Gohan did he love her in the past life?? i thought he just wanted her powers...
I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BUY MULTIPLE OF THE SAME SHIRT AND I KNEW HE WORE THIS SHIRT OFTEN BUT SOME HOW IT DIDN'T OCCUR TO ME THAT HE ALSO BOUGHT MULTIPLE OF THIS SHIRT PRIOR