@DevilLaugh the problem with criticising the emperor's actions from this point of view is that he is merely following what his role would imply and by the rules of his society he hasn't actually done anything wrong (although yes, this plan that would majorly fuck up both the women in his life's...
y'all are blasting this dude for telling his sister it's fine if she doesn't save him, but whats the alternative, putting a tonne of responsibility on this sheltered 19 yr old's shoulders?
yeah its weird he told her to get married but no one deserves to have that kind of weight pushed onto...
@lolawhiterabbit not a single person, upon seeing their daughter's (supposedly) fresh corpse, is going to think 'well it's kind of her own fault'. Like come on dude, you can't expect people to act completely rationally in that situation.
@limimelo I think it's the other way around. She's disrupted the story so much that it's focus has shifted to her leading to the boys' quick turnaround on her. It's pretty weird that they would both do an about-face at like the exact same time otherwise IMO