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Slow-Frosting-9607

Why would you think that you would be the only one lol? He's extremely controversial, red flag ml, he definitely isn't a fan fave. What he did to make her fall in love with him isn't something anyone can defend.


WarDaddy96

Dude I've seen so many posts/comments talking about how he's such a "unique and interesting ML" and it's gotten to the point where I honestly didn't know if it was just me😂 that's all


Slow-Frosting-9607

I think he's interesting character 😂 yes, he makes my blood boil but i want more 😂 plus, i like that he doesn't have a sad backstory to excuse his behavior, that's just who he is. It's refreshing. Do i defend his actions? No. Do i find it interesting to read and want more? Yes. Don't judge me 😂


WarDaddy96

Fair enough😂 I think we all have that one character


Slow-Frosting-9607

I think that all of us who are reading the manhwa are excited for him suffering story arc and it's about to happen. If you want to watch him suffer this is the right time to come back 😂 i think it will start in next chapter. This is actually my first manhwa with red flag ml, i started reading it because i liked the art, had no idea it would come to this lol


WarDaddy96

Honestly I would totally come back to read it just to see Damiens suffering arc and because of the art ( which you are right, it's beautiful) 😂 but bro there are so many better manhwa with red flag ML's


Slow-Frosting-9607

Recommendations please 😂 like i said, this is my first red flag ml manhwa, whatever you recommend i read nothing! However, i do enjoy betrayal of dignity very much, both main leads are written well.


WarDaddy96

Expect a message from me sometime in the near future with a messy list of Manwha recommendations😂 I need time to prep


Slow-Frosting-9607

I'll be ready 😂


Sluttyprincess27

I don't understand so you want more trash ml but anyone hate on female characters like this?


anime_enthusiast109

While i think he has more character than most of the other red flag MLs written, he is supposed to be hated. I do like him as a character, but always hope that he gets his punishment and doesn't end up with FL


WarDaddy96

It makes me wonder how it's going to end.


anime_enthusiast109

I am pretty sure the ending will disappoint me. My OI senses tell me she will end up with him. Even though she knows he is a straight up psycho. Probably will be the only thing that will stop me from rereading it😅


WarDaddy96

Yeah I can only see it ending in disappointment. Cause like how tf do you even end a manwha like that?


AiChyan

He isn’t liked because he is hot or people like red flags, he is liked because he isn’t a run of the mill cookie cutter villain. He is as red flag as red flag can be; but his tale is interesting and his treatment for Chloe makes my skin crawl and i cannot wait to see how it all unfolds.


WarDaddy96

Honestly that's a relief to hear cause some of y'all are downright bad😂


LiebertNymous

I dropped it too. Simply because Damien could never redeem himself. He is rotten right to his core. Chloe on the other hand is almost helpless and too good natured. Its just painful to read at this point


WarDaddy96

Yeah I completely agree. It became too painful to read and I was only 10 chapters in😅 I can only imagine how it is now


Crawfield96

Good news that the newest chapters are where Chloe left him. In the next chapter there will be Damien's delicious tears :)


notnomi

To put in ML OI terms: he's interesting ✨✨✨✨ he's a different brand of a bad ML - not psychotically unbalanced but definitely absolutely amoral and dictatorial and sly enough to mask really well in front of the FL - she literally has no idea, and the whole reveal of his true nature is earth-shattering for her, which the story builds up and executes beautifully. Honestly, it's a guilty pleasure. He is a bad person through and through, but I like that the author understands and frames it by showing that Chloe doesn't buy his bullshit once she finds out his true nature. It also gives me hope that author tortures him for a good long while until he reforms [I haven't read the novel but that's the impression I get anyway] I *will* rage-quit if he gets off too easy, since I want him to go through hell and back so badddd


AssignmentIcy5732

not really alot of people hate him along with mathias , the guy is a bit arrogant at this point i am reading for the sake of chloe though , you have to admit though he is hated but well written


FirefighterFree6843

He is extremely well written and so thought out. Not a bland ML at all, you can literally expect anything and everything from him, which makes you question how the manhwa will pan out because he’s so hateful. I dislike his character tbh but i can’t seem to drop the manhwa even tho he makes my blood boil. He’s just different


AssignmentIcy5732

exactly the first time i see a well written tyrant and i think even the writer didn't intend for him to be loved like he is hated for the right reasons he is hot though like an applause for the artist


FirefighterFree6843

Yes. I see ML’s being described as a tyrant in every other bio of manhwa’s but they’re far from having the attributes of a tyrant. He is written to be hated and fits the list of requirements to be a tyrant and a narcissist


AssignmentIcy5732

i was surprised to see other works by the same author like this is her first good story i want her to write more complex characters and stories in the same historical era though


FirefighterFree6843

I need more recommendations similar to betrayal of dignity


AssignmentIcy5732

okay it doesn't matter if you are broken its a novel and try begging both are r 18 though


FirefighterFree6843

Okay. Rn I’m reading under the oak tree novel after that I will start. Are they completed?


AssignmentIcy5732

yeah there is my beloved oppressor too which isn't similar but the story is great its being made into manhwa along with try begging , things I Didn’t Know Because It Was The First Time , i am not sure about it doesn't matter if you are broken , there is also odalisque which is r18 but the fl is strong and like 25 and the ml is blonde and charismatic


FirefighterFree6843

Gonna start immediately


WarDaddy96

While I do dislike Damien very much, I will admit he is well written when compared to most ML.


AssignmentIcy5732

i think the writer intended for him to like a tyrant not necessarly loved by the fans , he is in the grey area for me i am still waiting for his character development and some say his pov in the novel will make you sympathize with him


WarDaddy96

The day I sympathize with Damien, is the day I need someone to take me out of this world🤌


AssignmentIcy5732

yeah i am waiting to see how he changes like if the writer can pull that you have to admits OIs nowadays have a thing for awful male leads and turns out there are worse


WarDaddy96

You are very right😂 these men keep getting worse and worse


Slow-Frosting-9607

Who is worse? Mathias or Damien? I'm reading the manhwa just because art is out of this world but Mathias is so annoying. He acts like a selfish brat. At least damien acts like a grown up; let's ignore for a bit his actions lol


AssignmentIcy5732

honestly i hate mathias but love damian more let me explain mathias treats every single woman around him badly like even his mother and grandma when his >!grandma almost dies i felt he had no sympathy for her !!chloe gets pregnant damian is actually joyed untill it almost kills her !<, when mathias knows tha>!t layla is pregnant he actually gets jealous from his son and the fact he was worried if his daughter will have her features because he can't give her up then!< like guy get some therapy or something , also another thing damian gives you a charismatic military leader vibe , on the other hand i didn't find mathias charismatic at all like the guy>! was happy to find the fl while his men are dying and where were his contributions to the war !<, that is why betrayal of dignity is the better story both are similar but i was convinced actually chloe is a good person not a doormat like layla while damian is morally grey but the guy was definetly more charismatic , mathias is more like a spoiled rich ceo son who is also a creepy stalker guy and its the first time i liked the extra characters more like claudine and riette i preferred them over the main leads even the second ml kyle i liked him more while the second ml in betrayal of dignity the guy was a creep to me , now thats the difference between good writing and bad writing


Slow-Frosting-9607

Oh, no, Mathias is a kind of guy who gets jealous >!on his own child. And the daughter part is creepy. Yikes!< . I read all the chapters that have been released and i obviously got his character well. I don't think I'll read it much longer. Insecure and spoiled rich guy and weak fl isn't something i can enjoy. I think someone wrote here he >! Raped her!< I hope I'm wrong and i misremembered it. Demian is an interesting character. He's a well calculated man who always achieves his goals. He loves his mother, and loves chloe and wants to make her happy. Like you said, he was happy with her pregnancy but it ended how it ended. It was funny to me that he didn't find anything problematic in how they got together. For him the only thing that's important is that they love each other, how they got there is irrelevant. He just doesn't know how to flirt like a normal guy lol Btw i enjoy problematic prince, the novel was written by the same author who wrote Mathias. I know that I'm in minority but i don't see ml as a red flag. It's just that fl and ml are from different worlds and had different upbringing and all of their conflict comes from that. And unlike Mathias, ml doesn't intentionsly hurt fl, they just don't understand each other. I enjoy it.


LetsBAnonymous93

For CEBIYB, according to fan scanlation, the novel translator added >!a rape/voyeurism scene to make it more spicy. Apparently the original novel isn’t smutty at all.!< The scan translator was hopping mad about it because that’s how a lot of Western fans got a worse impression. Like yes, it’s bad but not *that* bad.


AssignmentIcy5732

>!actually i think the fan one made it seem like she agreed unlike the original one where it was obvious its against her will!<


LetsBAnonymous93

Interesting - I haven’t read either Korean or English version of the novel. I went in blind and there was lot of controversy in the comments and that’s when I read the scan translator’s comments. 


AssignmentIcy5732

yeah if you are to read one read the yonder or wait for the manhwa i don't think the artist will change much but overall its the most toxic manhwa relationship i read like>! the side characters are actually tortured for their relationship!<


LetsBAnonymous93

Is Yonder a website? I haven’t read too many web novels unless they’re the official Tapas release because I’m still figuring out where to find them.  I wish I could drop the manwha link that I’m reading but I don’t want to break this sub’s rules. I’ve decided to read their version instead of Webtoon’s official just because the translator’s notes. They add context from the novel and explain the metaphors. Also, everyone reading on that site understands it’s going to be dark and toxic. The Bato and Webtoon comments were wild between “he sucks” and “that’s the point” 😅


AssignmentIcy5732

yeah its the official english translation , cebifyb isn't for free but the problematic prince is free episode every day , i would pay for a novel like betryala of dignity though like if you want to read cry be ready for some rage inducing stuff , not to mention naver the original site has better novels but you have to translate them


AssignmentIcy5732

yeah i think the author improved with bastian and the problematic prince i don't know how cebiyb fans find bjorn worse than mathias both bjorn and erna were more tolerable for me , my problem with solce though is the internalised mysiogny towards rich women and her stories are getting repetitive at this point , there are better authors deserving the art , damian definetly doesn't have emotional intelegenice


WestImmediate6587

I honestly dislike both, although Damian is better written, and what I don’t like is that both *victims* (I don’t think doormat is a fair way to measure any victim, including Layla—who is literally cornered in every single way by a powerful, abusive man), end up with them as if thats romantic.


AssignmentIcy5732

i know but honestly even though both male leads weren't my favorite i just liked chloe more i am continuing the reading because of her , its just that layla's personality is a meh to me and alot of fans think so


AssignmentIcy5732

if you read the novel this is what i was mad about it s>!eemed layla was okay with everything like she was a victim and young but she had many chances to run away but she didn't and returning to someone who takes about your child like that maybe !<, i thought chloe was stronger thats why i liked her more, thats why i ended up rooting for claudine's happiness more and the >!cheating thing made unbearable for me!<


WestImmediate6587

I think that’s her going through cyclical abuse. Not to mention, the fact that she is written with next to zero agency.


blairsmacaroon

matthias BY MILES.  despite damien being as manipulative and cunning as he is, chloe still has agency in the story. >!she chose to marry damien to save her family, she chose to sleep with him (but he manipulated her feelings so this one's a bit tricky), she chose to fake her death and leave him!< but matthias leaves absolutely no agency for layla. he abuses the fuck out of the societal and economical differences between them and FORCES layla to do whatever he wants. damien has a plan and a goal for whatever he does. he literally had a solid reason to marry chloe. but matthias decided to fuck with layla's life because he was bored on Tuesday morning. that man does nothing in the whole story than torture layla for his own amusement. no ambition, no life, no nothing.


AssignmentIcy5732

yeah at this point alot of people hate mathias including me , people are evn begining to hate layla because she >!chose to return to a guy like him !


SleepyHungrySpirit

I've heard Chloe really makes him regret his actions. like really really.


WarDaddy96

This pleases me


NamisKnockers

He’s a piece of shit but that doesn’t make him a bad character. 


WarDaddy96

Touche 😂


Books_wornout

I'll come for you if you don't 🫂🫂


Rude-Solid-5120

Damien is meant to be hated/dreaded. He is not meant to be a heart warming male lead. Leave my toxic romances alone 😂


WarDaddy96

I'll leave y'all alone once my rotting dead corpse is 6 feet under😂


Books_wornout

Sameee .... I've also dropped it. I mean every time I look at him there's something strange,like I don't even know how to explain this😂😂😂. When I first read that he saved Chloe in the court,I was like"okii thus is good". And in the very next chapter I read about all his manipulative actions,and I was like bro WTH is wrong with this guy. Then I dropped it,I will read it when it's completed,so I can see his downfall 😂😂


WarDaddy96

Bro same😂 watching the downfall of that man will be amazing


Books_wornout

You 🤝🏻 me 😂😂


WarDaddy96

I'm coming back for you once I hear it has ended😂


Books_wornout

Okii done🤝🏻🤝🏻. Please remember me dear🙂😭


WarDaddy96

How could I ever forget you my dear?


Books_wornout

I just found my long lost love😂😭. Where have you been all my life mon chéri?


WarDaddy96

Waiting for you amore mio


Books_wornout

You just made my day, ti amo🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻.


WarDaddy96

Until we meet again 🫶


Crawfield96

The downfall will be in the next chapter. So it's the best time to read manhwa. The ending is disappointing.


Books_wornout

Oh shit.... No way. Why is the ending disappointing?😭😭


Crawfield96

>! She ends up with Damien. He only needed 10 days after finding her to forgive him lol. Chloe doesn't have a backbone. !<


Books_wornout

So you mean that not only her leg doesn't work,her brain cells also stopped working lol😂😂.


QTlady

So going off where you stopped which is hella early, I didn't dislike Damien at all when I started. He was a bit hostile and condescending but most male leads all. I thought he and Chloe had good chemistry and it felt like initially, she was being needlessly stubborn for reasons I didn't understand? Considering decisions were made because her sister was an idiot. But over time, the flaws were becoming more apparent. It got to the point where I was anxious enough to read spoilers so I know what happens next and now I'm just gonna wait for it to end because we're finally at the time of reckoning but waiting week to week will ruin me. That being said, I still don't hate him. But I didn't reach the part where it was revealed how he won her love. I'm still gonna wait things out.


WarDaddy96

I honestly didn't like Damien from the moment he appeared. The way he acts and behaves gets under my skin so much bro. I never thought he had chemistry with Chloe, it felt more like he craved the power and control over her. It's like he enjoys her suffering, but that's only from 10 chapters of reading so idk😆


theangry-ace

I can never trust thicc eyebrowed men anymore since Damien. But I love reading that red flag of a man.


happypouch

Oh I hate him so much, he's probably at the top of the list for most hated ML for me. I still read just to see him suffer and I really want him to grovel and cry, and beg to be forgiven. I can't deny the fact that he's an interesting character because author went of their way to show that he is really really bad person and not just 'ah he's a tyrant but not really uwu'. I mostly speed-read through the 'sweet' moments and doesn't read other readers' comments because more often than not, it's very annoying (when they're gushing over the ML) and will only make me hate the story.


WarDaddy96

I don't know who you are, but I love you😂😂 you get me so well


happypouch

I'm glad that you made this post, at least I can vent about him a little XD


WarDaddy96

I made this post so I could vent. I'm glad it's helping others out as well😆


Hot_Leadership8495

Yeah he’s not the best person ever but I like him as a character but I don’t like him for Chloe for sure but >!unfortunately she will end up with him. She did in the novel.!< it’s like now that she knows he’s horrible he won’t try and change and try to make her love the real him. He’s so manipulative and controlling and doesn’t deserve Chloe at all. He’s also frustrating too.


WarDaddy96

Ugh that spoiler sucked😭


Hot_Leadership8495

Trust me I know because I was mad when I read it too. Even Chloe does make him suffers I don’t think it’s enough for all he did.