I think this is the one I dislike the most from the anthology so far.
Notice once things are "better" we still don't see anything about FL being barred from meeting her childhood friend? It doesn't say anything about ML stopping the whole micromanaging her entire life thing at all. Kind of feels like it just went "actually, abusive control is good if he gives kisses".
Also its pretty wild of the merchant to go "Her husband is abusing her to the point that she wants to kill herself? I know what she needs, a truth serum." Even in the wildly outside chance that "being honest" would stop her abuse, one would think she'd just poison herself alone in her room, at which point she won't be revealing any truths to anyone. Obviously he just wanted to scam her of all that money (otherwise he would have just refused), but its crazy that the story frames it like he's being some wise helpful person.
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I think this is the one I dislike the most from the anthology so far.
Notice once things are "better" we still don't see anything about FL being barred from meeting her childhood friend? It doesn't say anything about ML stopping the whole micromanaging her entire life thing at all. Kind of feels like it just went "actually, abusive control is good if he gives kisses".
Also its pretty wild of the merchant to go "Her husband is abusing her to the point that she wants to kill herself? I know what she needs, a truth serum." Even in the wildly outside chance that "being honest" would stop her abuse, one would think she'd just poison herself alone in her room, at which point she won't be revealing any truths to anyone. Obviously he just wanted to scam her of all that money (otherwise he would have just refused), but its crazy that the story frames it like he's being some wise helpful person.
If that apothecary had really given her the poison, ML would be seeing FL kill herself in front of him because of his cold and controlling behaviour.