If I'm not mistaken, the poison scene happens around chapter 171 in the novel, while the manhwa was at chapter 157 — that was when I started searching for the novel.

At least our current Penelope is kickass to deal with the bs thrown at her, but it breaks my heart thinking about what the younger and previous Penelopes had to go through on their own... all the unfair and constant harassment they received and more when they tried to protect themselves :' (

the Eckhalts were speculating about whether Penelope poisoned herself on purpose to get attention (this happens late in the novel) and um..... wtf? Seriously???? Thank goodness for Callisto who called them out of their nonsensical bullsh*t because if not, I would've isekai'ed my own ass and jump-kicked some sense into their brains (are your brains just for show???). And don't even give me the baseless argument of fake-Yvonne brainwashing them. HOW COME CALLISTO DIDN'T GET FOOLED BY THAT WITCH HUH!? It all comes down to personality and whether they trust Penelope or their idea of her.

We learn later on that Eclise is angry at this situation. He's from a land that was defeated, he watched his family and his countrymen die and now he's a s*ave. There's this woman who tells him she wants him to be hers and gives him things, but her eyes are dead when she talks to him. She demands his attention, his love, his devotion without giving anything in return. Now think about this, due to the game that they are in his stats are starting to rise even though he doesn't like Penelope or this situation. But he starts to love her.

During his time with Penelope, he's left alone the majority of the time. Penelope breaks her promises with him almost all the time. Outside of one or two incidents where she helps him, he's mostly seen as a punching bag for the other knights of her household. He can't fight back, he can't speak out, he can't do anything because of his status as a s*ave. He's also the youngest character in this story, so it's kind of depressing to see him in a constant amount of pain just to prop up Penelope.

Prop up sounds weird, but that's exactly what happens. Due to a mixture of the game brainwashing and Yvonne's brainwashing, Eclise becomes obsessive with Penelope. He wants her for himself and wants to help her, since she's always has dead eyes whenever he sees her.

He ends up dying after Penelope casts him aside. The way she does it is meant to come off as a boss bit*h moment, but it's so cruel when you remember that he's a young kid who is desperately trying to hold onto the only person who is kind to him, even when that kindness has ulterior motives. He has no one else, because they're all dead. Then, he's brainwashed.

The way Penelope and the story treats him made me angry. Penelope is told on multiple occasions that she looks dead when she's talking to people and yet everyone loves her. Why? I get if they pity her, but why love?

.... And that is why I have an issue with the story. There's a scene where Yvonne just tells Penelope that if she told Eclise that she likes him, he would have calmed down. But Penelope says she wouldn't do something so hateful.... meanwhile I'm here thinking "If you knew that this was going to help you get to 100% you would have done it in a heartbeat, because you don't care about anyone in this story."

Yvonne calls her out on this and pretty much calls Penelope a hypocrite, but the story keeps hammering in the point that Yvonne is wrong and Penelope is right and that's the way it is. So tell me, why is it wrong for Yvonne to brainwash people, when the game allowed Penelope to do something similar in order to save the world? I get that Yvonne wants to destroy the world, which is bad, but if we ignore that part (LOL) what is the difference here?

The way she treats Eclise is manipulative and abusive. She reminds me of those parents who knows that the other parent is abusing their kid, but ignores it. Then they swoop in and say "I'm still here for you." While enabling the ab*se to continue. Eclise is not only a s*ave, but a kid and that kind of power dynamic is ignored in favour of writing a yandere character.

Let's also remember that Yvonne is busy brainwashing everyone and Penelope holds it against them. I don't care for Derek, but let me explain why the story failed when it came to him and his family.

Derek and Renald were kids when Yvonne went missing. Derek felt responsible, since he was with Yvonne at that time. The Duke found Penelope and brought her home when he should have just take his kids and himself out to therapy. Penelope acts out and says, "I wish Yvonne never came back, " which immediately sours the relationship between Renald and Yvonne. Remember, they are both kids at this point and while what happens to Penelope wasn't right and I'm in no way justifying it, I also understand why Derek and Renald hate Penelope at first.

Penelope is then forced to bridge the gap between them in order to raise their favorbility stats, but because she's doing this with dead eyes and seeing them as bad people the entire time, even when they change and start to like her again she basically shuns them.

Then Yvonne comes back and Derek is brainwashed. He cares for Penelope (the book tried to make it seem like he liked her in a s*xual way, but I never saw it), but Yvonne is back and no one seems to take into account that he's struggling with everything.

Derek bringing Yvonne to the party was bad. Eclise bringing Yvonne to the Duke's residences was bad.... but both were brainwashed. BRAINWASHED! Why are they now seen as bad people, when they were brainwashed and don't understand their own actions.

Penelope can't forgive them though, which is fine, but they were brainwashed and she can't seem to remember that. Why? Because at the end of the day, she never cared about any of these people. They were all a means to an ends and that's how she treated everyone. So why does everyone love her if not for the game?

One that is really obvious is: Eclise. She planned to betray him and his feelings from the beginning. In the beginning I thought it was still oke because she never said something ambiguous and everything she said was still acceptable to say to your knight without hinting feelings. But when she started to say "you're the only one I need" that's when that ambiguousness started. Plus she said "I will stay by your side" but NEVER EVER did she plan on staying by his side even though she promised him. She was planning on betraying him from the start but got pissed off when he betrayed her under the influence of brainwashing? Ladies and gentlemen, this is hypocrisy at its finest. If you don't see this as betrayel than you're just validating everything she does.

Then you have Vin who "manipulated" her to see if she is from Leila (wich I think is valid when you look at his reasons) but she's manipulating everyone too. Even if it is for survival, the fact remains that she manipulated Eclise. Less so with Vin but hypocrisy doesn't mean it has to be to the same person. Hypocrisy is when you condemn a person for doing something, but think it's oke when you do it yourself. What she showed here again

They started equally: he wanted to get away from her and kill her, and she wanted to use him and then throw him away. But the thing is, Eclise was in a lousier position from the beginning. He was a s*ave with no family or friends, his master only wanted to use him, everyone in the Dukedom hated him. Penelope was alone but he was also alone, plus a stutus that was worse than a commoner.

Of course his love for her will become twisted. Think about it: he understood that she didn't love him and only wanted to use him, but he kept on falling deeper and deeper. Plus he had no one else around to at least keep him a little sane. No brother or sister or father or friend. No one. Only a master who practically became his whole world. He being brainwashed, in this dependent and twisted state of mind, would be easier than a child. But at his lowest, instead of Penelope correcting what she did wrong, she gave him an extra push to the abyss by spouting venom and cutting him off. Eclise would have never turned out this way if it wasn't for Penelope. But NEVER did she take any responsibility. She tried to get him out of the abyss once or twice, but that was way too late. Plus the attempt was really half-hearted. Doesn't she see how she slowly but gradually made herself his world but then removed it viciously? Don't be surprised by how he became so twisted. Actions have consequences.

(Wich doesn't make everything he did oke. It's just really not that shocking when you look at everything that happened)

Don't forget why she's being treated this way. It's easy to just say: "because the MLs are *ssholes." They are but why it is so extreme with her, isn't because of that. It's because of a really important fact that most of you are forgetting: she's literally cursed! And the curse is for her to get ostracized by everyone. Helloooo!! This is a big factor in why everyone treats her so badly when she didn't do much. Like yeah they are mean but why it's so extreme is because of this. Even you and I would unknowingly treat her badly because of that curse. Except if you're immune to curses.

Almost all the MLs were at some point not genuine with her. Except for Callisto.

Eclise= hated her in the beginning and even wanted to kill her.

Vin= Didn't trust her so manipulated her (wich I think was validated but that's not the point here)

The two brothers= well, I think everyone knows what I mean without explaining it.

Callisto= Almost killed her the first time they met but that had nothing to do with her. Like he said; he was in such a bad mood that he would have killed anyone that came close to him at that moment. But from the first time they talked, he was never not genuine with her. He didn't not trust her and he was the only one who put some effort in cleaning the old Penelope's name by investigating what really happened at the hunting game the year before. Nobody else even though aboit doing that.

So yeah, even though it's cliché, I think it's logical. I liked Vin the most because he was a real good-hearted person. But that doesn't mean I think he should end up with her. Personality wise, they don't match. While Penelope and Callisto do match

The only one she cared about is Callisto. Although she did care what her father though about her killing Yvonne, she decided to distance herself from him. What I quite honestly, don't get. I thought her relationship with the Duke and Reynold got better but seems like I was mistaken.

Someone did say that they were angry at the Duke and brothers for doubting she did self play with the poison. Like come on! That was originally her plan! How can you judge them for that when she was planning to do that. Plus they were brainwashed. Like helloooo, wake up. Everything they did bad towards Penelope since Yvonne came was influenced by brainwashing. And why Callisto didn't get influenced is because Yvonne never even got the chance to do that to him.

I think the hate on Derrick is really misplaced. Although I liked him the least, he was influenced a lot by brainwashing. Don't forget that. Penelope experienced the brainwashing but never once stopped to think: how did it affect them? So the hate on Derrick was just too exaggerated in my opinion. He did many wrong things but not to the point to get treated like that forever because most of it was influenced by the curse, brainwashing and education on how to be a good Duke.

In a way, Yvonne and the Leila won: the curse and brainwashing worked and Penelope let's it have an influence on her thoughts of the people around her. I'm not saying she should forgive them right away after all of the bad things they did because they were under influence. But at least some understanding and opennes to the possibility of forgiveness in the future would be good. Otherwise, Yvonne and Leila succeeded in destroying relationships. It's not weak to forgive. It actually shows compassion and the ability to see things from different perspectives.

Callisto: well the only thing that was f*cked up was almost killing her in the beginning. But that wasn't personal. Could have been someone else and ending up worse.

Eclise: yeah... that's just 90% her own doing. Even in the game routes where he was brainwashed, he wasn't as bad as here. That tells you a lot about how she f*cked this one up herself.

Vin: besides not trusting her and testing her, he really didn't do anything else. Even in the game routes; he was the first one to get brainwashed (even before the start of the game). So that's why he was an *ss in the other timelines. And that's also the reason for the d*ck move of him bringing Yvonne to her comming of age ceremony.

And now you have the family (wich is harder to forgive but still not impossible)

Father: never raised her as he should. Not teaching her what is allowed and never showing affection. Also not asking & listening to her side of the story when something happened. But this is mostly because of his inexperience as a father. Do you think Derrick and Reynold got other treatment? The only thing they probably got is that he listened to them. Also, the fact that he was so sad about her not calling him father anymore and then happy when she started again, shows that he never hated her and actually cared about her. When she started calling him father again, is when he started to try building a relationship. By inviting her to the hunt and so on.

Reynold: framing her for the necklace, saying harsh words and treating her as a pest. And like his father, never ask and listen, just assuming the worst. Well the first one is understandable when you think why. Your real sister just went missing and your father brings a stranger who's supposed to be her substitute and then hearing her say that she hopes the real sister will never come back. Like come on. Nobody would treat that person good in his position. He did go too far many times but never even thought about killing her. Even in the game it was because of a fork and not him deliberately killing her. And when he saw her eating rotten food he immediately got angry with the maid and wanted to fire her. If he hated her so much and wished the worse for her, he wouldn't have acted like that. (In comparison with Derrick, his was pure anger and not only because of her title als duchess) And from the moment she told the reason why she said those words about his sister, he tried to get along with her. He started acting as a real brother from that moment on. Clumsily but he tried. And old habits die hard so of course he reverts to them sometimes. Even when Yvonne came, he was more concerned with Penelope than Yvonne except for that one time in the garden. But that was clearly because of the brainwashing. And almost right after he tried to make it good again and apologize.

Derrick: well he is the least forgivable, even for me. But I think the biggest reason for that is because we haven't seen much from his side. Only a part when she drank the poison.

What he did wrong was treating her badly and like sh*t when she did something that was a disgrace to the family. Again, not asking and listening. He didn't even trust her and didn't care much when she did say something, like that time with the hunting accident. He was harsh and cold. That's about it. The incident of him taking Yvonne to her party, I don't even count that because that was 100% because of the brainwash. The way he acted after that too. You can still see the effect of the brainwash after the incident. Even though it went down because of Yvonne's "detention", he was really confused and couldn't even thing straight. It was like 2 voices in his head. And why he did those other things (before brainwash)... well he never wanted her there. He was the one with the most guilt about what happened to Yvonne so the "substitute" wasn't a good reminder. And he did have some weird love for her. That explains how he so stubbornly rejected calling her his sister. Besides the guilt, brainwash and weird love, another reason would be him being just a d*ck in general. But I still don't think he did something irredeemable. Just the least likable of them all. The treatment he got from Penelope right after he stabbed his own sister was really too much. She should realize what brainwashing can do when she herself has felt the effect of it. Plus she had some resistance to it and it was only 18% effective so she really should think how that could effect someone who has no resistance at all.

One factor that I discussed before that made them way more likely in acting in such a bad way towards Penelope (all of them) is the curse that she has. See it as a multiplication to their bad treatment.

This isn't about some "miscommunication" that some are saying. This is a unhealthy, toxic way of acting with each other as a result of inexperience, bad feelings for the other because of something that happened before, not an empathetic character... (and the curse of course). Later it became a twisted routine of handling with each other (Penelope included). Plain and simple: repetition of bad actions and bad responses

Miscommunication my *ss. There is nothing to misinterpret about a child hearing someone say she hopes his sister won't come back. Even if she had an understandable reason, would you be able to just let it go if you were in his place? Because don't forget, she did mean it when she said it.

They say it's cliché simply because he's the crown prince. But nobody mentions that despite his title, he usually curses a lot, has no manners (I think there are very few ML's with these qualities) and is a bastard, loved bastard (in the way that he's very sassy). Also, some of us agree that he is the comic relief of the novel. In fact, he usually makes several references to fairy tales. He is not just a passionate lover, he can also be your best B R O. For me, he is a crown prince with a refreshing attitude to watch. Callisto is a very flamboyant character. An example of this is when he pierced his ear with a cufflink like an earring, just to mock Penelope's reaction. But what the readers liked the most about him is that he never doubted Penelope and did not ask for explanations either, because he mentions that he will judge her actions under his own criterion. He just let her be. For me, is the best hubby <3

Here is the biggest discrepancy for readers. Some love her and others dislike her. For me, I love her with all her flaws. From the start she made it clear that she would survive no matter what... And I find it very funny that some didn't understand the W E I G H T of those words. From the beginning we are shown that she is a person who did not get love at home. And this is nothing of misunderstanding. If they are insulting you daily and, even though you tell them to stop, they don't, it is mistreatment, period. So, what the girl does is she puts her feelings aside and concentrates on her studies to get out of that hell. There are no positive feelings in a long enough period of time. So, when she is accepted to the university, the first thing she does is move and start working 3 jobs (stress). Let's not forget that this is the first time that she has social interaction... Only for a short period of time because she gets caught up in the game. And what does she do when this situation arises? The above said, put her feelings aside and concentrate only on surviving. In fact, the game system never tells her that she can learn to use magic and most of all, that the villain is Leila. Not forgetting that they never mentioned to her that she had a curse which, in short, was that no one would believe what she said. The new Penelope is clever, she could have used that information to create her own play, but the system forced it to be an otome game (and for the synopsis to work, of course). Penelope is someone who puts her goals first before her feelings. So, yes, in the beginning she built that iron wall between the characters to commit her goals. But in the middle of the novel (even from the beginning if you are analyzing the plot), Penelope mentions that she made that wall so as not to develop emotions for the characters and because she was also terrified. But when Leila tries to brainwash her, we see that one of her fears was to see again that her Korean family had never loved or cared about her. And this is the main reason why she did not want to make a connection with anyone, for fear of experiencing that again. And I clarify, this is not my perspective, this is a fact of the novel. She was sure that once Yvonne appeared in the game, the ML percentage would reset and she would be pushed aside. That is why (if we can put it this way) she abandoned them first by not letting them get close to her. Even though she was clever, she could be quite naive and assume things quite quickly. But, that's the way she grew up and her family made her. In fact, I remember that it is mentioned that all the information that she has about dating is for movies, which is not very useful for that world. Penelope is an interesting character in her own way, as much as some may not like her. Also, the author created it that way to talk about her. In the first few episodes, we see Korean players complaining about OG Penelope's behavior... so, aren't these comments quite similar to the way some people on this forum are complaining about the protagonist? If that's the case, well played Gwon Gyeoeul

Her power is the most misunderstood thing I have ever noticed among the readers. Yes, Leila can brainwash the characters, but it's not like she hypnotizes them and and forces them to do what she tells them to do. It's power comes from a mirror that is in turn related to "The mirror of truth". Therefore, it's power is not to implement bad thoughts in people, it is to stimulate the desires or fears that people hide and blind them with it. In Derrick's case, Leila fueled his guilt for losing Yvonne and also his desire/denial of his twisted love for Penelope. In Reynold's case, Leila stimulated his vision of seeing Penelope always as the bad one (he still kept that thought, otherwise he would not have fallen into the nightmare he had of Penelope mistreating Yvonne). And in the case of Eclise, it's a long thing that I will talk about later. But in this timeline, Penelope was able to break a fragment of the mirror, resulting in it no longer working well (It's keeps blinding them with their hidden thoughts, but now they can resist or break the spell a bit). For that reason, Reynold could easily override the brainwashing by talking to Penelope. The same happened with Derrick, who after the event of Penelope's coming of age ceremony, did not want to visit Yvonne. And Eclise is a separate case. So, in this timeline, the brainwashing effect was not that powerful but it still had a slight effect. But even if it was slight, it had already touched a deep part that their kept hidden.

At first, I also believed (like some readers) that there was not much difference about Penelope manipulating and Leila as well... until I decided to take a closer look at the novel and... HAHAHAHA AHHHH Pay attention please, It's not the same case. The only one we can say that Penelope manipulated was Eclise, but even this one knew about this manipulation. Penelope always pushed the other ML's away (only once did she get pretty for Winter because she thought she would have a date with him, but it turned out not). Which implies this, the "manipulation" they mention so much is quite bland and even naive. As I mentioned earlier, we can't compare something that stimulates your deep thoughts and blinds you to sweet empty words. This has a simple explanation: SHE NEVER FORCED THEM TO BELIEVE IN THAT. They always had the option of believing what she said or not, even Eclise, because he knew from the beginning that she was pretending. So no, IT'S NOT THE SAME THING.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... Sorry not sorry, but it's so funny to see how some readers blame one of those two when, C L E A R L Y, in the novel it's implied that: Penelope and Eclise are two sides of the same coin. I dare to say that Eclise's character is the most misunderstood character by readers. I have seen how some readers decide to speak from his perspective, but they do so speaking from the mask of Eclise, not the real Eclise that rarely emerged in the novel. First, I'm going to mention that in the novel it's always mentioned that Eclise is a character that you cannot know what he thinks about. Having Penelope's POV in almost the entire novel makes us empathize with her or not, as some readers show. But in Eclise's POV, they only show us strong resentment and obsession. Even the information of him shown in the interactions with Penelope we cannot take it completely real, because he is a person who always hides his thoughts. Eclise from the beginning hated Penelope (which is understandable because she belongs to the empire that defeated her people) and tried to kill her in order to escape. Every time he asked to see her it wasn't to spend time with her, it was to have a chance to kill her. She notices it, but when she sees Winter's route lost, she decides to keep increasing his percentage. The way Eclise acts, it's like a lapdog. But this is his mask. Eclise is not a naive idiot as some people paint him, he is also quite clever because he has more experience in the area of survival. It's something you read between the lines in the novel: Eclise acts like a lapdog because that's the way he learned to survive in his early days as a s*ave. Maybe if he acted that way, the punishment would not be so severe and in a way, he would be manipulating their masters making them feel pity. He was always pretending, to the degree that I can't say for sure that he was sad about the flower crown; From his twisted attitude, I could tell that he threw a tantrum to get Penelope's attention (I don't doubt that he was hurt, but his twisted attitude is more consistent with his feeling anger and greed than sadness). As I said before, he always knew she was using him, because he knows how manipulation works, since he has more experience manipulating people with his lapdog mask. Just like in the beginning, Penelope had to lower her head and ask for forgiveness, in the same way Eclise did too. The two had a mask to act before the others. So when they interacted with each other, they kept keeping that mask, but at the same time they tried to manipulate each other (Yes, they both manipulated each other, read the novel well). But, they were both very naive too. Penelope never believed that he would betray her, when clearly in the easy mode it's mentioned that Eclise betrayed OG Penelope (regardless of what caused that action, betrayal is betrayal). And Eclise believed that by bringing Yvonne he would be able to stay with Penelope (ignoring things like: where were they going to live now? Etc.). And if we can consider the betrayal that Eclise did as such because: It was bought by the false daughter of the Duke + They allow him to stay in the mansion and have a place as a knight of the Eckarts (of course his stay is debatable, but these are the facts) + One day, he brings the true daughter of the duke without consulting his master = Betrayal. Now I would like to make something clear about the Eclise brainwashing: The way Penelope increased Eclise's favor was through sweet empty words (which he clearly knew were lies because HE KNOWS HOW TO MANIPULATED) and through her physical beauty. The latter was what Eclise longed for so much and the deep desire of him, something that Leila knew how to take advantage of quite well and that's why she returned to the Duke's mansion. Like I said earlier, the mirror didn't work quite right but it was still able to blind people. However, people could also break the spell of their own free will. Eclise could have broken the spell many times, but his greed was what ended up blinding him. And yes, I will not deny that neither spoke of mutual agreement despite knowing that both needed each other. Even, there is a mention of how roles are reversed when one is more talkative than the other. The two were very similar and had a common goal which was freedom (status and freedom from the game). But that similarity of character and distrust made them natural enemies. Also, I have seen that some readers mention that she used him and threw him as a tool, but they don't mention that Eclise also saw her as a tool to survive. In fact, no one mentions how Eclise also used the few people of his old kingdom as tools to escape, (I remind you that they were s*aves too). But when he saw that they were no longer useful, he betrayed them by exposing their plan to escape, causing their death. Then, why blame one side, when the other has the same weight of their actions? Eclise saved Penelope from the dragon in the end? Sure, but it is something that would not have happened if he had only accepted Penelope's deal to cure him of brainwashing, instead of stole her the missing piece of Leila's mirror (which caused the awakening of the dragon). But even with that, Eclise didn't die. He lost his memory, but he followed Penelope closely out of curiosity and because he only had one feeling for her: resentment. This makes it clear that if he had really loved Penelope, he would have another feeling and not that. Even, that was the real reason why he never reached 100% with Penelope, because of the hatred he felt (not only for her, but for many things). When he meets her, she asks for his forgiveness and explains that they were natural enemies. Then she removes the necklace (a necklace that he had put on again, since she had taken it off to free him from his role as her knight for betrayal) and she tells him to go north because she has found something (his old empire). And that's what I mean by Eclise deserves this ending. I read that some readers preferred him dead before that, but at least if Penelope could start a new life, why not him? If he had kept the memories of him, he would have to deal with his cruel past and that is something that is not solved with the power of love, at least not in this novel. Eclise of the Side Stories is freer to express what he feels without wearing a mask. That's why I'm sure when I dare to say that in the main story we never really got to know what Eclise was like, so why defend the Eclise mask if it's not the real one?

I saw a review saying that she ends up with the crown prince and it turned me off straight away...

Penelope: I liked her way of being, it's not the common thing seen. In fact, I liked that her attitude did not change during the story, she was very true to herself. She wanted to survive and she did it thanks to that. I'm sure if she hadn't acted that way, she would never have aroused the interest of the male leads and would have died.

Callisto: he's an interesting male lead. He seems the cliche of the tyrant prince, but his personality makes him come out of that topic. His character is one of my favorites. He's aggressive but he's also a cloying lover, not to mention he's quite sarcastic.

Derrick: I like the way his trauma was treated but his attitude really leaves a lot to be desired.

Reynold: I like him so much. At first he had a really horrible attitude, but he only became a real brother to Penelope. Though he remained a noisy tsundere hahaha

Winter: honestly the MVP of this novel (even if he's not the player lol). I really like him. Also, I understand his actions and his attitude, although I would have wished for more interactions of him with Penelope.

Eclipse: honestly the sympathy I did not feel for him in the main story, I felt for him in the side storie. I don't hate him, but I don't like him either. For more than half of the story, his character is not relevant (is very overshadowed by other characters and circumstances). Then, when he becomes an antagonist (which makes sense. People who get mad about his evolution to yandere just never really understood the character. So sad...) his relevance was only to make some things more difficult for Penelope and BUM he "dies" but not really. His lack of weight in the plot made his character pass unnoticed for me. If his personality that he showed in the side stories had been the same as that of the main story, I would have loved him. Sadly that was not the case, F

Really frustrated with the way Eclipse's route was handled. I think he was truly a pitiful person and his circumstances were terrible, I found myself being increasingly annoyed by Penelope's lack of empathy for his situation. I mean poor boy was a s*ave, and of course he wasn't going to develop a healthy relationship with his 'master', so the culmination of the relationship with Eclipse becoming a Yandere was utterly disappointing and I would rather we've had Eclipse being in puppy love and Penelope aiding him later on... unfortunately he was only treated as a s*ave until the end. It's hard to emphasize and enjoy Penelope's story after Eclipse's ending.

Though he was scary in the beginning, only because he had just killed an assassin that attempted on his life and she suspiciously followed him, he legit is flirty and funny. His letters to her were hilarious. Also him being unloved by his own family was something I think they saw they had in common.

I'm happy that she chose the Crown prince

I was pretty disappointed when at the beginning the wizard dude's fav was up then it went down so quickly... Not to mention Eclis. Don't get me wrong, I loved them when they first came out but their attitude toward her changing too much is no good for my heart...