Transmigrating into the Prince Regent’s Beloved Runaway Wife Chapter 42 Discussion

The novel is lovely so far! As of chapter 42, it's not heavy on political intrigue, so it's perfect to read before bed! It can be a tad bit frustrating at times but honestly, it's what I expect from a novel that emphasizes heavily on a low IQ and EQ MC.

I would say it is quite a character-driven novel, so whether or not you like the character archetypes will really make or break this novel for you. If you like extremely smart MCs that know what they're doing, I don't think you'll enjoy this novel very much.

The main characters:

The MC is an accurate depiction of how a normal person would be like if they were suddenly transmigrated into an ancient novel. It highlights details that I feel are often overlooked in other novels where transmigration is involved. For example, he isn't instantly able to read the ancient language or knows all of the ancient etiquette. Instead, he has to slowly learn and observe others, which is something he struggles to do because he's rather slow. He has empathy for those around him and is unused to the casual violence that is littered across the entire novel. Spoiler

although, how does he know how to put on and take off ancient clothing...? is it because the smut scenes describe it in detail....??? ;-;?

[collapse] His response to violence is pretty much to flee and fawn. This could potentially be irritating for some, so just keep that in mind. I think it's pretty refreshing to see an entirely normal person in BL, so I quite enjoy how the MC is written.

The ML is a character type that is seen in BL a lot. He's the cold, calculating, CEO type. ML is someone who grew up in a very dog-eats-dog society and it shows in his personality and the way he handles affairs. His actions seem OOC sometimes but considering how he knows that he has both power and fear, he's allowed to arbitrarily change his actions. He does whatever he likes because he has the power to do so. That's not to say he's completely overbearing, because he does treat the MC softly later on in the novel, but he is a bit rough in the beginning. He is a prideful individual Spoiler

and it's very heartwrenching to see how debilitating his blindness is

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Their relationship

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I think it originally started off with just curiosity, especially on the ML's side. He wanted to see why the MC's personality did such a 180, and if it was truly an assassination plot. Their relationship starts off with a pretty unequal power balance because ML originally treats MC like some unique and interesting pet.

Although both MC and ML treat each other well since the beginning, it is superficial at best and the actual romance is vaguely slowburn. There are some setbacks, especially with the non-con drug scene, but once they actually begin to like each other, it's quite doting. The ML likes MC because the MC is so transparent in a world so built on betrayal and hidden agendas. It's very cute to see ML shed all his walls around MC. I was scared that the MC's low EQ would make him step on all the landmines on ML's character, but it seems like it just soothes him instead. For characters that are such polar opposites, they fit together quite well

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It's been a solid read so far and as much as I wish I could comment on the plot, I read it while extremely sleep deprived so I'd be missing a lot of the details. Maybe I'll come back and edit, maybe I won't. The drawbacks of this novel has been pretty well represented in the 1* reviews, so I wont touch on it either (mostly because I'm lazy)