After I Stole The Male Lead, The Female Lead Cried Chapter 12 Discussion

i can't I really can't enjoy this.. the translation is wonderful. props to the translator for that. but I read up until chapter 12 or so and.. well some concepts are cute ! the thing with his little leaf buds on ml's head and ML gradually opening his heart up to fl... well I am a sucker for cute little romances, so this shpuld be right up my alley, right?

NO.

its literally impossible to read through one chapter without random paragraphs detailing how lovely, fair, white, slightly rosy, thin she is, or her fingers, or her feet, or possibly how milky her skin is, or how largs and wet her eyes are. here's a few examples:

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"Bring it here, the thing I just gave you."

Lu Huo took a small clip from his trousers pocket, which Qiao Xi had purchased before leaving the mall. She asked him to hold it for her because she didn't have any pockets on her dress.

In the palm of her hand, he placed a small clip inlaid with two crystals in the shape of strawberries.

Qiao Xi's hands are lovely, soft and fair, with light pink fingertips. These are pampered hands, and the small clip is placed in the palm of her hand, which looks stunning.

^ in this scene, she asks him to pass her a clip hes holding onto so she can give it to a kid. is that last paragraph actually necessary. is it

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Qiao Xi had already awoken, and with a hazy look in her eyes, she rushed up and changed her clothes.

She purposefully wore a bean paste green skirt today. Layers of light green gauze bloomed. The skirt was a little crafty, with split sides. Her thin white calves appeared faintly when she walked, making her very attractive.

Qiao Xi had her hair tied as well. She tied a bow in her half-tied hair with a ribbon of the same color.

Her complexion became more and more white and flawless as she wore light green.

Qiao Xi was pleased with herself when she looked in the mirror. Her face used to be more beautiful, seductive, and aggressive like a fox spirit, but her big round almond eyes have weakened her charm and turned her into a pure flower, and one look can deceive anyone who sees her.

^^ ITS LIKE THIS THE WHOLE TIME. PARAGRAPHS AND PARAGRAPHS INTERSPERSED WITH PLOT ALL TO DETAIL HOW STUNNING, OTHERWORLDLY, PRETTY, WONDERFUL SHE IS

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like I kmow to some degree this is to be expected with c novels, it happens allll the time, but its genuinely too much for me. it's like if a drama had seven slowmo moments per scene imo its entirely umnecessary.

aside from tjis, there's nothing special about our leads or any side characters that I could see so far.

the ML is a typical cold guy who pushes MC away (because traumaaa) before warming up to her Spoiler

(where I left off he already started to fall for her, so it was pretty fast)

[collapse] while he is shunned for being disabled but im sure everyome will start admiring him for being beautiful, steong, powerful once his legs are healed from the power of being treated nicely by fl. theres one moment where the author forgets he uses a wheelchair and says he walks out of the bathroom? lol.

another reviewer mentioned that theres an insane amount of stigmatisation against the disabled in this npvel. again, I havent read very far, but.. yeah, it's already quite obvious. it is pretty uncomfortable, theres a scene where Spoiler

FL takes ML out to some restaurant I think, theres a paragraph describing how everyone looks at her because she is so beautoful and then at the end its like.. oh everuone keeps staring because of the wheelcjair... and im like ok. thats just. why? its a modern setting. its not like everyone has never seen a wheelchair before. seeign a pretty girl push a wheelchair is not wildly outside the realm of possibility. and ML is also stated to be ashamed of his wheelchair, feels imferior etc etc etc and honestly yeah like that other reviewer said this is just not realistic. being in a wheelchair is not a one way ticket to complete ostracisation. its just a blatant plot device to a. make us pity ML more and b. to make ML shine even more omce he manages to stand up (i assume. I didnt get there and im not going to read anymore).

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MC is a typical mary sue. the one saving grace is that she has some semblance of personality, even if it is just teasing ML and being pushy about spending time with him. this is still better than some novels where FL could be replaced with a doll and it wpuldnt make a difference. she does like to do stuff herself. until chapter 12 her only flaw is having pale lips however.

so overall, not hideous, but not good. fine if you want to kill time and can put up with the poetical waxing.

i cant say much on the other characters, as I didnt read far. however I will repeat that the writer really does not know how to show not tell apparently -- that or they REALLY need to hammer it into your head in case you forget the characters' beauty two sentences later.

my overall rating is a 2 because of one specific line concerning goblins and also the translation, because that was done well.