Shut Up, Malevolent Dragon! I Don’t Want to Have Any More Children With You Chapter v3 Discussion

This one is a bit of a strange read for me, and I have mixed feelings about it. I give it a good score anyway since, overall, it's pretty good and, more importantly, it's way better than most Chinese webnovels I've read so far (with a few exceptions).

So, why is it strange? Because I always have simultaneously good and bad feelings about the whole thing while reading it...

In the first part, until they start to get familiar with each other, I often felt incomfortable, since it's basically about them rap!ng each other and the FMC having great fun weakening the guy even though their children have already been traumatized by their father being in a coma for two years... On the other hand, the whole r@pe thing somehow "makes sense" and the FMC's hatred is quite justified too...

After a while, their antics become very frustrating for me because, while you can infere that they are making progress in their relationship, since they're dishonest not only toward each other but also in their own minds, it feels like they are running in circles and nothing will ever progress...

Then,

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after she sends him back to the Empire

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it becomes quite annoying.

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The FMC becomes way more honest with her feelings but the MC is constantly ruining the whole thing for petty reasons. Even after going through the terrible experience of almost losing her and learning just how much she loves him, he still can't tell her he loves her properly. And while he, himself, avoids conveying his true feelings all the time, he constantly pushes her into confessing hers, being all smug about it.

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But still, it's often pretty cute and heartwarming, especially their relationship with their kids. They are really devoted parents.

Still, the good but bad writting extends to the world building as a whole.

On one hand, after some time, the author starts developing the plot outside their family's everyday life and there are a lot of interesting mysteries to uncover; plus, most expected clichés (like "the love rival", "the family opposition", etc.) are avoided. And there are a lot of touching and also funny moments.

On the other hand, the glaring plot holes that have been here from the beginning are still not addressed after a long time.

One of the main plot holes is the very fact that the guy is human... I mean, they are hiding this fact from everyone (their daughters included) because it's a terrible misalliance, so they have to play the "happy dragon family" for everyone to see. But, no matter how you look at it, the guy will physically change very quickly (from a dragon's perspective), even in just five years. Then he will grow old and die. How are you supposed to explain all that to the outside world (especially to your daughters) ? And while the FMC wants him to get close to their children, won't it traumatize them when he dies so early?

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As a matter of fact, after they more or less aknowledge their feelings, the FMC basically admits that she can't live without him, but she still doesn't seem fazed whenever the MC reminds her that he will die "soon".

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Also, since they don't know about any other mixed-race child, shouldn't they worry about how their daughters will develop? How long will they live? Etc.

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Before the third daugher is born, the MC keeps praying for her to inherit more human characteristics (because of his competition with the FMC)... but is she supposed to live here if she doesn't even look like a dragon? How? Plus, do you really want to pray for your daughter to live a short life and die hundreds of years before her sisters?

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Anyway, I quite enjoy it as a whole, but also often feel frustrated while reading it.