Female lead’s Delusion of Starting Over Chapter 4 Discussion

What made me stop reading was Author's quote on chapter 4: "I just wanted to portray what a person's normal reaction would be like once experiencing all of this". That is to say, extremely resentful and bloodthirsty after a round of whipping and betrayals.

This is pure nonsense, no one person is alike, and just like this story, the other novels following the trope give little to no clue about their MCs' past and personality for us to judge what would be their "normal" reaction. Even if we just consider the emotional basis, not every person has the same idea for revenge, and the degree of hatred is also varied.

Most importantly, Author seeems unaware of an important point: MCs of these template stories transmigrate into fictional novel worlds with set scripts for them to play. Living ignorant of this or aware of this makes a huge difference, and although there's a risk of an actor getting too involved in their character, the system is like having the director constantly whispering you the next lines on a microphone. This means the likelihood of being detached and mostly indifferent to your experience is higher than going crazy - if you know the cause and effect of everything that's about to go down, and you're reminded at all times that it's a fake world, you will mostly resent the feeling of physical pain inflicted and may not even take the "NPCs" seriously.

On the contrary, the shock of travelling through a fictional world immediately raises the question: is the "original" world also filled with such inescapable and ridiculous scripts? What's the meaning of going back, then? Such questions may never be seriously considered at any point in someone's life, but even if it's a dull person, it's impossible not to have questions, and the most unrealistic thing in such novels is actually the first moment of transmigration, not the return.

Only if MC had a strong obsession for him to go back, is somehow invested in the plot, or he was indifferent to the previous world, would he actually proceed with the system tasks. Otherwise, the emptiness of leading a futile existence would come crushing down like an avalanche.

In following this consideration, some novels of the trope will hide the system at first, and let the MC experience the first wave like real life, and only upon his death would it be revealed that everything was a tutorial or something similar. But at this point, emotions were truly formed. If not, then MC is addicted to acting and fooled himself into carrying the role everywhere.

The original intention is clearly to express dissatisfaction towards all easy going MCs that went through ab*se, which caters to some, and it should've ended at that. What lofty goals is the author aiming for with a fast food type novel?