I think most of the time the king or whatever ruler is so comically evil that it’s hard not to root for the MC to take over lol. But these stories can offer a lot of insight into our own world because the realities of living under a royal system aren’t too different from how most of us live. Usually the LI is the prince and they’re like “ah my life is so hard because of my ~birthright~ and I can’t choose my own wife” and I guess I get that but also? ok complain about how hard your life is while sitting on a pile of gold in front of a 9 course meal. Ok pal. But I cannot stop reading these stories. Even when I’m like oh why are so many fantasy stories set in a medieval kingdom as if I’m not going to read it anyway for the chance to yell at a king lol
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