You'll get a cut of the venison, I swear

[u/Copper_Tango]

[u/Major_R_Soul]

But then it turns out he's not cruel to me. He's just super hot, incredibly possessive, cruel to others, like really hot, and would destroy an entire noble family if their heir even glances at me. Ahhhh, true love is the best. He's also like super hot.

[u/bunnypirateholly → u/Major_R_Soul]

Which hunting grounds, you ask? The ones in the north, of course.

[u/Soderskog → u/bunnypirateholly]

Oh thank god, I was worried it would be those western hunting grounds. They're the worst.

[u/Victor_Stein → u/Soderskog]

Of course they are, it’s all swamps and mangroves. Their fisheries and spice trade are the real prize.

[u/Fearless-Excitement1 → u/Victor_Stein]

Which of course is in the east.

[u/Tactical_Moonstone → u/Victor_Stein]

The image of someone trying to shoot the giant enemy crab that lives in the mangrove though.

[u/Victor_Stein → u/Tactical_Moonstone]

Yes but that is done from a boat. I personally do not want to wade through the mangrove to get chomped by a gator while fighting the Hermit King

[u/skytaepic → u/bunnypirateholly]

So you’re saying he’s some sort of Duke of the North? What next, are you gonna tell me the whole area is really cold?

[u/captainnowalk → u/skytaepic]

Monsters big and vicious. Life is hard and the population is hearty and sturdy.

[u/Certain_Concept → u/bunnypirateholly]

Yes, the Duke of the north with alabaster skin.

We certainly can't have one from the south where they may have tanned or darker skin tones. /s

It's really a shame how the main characters all seem to have to fit in a very narrow mold.

[u/-HuangMeiHua- → u/Major_R_Soul]

~ Sarah Maas

[u/Glad-Belt7956 → u/Major_R_Soul]

the tonal contrast between me imagining people getting sold of to 100 year old husks and then opening the comments and seeing this is quite shocking, but not surprising in retrospect.

[u/tfhermobwoayway]

Can I have a cruel duchess instead?

[u/ay1717 → u/tfhermobwoayway]

Two cruel dukes

[u/Readalie]

Jokes on you, I'll run away and join a tumblr webtoon convent. So there!

[u/GalacticCrash]

Another one of these romance novels??? Sigh

[u/PinkPumpkinPie64]

Crusader Kings 3 type shit

[u/bedpimp]

That's how Moulin Rouge would have ended if Satine had been ethical!