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ultramarine-spirit · 1 year

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I'm curious about something, Lucas realized that Athy liked Ijekiel when they were younger?

I mean, in the sense that he got jealous when they interacted, then I guess so. But the thing is, other than finding him handsome and charming, Athy never let herself get emotionally close to Ijekiel. This is more prominent in the novel, but you can see it in the manhwa too (Roger out of all people explicitly tells Ijekiel just that). So she never developed any real/deeper romantic feelings for him. I'm bringing that up because the only time when Lucas and Athy talked about her relationship with Ijekiel was when Athy had just rejected him. (In one of the best scenes of the whole novel, in my opinion) Athy is troubled about causing Ijekiel pain and she opens up about it to Lucas, how she always tried to put a distance between them but that she had to end up openly rejecting him, which made her feel bad for him. Lucas then replies that she doesn't have to feel guilt over not reciprocating anybody's feelings, as she didn't have that obligation, making Athy feel better. That's how their dynamic played and sorted out when they got older.

#so to answer you more directly: Lucas never had a 'realization' because Athy opened up about the whole thing to him #sure Lucas got jealous when Athy and Ijekiel interacted (which weren't that many times. I think people play up that kind of scenario a lot)#but he is actually pretty mature about it. This is an aspect of Lucas' character that gets misunderstood a lot #he never outwardly expressed any jealousy towards Ijekiel. In the novel they interact even less in fact #it was only in front of Athy when he expressed he was feeling jealous #but yeah that scene and when he tells Athy he could wait forever until she was ready to start dating more openly #really show how Lucas respects Athy's decisions before anything else. I would say that he is the male character that respects her the most #(not counting Felix) and that scene also very obviously parallels how in the scene just before. when Athy rejects Ijekiel #Ijekiel tells Athy that he sometimes wished to keep her inside a birdcage so she would finally look at him #(After finding out about it Lucas calls Ijekiel's thinking foolish and considers it (wishing to trap Athy) something beneath him)#side note but this is also why i wouldn't really call wmmap a love triangle (or a good one)#at least not between Lucas Athy and Ijekiel #because Athy explicitly says she never allowed herself to truly like Kiel in a deep romantic sense #there's a love triangle between Jennette Kiel and Athy tho (or would you call it a love angle? since nobody reciprocates anyone's feelings)#also sorry anon i think you sent this a while back but i have been busy OTL #wmmap #wmmap novel

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