Love Triangle or Tease

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Post by Taana Ueh »

People love their partners and still cheat on them. Love isn't the only deterrence needed against infidelity.
People who don't love their partners may not cheat on them because they have some principles which they're unwilling to break. I don't think it's a hard or fast rule. I think Cecilia was just being human and that's okay, to a significant extent
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Post by Pearl Hijabi »

In my opinion it's unfair to string along the two boys. I wanted her to sort out who she wanted before going on with either one. And i think that her personal choice and demonic side both may have influenced her choices.
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Post by Juliet Johnson »

It seemed very unjust to tie those boys up. She loves Sebastian, but she kisses Alexander instead. Maybe it's the demonic sife she wields. Perhaps it's just a ruse or she is just being human.
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Post by Gabriella H »

I don't think Cecilia treated Sebastian fairly in terms of transparency and faithfulness in their relationship. She wasn't sure what she wanted. And like it or not, she cheated on him with Alexander. Yes, there was a lot of passion and intensity with Alexander. On the other hand, her relationship with Sebastian seemed sweet. In all fairness, even though Alexander has his bad qualities, I think both boys genuinely had feelings for her, and she was basically leading them on at the same time, not willing to let go of either. I don't really think it was her demonic side that made her string them along because she kept referring to her heart, which represented her human side.
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Post by Andreea Rata »

I don't think Cecilia was fair to Sebastian, she won him for what? To kiss Alexander?
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It’s possible to be in love with two men at the same time, and because all is fair in love and war, I’d say she was as fair as she could be, considering the circumstances.
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By clinging on to both the boys, Cecilia reminded me of Bella Swan’s character from the ‘Twilight’ series. The love triangle didn’t seemed appropriate from my point of view.
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Post by Nenkangmun Deshi »

I think the author wanted to show us how flawed our major character is and messy romantic relationships can be. So I hold the opinion that it is a love triangle and not a tease.
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Post by Chinaka94 »

It was Cecelia trying to have her cake and eat it in my opinion. Most people do it even if it's not fair
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Post by Astral Magi »

Leading them on was not nice of her, but to call it part of a demonic side is a bit much. No, she was just being inconsiderate, and perhaps this is part of growing up.
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Post by Aubrie_Waters »

I don’t know if it’s fair to say that her demonic side caused her to string them along. I think many of us like the attention, and Cecilia is no different. We also know that her true love is Sebastian. So it’s possible that she was nervous to truly fall for him too.
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Post by asteel18 »

I don't feel like Cecilia was being a tease or leading anyone on. She was passionate about both Alexander and Sebastian, but for different reasons. I don't think we can judge people based on our own ideas of humanness and culture. The daughter of Satan probably has concerns other than if she's being appropriate or not.
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Post by Ailakhu Yusau Aizhebiomon »

I don't think Cecilia was fair to Sebastian. She should have made up her mind about who she wanted instead of holding on to both.
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It was not fair, as she totally played with their feelings. Whatever the case was, she shouldn't have cheated with the boys.
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Post by Brittany LaPour »

She definitely played them in my opinion. She was all for Sebastian until Alexander 'forced' himself on her - and she allowed it. I was not a fan of this "triangle" I definitely thought it was more of a tease. Another thing that made me upset was she fell for Seb and made him fall for her and then she forced him to see all these terrible things she's done? It goes back to my thought process of her not acting like she 201 years old because she seems like a 16-year-old through and through to me.
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