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But Felicia didnt want him to cuddle with her and ease her worries like a loving would do, she wanted what she always expected from him....money and he refused for (until we learned his side of the events) aperently no good reason. I've seen people describe their marriages as a deal where both get something from each other, but paint Felicia as the one that broke the deal. I would argue that Elias broke it first when he showed that he could deny her whatever he wanted for whatever reason he wanted.
All the times Elias upheld his end of the deal were insignificant to the one time he didnt, that was the one time it mattered the most to her.
He made Felicia realise that the conditions of their agreement were no longer on her best interest nor the best she could do, so she did what any ambitious goldigger would do in that situation and searched for a better oportunity.
Be it for love, looks or money, every relationship needs a minimum of respect or resentment will build up until it becomes hatred. If Felicia was loyal but would disrepect him and tried to made him misserable at every turn that would not be something he would like that much, despite still having exclusive acces to beautiful inteligent woman, and might re-consider their agreement.
Felicia is no saint and Elias probably is no the devil but based what we know and have seen about their relationship, i have no reason to feel any kind of sympathy for him. You want a loyal whore? pay the freaking whore, otherwise you might find youself being the joke of the town.
That's a fair enough argument. Although I meant "caring about out of the normal special wishes" when talking about a loving relationship, not "cuddling."
If it's the full truth that it's her first wish ever (which I doubt coming from a woman who married a man solely because of his money) and that it really would have been "money not worth mentioning" for elias (which I doubt coming from a woman who has shown in conversations with rosalind that she lives in a bubble regarding money), then I agree that it somewhat breaks their unspoken arrangement. But only partly. She still lives a life in absolute luxery.
If we go down that path though, her fucking around also violates their arrangement as it puts a bad light on elias even if she does it privately and it certainly is not respectful behaviour towards him, which would be expected from a "loyal whore that so far got paid."
I think its impossible to argue about that area because who knows what went on in their marriage, who did what faults first etc. Their marriage is obviously a shitshow and both seem to feel cold-hearted towards eachother.
My main point is, that there is a big difference between their bad deeds regarding how evil they are:
Not caring about the most important thing of your spouse <----> Actively destroying the most important thing of your spouse
Even if elias was the first who ever did wrong in their marriage, it's an evil deed by felicia to participate in something so outrageous in the club, things that are purposefully designed to utterly humiliate her husband in front of his peers. She might not have been expecting those things when she joined, but she still does them now. That's an evil woman for me. Denying an important wish is not even in the same ballpark.
I think this bias goes both ways, because there is also a tendecy to overcompensate by dismissing any support towards a girl as simping or , in the case of game and anime, waifu loving fanboyism. The best example in my mind is when Fire Emble: Three Houses was released and any fan of Edelgard would be labeled a waifuloving nazi no matter how many essays they write explaining their reasoning. The funny thing about that example was that there are characters like Lelouch that are both male and more beloved tha Edelgard despite being more radical.
Yes, we can find contradicting cases and in some areas the dynamic sometimes shifts, but thats rare and usually only happens after a lot. Just remember what absolute ridiculous behaviour of guys it took before the english language even came up with a word that describes behaviour like simping or whiteknighting.
If a guy shoves a girl in a public place, everyone and their mother will rush in to protect her. If a thin weak guy gets shoved by a tall strong guy noone cares. If a guy gets shoved by a girl everyone makes fun of the guy. If a girl gets shoved by a girl everyone hopes for flashing tits-- wait...?!