I don’t understand how it can be possible to dislike Duchess.
I think Duchess is surely The Most Interesting Character of all EAH ! (enormously more than Raven^^)
Contrary to the other princesses, she has no Happily Ever After and her life is also not very happy : She is an orphan, she doesn’t know who is clearly her mother and she didn’t live like a “typical luxury princess” before to come at EAH but with her grandmother like a normal girl.
Her childhood was not happy too : When appeared her Magic Touch, it was more a curse for her because she had difficulties to control it and was subject to much teasing because of it and was considered as a kind of “Ugly Duckling”.
Duchess could have become depressive because of that (and perhaps she was depressive in her childhood) but instead it today she fights to show that she can be a great princess whatever after the sad end of her tale !
So it’s not pity that people should feel about Duchess but admiration about how strong and determined Duchess is !
And
I think it may be understandable that she appears so sassy because she is just jealous of all these princesses who find ways to complain about their life while they have families, friends, and great happy endings… I think Duchess is just desperate, she wants to do her best to honor her tale, but seeks above all to be happy because she deserves it like everyone else.
That why Duchess is truly a very great and interesting character in contrary to the other characters !
- and also because it’s interesting that there is a part of white swan in her, but also a glaring part of Black Swan.. it could be very interesting to know more about that, and about who is truly her mother, and what about the past of the White and the Black Swan, and what about the future of Duchess..
All these matters and all these contexts around Duchess are what make her The Most Interesting Character of Them All in my opinion !
I recommend everyone to read the book Next Top Villain (my favorite EAH book forever after ♥) to realize how interesting are the life and the personality of Duchess. You absolutely can’t dislike Duchess after having read this book.
