There is nothing that makes me roll my eyes more than Leyla hate
I rarely ever care or think it is unbelievable that people don't like a fictional character I enjoy but with leyla here that's truly how I feel. Like what is to hate about her? And despite not being the typical spoiled rich girl and actually having values and integrity she still acts her age and is flawed. She is the character with the best life out of the main 4 respectively that is and it is shown in her character as she is the most mentally 'stable' one.
Also I get surprised when I see arden fans direct hate towards LEYLA of all characters for their ship? If it's teoman I actually get it because Teoman is meant to be hated and he treated both aras and deniz badly but LEYLA? The only rich person that actually stood by Aras and Deniz and understood them?
It reached to a point where Aras would tell Leyla's parents "Leyla would understand me." with certainty and leyla looking for Deniz protecting her from Sila and calling out teoman for being the reason for their conflict. It is very misogynistic to me how Leyla is the character most impacted by the ship wars.
It's not just about arley or Leyla as a love interest to aras leyla is generally just a great character but her character is often disregarded. Like she isn't just arley she has her friends that she has pretty entertaining dynamics with. She has her realionship with Teoman and her guilt regarding her blindness to his suffering which impacts his current behaviour. Her realionship with Deniz which is a very beautiful friendship that grew overtime. Leyla herself is a character that's at the centre of the main conflict and the story wouldn't be the same without her.
The story isn't about the brothers it's about the brothers AND HER.
Aras didn't just dream of her cus she only mattered to him but also because he knew she mattered to teoman just as much.
This is a half baked post just me showing my frustration regarding leyla hate and wishing people would treat the character with more love and look into her more beyond being aras' love interest,a part of arley or something that's in the way of their ship.
And I would love arley discussions to include more than just talks of the dynamic as a romance and more of it as a human connection with all of its complexities.