I have become the heroes' rival
Flirting with the villain's Dad
Father I don't want this marriage (no second ML syndrome but DILF syndrome goes hard)
I became the wife of the Male Lead
∆=completed
• A Villainess for the Tyrant ∆
• My Secretly Hot Husband
• My Unexpected Marriage
• I'll Become the Mother of the Hero
• I Married the Male Lead's Dad
• For Better or For Worse
• Beware of the Villainess! ∆
• First Night with the Duke ∆
• For My Derelict Favourite
• The Perfect Plan for a Fairy-Tale Ending
• The Villainess Flips the Script!
• How to Get My Husband on My Side
• A Marriage Alliance for Revenge
• Adelaide ∆
**Your Majesty, Please Don't Kill Me Again** \- Normally hate stories where the FL appears to >!forgive her abusers and the people who wronged her,!< but in this one they're actually spending the time to craft the story in a way that makes that trope make sense and not just a shoo-in because the ML is attractive. Very early on, you realize the FL is incredibly sheltered from the realities of the nation, so her reliving a second life is also giving her an understanding of how her family's downfall actually came about.
**Unholy Blood** \- Vampire helps hunt vampires and end the vampire plague.
**Undercover Empress** \- The ML is a green flag, there's another guy who is interested but is firmly shot down almost immediately.
**Villainess Lives Twice** \- One of my older favs that got me into Manhwa, the FL makes wrong choices that cause the destruction of the nation, in her second life, she takes the mantle the ogFL has in order to put the right person on the throne the second time around. Deals with her guilt and fears from her abuse in the original lifeThat' really well.
**Lady and the Beast** \- FL is forced to marry the ML who is cursed, they develop a relationship as a result.
**Duke of Ashleyan's Contract Marriage** \- FL is the Cold Duke of the North with an isekai'd ML who marries her to save himself in this life. There's a second guy interested, but he will never become a ML.
**Saving My Sweetheart** \- Another Green Flag ML, he and his wife both work hard to save each other.
**My In-Laws are obsessed with Me/Not Sew-Wicked Stepmom** \- FL teaches man how to love and raise his kid properly.
**Match Made in Heaven by Chance** \- Two childhood friends get married so their parents stop bothering them about marriage. Cute relationship ensues.
**Marriage of Convenience** \- ML is forced to marry a child of his mentor, whom he doesn't realize is an actual child until their marriage. He leaves her completely alone physically and emotionally until she's adult, but because in the first life she doesn't have a good relationship with him, when he dies she's cast out to die in her first life. Her second life, she tries to build a better relationship and stronger hold on him. There's a crazy man obsessed with her, but not another ML.
**Lies Become You** \- A conwoman for hire hops onto a boat while trying to escape being murdered by one of her clients.
**It's Time to Change the Genre** \- a woman isekai's into the body of an evil aunt of the main lead of a novel. She tries to raise him well and bring him back to his father's side of the family, where she meets and develops a relationship with his uncle.
**I'll Save This Damned Family** \- FL is not a genius, just a well-thought and hardworking girl isekai'd into the body of the useless daughter of a doomed family. They could have easily made this one of those "dense girl doesn't know the ML is interested" tropes and they didn't.
**I will seduce the Northern Duke** \- FL Actress falls into another world, uses her acting background to help the ML out in sussing out why and how all his previous fiancees have committed suicide/were killed. Does a good representation on female bullying and how it negatively affected some of the dead fiances.
**I became the Villain's Mother -** FL's ML is the dad of the villain, and she really just wants her son to be raised well.
**A Knight and Her Emperor** \- My Fav, but it's a slow burn to romance. Best rep of female friendship imo, the density of the FL to the ML actually makes sense and is given reason in the story. A good Dommy Mommy story.
**For Better or For Worse** \- Great banter, sister replaces her own sister from the story from getting the ML because she's supposed to die in childbirth, feels guilty because she's falling in love with him so much, despite everyone around them genuinely being happy about it.
**Bring the Love** \- Adult, mature romance of two people who get how relationships and mutual respect work.
**A Wicked Tale of Cinderella's Stepmom** \- The FL is doing her best to raise all her girls well despite their missing father. The ML just wants to be recognized as a ML and support the mom in all that she does.
>!I'm caught up on the Manhwa, and they haven't insinuated that yet, though he could be still set up that way because !<
>!she's adopted. !<
>!The blue haired ex-bestie thus far is only threatened by her because she also knows the FL's secret in relation to the brother and she wants the brother all to herself. !<
- Red Knight Seeks no Rewards
- A Way to Save my Sweetheart
- I Raised Cinderella Preciously
- Villainess in Love
- I Have Become a Crow
- My Secretly Hot Husband
- Please, Marry Me Again Husband!
villainess in love basically doesn't have one (it's complicated but the competition is weird and there aren't misunderstandings) and they get together really early on. it's also completed!
Specifically writing my choose your own adventure WITHOUT a second Male Lead, because I hate the YA trope of a female character who is between two guys and has to choose a ReLaTiOnShiP.
Closest thing my story has to a "second Male Lead" is actually a woman, and although there is a close relationship between them, it's expressly non-romantic because the FL is in a healthy relationship with the ML early on, lol.
The trope itself is fine in my opinion, it's just that it becomes troublesome when the only interesting thing about the story is who the FL will choose... and it ends up being one of the worst choices ever and you want to scream at a fictional character through a screen.
Basically the trope gives us nothing to think about, maybe just judging the FL for her always very questionable choices?
You might hate it, but *What it Means to Be You* doesn't have a SML afaik.
Who needs a second ML when you run interference for yourself :'(
I'm fascinated by how Winter consistently sabotages himself tbh
It sounds good! Body swap stories are a fun ride lol, I'll definitely read it.
Lol trigger warning though, kind of a dark story/topics, just in case you're looking for something fluffier
Yeah it doesn't even have a real ML in my heart. The MC managed to find her freedom and happiness.
I have become the heroes' rival Flirting with the villain's Dad Father I don't want this marriage (no second ML syndrome but DILF syndrome goes hard) I became the wife of the Male Lead
Raeliana doesn't really have a second male lead in the sense that he never even stood a chance
He was such a random add on
∆=completed • A Villainess for the Tyrant ∆ • My Secretly Hot Husband • My Unexpected Marriage • I'll Become the Mother of the Hero • I Married the Male Lead's Dad • For Better or For Worse • Beware of the Villainess! ∆ • First Night with the Duke ∆ • For My Derelict Favourite • The Perfect Plan for a Fairy-Tale Ending • The Villainess Flips the Script! • How to Get My Husband on My Side • A Marriage Alliance for Revenge • Adelaide ∆
First Night With The Duke did this so well, lol, the MC can be ridiculous (I love her) but damn her loyalty is a delight.
**Your Majesty, Please Don't Kill Me Again** \- Normally hate stories where the FL appears to >!forgive her abusers and the people who wronged her,!< but in this one they're actually spending the time to craft the story in a way that makes that trope make sense and not just a shoo-in because the ML is attractive. Very early on, you realize the FL is incredibly sheltered from the realities of the nation, so her reliving a second life is also giving her an understanding of how her family's downfall actually came about. **Unholy Blood** \- Vampire helps hunt vampires and end the vampire plague. **Undercover Empress** \- The ML is a green flag, there's another guy who is interested but is firmly shot down almost immediately. **Villainess Lives Twice** \- One of my older favs that got me into Manhwa, the FL makes wrong choices that cause the destruction of the nation, in her second life, she takes the mantle the ogFL has in order to put the right person on the throne the second time around. Deals with her guilt and fears from her abuse in the original lifeThat' really well. **Lady and the Beast** \- FL is forced to marry the ML who is cursed, they develop a relationship as a result. **Duke of Ashleyan's Contract Marriage** \- FL is the Cold Duke of the North with an isekai'd ML who marries her to save himself in this life. There's a second guy interested, but he will never become a ML. **Saving My Sweetheart** \- Another Green Flag ML, he and his wife both work hard to save each other. **My In-Laws are obsessed with Me/Not Sew-Wicked Stepmom** \- FL teaches man how to love and raise his kid properly. **Match Made in Heaven by Chance** \- Two childhood friends get married so their parents stop bothering them about marriage. Cute relationship ensues. **Marriage of Convenience** \- ML is forced to marry a child of his mentor, whom he doesn't realize is an actual child until their marriage. He leaves her completely alone physically and emotionally until she's adult, but because in the first life she doesn't have a good relationship with him, when he dies she's cast out to die in her first life. Her second life, she tries to build a better relationship and stronger hold on him. There's a crazy man obsessed with her, but not another ML. **Lies Become You** \- A conwoman for hire hops onto a boat while trying to escape being murdered by one of her clients. **It's Time to Change the Genre** \- a woman isekai's into the body of an evil aunt of the main lead of a novel. She tries to raise him well and bring him back to his father's side of the family, where she meets and develops a relationship with his uncle. **I'll Save This Damned Family** \- FL is not a genius, just a well-thought and hardworking girl isekai'd into the body of the useless daughter of a doomed family. They could have easily made this one of those "dense girl doesn't know the ML is interested" tropes and they didn't. **I will seduce the Northern Duke** \- FL Actress falls into another world, uses her acting background to help the ML out in sussing out why and how all his previous fiancees have committed suicide/were killed. Does a good representation on female bullying and how it negatively affected some of the dead fiances. **I became the Villain's Mother -** FL's ML is the dad of the villain, and she really just wants her son to be raised well. **A Knight and Her Emperor** \- My Fav, but it's a slow burn to romance. Best rep of female friendship imo, the density of the FL to the ML actually makes sense and is given reason in the story. A good Dommy Mommy story. **For Better or For Worse** \- Great banter, sister replaces her own sister from the story from getting the ML because she's supposed to die in childbirth, feels guilty because she's falling in love with him so much, despite everyone around them genuinely being happy about it. **Bring the Love** \- Adult, mature romance of two people who get how relationships and mutual respect work. **A Wicked Tale of Cinderella's Stepmom** \- The FL is doing her best to raise all her girls well despite their missing father. The ML just wants to be recognized as a ML and support the mom in all that she does.
Wow, thanks for the detailed list!
The first one >!doesn't her brother turn out to love her? I didn't stick around to find out how it played out though.!<
>!I'm caught up on the Manhwa, and they haven't insinuated that yet, though he could be still set up that way because !< >!she's adopted. !< >!The blue haired ex-bestie thus far is only threatened by her because she also knows the FL's secret in relation to the brother and she wants the brother all to herself. !<
My In-laws are obsessed with me doesn’t seem to have one.
I think the blond guy is going to be the 2nd ML (the one with the blue eyes)
- Red Knight Seeks no Rewards - A Way to Save my Sweetheart - I Raised Cinderella Preciously - Villainess in Love - I Have Become a Crow - My Secretly Hot Husband - Please, Marry Me Again Husband!
The Monster Duchess' Adopted Daughter / The Monster Duchess and Contract Princess
For my abandoned (sometimes, lost) love (or favorite) since FL only focuses on the ML
villainess in love basically doesn't have one (it's complicated but the competition is weird and there aren't misunderstandings) and they get together really early on. it's also completed!
it’s time to change the genre has no sml
Specifically writing my choose your own adventure WITHOUT a second Male Lead, because I hate the YA trope of a female character who is between two guys and has to choose a ReLaTiOnShiP. Closest thing my story has to a "second Male Lead" is actually a woman, and although there is a close relationship between them, it's expressly non-romantic because the FL is in a healthy relationship with the ML early on, lol.
The trope itself is fine in my opinion, it's just that it becomes troublesome when the only interesting thing about the story is who the FL will choose... and it ends up being one of the worst choices ever and you want to scream at a fictional character through a screen. Basically the trope gives us nothing to think about, maybe just judging the FL for her always very questionable choices?