I feel conflicted over whether I want the Sword King’s brainwashing to be undone and for him to go through a redemption arc with Saeah or for him to stay “bad” and for MC + Saeah to get revenge on him slash never care about him again…
The fact that they want the idiot who got himself mind controlled to look 'cool' is just ridiculous to me. He's an absolute fucking moron. He doesn't deserve this stupid fan service. It's literally just here to set up the turn later on. If he was so fucking stupid that he let something like this happen, then he wouldn't have gotten to this position in the first place.
TLDR: He doesn't deserve the power he has, and he 100% won't deserve any 'redemption' in the future.
How much can brainwashing a guy change him? Was he only seduced? If he's to be given a redemption arc, his entire personality had better been rewritten by the brainwashing or else he's just scum anyway.