What is this というのに?


> もう妾の話は良い **というのに** ！

What exactly is this というのに?

If context is needed, some people were making fun of her story and therefore
she decided not to talk about it anymore.




もう妾{わらわ}の話{はなし}は良い{よい}というのに！means the same thing as もう私{わたし}の話{はなし}はいいのに！ You
may not know this, but on its own のに can sound somewhat colloquial. というのに is a
less colloquial synonym. Judging by the pronoun 妾{わらわ}, I would guess that the
speaker is probably some noblewoman or ancient demoness from a work of
fiction, who would naturally speak less colloquially than ordinary people.

（という）のに used on its own like this suggests someone is lamenting a fact.

Also, this particular use of 良い{よい} means 'It doesn't matter'. The dictionary
I use gives this as one definition: 放って{ほうって}おいてかまわない。どうでもよい。

So the sentence means 'My story doesn't matter any more!'




「～というのに！」, or more commonly and colloquially 「～って言って(い)るのに！」, is a fairly
common way of expressing one's frustration or irritation, meaning "I'm telling
you~~ (and why can't you understand?)!" It has almost the same meaning and
usage as 「～～ってば！」; you could rephrase the sentence as 「もう私の話はいいってば！」 in an
even more colloquial way.

As for the 良い, 明鏡国語辞典 says:

> よい 〘形〙  
>  ⓳ 《「・・・もうー」の形で》もう必要ないといって、物事の中断や終了を宣言する。…はもう結構だ。「その話はもうー」「もめ事はもうー」

「良い(よい/いい)」 used with もう means 「必要ない」「要らない」 or 「終わりにする」, "not needed" "not
necessary" or "should be ended". So 「もう～～良い」 means "not necessary anymore"
"should be ended now", i.e. "I've had enough of this!"

