Honestly there's no reason the mc should've done that but again HE was under the influence of drugs and thought he was dreaming and I honestly don't see that as the same thing that happened in this chapter because he was actually unaware when he was on drugs. Whereas this scene was not done u der the influence of anything. People can be upset at rape if they want to be.
Some of y'all write essays trying to justify it
I agree it wasn't the same thing. Unfortunately, it's just that essentially all scenes so far were non-consensual. The factors surrounding each case matter and obviously the first scene was under the influence of drugs (anesthesia) which is more or less out of Jace's control and is why I noted the Duke should have refused. Having sex with someone under the influence is non-con and shouldn't happen in the first place.
Rape can never be justified in any way ever. People SHOULD be upset at rape. Sex SHOULD be consensual. If you actually interpreted some part of my comment as "justifying" rape, by all means please enlighten me because I will fix it lmao.
The very last sentence "it's best not to expect any real romance" given this current chapter it seemed like you were saying "don't expect anything other than rape"
I also stated that there's a reason this series doesn't have the Romance tag, but if that was what irked you I'll gladly revise it.
Coming back to this now, I still can't believe some people thought I was justifying rape with my topic/comment when some of the other topics written are extremely questionable.
Apparently pointing out that the writing is poor constitutes as justifying rape to some???? I happily edited this topic to remove what triggered them (changing one of my last sentences "It's just best to not expect any real romance" to "I was hoping for some sort of mutual love (with consensual scenes) to form, but this chapter was absolutely not it"), but I'm reading some other comments that were posted and I don't see them marching around telling them off.
Man y'all blasting the Duke when the MC also put the Duke through non-con sex. Sure they were when he thought he was dreaming/under the influence of drugs, but he ultimately finds out that they were in fact very much real. Truthfully, the Duke should have physically refused here, but because of the author's writing, he went through with it. The second sex scene is when the MC is buzzed (but still sober enough to know what he's saying), and he had to have sex another time with the Duke not willing (only did it since Jace protected Noah). Everything from the start was bad. This is just yaoi logic lmao as unfortunate as it is. Now we're just going through a classic case of yaoi 101: misunderstandings and lack of communication 101. We've yet to see any sex where both parties consented to each other in a clear/sober state.
Let's face it, Jace is setup to be a smart person, but he's obviously not showing it despite how cocky he acts to hide his own faults and how he's trying to hide his sexual orientation. He's book-smart and is severely lacking elsewhere including his personality. Duke is younger than Jace, and was never gay in the first place. To him, this is all bewildering as a guy he hired only for 1-2 months jumps him, takes his dick and acts like nothing happened two nights in a row. Literally the only character that isn't flawed is Noah because he's a young, dumb child. Phil is also technically flawed, who would accept circus tickets and not offer them to your master especially when he's right there. For a butler/servant at the time (in the historical setting), it's a bit awkward.
I was hoping for some sort of mutual love (with consensual scenes) to form, but this chapter was absolutely not it. Guess there's a reason this series doesn't have the Romance tag. It's historical yaoi with "comedy" in the form of dumb himbo energy.