Could you specify exactly what chapter was it mentioned about him doing his first aftercare?
And your explanation legit answered my question on whether or not Ilay does have genuine feelings for Tay
It’s chap 59
Chap 59
Thanks!
I mean, first he was curious about him, then he liked his company from the beginning, he even told him his name right away. Then, he became obsessed. I am not denying that Tay is special for him, but I am questioning if he likes him as a partner and not as something he just wants to assert dominance and propriety over.
He may be overwhelmed by new experiences and feelings, but at the moment, his desire of ownership prevails over his blossoming love for Tay.
Th ownership thing started 4 or so chapters ago, I genuinely believe that that's not the case and only an antic, tay would never stay with ilay if ownership is what ilay desired, because tays boyfriend before whats-his-name wanted possession, remember tay realising that he didn't want to spend time with tay, he wanted to own all of tays time and he broke up with him immediately, Moreover no matter how powerful ilay is there is a limit to his power, and tay has an incredibly talented brother that in the modern world is more powerful than ilay, therefore if the ownership thing was really the case then the story would play out with jay helping tay escape, and lets be honest that's not what any of the viewers want, it's just the authors way of depicting ilays rollercoaster of an understanding of love and to add spice and confusion for the readers, after all the two main leads hadn't been together for several chapters and there was such big tension around their meeting, so the author had their work cut out, if it was too gruesome it would be bad, ilay's weird reaction needed to be justified by him in some way, because he didn't want to lose tay
Look, for people saying ilay doesn’t actually have feelings for Tay and only cares about owning him should really go back to the 50’s and 60’s chapters, where ilay had a lot of firsts with tay, he’s the most patient with him, and the first time he did aftercare was with him and when he didn’t do the best job there was a pang in his heart. And after Tay left the words Tay said were I hate you, and ilay after that kept thinking did he really despise me. Now I am by no means justifying his behaviour, but this owning him thing is another antic of his to ensure that the case of tays departure doesn’t occur, it’s not that he doesn’t have feelings for him, he definitely does, but this is his first time so he does not know, and honestly I think it’s time for ilay to have a jealousy trope because if in a place/time he has to act rationally yet jealousy gets in his way, he’ll realise his feelings, again ilay is wrong, rape is too justified by yaoi mangas, I was just explaining why the statement “He doesn’t love him, only wants to own him” is wrong