I got all hopeful for the incoming communication... only for this chapter.
It's better than nothing. But, well uh, it lost any impact for me with how it progressed. I felt awkward with the following scenes, wondering if maybe panels were missing only to realize they weren't.
Why have that topic discussed to not have MC say a single word? MC only contributed "tell me about you" to that supposed conversation. No, it was just ML talking at MC. And then bang, time for smut? What did this accomplish beyond telling us readers what we already knew? All this does was add to ML's "dark broody past" to give reason to him treating MC as less than.
"Big bad ML is rich and strong and has a dark past. Money and expectations are hard. He's only cold because he was raised to be that way." Is an understood character setting for ML since the beginning of the story. Why tell us again with 0 pay off? It just seems so pointless, in my opinion, to have this brought up and MC contribute absolutely nothing to the convo. What did he actually learn?! That he once tried to see his mom? That's uh, sad and all, but what does it have to do with their relationship? Nothing. It confirms what we and MC have been shown since the beginning.
Not to say this is terrible! It's not my personal preference of pacing. I don't like any of the characters as they all feel very one note. Maybe this is a super slow burn and I am impatient. Maybe this is just smut focused and the development will be nonexistent, consisting of a mere half hearted apology followed by copious sex. Both are valid forms of media. Juuuust not what I expected out of this one.
I got all hopeful for the incoming communication... only for this chapter.
It's better than nothing. But, well uh, it lost any impact for me with how it progressed. I felt awkward with the following scenes, wondering if maybe panels were missing only to realize they weren't.
Why have that topic discussed to not have MC say a single word? MC only contributed "tell me about you" to that supposed conversation. No, it was just ML talking at MC. And then bang, time for smut? What did this accomplish beyond telling us readers what we already knew? All this does was add to ML's "dark broody past" to give reason to him treating MC as less than.
"Big bad ML is rich and strong and has a dark past. Money and expectations are hard. He's only cold because he was raised to be that way." Is an understood character setting for ML since the beginning of the story. Why tell us again with 0 pay off? It just seems so pointless, in my opinion, to have this brought up and MC contribute absolutely nothing to the convo. What did he actually learn?! That he once tried to see his mom? That's uh, sad and all, but what does it have to do with their relationship? Nothing. It confirms what we and MC have been shown since the beginning.
Not to say this is terrible! It's not my personal preference of pacing. I don't like any of the characters as they all feel very one note. Maybe this is a super slow burn and I am impatient. Maybe this is just smut focused and the development will be nonexistent, consisting of a mere half hearted apology followed by copious sex. Both are valid forms of media. Juuuust not what I expected out of this one.