no amount of yearning or apologising is ever going to even begin to repair this story idc. forcibly shoving your dick down someone’s throat is a whole other level of vile. this is like roses and champagne on steroids except zhenya is missing the part where caesar at least thinks he’s in love with leewon. and i really hope not but i feel like taekjoo is gonna be on some stockholm syndrome shit too soon enough
yeah he got issues. but his appearance is so mesmerizing. almost all the real dudes out there is ugly asf, so even if he’s a maniac some are drawn to him
LITERALLY people that fucking salivate over characters like Zhenya, Taeju, and Caesar must be INSANE because wtf is appealing about these black flag fucking psychopaths
i actually really can’t lie, anyone who ‘is drawn to’ this horrible rapist because he’s hot is a very ODD person. this manhwa has turned into something so SO twisted and grotesque. it’s not normal and it’s not okay
ok but let’s not act like taeju is on the same
level as zhenya or caesar tho lol, he never tried desperately to shoot euihyun to death
Oh I know, he’s just on the list of awful toxic characters people swoon over. Zhenya & Caesar are a different level of fucking awful
it’s a shame bc i really liked roses and champagne before IT happened.
some people including me like twisted thing. the normal everyday ML is good but always reading the same category bores me. ik it’s not normal but i enjoy dark romance. and sorry that it doesn’t sit right with you
i read the novel thinking it gets better. its so disturbingly graphic but i was like oh itll get better. it just doesnt even get better how it needs to for zenya to redeem himself and icl with the whole 3pst13n sht going on these last two chaps are so much more disgusting. its a trainwreck as a whole
Nah me too like wtaf was that
it shouldn’t sit right with you either. that’s not normal. this isn’t dark romance it’s just rape? where’s the romance? go talk to somebody
yeah you’re completely right, i can’t with people saying to read the novel bc if it’s anything like this there’s STILL no shot i am ever seeing zhenya as worthy of having a chance with taekjoo at all. “he becomes a bit more obedient in the end” ??? hello? he’s been raping taekjoo for like 15 chapters straight? who’s reading this?? and definitely yeah with the files coming out this is just completely awful and i hope ppl start waking up to it. this stuff happens to real people and it’s not “dark romance” it’s disgusting and life ruining
go drop it instead of keep reading it and whining
period like bl/ yaoi needs to chill on the exuberent level of sxual violence bc wtf. heres a review i wrote to someone who got triggered cus i said its rlly not that great a novel, even sexual violence aside n here is why. like personally it felt very disappointing as a romantic story even when u “overlook” the debauchery happening it just fails. but with whats going on with those files it all feels smmm more sickening tbh.
“mmm there definitely are a handful of romantic scenes that exist, they fall flat because even when the relationships good, theyre not cute and affectionate with one another. they literally just have sex lmao. zenyas obsessed and taekjoo is. agreeable lmao.
despite it being a super dense long novel, the detail is lackluster and objective at best for the lighter hearted domestic/ romantic side of things.
the yearning lacks a genuine depth and real vulnerability from both characters. even when narrated otherwise, it feels very one dimensional and relies on the third person narrative to explain instead of them communicating their feelings.
it feels lazy and just like obsession, infatuation and lust. esp from zenya. its giving ASPD favourite person/ exception.
not love.
it is extremely detailed on the abusive, sexually violent and lustful sides of the relationship.
but also no real reconciliation or discussions either
no apology after.
if those two aspects improved itd be way more appealing. but the fact theres such a REAL LACK of emotional vulnerability, patch up or physical affection past sex in the relationship between them is what makes it a waste of fucking time and soo lazy.
i will say it was enthralling though it and definitely had good moments i enjoyed too. like taekjoo’s mom and zenya. or the cute moment of them drinking together on zenyas island. or that zenya acts 3% more considerate and warm to taekjoo after they get together.
but overall? a deer in headlights / trainwreck cus zenya is insane and also. unappealing bc it was nottt satisfying.
i mean again im so happy you loved reading it! maybe those types of stories are appealing to u! again like i cant stop someone else’s bad taste in stories/ relationship dynamic and overall lack of critical thinking but.”
They aint real... i hate armchair psychologists diagnosing people because they like problematic fictional stories
brooo I wish they would stay out of the comment section but they keep coming back they could ignore but they sit over here and virtue signal
you need help like i’m srs
virtue signal?? this manhwa is full of nothing but violent rape over and over again when we’re in the midst of finding out that the most powerful people in the world did this and WORSE to women and children for years. this shit is disgusting and it genuinely shouldn’t be allowed. girl respectfully please go to hell
you put it so well, it is infuriating how people are fawning over the moments where zhenya for once isn’t being violent and cruel towards taekjoo and saying “he’s in love” like.. no he’s not. and the concept of us dropping and ignoring these stories is such a dangerous slippery slope especially when it is mainly straight girls that read yaoi, it’s just normalising all of this awful abuse from men since to a lot of people the uke exists for them to insert themselves into the story. this is rlly not okay it’s sick
ikr? and when you try to tell them that they be like ‘ you need help’. like b you need to stop reading and get tf outta here. i vividly remember how these kinda people were bashing painter of the night every single chapter and were still coming back for new chapters. hypocrites
can you guys lmk what you find appealing about zhenya? this cunt is absolutely fucking disgusting. i’m only reading still because i like taekjoo but everything else at this point in this manhwa is so disturbing.