not rape kim dan is a grown ass man who signed a contract n consented, not glorifying jaekyungs actions but how come y'all don't act this way to low tide in twilight, painter of the night, CNA, roses and champagne the list goes on y'all run to get on jaekyungs case lets focus on the bigger issues
I guess its bc jk was harser in personality? Or something like that. I read only some of those youve mentioned, and the only change is that jk is the slowest to "change"
Y’all this is literally the Mingwa special. This is the BJ Alex formula.and in the end it’s iconic and famous for a reason (BJ Alex also being an og in the BL manhwa rise and why she made the same formula for this story). Not saying it’s right but I expected it 100% bc it worked exactly well the first time
??? rape is rape Caesar shot lee won, zhenya drugged raped n kidnapped taekjoo, taeju raped euihyun or wtv his name was I can assure u jaekyung doesn't have the harshest personality. I'm saying jaekyung did not rape kim dan. but seungho,taeju,zhenya,Caesar all raped their bottoms but ppl don't flame them as much as they do jaekyung. reading comprehension is a curse to bl readrs just throwing around the term rape if someone signed a contract and gave consent, their decision making wasn't impaired, they weren't under the influence of alcohol or drugs and is a lehal adult, its not rape. Kim Dan isn't the "precious baby" ppl make him out to be he's a man. anyways even if jaekyung was the slowest to change idgaf he didnt rape nobody sure he's a red flag turned yellow/green n was quote on quote abusive or wtv he's incomparable to those actual rapists. the worst thing jaekyung did was have heesung walk in on kim Xposed w/o him knowing that wasn't okay, wasn't rape, but is not excusable.
it was rape, just bc he signed a contract doesn't mean everything jakeyung does from now is fine
kim dan pleaded for him to 'stop', 'no it hurts', but jakeyung continued. THAT IS RAPE
those stories also include rape, just bc it has 'worse' rape scenes doesn't make this NOT rape, if u think abt in low tide in twilight, the bottom (forgot name) also signed a contract?? does that make what top (also forgot name) did ok? NO
okay no problem ik that now I wont feign ignorance. but my point still stands if we are gonna hate on jaekyung lets hate on the others too.
well if being so caught up in my own head I didn't realize it was I apologize I was wrong I'll admit that
Funny you mention all of those popular titles, because I have not read ANY of them. I am strictly talking about THIS series.
Jinx is literally the old format of BL troupes of rape the ML, treats them like shit, then ML slowly falls in love with after learning he has another side. Jinx is a 2000's BL plot published in a 2020's world.
I'm really interested in what bigger issues we need to focus on other than abuse and rape?
Not trying to be rude but calling BJ Alex an OG BL when it came out in 2017 (⊙…⊙ )
If you're talking about their formula, that worked in 2017, because we had trash selections. I guarantee you Jinx would have been HUGE if it was published 10 years ago, but in this day and age where we have other BL masterpieces, it was disappointing. With this art, it could've EASILY been the best.
Truthfully, I'm mourning the potential this manwha had
if you read what I said, b4 I realized i was wrong, I didn't see jinx as rape, js toxic so I was saying to focus on the manwhas that actually had rape, abuse etc but now that I see jinx is rape (admitting I'm wrong) they're all bad.
I'm glad you were able to see that.
Tbh, there are many BLs that glamorize rape to make it super dubious consent.
I'm not against people reading about fictional rape and abuse, I'm more bothered and concerned by the fact that some fans are so disillusioned that they cannot what is and what isn't consent. Or the fact that they blatantly choose to ignore the red flags and cannot be objective to the facts
yh I was being arrogant smh I kinda didn't want to believe it was rape bc of how long I'd spent arguing that I was right, after 3 years well you can imagine how hard I stuck to the belief that I was right but its okay I learned smth so
This is perfect if you are horny, want beautiful art, or love the whole "i can change him" type of troupe. If you want characters with decent morals, Joo Jaekyung is NOT IT. Kim Dan was a victim through and through.
Jaekyung backstory and change when he realized he like Dan was cute, but he did such horrendous stuff before it's really hard to overlook.
Chapters 1 - 60: straight up rape and abuse
Chapters 60 - 70: Dan grows a spine
Chapter 70-90: Jaekyung "justification" of his asshole tendencies (sob backstory) and Dan actually standing having some dignity to stand up for himself
Chapter 90 - 102: Jaekyung feeling guilty and wishy washy over his feelings because he has no right to be with Dan (rightfully so) because he treated him like utter trash. Dan also getting mixed signals from Jaekyung. Some actual cute moments.
PRO TIP: It would probably be better to just start reading at chapter 70 - 102, because there are so many flashbacks to the abuse, it might make reading it more palatable. I'm so glad I marinated this because suffering for years waiting for this is not the right move