It is just a descriptor bro it is not that deep
minors and mostly tiktok readers use it lol same i hate it too on x app people there dont use that terms
tropes and cliches have always been reductive; this is essentially the same. that’s all.
Yeah people just say whatever colour based on how they view the character. Just ignore it and read whatever u want sis
It’s another case of terms being overused and losing their meaning. Unfortunately rather common.
Although a slight counterpoint would be that the terms are useful for categorising and finding certain stories. …Assuming it was used correctly in those cases—then we’re back at square one.
Idk but to me regardless of they love or treated the uke in later part of the series I’d still label them yellow or red or black. As you’ve mentioned POTN ioncare if he loved Nakyum he’s still a red flag to me. No amount of character development can change my mind when an ML SA the MC.
It’s literally just a quick way to categorize a story. Yall getting woke af
They have nuances sure, but a character who asks for consent and has boundaries and a character who rapes and tortures are two completely different characters. The colors exist to separate these big differences. Of course characters who all do weird things will just be a nuance of red, but to help people avoid reading those nuances of red all together, it helps to have the label.
POTN, Jinx, Pearl Boy, Reverse Thinking, Waterside night, etc, these would all fall in the category of red. I haven't read any of them, idk their distinct nuances, but it doesn't matter, because people who don't like to read toxic stories should avoid all of these together.
Labelling characters as *color* flag is weird to me. Like reducing their value to green, yellow, red when they all have nuances? Some would compare this and that character as both red flags but they aren't remotely the same. "Oh they're a red flag but he still loves MC so he's a green flag!" "This character was such a green flag, then he turned yellow, then red, then green again."
I also don't get people not wanting to read a story because others labelled it as a red flag. It's not like everyone else's standards for what is considered *color* the same. Maybe I read too much but I went and read Painter of the Night half expecting him to be a monster but he didn't even exceed my expectations.
Just read the damn story and form an opinion.