I just recently finished reading Honey Bear and I posted this under a different review but: this couple genuinely does NOT have a good dynamic. Are they cute? Sure. Healthy…. Ehhhhhhhhh
If you want an example of this exact dynamic actually DONE right - healthy relationship where they actually discuss things even while having sex - it really is HONEY BEAR. The bottom doesn’t dismiss the top even with similar trauma and even when the top is insecure, even with the miscommunication it’s IMMEDIATELY taken care of by the bottom. For example when the old childhood friend came in, miscommunication ensured, TOP HELD HIS GROUND AND BOTTOM ALSO CORRECTED HIMSELF. But just becuz the bottom corrects himself doesn’t mean he doesn’t give himself the self respect he deserves when navigating this relationship and same with the top, he doesn’t hesitate to say I’m not ok with this.
Meanwhile in this story it seems like a continuous trend that they DO NOT discuss properly the issue. The inexperienced top feels insecure about his relationship and his lack of knowledge when it comes to how many ever the relationship. And not once does the bottom properly give him the emotional support he needs, they just smash, and he’s also sometimes “childish” if you will. They’re NOT ENTIRELY BAD but it is a major theme in this story and it makes me sad that even up to the side stories in paris, you can see the dynamic doesn’t change much. The bottom admits the faults but the top never properly dismantles that and ur left just imagining they do. The thing is: the only reason they do work is becuz this is the bottom’s healthiest relationship and the top’s first relationship but aside from that… well, I’m not trying to be too hyper critical despite saying that I’m here to be more scratching, but it’s just a lil sad.
The experienced bottom x inexperienced top is just DONE BETTER by another story.
I just recently finished reading Honey Bear and I posted this under a different review but: this couple genuinely does NOT have a good dynamic. Are they cute? Sure. Healthy…. Ehhhhhhhhh
If you want an example of this exact dynamic actually DONE right - healthy relationship where they actually discuss things even while having sex - it really is HONEY BEAR.
The bottom doesn’t dismiss the top even with similar trauma and even when the top is insecure, even with the miscommunication it’s IMMEDIATELY taken care of by the bottom. For example when the old childhood friend came in, miscommunication ensured, TOP HELD HIS GROUND AND BOTTOM ALSO CORRECTED HIMSELF. But just becuz the bottom corrects himself doesn’t mean he doesn’t give himself the self respect he deserves when navigating this relationship and same with the top, he doesn’t hesitate to say I’m not ok with this.
Meanwhile in this story it seems like a continuous trend that they DO NOT discuss properly the issue. The inexperienced top feels insecure about his relationship and his lack of knowledge when it comes to how many ever the relationship. And not once does the bottom properly give him the emotional support he needs, they just smash, and he’s also sometimes “childish” if you will. They’re NOT ENTIRELY BAD but it is a major theme in this story and it makes me sad that even up to the side stories in paris, you can see the dynamic doesn’t change much.
The bottom admits the faults but the top never properly dismantles that and ur left just imagining they do.
The thing is: the only reason they do work is becuz this is the bottom’s healthiest relationship and the top’s first relationship but aside from that… well, I’m not trying to be too hyper critical despite saying that I’m here to be more scratching, but it’s just a lil sad.
The experienced bottom x inexperienced top is just DONE BETTER by another story.