Well making a smut bl based on the African American slavery and abuse of power on Native American to satisfy weird fetish is kinda not really ok but yeah the farmland was a slave ground no doubt on that one
Is it based on that, though? I mean, just from this one chapter you can't tell if it is? We don't even know if the farmhand is a slave, but there is of course slavery as a topic in this time period
I'm unaware of how the story progresses Idk if its been posted on other sites
Each parent needs to have a recessive blue eye gene for the child to have blue eyes. Meaning, ML is not even half native.
Its picture an ex owner of slave probably falling in love with his maybe slave ig during the post civil war so yeahhh if it isn’t idk what it might have inspired Jaxx
People also seem to forget that it wasn’t uncommon for some Native American tribes to assist in enslaving black people
If he is a native American from the south, like from mexico etc, there was a lot of european ancestry mixed in over the years, so it could be his mother or sometbing had recessive. Though it's not impossible to be fully native american and have blue eyes, as his parent both could have carry the recessive genes, just rare.
Though at the end of the day this is a comic lol Some people have naturally pink hair etc
I mean, it's after the Civil war and he has explictly freed all his slave immediately, and even given them money to go to the northern states, so I'm not sure if it would develop into a master x slave relationship
Also the farmhand OBVIOUSLY has no power dynamic problems from that opening lol his ranch
If it does being that though I will probably drop it
From the last sentence I’m leaning on the slave x master but I hope it’s not
True, but on the other hand, other tribes actively worked on helping slaves escape their bondage. It differed greatly, but yeah, a lot of native americans sold other native americans into slavery as well. It was fairly common to do in some tribes after defeating them in battle
Me too. I feel like this could be a premise for a really good story if handle right, but it also could very easily tip into distasteful and disrespectful territory.
I'm hoping for the whole farmland being a free spirit, and he ends up showing Gerald what its like living without societal tide restricting everything.
The imagery made it very clear that gerald doesnt feel like he has an idenity outside of being the eldest son of his family. With his family gone, he suddenly is no one.
The farmhand seems very confident and like he knows himself, and is also a VERY freespirited person (ecspecially if he has been a slave until now).
I hope it is more about the farmhand helping to free Gerald of the invisible shackles his life gave him, and allowing him to learn who he is (probably through taboo homo sex lol)
I get the feeling the author wanted a cowboy, and is actually having the cowboy be a vaquero, rather than the whitewashed cowboy most people see
That would be PERFECT but we both know that’s way too much for a Korean bl author who probably has barely if not very poorly knowledge about the civil war
so weird ur stuck on gooner land to have some critical thinking skills
Oh that would be fantastic. I’d eat that up with seconds please
Yea the point is it’s not so black and white. Author is either very brave in breaching this topic or is getting over their head. Hopefully they know what they’re doing
I don't know, so far it seem very accurate to the civil war. Like, they even included the bit that most of the people in the south didn't tell their slaves that they were free, and kept them in slavery for years afterwards, taking advantage they couldn't read, etc.
Also vaquero being native american slaves is very realistic as well
I am gonna give them the benefit of the doubt for this first chapter at least
I will say the last speech bubble was very much trying to get people the want to read the next part - though he did just return so he doesn't realize that he was freed like the rest of the slaves at the ranch.
Lmao I read comics for plot, the smut is just an extra bonus a lot of time. And also if you aren't using critical thinking while reading, why not just watch porn? Obviously I am here for the story, not the sex.
I am not that interested in brainrot
Fingers crossed!
I just wish more people would give creators the chance to fuck up, then start cyber lynching from assumptions
I'm interested to see where this goes, so far the pacing and panels are incredibly well done.
As for the racism discourse, like??? Everyone is projecting? We don't even know what is going to happen in this - sometimes stories that seem good turn out bad or one's that seem bad turn out good.
As for the actual comic, it seems like the farm hand is native American descent rather than african, and yet he has blue eyes. I am wondering if he is half white? That was a fairly common thing, unfortunately. Could he actually be related to Gerald?
It seems he had a good estate in Illinois, but this ranch must be farther west, as that landscape is DEFINITELY not Illinois.
And to the people up in arms over the setting of this, this is a fairly common setting in media? Also I mean, slavery is a topic broached in a LOT of manhwa. I hope that the author does justice and this doesn't just turn into a fuckfest, but actually has a decent plot.
Perhaps the farmland wasn't actually a slave? It was common for servants to call heads of household master as well in the time period.
I will say, I get why Gerald was hesitating when his father was talking about joining the war on the union side, seeing as he owned slaves himself. He probably thought he was a hypocrite.
I am intrigued by this set up, and hope it turns out to be something worthwhile, though I admit I am not familair with the author.