is dark fall even psychological? thought it was just "dark romance" wc explains the rape and humiliation kinks, I mean a lot of psycho works also has that but in the few chapters that I read of that work, I didn't took it as psychological since the MLs are too polished and the plot romanticized enough to make it palatable to a wider audience (hence why it's popular)
yeah, psycho isnt the best written ngl
but ive heard good stuff abt the world building and story of dark fall, but the main story is also literally about the mc being repeatedly raped and everyone trying to get him pregnant, and from what i hear its also probably just a huge kink thing
which, whatever, you can like what you want ig. but dont be so hypocritical tk call this horrible
i have a theory that when it reaches a point it just becomes porn and therefor wont be criticized generally
that's what I said, dark fall isn't psychological like this work, so you can't compare the two, it's literally just dark romance which is why it's infested with rape and abuse since for whatever reason that's what the readers want, the creator just needed to polish the characters and the plotpoints so it's not disturbing enough, which again, is what dark fall offers- you said it yourself it has worldbuilding and plot that I assume the readers can get invested into, psychological works are focused on internal struggles, not just abuse for the shock factor.
If dark fall was really a psycho work, the rape scenes would've been a focal point throughout the story and cause the mc to wake up recalling it each time as trauma affecting his character development, and the rapists wouldn't be given any justification for their actions enough for the readers to be attached to them, but no, they are MLs for a reason, their entire design and purpose in the story is romanticized from the first chapter no matter what they do. Meanwhile, psycho works are always edging on going too far which is why some readers rate it low for being too disturbing, but at the end of the day, there's some level of understanding or satisfaction to decently made stories; This work couldn't offer that, it was just about 2 obsessed dudes, 1 who wouldn't budge and 1 who never learns coz everything in the plot goes his way, it's so freaking boring hence why I said- that's it?

I thought the low rating was coz it's too fckd up for most readers but it's really just lukewarm for psychological, honestly it's just an obsessed top and an uke who's in denial with his obsession, there was an implied realization (I think?) near the end but it was so meh, I can't freaking feel the chemistry which is shocking since I like freak x freak trope. Might've been better if the seme offed himself and we see how that affects the uke, make him feel the weight of loss, ykno? since he didn't feel that for his ex-wife. I don't even know what the ending was, looks like they just returned to their HS setup except they're fcking now