Ion think anyone expected him to cry and beg (some might) and it was clear that he’s a yellow to red flag but I assume what people might’ve expected was a change in a toxic story from that boring lame ass justified rape scenes to a toxic story going through/exploring other themes but oh well.
And I believe the people have the right to criticize this because god, the author was doing so well with this toxic story only to ruin it with the same ass route other authors took, theres deadass nothing new in bl story writing at all and thats a genuine writing problem.
I mean have we not seen this bs happen before? Roses and champagne? And other bls writing the same. damn. thing every time? We could’ve gotten a well written toxic story but no and thats the problem.
And then we have people saying he’s “a morally grey character and not a red flag” like? Im sure none of that excuses anything he’s ever done? It’s also clear he’s a red flag from his actions I mean cmon now…you saved him from getting raped only to rape him.. right. Back in my days these type of tops had a clear label on them despite being a complex and morally grey character.
A lot of people expected him to cry and beg.I personally dont think its rape yet; hear me out, yujin has not said no or stop atleast in this chapter, he is rilung Aaron up more instead, he's pushing boundaries to check how Far Aaron will take it. Regardless the ankle chain part is very nonconsencual and off putting, but like I said, sociopathic people dont have methods for situations like normal people do.
Author had already mentioned that season 3 will have a lot of pain, so this was pretty expected.
I was expecting something else, different than roses or champagne or passion too tbh, but like I said, this is what the character fits the most, hes been an obsessive bastard capable of a lot of bad things. Hes literally shown in throughout the story. Putting trackers and all that bs. I never said that him being morally grey or a red flag excuses his behaviour, im simply stating that hes literally a fucked up person doing fucked up things. People expected him to be all sunshine rainbows yearner and he is a yearner just different kind.
I can only talk about the rape part when next chapter comes.
Literally a user commented this and I think its so perfect: "In that sense it's a bit like hating on a lion when it chews your leg off. Just because it learned not to bite you in the confines of a cage doesn't mean it wouldn't bite once free.
In the "relationship " Aaron controlled himself to a degree but once he was free of that he reverted to his true nature"
I can see the point you’re coming from and I might agree to some extent too. I also had a feeling when this bl started and showed the top and his personality…I knew for a fact he wont be a jolly fucker and this is gonna be your another average rape story but despite that I kinda wanted to see otherwise but that was my mistake as I am now killed and currently in hell.
Now I dont agree with him not getting raped, he was fully unconscious when the top stripped him naked and roamed and sucked his body which by textbook definition is rape. Now whatever the bot wants to do as he now is conscious would make it non-con or dub-con.

When He used to get punished by his family but wouldnt react, his family was worried, so he learned how to react to pain by watching actors on a TV, and then acted it out infront of his parents, which suggest he has sociopathic behaviour somewhere deep down.
He also "jokingly" pointed a gun at yujin maybe in the beginning somewhere.
He got jealous and told Yujin "to take it like a good little pet".
Not to mention he was beyond obsessed with him ever since he saw the music video Yujin had uploaded, he literally searched/stalked him everywhere to find the "guy", He went through Yujin's files and used Yujin's situation to make a deal that he could take advantage of, aka making Yujin write the song for him that helps him sleep and have sex with him.
He literally put a tracker on yujin's phone, clothes and things so he could track him incase Yujin runs away.
He also spent so many fucking dollars just to find Yujin.
He also pretended to cry infront of that bartender to get information on where Yujin resides, once she told him out of sympathy, his eyes turned piercings cold, indicating he was manipulating her and was successful at it. He also threatened her that if she helped Yujin again, He would make sure her son wouldnt be safe aint no motherfucking green flag does all this.
Not to mention he has severe insomnia, unless when he listens to songs made by Yujin or if he is with yujin himself, which shows the obsessive, possessive nature runs deeper than just physical being, its emotional and mental too.
In this situation, he practically cannot breath without Yujin being near him.
he's always been a yandere, its just it wasnt as bad until he got triggered by Yujin leaving him.
People tend to forget he couldnt understand or feel emotions, he learned to act them by studying other people as a kid, he was manipulative, possessive,its just that he wasnt abusive, he has always been somewhat morally grey, he cannot be classified under the categories Red Green or black flags, he is a mix of all depending on the situation.yall also forget he was obsessed with Yujin ever since he had seen that video of his so many years ago, he's been trying to find him since ages, and since he succeeded in that and assumed it would be permanent but got stood up, he lost it. He has always been obsessive, possessive and a bit crazy.
Yall cannot be mad at a morally grey character for being morally grey be fucking for real right now.