Yeah, didn't you get the memo that's gone out for some time now? Character with possessive inclinations just has to rape and imprison their lover right after going through some of the most traumatic shit ever and they STILL end up together and happy. Authors are now contractually obligated to not find any more complex and interesting ways to portray toxic traits! /s
And I for one, DO slam the author for being lazy af with these overdone tropes cause I paid and got invested in their story for the past seasons, not expecting them to stoop this low. I just do it indirectly and by not buying any more ch. At this point I would much rather they DON'T end up together, at least the author would have some kind of backbone to support the choice they made.
Like I just read a story where a possessive ML manipulated the MC into thinking he(ML) would be in bad luck without MC around(literally near deaths with car accidents/getting injured after plans being cancelled) so MC would think he is ML lucky charm and stay by his side. At least that was interesting and unique while showing ML yandereness. Do none of these other MLs have any braincells to come up with some diff stuff to keep MC around?
I want to tattoo your comment on my forehead. Everything you said was on spot
Like this rape and imprisonment plot is so common it has parodies made after it but we as readers are supposed to not be dissapointed when it follows the same formula of nearly every other bl? Its a plot thats been written to death, let it die.
The ppl that keep saying "he was never a green flags yall are some kids acting surprised" are annoying me.
Ppl aren't getting that nobody said he was a green. Its just dissapointing that the author CHOSE to go this route. Even if the two of them had a wrestling match and fist fought on the spot, it would be more interesting than this. This is expected from all the yandere possesive tops out there(which ml is) but ppl were expecting smth more interesting(ppl had high expectations of the author, not ML) even if this lines up with what MOST mls of this type would have done.
Its just that this is such a common plot point we expected some originality from the author. Something different, even if it wasnt smth fluffy or communication. We could all see this from a mile away, yall are right, but thats bc its so basic, so simple, so BORING, so lazy, and so predictable, that we begged it not to happen bc then anyone could predict the plot from here until the very end. Its not even interesting anymore tbh. Ppl can guess the next ten steps of this story just based on this one chapter.
In a year, ppl might not even remember this story bc it went down the same steps every other story before it went. It could've been remembered as smth diff, but it won't.
So its not that the ML has to be a green flag. But we cant get some variety anymore? Some diversity? Does possesive yandere mean its the same rape plot everytime? He couldnt fake his death, lure MC out of hiding, then make him admit his feelings? He couldnt use some manipulative tactics, which follow his dark personality, but arent rape? Even threatening MC companions to force MC to stay by his side is at least different. Does it have to be the same reaction by these ML everytime? The authors are basically all writing the same ML character. The same MC too, since they all just forgive. These webtoons are all just blending together at this point, you cant even tell them apart.
That being said I dont agree with slamming the author they're obv doing this for a check. And ppl obv love this plot based on the popularity of other manhwas. Just saying ppls upset is genuine and understandable.