whenever i read these korean esper/guide stories, i can't help thinking about how much more interesting & cool the original sentinel/guide fanfics that spawned the genre were. there used to be give & take between the sentinel & guide, with an emphasis on the sentinel's vulnerability, but now it's just off-brand a/b/o complete with scents and bottoms who get uncontrollably horny due to forced mating- sorry, "guiding". the rapey elements are kind of out of control, lol. it's dismal. guides are just sci-fi comfort women in this au. i can understand wanting to add cool powers like telekinesis to the genre, but the human battery concept sucks. i wish guides were allowed to be the emotional & spiritual guides they originally were. they have nothing to do & their skill level is capped at "who can hold hands the best". it's so boring.
whenever i read these korean esper/guide stories, i can't help thinking about how much more interesting & cool the original sentinel/guide fanfics that spawned the genre were. there used to be give & take between the sentinel & guide, with an emphasis on the sentinel's vulnerability, but now it's just off-brand a/b/o complete with scents and bottoms who get uncontrollably horny due to forced mating- sorry, "guiding". the rapey elements are kind of out of control, lol. it's dismal. guides are just sci-fi comfort women in this au. i can understand wanting to add cool powers like telekinesis to the genre, but the human battery concept sucks. i wish guides were allowed to be the emotional & spiritual guides they originally were. they have nothing to do & their skill level is capped at "who can hold hands the best". it's so boring.