There's way too many stories w how MLs who had a looong history of hoe-ing and is tired of hoe-ing around until they meet a certain virgin who's so good (aka it's true love) that one night w the virgin FL is better than all his years of hoe-ing combined like okay I guess I see how it can appeal to ppl (let's not analyze that for today) but can we have smth similar in terms of sexual chemistry with a FL who is NAWT inexperienced, like I'm genuinely tired of seeing naive virgin blushing mess submissive FL with a more experienced ML, if anyone knows any manhwa like this pls lmk
I don't even like these kinda yaoi but damnnn the way incheol is desperate to push until he gets what he wants even tho it's absolutely ridiculous like for example he's taking the most roundabout route to get this whole real estate business thing done so he keeps having these run ins w the top. That's why i can give this dub-con first-time a pass bc none of them are the "innocent" person being "taken advantage of" unfairly. Incheol can get out of the situation if he wasn't adamant and stubborn upon continuing this way.
Y'all acting like sohee is forcing him to do anything or harassing him, breaching boundaries is if she stalked and followed him home it's NOT a highschool girl being persistent and a bit annoying at worst when he didn't outright say he disliked her (they didn't eat lunch tgt, go home tgt, etc., after gyeol said no). Y'all lovee the male characters for their quirks but not the girls if she's a little bit different than the goody goody booo
U can argue that, but it can also be said then that not all boundary breaching is the same level of serious. Her bothering him a bit (after what she deems to be a not proper rejection) to hang out and then leaving after getting rejected again is annoying to gyeol at most. Yes a grown adult would be sensible enough to know they should take the L but they're literally kids here and the story is obv going the "yeah he rejected me but I was really rediculous and kept chasing and it worked out" route with this pairing (a common trope in romCOMS but even teenagers know not to do that).
I just can't stand that the readers keep going "leave my boy alone" as if his character isn't just going to be cardboard without this arc and even the over eager jumping to prove sohee is doing to him what Mr. Stalker did. All I'm saying is that readers have way too low of a tolerance for female characters and their quirks they can only accept a palatable one like jayu
Anw with the new chapter it's clear sohee bothering him wasn't causing him that big of a distress other than mild annoyence so clearly he himself isn't that strict Abt his own boundaries as y'all are. He's introverted and stays isolated doesn't mean other people making him open up is gonna give him PTSD
Yeah, it won't. There's many perspectives you can get in the chapter from both POVs — probably since we all have different experiences. However, there clearly were overstepped boundaries there. Though I can't say for sure abt what the intensity is on gyeol, I'd say there's no harm in acknowledging and respecting it. Esp if we were to relate this irl, not all people are built the same. Whether gyeol or sohee, being respectful and direct won't cost much. ( ̄へ ̄)
The first couple (childhood friends one) is insaneee bc I really like the bottom (xun?) and his constant insecurity. I think ppl get tired of his dramatics but it makes sense that he continues to dwell on every good experience/happiness coming to an end given his abandonment and abuse by his fam which caused him to grow a bit twisted (he himself is aware of his "addiction to heartache" which is his inability to be as comfortable w enjoying the present as others and I honestly get him). It's interesting that a lot of his insecurities are also him being childish like he's not as put together as he appears to other or would like to appear and it's cute lmaoo. anw I like that every time he goes back into his miseries and the top is more or less used to it and knows how to deal w him (▰˘◡˘▰)









I like maxi's character because her insecurities are realistic and believable and she wasn't born with some kind of special or innate magical abilities but she achieved lots of things by her own effort (although it was mentioned that some of it is due to her microdosing on the magic after getting beat up when she was being healed repeatedly - still, it made her question her abilities/insecure as this took us tied to her abuse which she wants to grow out of it; this part is also very deep for her characterization). Besides this what really made me like her writing is how she also struggles to and eventually makes strides in improving her speech; this is shown as it is - a disability and it caused her to be abused since childhood but she naturally makes improvements and gains confidence as she continues to just speak to people and communicate, etc.
On the other hand Riftan is such a DULL character dawg like everybody keeps being like "uhh the novel" girl idgaf abt that rn like NO WAY they couldn't characterize him better without his POV?? Like they couldn't show it through subtle things maxi notices which is like a gap in what he appears to others in general Vs what he might be on the inside (for example) or something?? Its a bit weird that the author is able to write her so well but he's a fucking cardboard and I'm tireddd of "the novel-" it's been more than a hundred chapters already
As a novel reader I completely agree. Riftan is not developed any better there either (imo) and the character development is... a process, to say the least
Also, not giving any spoilers, but I think you'll really like the book 1 ending at least (which will most likely be this seasons finale)
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.iirc, he doesn’t get better in the way maxi does. Like maxi becomes a strong character by today’s standards, but rifts. Becomes a good man by the story’s? L8e he is never happy that she’s in battles, but he accepts it more, relies on her, and does begin supporting her in his own way. In a way, riftsn is the epitome of masculinity and is in a way, the prize maxi wins through her own efforts at the end. I felt like he didn’t change much BECAUSE maxi changes so much. Like the target can’t move / become easier otherwise maxi”s winning doesn’t feel authentic. Riftan IS stuck in his ways, so the fact that by the end he’s still pretty stubborn but is so impressed by her efforts at the last battle and swears his gheis to her is like, more meaningful. Idk this is how I had read it.