MakaYuktia's Topics (72)

The story and worlbuilding is good (nobody even said anything about the story so i dont underatand why YOU are the one saying ppl are reading with their ass) but gjord is anything except well written lol and i cant even be mad at what you said cause this part “no Gjord is not the perfect smutty obsessive seme of the yaoi universe” made me laugh… im BEGGING you to read the novel cause gjord is exactly what you just described oh my god you actually accidentally hit the nail on the head; also him “lacking empathy” for ishmion is … one way to put it. Its more accurate to say that he threatens to kill him and tries to get him killed by abandoning him after sylhan is saved thanks to ishmion, oh and physically assaults him at every turn. But thats not even where it stops? He forces ishmion to also experiment on more people than necessary to develop a cure for sylhan, cause apparently other peoples lives matter less.

Part of why people love the “knight” archetype is because theyre supposed to be you know.. good people. Like maybe think of the OG knight, Aragorn. Thats what usually pops into ppls minds when they envision a knight not this douchebag

And please dont even start with “realistic” cause realistically there could have been a thousand ways to protect sylhan from getting raped again and again and again and again, especially for a “great knight”

Mmh i see, well since I indeed havent read the novel, it does limit my understanding of the character. Thank you for your honest reply (and for spoiling me lol idc). I was a bit fustrated when writing this comment, since I'm reading a lot and a lot of yaoi with very simple minded couples (classic "perfect" seme that solves everything with cute innocent and lucky uke etc) and I really thought that Gjord was interesting (so it pissed me off that he gets hate but other classic seme dont).


You also brought a good argument on the assault. Again, probably read too many yaoi, making me normalize that shit when it shouldn't... (normalizing or thinking it wasnt that bad compared to others, but damn, bruh on myself).

For this, I would like to agree; but the way I understand it, Gjord doesnt want to save Sylhan; he wants to bring him back to the way it was before. While the queen and her followings have most of the power, and the old lady that died (cant remember her name) didnt help much; i dont see how that can be achieved without playing low profile, working in the shadows and being hella patient. Maybe i didnt take time to think about it more tho

Like imagine you start exiled, arm cut and unfavored by the kingdom.(?)

Okay yeah i see your point nd youre right… im sorry for being mean, i think gjord just gave me such an ick bc i am very biased and love ishmion so much thats why im very critical of him but yeah he isnt like the worst guy ever on earth

Man on that I also agree with you; Ishmion is such a green flag and a cutie (●'◡'●) dont worry tho, I

Is he going to be raped, or has he already been? Because if he has already been, I read it with my eyes closed. I only remember him having sex once with the ML

Wait can I have spoilers? I dropped a while back to marinate but imo it’s not worth me picking it back up if there’s a bunch of rape

Link?? Plz I'm crien

ive read the novel and gjord is literally beind an asshole, he literally yells at him, storms off, causing him to have a manic episode like... not his best moment

He doesn’t “storm off.” He starts to walk away then Sylhan all of a sudden is having another of his fits, he then stops and comes back immediately. Sylhan is already in a very sensitive, unstable constitution from what’s happened. He also apologizes, which you’re not mentioning. You’re trying to paint Gjord like he’s this heartlesss person when it’s not true.

Agreed

Calm down no one said he’s heartless, and sylhan isn’t have a “fit” he’s going through a psychotic or maniac episode stemmed from trauma and torture. It’s not a fit.

I literally have bipolar lmao don’t try to explain shit to me when I live it myself.

I’ve literally read the novel and I never said it wasn’t because of his trauma and torture when that’s an obvious if somebody has even read the story.

I hate it when he behaves like that, especially in this situation... like c'mon dude

I know right, even if he is a raised rough through wars, he should have been a gentleman still and be soft towards her. I mean he should have learned to be gentle to her, no matter the case cause she is afterall frail and suffering and he does not know it

Even if no one taught him, shouldn't it at least be instinct? Like any person faced with someone so hurt would try to be gentle with them.

Bro at this point its not even about gentleman behavior. Its just common decency from one human being to another. Do. Not. Scream. At. A. Beaten. Person. And asking questions like "Why did you go back? Did you enjoy being beaten?" Idk bruh

I guess some people manage their anger that way. Not that i say its right, but i've seen people do worse than just scream in these type of conversation to convey their feelings . But like i said its never right, the other person felt like they're being blamed

Same. They could have kept that going for 20 more pages i dont think that man suffered enough