Am I tripping, or is this just harassment and sexual assault dressed up as romance? I genuinely don't understand the writing choice here. The exact same personalities, chemistry, and relationship dynamic could exist between two consenting adults, and the story would lose... what, exactly
no your completely sane and are not tripping.. sadly all these new stories just follow the same troupe and it's so distasteful
Im so sick n tired like it’s the same story everytime and no consent whatsoever
No you’re not mistaken. Once you turn your brain on (I don’t mean this as an insult) you realize a lot of the “cute” stories are actually disgusting. It’s the same thing as sitcoms painting horrible and abusive characters as lovable and silly by using bright colors and slapping a laugh track over it. This is basically the Yaoi equivalent to that phenomenon.
I think it’s less about me “shutting off my brain” and more that I was conditioned to see it as okay. A lot of these stories will show something genuinely horrendous, but then the characters act sweet afterward or the story frames it as romantic, so you start to accept that this is how it’s supposed to go. The presentation makes you overlook how messed up the actual situation is. I know this is just a comment section, but I felt like I needed to say this because of everyone’s replies so far. This has honestly been very eye-opening.
Feel like every good story ends too soon and every god awful piece of shit story has over 150 chapters-
Geumryang definitely seems like wife first kids second kind of guy it's nice to see him caring about being a better father tho
Just because you make a dark-skinned character, say he's "actually tan" because he's a plushie, or claim he's "not even a person" doesn't automatically make the racial implications disappear. I can't be the only one who finds this uncomfortable. People are already calling it an unfortunate coincidence, but it's hard to ignore that the author chose for a monkey plushie ML to become a large, dark-skinned man with noticeably big ears and a large penis. There were countless other design choices that could've been made for this plot, which is why so many people are questioning it.
I hate getting attached to stories bro this shit is going to hurt so bad when it ends I'm going to read it at least a few times and come back to at least twice an month-
I get that characters are supposed to be flawed, and in situations like this, people are going to say nasty, hurtful things. That's a realistic reaction on both sides. What isn't debatable, though, is that what happened was sexual assault. I don't think I'll ever understand why authors so often downplay the effects of sexual assault. This entire chapter would have been just as compelling and emotionally impactful without it. The SA felt completely unnecessary and didn't add any meaningful substance to the story.
Rape is what it was. I hate how they brush over it like he didn't penetrate the bottom by force while accusing him of cheating.
This chapter was disgusting.
Can't edit so i'm answering my own comment : my bad it wasn't rape, after looking back closely I just couldn't tell the two lightsabers appart. They used the same sfx as penetration and the lightsabers look like one ffs. But it was my bad.
all good ╮(￣▽￣)╭
I know this is supposed to be serious but the tattoo fire
in an au they just have cool tats because theyre cool peeps
I might be pushing it but doesn't it seem like both of the love interest doesn't really care about what Juhyeok wants. Like they're doing the same thing but in different ways also different levels but nonetheless, it's the same thing.
No, they literally don't see him as his own person it's infuriating. One claims to love him but won't see him past his secondary gender and the other one just wants to fuck with him
Juhyeok is surrounded by rapists love interests it's crazy.
Ty!! You explained it perfectly. I thought I was tripping when I felt like they seen him like he was less than. Something to be played with or to be protected because it's weak.
you're spot on.
Yeah unfortunately author couldn't open their third eye and actually properly write a good romance between the two, even ignoring the rape, and the unconsented scenting (crazy sentence, I know) Suah is still just a piece of shit who doesn't respect Juhyeok...like, at all. No redeeming him.
nahh you how it is got to respect that but yea I totally agree with you the worst part about it for me personally is that Suah probably still going to the end game
nahh you said it how it is got to respect that but yea I totally agree with you the worst part about it for me personally is that Suah probably still going to the end game
I know this is random, but I really want their baby girl to have a nice mix of both of their genetics and personalities. Like, I want her to get the best of both of them, but I can’t lie, I’d love if she looked mostly like Taesun idk is that weird to say-