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Spoil us ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶

After having ignored maxi for god knows how long, theres a banquet where she wears a revealing dress and dances with another man in front of riftan to make him jealous and to get his attention bc the man is literally stonewalling her hardcore- well this result in him dragging her into a room where he roughly has sex with her, and he keeps her confined with him in this room for, get ready-

A WHOLE WEEK

where he continuously as very rough sex with her, so a point where she's crying and pleading with him and he's like 'isn't this what you wanted?'

it's sad and it's disgusting, and there's never an apology from him nor an acknowledgement of wrong doing ...

I don't think that's gonna happen because this chapter shows them talking again I guess

They most likely will, unfortunately. I just hope they make it brief like every other smut scene so far because I don't care to see that shit at all.

I'm confused if you read novel or just you got this from spoilers. The banquet scene was a fight between them that allowed them to open up, sex was consensual and not different from their usual "roughness"
And maxi wasn't confined she was just tired af. When her friends were worried they haven't seen her for a week and snuck in she was just like oh? What are u guys doing here? She was chilling

maybe we just understood it differently

Well, there's a moment where her friend mentions how worried she was for Maxi because she assumed Riftan was holding her against her will, which made Maxi sort of question what Riftan did to her before the scene glosses over the issue entirely. Clearly, the author knew how messed up the scene was. Otherwise, she wouldn't have included a scene where Maxi questions if what Riftan did was okay.

Also, she *was* confined. She literally tried leaving multiple times while telling Riftan she was trying to stop what he was doing. If your partner doesn't care to continue intimacy, regardless if they consented initially, and they're still forced to continue, that literal rape.

Maxi left the room leaving a note, she had no guards forcing her to stay, she was not chained down. Not choosing to leave is still a choice. And I do agree it was semi confinement by withholding info or telling her she doesn't need to leave. But when she did leave when he was not there, maxi wasn't running away, she didn't not even think he might think she's leaving, when she met him on the docks she was casual, and riftan was not angry at her autonomy but desperate to not be separated. I do agree it actually toxic and glossed over later, but I do understand he's a broken man, it's a shame he's never scolded or admonished for it by maxi herself not side characters. But saying she wanted to stop or that it is rape is a bit I've rape line.

**a bit over the line

the vast majority of people whom have read this consider it rape- that must count for something in regards to how some may interpert that part of the novel

I'd consider a scene rape when the preperator knows she's unwilling and still continues, is selfaware of his transgression, takes pleasure in overpowering her or precisely the pleasure in stripping her of her autonomy, or there is clear disregard to her words.

And on victim part if she considers it rape, she truly wants it to end not simply pause, she feels actual pain, she attempts to leave but is stopped with force not lie, she sleeps with someone while thinking its someone else, she didn't consent to certain elements such as exhibitionism or being recorded. Bodily harm. Citing power imbalanced terms to force compliance.

One or two is enough to make it rape, but I'll reread the novel part to look for such elements (〜￣△￣)〜

im sorry who are you to decide how a victim of rape has ro react

at the end of the day- we just have to agree to disagree, and thats okay! i def consider the whole banquet scene/chapter forceful. But i appreciate hearing other opinions on it tho!

I don't say that gow should they react, u said if one if them is enough, meaning a victim doesn't have to react in a certain way

ε=ε=(ノ≧∇≦)ノ

It's 3rd June

True that. He should be more calm. He can be angry, that's okay, but not outbursting angry for the sake of both of them. He needs to be calm for her, so she can get calm too

Yep, as if yelling at someone traumatized could help…he was worried yes of course, no one is going to disagree but yelling and slamming a wall won’t help her feel safe… My poor baby is CRYING

YEAH! ┗( T﹏T )┛
Riftan needs more selfcontrol. Like come on dude. Are U serious beating a wall? Next to a person which got beatin since the age of 8?? Where is Ur damn brain bro.

Yeah, but I don’t think riftan means it intentionally, he’s really bad at controlling his emotions. My poor queen bro

Someone's actually making sense here. I can't believe so many readers are more quick to rush to Riftan's defense when he continuously displays abusive behavior patterns, yet, with Maxi, it's as if the girl isn't allowed to fumble and cry under pressure and overwhelm. I smell hypocrisy.

Or maybe it's misogyny. Eh, I think it's both.

It’s because he’s hot and a lot of readers seem to forget all common sense when a ML is hot ╮(￣▽￣)╭

this. literally.

Tik Tok has made this literally painful

wouldn't know- i dont even have tiktok
i fear it's just common sense (=・ω・=)

The funny thing is he ain't even all that. The guy, at best, is built like a basic-as-fuck, romance manhwa fuck boy (which I personally find unattractive), and at worst, he's an emotionally inept cave hobo who's only survival instincts are "yell, fight, and fuck."

So has Manta. They literally still call Riftan a "green flag knight," like, fuck off with that mess. They know damn well they're only gasing up this ass relationship because UTOT is their bread and butter, lol.

Facts spoken. He has the emotional intelligence of a damn rock. （￣へ￣）

Or a used condom, lol.

or fruit fly

So a petition to get Maxi a new man? A better one? (๑•ㅂ•)و✧

ABSOLUTELY. My queen deserves to be worshipped, not conditioned.

Frrrr??? they keep talking about without giving us the link… i thought we were a community

Divatoons uploads the chapter like 30 minutes after it comes out every week

Its a rape pegging sesh, there’s nothing sexy about this honestly

Word

I see to consenting adults there, Rosa literally stopped when he told her to, don't you see that's the way Yeonwu likes to play? He's acting on purpose to rile Rosa up,

Sorry but there was no consent when she shoved that lipstick thing up his ass plus he’s drugged. If this was a women you all would act differently ngl

Bro...im in the hospital rn and my friend is uploading for me rn :<

Hope you get well soon your health is always important then anything else.

yeah you're beyond excused- hope you get well soon <33

He's not drugged on this chapter

You see consent ???

Is consent in the room with us ?

A lot of you all read the last three chapters with your ass or what? The only moment there was no consent was when Yeonwu was drugged at the party. End of discussion, don't bother replying