idk if its js me. but in east asia and parts of southeast asia, homophobia is fuckin rampantttt. either straight up, or in a passive aggressive way. i know in western countries it’s more open, but this manhwa lowk reminding me of what it was like in the west back in 2010-2015. bein queer was blatantly hated against. even where i grew up in my home country, it was so easy to throw the f-slur and have no one bat an eye.
idk. it’s kinda eye-opening to see a new manhwa show the homophobia so. aggressively. especially considering we in the big 26
I remember slurs and homophobia definitely being a lot more prevalent back in the day. I don't think I really lived through the extremes but do remember it being a thing. Like politically there was gay marriage which was a thing for a couple years and how big deal broke back mountain was lol. The start of Queer media and representation in the public. I think I definitely grew up right in the middle of these times and I honestly sometimes forget how crazy shit was back then.
I think it's kinda cool that manhwas are bringing this theme back, it def makes the characters more dimensional. This is a major theme in Pearl Boy 2 too and it has a choke hold on me.
That behavior is very normal in Latin American countries too, even in Spain, some countries are pass that but not others , they still live in the 1900.
reminder that even if ur in a relationship, coercion for sexual purposes IS NOT CONSENT.
consent is continuous, ongoing, and can be retracted at any time.
regardless of one’s relationship status with the indiv. they’re involved with, coercion is not consent.
Sorry i meant to upvote
she’s making things interesting. otherwise this woulda been the typical dark and abusive BL with no plot. despite her underhanded ways, i still believe she’s a pretty good representation of truth-seeking. even if the truth isn’t widespread
like felix has the facial structure of his mother and the colour palette of his father. and his mom is a FUCKING BADDIEEEEEEE like i want her so bad bruh
i need him to live with the consequences of knowing he ruined a bright future for the sake of his own horniness and psychopathic control. like NOW he feels regret????? NOW he feels remorse??? and this remorse only stems from the fact he’s realizing that the person he tortured is BETTER OFF WITHOUT HIM.
fork found in kitchen ahh realization like how stupid can a mf be?
i know asil won’t kill him, but i js want him to have a better future and move forward. living a fulfilling life without valery would be the best revenge. but NoOoOooo all these fuckass BL gotta have a “retributive chasing and groveling” arc… smh
not to be like… weirdly woke on the queer smut website that is mangago, but i feel like this manhwa is an inadvertent representation of the current global sociopolitical climate. all issues boil down to the inherent classist system set in place by the elite. corruption is rampant globally, whether it be outwardly expressed or hidden underneath the guise of “democratic processes”. the MC understanding that he literally has to play the fucking system from the inside out just shows that deconstructing a system built on evil requires BEING evil to repair the damage. whether that evil is literally going into the system to take it down from the inside, or creating “societal chaos” in order to destroy what’s already existing. again, it’s that concept of how peaceful protests show outward distaste for governmental actions and beliefs, but real change is fucking shit up revolutionaries enough for change to happen, either on a societal or inside governmental level.
anyway… that’s js me spitting my brains out on a website where ppl read east asian queer stories but whatever
the rich just keeps getting richer, greed consumes people to the point they become power-hungry. the world needs a whole reset or not with the state of things going on right now, things are spiral out of proportion and there wont ben anything thay can stop it, it's happening already.
speak ur truth queen!
True, and it's technically the system that determines right and wrong, good and evil. Like u say the things revolutionaries do is by definition fucked up because the ruling ppl r the ones who define it. Im sure if this story took place after he toppled everyone and was recovering from trauma and learning to love (assuming he didnt somehow go to jail), readers would have a much easier time excusing his "fall from grace" since he wouldve already "set things right." As for current political climate... I feel like it's more "even a dumpster fire was at first just a dumpster" oof
hypersexuality is a normal response to having been assaulted. given that the MC was raised as a slave he must have been groomed and sexually assaulted from a young age. his previous master doesn’t seem that good of a person. idk. this manhwa feels so icky. also.. MC looks like a fucking child….
i am always… 2 steps ahead