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Wow author. So the ML wants to keep the MC as captive? How nouvel! Is he threatening to break his ankles? No other ML has ever done it in any bl ever, yay! You are so smart and imaginative. What a creative and sensical solution to a conflict, never seen before in the genre! Thanks for bringing something new to the table, I will make sure to smash it with a stone. :)))
Dropped.
you should’ve already known what kind of ml taeso is by now ngl
Wow what a nouvel comment, you must be proud.
He showed a lot of development in all the preceding chapters. He softened towards the MC and gave him a lot of his time and attention generously and went out of his way to save him hurt. This plot turn is as cliched and non sensical and contradictory to the development as it gets.
“A lot” is kind of exaggerated. Hes still very much closed off and can still barely express his emotions
Yeah it's called development. Not transformation. Development is slow. Development follows a gentle trajectory because humans don't change overnight either. But ML though is a bit a cranky, is fine with MC having a social life, overnight trips, friends and just general fun. From going to that to this is not only cognitively dissonant, but really.my main focus was on the cliched nature of the plot turn, the oft repeated trope that authors seem to think is romantic and not psychotic. Manhwa bl authors have a very fucked up understanding of romance and its conflicts
Recs like mint candy love and can't think straight?
I’m kind of pissed about mint candy love I was thinking about that shit last night because there was a little too much blood on those sheets for that title.. I had just got done reading edge of ambiguity and like he was literally forced to drink and raped, and there was less blood on the sheets.
Your name is what I used to call my best friend in college. Thanks for the rec.
Huh? That's not mint candy love. There's no non con in mint candy love. It's a cute story with a uke with strong boundaries. Are you thinking of peppermint candy?
Not non con just blood page 8 chapter 27.
Nicee, It's a part of my real name (⌒▽⌒)
Recs like god of peace pls.
Dont know what kind of petty idiot would downvote a request for a rec but oh well. All kind of idiots on the internet.
FUCK meant to dislike mb
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tbh only one i can think of is checkmate
Aww I already read that waaah. But thankfully you )) God of peace reads so good and styles after seinen, I don't think I have ever read a bl manhwa like it before. manga would be closer to its style.
**Thank you.
**Styled after seinen
tbh idt anything i’ve ever read on this site is as good as god of peace
Ahh you get it. Honestly I am so serious about this one, I am going to marinate it as long as I possibly can. It's the kind of story that reads better when you can read it in one go.
yes but omg wait idt my entire comment posted!!! i meant to say after that is that i recc bad pharmacy’s works if u haven’t read them already! she is the only other bl author i’ve read who writes to the same quality as god of peace. she actually writes for a literate, critical and mature audience and it shows esp in this slop-filled genre. thematically her stuff is pretty different from god of peace but in terms of characterization, narrative arcs and overall quality, i think you’d enjoy her works! my fave from her is declaration of revenge but her currently serializing manhwa is great too. also, she draws everything including background on paper which automatically makes her so impressive to me in a genre full of lazy art and writing
OMG You Get. It. You are speaking my language waaaaah. Thank you for the recs, bless you ^^
When I read them, would you mind if I talked about them with you? I don't really talk with anyone on this site. Majority of this readership doesn't facilitate a critically resonant and enriched discussion. I mean something like Thirst is rated higher than god of peace. Thirst!!! FR?? This readership cannot clock good writing if it hit them on their head. I dont take ratings seriously on this site or any BL reading site. I really like talking about stories so with your agreement, I would really like that.
omg YASS follow me on here or on twitter either is fine w me. im always searching for fellow critical readers of bl because i can’t turn off my plato-reader brain on this site and i maybe take these manhwas a little too seriously (but that’s what makes it fun, i love hating) :-))))
Followed! Hahaha I mean shit, I happen to be a wittgenstein and camus fan myself so I get what you are saying!! I can't help but take stories seriously and it baffles me when people say - why you so triggered, it's just a story.
Like wayyyy to undermine the power of stories when they shape you from when your born to when you die. Everything is a story.
There's so much willing ignorance and lack of critical thinking in this genre, not just in the readership but also the creators. Today is a good day huh? )))
*you're born
omg twin, i had a french philosophy phase, used to love camus (now im a bit more of a sartre fan….)
but i completely agree. my issue is that most bl authors narrate their stories in such a way that you get this sense that they WANT you to take it seriously. if that’s the case, it’d almost be insulting for us not to, even if that means critically disparaging the entire thing. like some bl are intentionally campy and unserious and i match my expectations accordingly (like i wouldn’t be sitting writing entire essays abt smth like my love mix up), but most aren’t like that, so imo it’s fair game to critique :PP
Hahaha I went from sartre to camus, though i highly appreciate both their writings. I read camus later in my life so it made me relate to his philosophy in a more nuanced light.
I absolutely agree with what you said about bl authors. Every story is fair game for a well balanced critique and I won't even leave someone like Isayama alone. Isn't that the point of storytelling anyway? The more granular your understanding is, the more you enjoy it, and the better the impact. I would say even campy stories need well balanced storytelling and strong characterisation for it to have the desired effect. Something like punch drunk love would obviously have more impact than something like 'the worst guy in the universe'. Bl manhwas have this trend, i recently came to know there's a term for it called fridging, or 'women in refrigerators', in BL's case, it's the uke. It involves female characters/uke receiving overwhelmingly disproportionate harm to serve as plot device and most manhwas are chock full of it. And I have come to hate it. For eg, legs that won't walk. The writer tells the story at the cost of uke's dignity and life at every single turn, like enough! Most of us have grown up seeing female characters in a majorly misogynistic global media written with this trope and while it's realistic, if you cannot justify it properly and thoughtfully, it becomes nothing more than a cheap, convenient and quite frankly, an offensive tool to justify the uke's general complacency and submissiveness. If you are going to pick up a serious & heavy theme, justify it properly and don't take the reader for a fool. If you do, it is also a fair game for critique but in my experience, it's far from well received by the readership heh.
What?? Why THIS manhwa? Of all the others, why THIS one? What is wrong with you people?
Plus it doesn't even read credible, like whoever is writing it now didn't even read it. The MC is not particularly bothered with ML being mad about whether his feelings are serious. ML didn't confess, it could be a translation error in the recent chapter. But the meaning is very different still. Anyway. MC knows ML isn't still hung up on that, he got mad and then got over it. The last we know is the scene where MC runs away after ML asks him if he likes him, lol. So if the writer wants to lead with the still hung up thread, IF THEY ARE, then that would be just be bad writing. That is not ML's character trait. He is much more accepting than most people and he comes off as amused with the MC more than annoyed.