OMG THIS IS SO FUCKING GOOD
The art, the tension, the characterization, the PLOTTTTT. UUGGHHHH I cant get enough. This is like top three shit right here (obviously Dear Door. and anything by BWAT keep the top 2 spots no matter what)
Wow this actually makes me think that the author knows a bit about the gay experience. Its nice to see one's that show part of the reality of the queer experience instead of "omg what if the two hot dudes kissed and homophobia didn't exist".
Don't get me wrong, not every story has to be realistic and sad because of it, but I like seeing it when it does :)
I know this is a small and personal gripe, but I im tired of the excessive alcoholism in manwhas and roll my eyes everytime. I understand peer pressure and the Korean culture around alcohol, but does NO ONE have a spine?
Idk I just think its weird that the characters know better and know that bad shit will happen if they get blackout drunk but still always drink anyways. Having both parents be alcoholics sways my views tho ig...
I feel for Woojin so much in this chapter rn, both funny and sad. When I first came out to my family as gay, everything was fine. Uneventful, even. Then, later on, they said it was an open secret and literally everyone knew, they were just waiting for me to catch up. Then I came out as trans, and that was a little more... eventful. Then, later, my mom said that it all made total sense from when I was 3 years old lol. Parents couldnt be more supportive, thank fuck. My mom and Woojin's are so similar its funny.
But it can't be all sunshine and rainbows bc my maternal grandmother told me to go kill myself if I can't be "converted" and my older sister is completely apathetic to trans rights.
Genuinely think that the author wanted to originally write the story with a transfem MC but realized that the stigma would fuck it over from being taken in by the big names and instead just made it a yaoi. Like I can't tell me the MC doesn't look transfem (or just the most fem twink you've ever seen)
This all comes from a trans woman btw...
Honestly I relate sooo much to the author in wanting to write(in their case draw) sci-fi alien pay gorn but then getting in over my head with the scale of it all. God(im atheist) willing when I have the money and time, my dream is to publish
I know a character saying something transphobic doesnt immediately or necessarily implicate the author as sharing those views, but that doesn't mean I can't be fucking peeved. "So you'll do it with someone whose not a real woman but not quite a man" FUCK OFF OMG. I READ HORNY YAOI TO ESCAPE FROM THE WORLD, NOT TO READ GAY MEN CONTINUE TO BE HYPOCRITICAL TRANSPHOBES. ONCE A FLAVOR OF F*G, ALWAYS A F*G TO BE GENOCIDED