My personal "hot take" is the fact that rape is way to glorified in these bls like I'm exhausted, I wish there was like some kind of SA tag, even if we had that tag it would be considered romance, yes I call this a hot take because EVERY TIME I call it out I get dislikes from those who are probably into that shit, it's not even CNC it's straight up rape, a good example is Codename Anastasia, you can't even say that's for 'awareness' because it's quite literally erotically portrayed (two likes, two dislikes, exactly my point hating glorified rapeslop is a hot take apparently)
agree with this a 100 percent. codename anastasia, jinx, roses and champagne & etc are so shit ngl. you could make a great story WITHOUT the rape (that doesnt even bring anything bro, if it gave some lore or smth else then fine) but nooo, most of the manhwas are being written and consmued by straight women who think its sexy when its two men. and at least 1 out of 3 manhwas I try to read are with rape, so we DEFINITELY need a hash tag for this
I think you missed my whole point, I said the GLORIFICATION OF THE RAPE, no one should be reading it if it's glorifying it like in jinx, if it's for awareness then of course but if it's erotically portrayed and you call a rape that was erotically portrayed 'AWARENESS' then you'd be wrong, awareness should not be erotically portrayed
Not sure if it's a hot take, but I'm genuinely tired of excessive smut in BLs that are not PWP. Some manhwas would have 80 chapters, 40 of which are just sex. I've seen it all, there's nothing in a sex scene that could make me go "wow, that surprised me". I'm bored, let's go back to the character interactions, the development, the romance. And I don't mind sex scenes, but I think that if you're writing a love story, there should be a time and place for them. I'm so over 3 chapters of plot and 5 of smut. It gets to a point where the protagonists don't know anything about one another and have barely had any bonding time where they talked or did nice things together/for each other, but we're supposed to buy that they're in love just because they're compatible in bed.
Hon, i didn't miss your point, glorifying and acknowledging is different. Glorifying is like saying rape is a kink or something, acknowledging it on the other is saying "oh shi that's sa/rape because he didn't consent". I should've elaborated more on my hot take I'm sorry. Let me rephrase it then, I'm not talking about jinx, passion, or ca, I'm talking about nice to see you. there was clearly sa happening but people are denying it instead of acknowledging it, now if you acknowledge it people will say don't read it or then stop reading it, what I mean is, I saw and understand that what happened was SA, but they're both freaks, they both sa'ed each other but never cared about it. It's different from Kim Dan where he showed obvious discomfort and distress. That's what I meant, sorry omg. I'll still read nice to see you again tho.
in the novel of codename Anastasia, it was never romanticised nor glorification of rape, in fact. It was so gory and disgusting cause it would go in depth of how bad it is. Thats why I was so annoyed but the adaptation of the manhwa, the way the angles, colours and expressions show more of it being 'tame' and almost 'romantic' at times when in the part of the novel, it was one of the most hardest parts for me to read at the time, it ruins the whole 'horror' aspect it had in the first part of the story. The second part of the story (called nameless star volumes 6-10) is more romantic, but had a shit ton of angst, so the romance barely lasted.
These writers cant find a good hook for their stories LMAO also pmo when they put disclaimers saying they don't support it but write it anyway without considering how serious rape is and just uses it as a next step forward to the smut action of the story.
I read a Yaoi anthology and only 1 story wasn't rape all of it was literal rape
This is unfortunately a hot take but I agree with you completely, respect for taste/swallow you whole and don't get me started on honey bear, i made a comment that I was a little bored of all the sheer sex that was going on and I got ATTACKED, I'm also really upset with the community as well, I started a bl with a really cool dynamic and I went to comments and all I saw was people commenting bs like, "I wanna see that guy get pounded and then be pounding I want the beefy guys to switch" (not satire) something like that like bro they barely talked in the first chapter I joked underneath that calling them out and I got attacked AGAIN
"FICTION ISNT REALITY GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE" I am politely sitting down and, as a connesior of morally ambigious porn, call bullshit. Fiction reflects reality. And reality reflects fiction. That rings true since the beginning of time.
There is a difference between them, but as long as people don't rape people irl. I guess Im good oh wait. They do already. Damn.
The worst part is it is hard to have discussion without being called a moral monger.
In a world of highly progressive ai, where you can take a picture of somepne irl, and use it as the ai icon, and simulate raping them....man.
Am I concerned.
True. Unfortunately the overused "dont like dont read" gets thrown at you. If people are so annoyed by comments offering genuine critism, complaining, or hate-reading, why read the comments? I for one, and know this doesn't apply to all, have trouble putting a story down after starting. It has to be dog water to drop it. Usually my comments are like personal bookmarks. If I, or someone else, has criticism or complaints to a stort Im rage reading, why engage? Some will even argue with you to the ends of the earth that it isn't rape!
The best (WORST) I heard was "he came so he liked it" fucking shoot me.
One of the reasons I stay away from the comments. There's rarely something there that I agree with.
I like smut too, but I want it to be a bonus to the relationship rather than the entire relationship. If there's more sex than actual bonding, doing cute things together and getting to know each other, is that even a love story?
Authors and editors have realized what most readers want and need too. More and more manhwas seem to start with smut from the very first scene to catch their attention. I don't mind sex as the first scene, but it's obvious why it's there. It lowkey feels like that meme about people with short attention span who need to have a random gameplay on half the screen to pay attention to the other half. "Look, smut. Keep reading."
I think commenting about the bad things in a story like omg it has rape/sa or racism, warns other readers to not read it. So it's good to comment it! the last part omg! it's natural physical reaction, poor men, they can't even be considered sa'ed because they came. "Cuz they enjoy it they got hard blablabla" bye! I won't be dealing with that anymore

You neurodivergent guys gals and theys, take this time to talk about your interests and hyperfixations or whatever fun fact you've been dying to tell, anything positive, I've just seen some negative ass confusing ass shit and I was to see some community going on, we all need some community rn
I am obsessed lately with doing my nails. recently I bought a bunch of nail polish. Luckily I like dollar tree nail polish but I’ve probably spent about 30 dollars on polish spanning one week or so. To be fair I only had about 10 polishes prior. I love having variety, and also having tons of glitter nail polish’s. Changing my nail color every week is my serotonin at this point. That’s my current interests. ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭
I play the same song for hours on end for weeks without changing it and I only change it bc I found another song to play
Beads though it’s like the hobbies mostly I made some things and after I finished making them kinda just stoped
Omg that’s so nice I wanted to get into nail polish but I feel like I can’t get like proper strokes which make it look like shit
Music. Couldn't live without it.
realll and every time i want them to get all over my nail without getting on my sin but i can never get it alll and it pmo bc when i move my finger i see the bare spot
I relate to those so heavy, I think we're secretly the same person
That sounds so fun! Variety is comfort imo, I've been wanting to start doing my nails but I bite them way too often (=・ω・=)
Do you have a current favorite song?
Gym.. not going for one day stresses me out wasnt like that at all, was a happy potato … i also collect perfumes, it brings me joy being complimented on how i smell. Started adult coloring u know the books with the light theories n colors …
For 8 years i was doing gel polish nails it was like a therapy… then gave my nails a rest for 8 months now.. i got nail polishes n was like let me do it.. its really fun but damn it doesnt survive a simple task
Yes. It's Zessai, by Sugizo & Kyo (Dir En Grey) on vocals.
houdini. THIS IS THE MOST RANDOM HYPERFIX EVER but he intrigues me so much— like imagine you’re literally infamous for never being able to stay cuffed, considered a jack of all trades, and yet nobody knows how he died and only ever had speculations. Halloweens comjng up as well so my interest only continues to grow for this guy!! Its fascinating how little and how much people know about him (*•w•*)
Dir En Grey mentioned!! i love them sm omg
I didn't listen to all of it since by speaker is broken but the vocals sounds like tangy butter
I imagine he was like mysterious as Edgar Allen Poe but instead of poetry he mastered in magic(?) he'd a magician right? ( ̄∇ ̄")
yooo me too i sometimes feel like im posioning my lungs in the process tho. like omg that stuff smells
Oh yeah. That's an interesting way to put it!
Me too!!!!! Favorite song?
I love that smell, snort it like crack /hj
thanks for the song rec
Sure! It's beautifully melancholy.
ヾ(☆▽☆) love me some songs like that
Anytime!
Sure!