these story writers keep fucking up good stories just to extend them as long as they can. ML had no tendencies of obsessive behavior. ZERO. and then in the span of 3 chapters where he's absolutely smitten with Yeomin, he's suddenly this "big bad".
I really want to know what goes on in the head of these writers because " obsessive top" is also not always "let me lock you up against your will" but that's what these stories always resort to?
my, it's getting exhausting.
tastefully done or not, rape is rape.
so, since I end up reading all these stories with the tag, may as well gather them in one place.
coworker tropes and stories bl
I must be the only one, cause I really disliked this MC.
I can't stand people who act "woe is me" in their heads, misunderstanding as they want and not communicating only to act like they're the ones who have been wronged. Open your effing mouth and speak like a frigging 29 year old. these kinds of tropes are cute for teens and early 20s characters, not 30 year olds. it's stupid AF!
the number of times I went "ugh I hate this guy" while reading this... and literally flipping through on the next button just to get to the end and give this a befitting 1 star review cause smh.
I should make a list of omost annoying ukes. so far.
1. uke from "Feel my benefit"
2. uke from "Salt society"
3. ...
While I really don't mind the noncon in manhwa (heck, I go for stories with that tag sometimes)... this was possibly the one instance where it was absolutely not necessary. I mean I felt it coming when Yuri started "drinking so much", that drunken sex was gonna happen (most likely with both of them being drunk) and just because after he sobered up, he said he enjoyed it/ went on and on about how beautiful Xianlu is, doesn't negate the fact that this was non consensual. He was *PASSED OUT DRUNK* and got hard. that is not reason to finger and fuck someone no matter how much they "like" you... and I guess I'm just pointing this out because the story glosses over that part, acts like it was fully consensual, uses anecdotes like Yuri saying he liked it but that's like saying "oh the SA victim orgasmed because they were asking for it/liked it" which I think is ridiculous.
even the story tags did not have rape in it, so I had to add it.
1. I get that fictional SA is not the same as rl SA.
2. I don't mind it in stories, heck I actually like it most times.
3. this is being talked about because there was literally NO CAUSE for rape. as the story was progressing, Yuri would have consensually had sex with Xianlu anyway.
4. The writer brushed it off. at the very least, label them (and approach the storytelling) as a toxic love pair, but trying to paint them as "romantic" in the context of rape is just wild to me. especially when it's literally the morning after!
5. the tags didn't have the rape tag because of how the scene was written. "oh he was conscious a few times during the night and said he liked it when he woke up"
sigh
I followed this till like chapter 95 before giving up on it completely. It's a mess of a story. maybe because everyone looks like everyone and it's just messy.
Initially the story split and focused on each pair (kinda like Better than Strangers) and then they just slammed every character into every chapter and considering they ALL look THE SAME, it's headache-inducing trying to keep up.
A shame, because I really really liked this storry and was looking forward to the white-haired sunbae getting with the short fudanshi. or at least a threesome relationship with the other guy he "likes" smh.
yes, I know this is toxic to a degree but that's why I'm reading it. I love the dynamic between Hyung and Yusu more than between the nephew and Yusu. I keep watching Hyung's reactions, wanting to see even a glimmer of jealousy but he's surprisingly very closed off in that regard. ugh! I wish things either settle in a nice polygamous dynamic or Hyung just takes Yusu with him when he hands over the company to his son.
I can't settle for a reality where Yusu doesn't end up with Hyung but also, knowing how he thinks, he's going to follow who had the most power T any given time, for his protection and selfish reasons.
this was so frigging hot, I felt a knot in my stomach when I realized the hyung was just as depraved (if not more than) the younger brother. so short... so perfect.
except he's not a slut at all, it's just the way his back arches and the things he says... so sexy!!