i feel like we keep getting scenes with super dubious consent (or no consent at all) and just no follow up. it’s not truly engaged with, it’s just forgotten and not mentioned again.
idk it’s not the scene itself that’s a problem, but the aftermath. there’s no fallout or explanation as to what happened, and the characters just go back to their dynamic as if those scenes did not happen. am i to accept that the mc just had no follow-up thoughts on being held down and forced? whether he enjoyed it or whether he despised it? idk. i personally don’t scan quickly, i like to re-read chapters too before a new update.
this… like yeongwon was raped and brutally penetrated yet it was brushed off so easily?? he made amends with it the day after because it was done by someone he seeks romantic connection with which makes no fucking sense. with bl, sexual trauma is never explored or even acknowledged. it’s like authors only see sa as a plot device and not a topic deserving the room for depth, reflection, or healing lol
mc…wdym you liked how he touched and looked at you. you literally smacked him bc he was assaulting u and he proceeded to rape u bestie? do you need to go read chapter 23/24 with the rest of the class or what.
right, but even if the message is what he did like it…when? in the scene it did not read as if he was faking resistance or pretending to hate it, and even in this chapter he didn’t directly mention the sex scene or the violence, just super abstract shit like his ‘gaze’ and ‘touch’. like wtf just happened??
y’all don’t get it, these are my CHILDRENNNN! ines deserves this princess treatment so fucking much, and carcel is finally getting reciprocated in his affection (´°ω°`) i used to want to smack him but his respect for one’s and her boundaries and showing her love no matter her unorthodox responses, i absolutely have to respect it and i’m starting to love him the way ines is _(:3 」∠)_
ouuuuu i can taste the tropes already. mild guilt bc he’s the one keeping him awake and preventing him from sleeping at night since he can’t resist his fineass, jealousy bc he smiles bright at anybody who does him tiny favors, and not recognizing it’s jealousy and thinking he just wants an exclusive fuckbuddy and not a boyfriend….