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Redemption arc
Reading all the comments on Jinx has given me so many topic ideas, and I’m curious to know some of your thoughts and opinions about redemption.
I see a lot of people saying ML is beyond redemption or that even with a redemption arc, they still won’t forgive him. I get that, and I don’t read Jinx, so I don’t have strong feelings one way or another.
Anyway, it got me thinking, a while back I watched a Turkish dizi called Istanbullu Gelin, and in that series, the main character’s best friend marries a guy that has lots of issues. He has anger management issues and one time he beat her silly. She eventually convinces him to seek therapy and he starts going, but initially he’s not taking it seriously. His wife finally divorces him, but she’s pregnant so he’s not completely out of her life. Long story short, in the end he continues going to therapy and redeems himself, but she doesn’t get back with him. Both of them moved on and were better partners to their new loves due to their past relationship.
I liked that resolution. A character was redeemed and part of that redemption was due to a love interest, but in the end they had hurt each other too much to function as a couple.
Seeing as most stories have redemption arcs that end up with the original couples, would you prefer to read more stories where a horrible character initially starts their redemption arc due to their current love interest, but in the end they each find new loves? Or keep the status quo and have a “love conquers all” type story?
Like I said, I don’t read Jinx, but from what I can see in the comments I think something like ML realizing he’s been shit and starting his redemption due to his feelings for MC, but then in the end after all he’s done to MC each of them finding new loves would work better. You can forgive someone and still not want a romantic relationship with them anymore.
Especially when many times a potential second love interest is introduced, and usually that second love would be a better choice anyway.
Heres my rule, rape is an irredeemable crime, a rapist can change but that doesnt make them redeemable. Pushing the notion that sexual violence is something that can be compensated for is a harmful rehoric, there is nothing that can conpensate for sexual violence which is why even if the ML/FLs have changed i will never like them. Jaeshin from Nigh...... 3 reply
it always depends on who the person is, but doing fucked up shit like rape is irredemable and once a person is irredemable in a relationship you cannot continue. thats a trauma that cannot heal with the person who hurt you in the vicinity. and rapists deserve their genitals cut off on god. i honestly hate the trope of them finding new partners caus...... 2 reply
I love redemption arcs so much, but the thing is, most BLs have the worst redemptions, especially in comparison to what the character did. Most of the time, the ML literally rapes the MC. If it's not trivialised, glorified, or just forgotten (which is common let's be honest), then we get like one chapter "arc" of the ML asking for forgiveness (and ...... 1 reply
I like the part where there asshole rapist/borderline rapist top is being treated like the pathetic fuck he is, but they always get back together because authors don't have the balls to not have them together in the end. Like BJ Alex fucking sucks, but I did enjoy that part where he was just making an ass out of himself 1 reply
yeahh it depends on who youre asking but my point is that they leave each other even though the person has redeemed themselves.
if ur gonna redeem yourself, you're gonna to have to as much as you did harmed; that is if you didnt fuck up hella bad
like if you did the worse most irredeemable thing, for example someone said, rape, sure you can be b...... 1 reply
Honestly I just don't understand why in every bl where there is abuse they always go back to their abusers. I hate it. First, why is there rape in the first place? It's usually not important to the story and kinda treated like a regular sex. So why have it in the first place? I never understand. And like, if, for whatever reason you just gotta put ...... 1 reply
