I noticed this a lot in BL stories but can we stop giving the abuser/criminal a side story and making them pitiful after they do the most fucked up shit such as the pink haired guy in this story. Authors need to stop trying to get readers to sympathize with them. Idgaf if they changed, good for them, but I’m not interested in reading about that. Now I usually love a side couple, even if it’s about trashy characters and their character growth, but I can’t stand people like pink haired guy. It just subtly romanticizes their behavior and it’s very gross and just makes people gloss over their criminal record.
I noticed this a lot in BL stories but can we stop giving the abuser/criminal a side story and making them pitiful after they do the most fucked up shit such as the pink haired guy in this story. Authors need to stop trying to get readers to sympathize with them. Idgaf if they changed, good for them, but I’m not interested in reading about that. Now I usually love a side couple, even if it’s about trashy characters and their character growth, but I can’t stand people like pink haired guy. It just subtly romanticizes their behavior and it’s very gross and just makes people gloss over their criminal record.