meant to like!
stop trying to make this ok by “it was a different time” or “they didn’t have relations until he was an adult”… THATS THE BARE MINIMUM TO WAIT FOR THEM REACH LEGAL AGE
Wtf is wrong with you people who try to make sense out of this. The story would be so much better if they start out both as adults whyyyy whyyyy did he have to be a kid first ugh
When something is wrong is WRONG you can still read it.. and enjoy it ??
but stop trying to rationalise it.
Save yourself the trouble and stop reading. Does wonders for your mental health.
I did and again I don’t really care if others read it or like it eww- but normalising this type of relationship is just crazy to me.
Ayo chill. Never said YOU or anyone else had to like it, I also have shit I hate (like dom/sub verse) and I ignore those stories. I also never said it was a different time either, because based on the technology of the story, the time is pretty modern so I didn't bring it up bc it's not a different time.
Actually I do think it's fucked up, because these two were forced into a situation based on political interests and not their well-being. Ilya was sold off as an Omega because his family saw no other value in him, as they even restricted his education, and the first chapter establishes that Ilya hated being married off to someone he didn't even know. Ilya knew nothing about Khalid, including his age, all he knew was that he was the king (as Ilya mistook Khalid for a prince). Khalid on the other hand was given the throne at the age of 10, bearing many responsibilities because of his status while still being very innocent and young. And his marriage was decided for him, he had no control over who his partner would be, all he knew was that they would be an Omega. That is why Khalid went to see who his bride was, because he was curious.
Is it wrong? Yeah. My point is that within the story nothing actually romantic or sexual happens until Khalid is older, with the Civil war/rebellion taking their attention for almost a decade. Both are forced into situations that they don't want, including the marriage, which is primarily political. Ilya says so in the first few pages, he (+ some tech) was sold for resources. So idk, you're free to hate it ╮(￣▽￣)╭
I mentioned old times since arranged marriages were a common thing back then but again you don’t get my point. The story would be solid if they just made him an adult from the beginning. Why does he have to be a kid ? Why make it so uncomfortable when they kiss or when the omega goes into heat because of the kiss the kid gave him ? Why would these grown ass adult authors have to include such hugeeeee age gaps when it comes to omegaverse stories. Believe me if the genders would be switched (the kid was an omega and a girl and the grown up an alpha and a man) my point would come across. We’re too easy going with BL stories like this when we shouldn’t since it encourages these authors to make more stories similar.
To be like oh they didn’t sleep with each other until they were both adults…even as a sentence feels so weird.
Buuuutttt againnnnn idc read your shitty stories for all I care
Just put the fries in the bag ho get off this page
Choke on them fries pedo
U read this from start to finish pedo and u loved it #CallTheCops
While the two marry at different ages, it is a political marriage. Also according to the manga, minors aren't allowed to have sex to consummate a marriage until they are 18. The kiss at the ceremony was just a formality, it didn't mean anything in particular aside from that. Also the heat thing is not something they control, that is usually the stated reason as to why omegas are treated badly (heats cannot be controlled thus omegas are "trying" to seduce others). Ilya just finds it comforting that there is someone who doesn't just see him as an omega (his own blood family despised him for it), and when he had a heat (a sign of an omega) he was reminded of his status as an omega.
(Rant about age gap from the scanlation version) ----->
It is made clear in the beginning that Ilya is way older than Khalid, mostly because it is a political marriage. Ilya was the only Omega of his country's royal family, unwanted mostly, and Khalid was the young king in a country that values omegas. Although Ilya found Khalid interesting, it wasn't because of romantic love, but because he has never been treated like an equal by others. And it seems Khalid developed some sort of puppy love for Ilya, however that was one sided.
Over time the two began to care about each other, but it wasn't like lovers but just two people caught in political drama. It wasn't until years later that both actually developed a romantic relationship based on the more platonic feelings from the past and how they valued each other in the present. They didn't even act lovey-dovey until the Civil War ended. So yeah you can be put off by the political marriage between an 18 year old and 10 year old, but there wasn't anything romantic or sexual until 8 years later (in which both were apart due to a civil war).