Yea side chp 8-9 made me uncomfy
Yeah I agree, these last 2 chaps kinda made me like Ash less for being so pushy, like I understand the intention but the execution was AWFUL, why the author chose this route is astonishing
You're so based. The main story is amazing but the side stories were trash. The author definitely doesn't seem to have done any type of research and just used it as an excuse to have kinky sex scenes. I might just pretend that the side stories don't exist at this point lol
Considering everything that happened in these last chapters I think there did went a few things wrong.
1: The safeword wasn't mutually agreed on and therefore not a safe word
2: There was no actual consent coming from Carlyle, most likely due to him not knowing what was about to happen
3: Ash did not tell Carlyle what he was planning on doing
4: Carlyle did not trust Ash in a way necessary for these things
As someone who has been in relationships consisting of these kind of scenarios where someone would inflict pain or restrain the other person, there has always been a conversation previously to talk about what might happen and what not. The person who will probably use the safeword should definitely be the one choosing it. Both persons need to agree and mean it to avoid someone experiencing actual fear or discomfort. This didn't happen in this story.
I've read multiple comments saying they don't understand why people dislike that situation. If you really don't understand please read again what I wrote above. Of course this is a fictional scenario where stuff can happen that shouldn't in real life. But in this specific case, people were looking for comfortable intimacy with everyone participating being a consensual part.
Everybody is allowed to criticize! I still love the story and think it has come to a very satisfying ending but I don't quite like the side storys. I'm criticizing what I dislike and everybody should be able to without being called out for it or other people commenting they don't understand someone's viewpoint. Yes you do, but you can't differentiate between criticism and someone just dumping hate. Grow up