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"romanticizes" you really need to read a dictionary. Literally the one that did the forced prostitution is the villain of the story. Literally the main character has trauma because of it. Romanticizing is when it is depicted as a "good" thing. This story never does that.
That is such a stupid criticism.

Awoop, Good thing Pilwon is dead...i hope he is...pls

It’s genuinely annoying that people think that part of the story is there to be romanticised when the author never did anything like that, it’s PART of the story, it’s not there for you to agree with or think it’s good. People are just idiots.

Bro censoring RAPE like this is Weibo lol

Agreed, if you think its disgusting etc. that means the author's plan worked, i mean for example there is a villain in a movie and it irritated you because that villain is so annoying, that means that actor successful due to its talent to give you that feelings, if its supposed to be like that you can't change it and make it like eating rainbows and poop butterfly, every story is not like that, some readers prefer g@re S.A etc but not romanticism it but some idiots did , girl its the part of the plot ofc...

Also some authors follow uh smt similar to uh triangle and it has 5 parts just search plot Pyramids, you'll get why it happens

"romanticizes" doesn't just mean is portrayed as something good, it also means that the rape/sadism/prostitution is repetitive and shoehorned in often and prolonged (which the author did), that the rape is portrayed as something needed for the character to develop (which happens with the purple haired boy), or that the rape and prostitution is used only for the main character to be a hero (which happens 348520472 times in this), or that the rape is presented as something "necessary" solely to move the plot forward (which the manwha does over and over). so yes, the author romanticizes rape in the story, and no it's not "stupid criticism" since it's valid and most importantly correct.

I kinda agree. It’s the unnecessary amount of rape scenes put in. Rape can be implied too…not shown. I also don’t remember but was Jooha drugged during rape in Pearl boy? Did he get an erection while being raped? That aside, I definitely think rape isn’t necessary to draw out consistently/repititively.

Forced prostitution is a villain. The unnecessary amount of gang rape being drawn out is also one, keyword: unnecessary. Rape can be implied.

I still read it regardless because I actually like Author’s art and some of the writing. I also support them on official sites when I have the money. But I’m also allowed to complain about the lengthy amount of rape drawn out. I won’t attack author over this though.

I guess I’m more ‘sensitive’ towards it because of stories where the bottom has been shown to ‘enjoy it’ while raped. I feel like it should be normalized to imply rape, not really explicitly draw them out.

Well regardless if it’s author’s ‘plan’ or not, I hope all found the rape disgusting haha . I’ll be concerned if you had a hard on about someone being raped.

Some readers prefer SA? Um…rephrase?

I do believe their complaint is valid if they are talking about the amount of rape fest there is.

It’s one thing to know about the forced prostitution background and see a few rape scenes that add onto why the character has become depressed or traumatized, acting out etc. But it’s too much to keep adding gang rape/rape in general chapter after chapter.

RAPE can be IMPLIED. It doesn’t necessarily have to be drawn out, is probably what some are trying to say.

The story is there for anyone to make a judgment of, regardless if positive or not. I don’t agree with you that people can be idiots, everyone is an idiot in their life.

DO** Agree that people can be idiots.

My bad, ignore that DONT.

OP, your complaint is valid. I think some people are just confused. Romanticizing isn’t just about portraying something as good, like Lola said, it’s also about the amount of unnecessary scenes the author chose to add when it’s actually not important for readers to see. Implications of rape are just as wonderful, rape scenes don’t have to be drawn out so much.

It’s one thing to have a few rape scenes versus taking up almost half the story. Your complaint is perfectly valid, please don’t feel the need to change it.

I still choose to read stories like these because I find it interesting, not the rape parts of course but strictly the psychological parts.

We literally having a nice interesting conversation yall

It’s completely fine to not like seeing rape scenes (like anyone normal wouldn’t want to see that) and that’s not what i’m referencing when i replied to them, as they worded it about romanticising and what not. The issue i have is when people make out like it being in the story suddenly means it’s romanticising it or that it’s there for you to enjoy when it isn’t.

I agree it could have been implied without being shown in a lot of cases but i do also think everything that happened in this story happened to show why the characters had their trauma and what not.

I can agree to a certain extent but i really think people should think about the fact that rape being shown doesn’t automatically mean it’s there for you to like, enjoy or “romanticise” it’s simply there to show the story as it is.

But again my comment was never referencing anything about simply not liking seeing it happen because that’s valid and most normal people wouldn’t want to see it. i’d recommend them to not touch anything that has these themes in it.

Yep exactly what i mean!

i can totally understand not wanting to see it or it triggering someone and that again very understandable (and to that i’d say anything with these themes you should completely stay away from if it’s effecting you this way or making you view it this way)

But that doesn’t suddenly mean it’s being romanticised or that it’s a good thing / something for you to enjoy . It’s simply showing the story as it is , it’s not to make you like the character or enjoy their actions.

I agree that it being in the story automatically doesn’t mean author romanticizes, but I’m sure many readers romanticize it (or just trolls) as I’ve seen + the heavy amount of rape being spread in BL says it all.

I don’t mean the scenes should be wiped clean, but I definitely feel like BL should tone down the rape cycle and start with implications of it rather than full blown rape scenes. Authors can show trauma without showing rape scenes, it’s doable.

Just like how people can get help and give help to survivors without having to DRAW out or SEE what they went through.

Rape being shown versus multiple repetitions of rape and normalized cycle of rape in BL is different. I think you and I are on the wrong page haha, I get what you’re saying though.

No, don’t worry and don’t apologize. We missed a few pages you and I. I definitely agree with you about the: “There being rape on screen doesn’t automatically mean it’s romanticized by author.”