i don’t care normally for age gaps as long as they are both adults but in this case idk. it feels too predatory for me to enjoy. Jiho is clearly an at risk youth with trauma. the fact that the uke just jumped into bed with him as soon as he turned 18 “two hours ago” rubbed me the wrong way. Don’t get me wrong, i knew they would fuck. i expected them to since i waited for the mature version to read this. i’m seflaware in that front. but the way it was handled after the dude went “i dont fuck with minors” idk. Jiho looked tormented and the uke knew this and thats where the “sexual assault = violence” talk came in. i thought he would actually have a talk with jiho and guide him and then they would fuck some other time later maybe season 2 after their relationship had been built more and jiho had dealt with his internal struggle for self validation and transactional relationships but nope. i know they both have issues but the uke was the adult in the room and he behaved irresponsibly. i couldn’t take anything he said seriously after that. i read season 1 and half of season 2. i saw from previous they got a happy ending. and thats enough for me.
If this was some dark story with a psychological tag i would somehow try to rationalize it as “welp, people are horrible and they do horrible things and this is a story about horrible people doing that shit.” but this story seems to like romantize this relationship and make it seem like it’s “not too bad” and idk, and as far as i’ve read, we don’t get enough internal monologue from the uke to make me think otherwise.
I always been of the thought that sometimes, it’s ok to just drop a story even if it’s deemed “great” by others. I guess this is my time to move on and read something else. i don’t think i can move pass how their relationship started and even if it gets better. i don’t want to spend my time hoping it fits my taste cause honestly, not everything has to and thats ok.
i don’t care normally for age gaps as long as they are both adults but in this case idk. it feels too predatory for me to enjoy. Jiho is clearly an at risk youth with trauma. the fact that the uke just jumped into bed with him as soon as he turned 18 “two hours ago” rubbed me the wrong way. Don’t get me wrong, i knew they would fuck. i expected them to since i waited for the mature version to read this. i’m seflaware in that front. but the way it was handled after the dude went “i dont fuck with minors” idk. Jiho looked tormented and the uke knew this and thats where the “sexual assault = violence” talk came in. i thought he would actually have a talk with jiho and guide him and then they would fuck some other time later maybe season 2 after their relationship had been built more and jiho had dealt with his internal struggle for self validation and transactional relationships but nope. i know they both have issues but the uke was the adult in the room and he behaved irresponsibly. i couldn’t take anything he said seriously after that. i read season 1 and half of season 2. i saw from previous they got a happy ending. and thats enough for me.
If this was some dark story with a psychological tag i would somehow try to rationalize it as “welp, people are horrible and they do horrible things and this is a story about horrible people doing that shit.” but this story seems to like romantize this relationship and make it seem like it’s “not too bad” and idk, and as far as i’ve read, we don’t get enough internal monologue from the uke to make me think otherwise.
I always been of the thought that sometimes, it’s ok to just drop a story even if it’s deemed “great” by others. I guess this is my time to move on and read something else. i don’t think i can move pass how their relationship started and even if it gets better. i don’t want to spend my time hoping it fits my taste cause honestly, not everything has to and thats ok.