There's nothing wrong with you for enjoying killing stalking as long as you don't consider it a romance. A lot of us are very interested in the psychological aspect of serial killers and I can see why you might enjoy seeing him do those things.
Personally, I too enjoyed killing stalking too from a psychological pov rather than a romance ( I just enjoy reading dark psychological shit in general )
However i absolutely abhor codename anastasia and jinx. I would have enjoyed codename anastasia so much more if zhenya was portrayed as the pos he is rather than turning him into a romantic later on. It is such a pity cuz i really find the overall plot of Codename Anastasia interesting.
( sorry for the long rant lmao )
glad someone's on the same page as me. I don't think I'll ever read Codename Anastasia for the same reasons. Them having a redemption arc or a romantic ending just feels like it justifies what they did. I've read one manhwa, tho I can't remember the name. It's about this childhood friends, and the top got jealous, and basically hostaged the bot. He's not allowed to go outside and not allowed to contact his parents, but he stayed in the name of love. After that arc, the bot finally convinced that keeping him hostage is not good. He was set free, then everything's forgiven. It ended with laughing, kissing, sunshines and rainbow. Not even kidding, I felt more suffocated and uncomfortable reading that compared to killing stalking.
Thats literally Stockholm syndrome wrapped up with a bow. Unfortunately, for some reason these type of stories tend to get popular.
I happened to read the Novel for PASSION ( yeah i regret it now ) I was just curious about the underlying mystery in general. There was a literal line in the novel which goes something like " Yeah he r*pes, he murders and blah blah but he is not a bad person " ( maybe its not the same word to word but yeah its along these lines)
I swear i had to a break from BL for several weeks to just process what i read.
Well... I feel you. I had this BL reading slump for about 3 months from reading too much bs. I actually had to buy physical copies of straight YA romance novels, just so I can start a clean slate. It worked, tho I still can't read anything longer than 5 chaps nowadays
So... I actively hate on red/black flag romance. I just hate it when the characters do the worst things imaginable one chapter, then act cutesy or "romantic" the other chapters. They need to seek professional help imo...
But on the other hand, I loved reading Killing Stalking. Sangwoo did the worst things imaginable, and I enjoyed seeing him do those things, so I might need to seek professional help too.
Though... I guess it's because I don't consider killing stalking romance. Also, maybe it's because I like my psychopaths to be either irredeemably unredeemed or so unhinged that it's entertaining.
Am I the only one who thinks the same way?
Note: I haven't slept yet because of my thesis paper, so I don't know if it made sense