I understand why some people feel uncomfortable with this story, and honestly, I get the sentiment. But in a way, it feels inevitable, you know? He saved Alois from abuse that could've very well killed him, and the duke longed for warmth—so when his older self told him to seek it out, he did. He wasn’t trying to cage or control that warmth either. He let Alois go, let him figure out what he truly wanted—and despite being turned away, despite every rejection, Alois kept coming back. It’s also important to note that he didn’t wait around for Alois to become legal just so he could act on his feelings. That was never the plan. His original intent was never to love him in that way. I get that many readers are frustrated with the author—for making things messy, morally gray, uncomfortable even. But I guess that’s the point? It’s not supposed to be clean or easy to digest. It deals with trauma, longing, and blurred lines between care and desire. It makes you sit with discomfort, question dynamics, and confront what love can look like when it’s born out of something you're not used to.
But honestly it took quite an awful lot of time for me to see all this, because it's more easier to view it as a porn material that was driven by the author's desire and maybe that's what this truly was and I'm just justifying it lmao nyways good art though.
I understand why some people feel uncomfortable with this story, and honestly, I get the sentiment. But in a way, it feels inevitable, you know? He saved Alois from abuse that could've very well killed him, and the duke longed for warmth—so when his older self told him to seek it out, he did. He wasn’t trying to cage or control that warmth either. He let Alois go, let him figure out what he truly wanted—and despite being turned away, despite every rejection, Alois kept coming back. It’s also important to note that he didn’t wait around for Alois to become legal just so he could act on his feelings. That was never the plan. His original intent was never to love him in that way. I get that many readers are frustrated with the author—for making things messy, morally gray, uncomfortable even. But I guess that’s the point? It’s not supposed to be clean or easy to digest. It deals with trauma, longing, and blurred lines between care and desire. It makes you sit with discomfort, question dynamics, and confront what love can look like when it’s born out of something you're not used to.
But honestly it took quite an awful lot of time for me to see all this, because it's more easier to view it as a porn material that was driven by the author's desire and maybe that's what this truly was and I'm just justifying it lmao nyways good art though.