I forgot to mention that I hate Xinlu. He's a fucking twink from hell. I started hating him from the time he spread his legs for Ilay in seconds, but would rather force himself on Tae to top him.
Yuri neveroved the child version of xinlu romantically he just admired him as something so beautifully put into the ocean. And as he said himself he never had sexual thoughts about xinlu he always saw him in a pure way. Also from my pov this couple is the healthiest in the passion series after Jay and the Arab Prince.
He admitted in the novel that he was his first crush, please don’t argue with me.
Also I think it’s horrible that you view a relationship like this healthy. Maybe in the end there’s no more abuse, however I literally said that it is unnatural that the author forcefully made a horrible relationship cutesy in the end. At least with main pairing you can still see that they’re imperfect, but they love each other. In this pairing I could not see that. I think many other people who read the novel agree with me about that. At least everybody I talked about it with disliked Xinlu and how Yuri was treated.
I get what you’re saying, but I think people are misunderstanding what Yuri meant. He never loved child Xinlu romantically. he even said he never had any sexual thoughts about him. That moment was about admiration, not desire. Seeing someone as beautiful in a symbolic way (like a flower in the ocean) doesn’t mean you want something from them.
And when I said their relationship was "healthier," I meant compared to the others in the Passion series. There was no grooming from yuri part btw. It grew into something mutual when Xinlu was an adult. Not perfect, but more balanced in the end.
I read the novel too btw.
Also u compared them to ilay and taui. crazy but you do realise we're talking about totally different characters with totally different personalities right? Xinlu is completely different than ilay not in a better way or anything but personality wise and how they both act is very distinct. So it's so illogical that you are comparing yuri and xinlu's relationship with ilay and tay's.
its kinda of funny how yall hate xinlu more than illay when illay has done much worse to not just taeiu but most people in his life. lol. how prejudiced
It’s because you didn’t read the novel. I more of disliked him than really hated him when he wanted to rape Tae. I really started hating him when seeing him abuse and rape Yuri. Like with Ilay, he did rape Tae, but it never went that far when it comes to physical abuse. At least with Ilay you could tell that Tae is special to him, but Xinlu treated Yuri like dirty rags for a long time.
Still no matter what, I can’t bring myself to like this pairing. Yuri really deserves way better. The way he gets treated for most of their relationship is criminal. Literally being treated like some dirty rag, physical and psychological abuse, rape. However, he has no self respect and it’s still weird that he had a crush on a damn child. I just think they genuinely shouldn’t be together. Like logically this is terrible and I think the story would better if they went their separate ways in the middle, instead of author forcing them together to be a cute couple. It’s unnatural.