
The characters are at the center of the story.
The rape scene shaped the characters. It showed how ruthless the top is, how unapologetic he is, that he doesn't care for MC at all, and that he would go to these length just to find out the truth.
That one scene literally made him into an unlikable character.
It wasn't some filler chapter that's not Canon, it happened in the main story and impacts heavily how readers percieve the characters.
I swear this fictional argument is annoying the shit out of me, because you people keep telling people to consume stories without a shred of emotion. Why are we reading it then?

BYEE STFU ofc ur one of those alnst fans. Did u even read what I said?? Or ur just tryna argue abt something I could care less about. If u perceive him unlikable due to his actions understandable. But that is no reason to start attacking authors and telling them what to do with their story. If they felt like rape was necessary to the plot of their story then who are u to say otherwise. y'all act like I'm craving rape scenes just because I don't whine abt a story possessing it. If ur only critique of the scene is u want it removed because it's immoral to u and makes U feel like shit then is that really a critique??? And that argument doesn't pertain to the content of the story as a whole. No where do I see discussions revolving the rape scene that actually is discussing how it played out, analyzing characters actions nope. Just morality discourse. No one is saying u can't feel a way abt what u consume. But judging others even the authors who create content y'all slurp up ILLEGALLY at that is wild to me. Y'all bring nothing to this community.
The fact no one is talking abt how intense the story is getting just to complain about the usage of sa here is obnoxious. You don't have to agree with how the sa was depicted here but the author isn't a bad person for writing their personal story for how they see fit. If you're gonna complain and ignore the story because of the rape that occurred just stop commenting at the very least. I want to see real discussions not silly tiktok discourse bruh. Anyway the story I feel like is gonna get to a climax real soon and I'm not prepared for that