That kind of reasoning is SOOOOOOO dogshit. Just because were reading it for free we suddenly have no right to criticize the writing? Of course not. Dismissing valid criticism and just telling them to buzz off and read something else is very anti-intellectual and is one major way to create echo chambers. This discourse exists because the way the author handled the horrible things jaekyung did is AWFUL and is common ground in manhwas where they pretend the horrible things theyre doing is actually normal.
"If you dont like it, make your own manhwa!!!" fuck off??? A person doesnt have to be a chef to know if a food tastes like shit and say that it tastes like shit. We have every right to say the same with this manhwa. There are many ways to depict a toxic relationship in a healthy manner but this story is not one of those because it's fetishized.
"Its just fiction!!!" yeah and fiction often affects the overall culture of humanity and how people behave if its popular and widely adapted enough. Imagine if inexperienced homosexual men who dont know better about male homosexual relationships read this manhwa, see how jaekyung and kim dan's relationship is depicted, and coming out of the experience saying "thats how relationship works"?
Anyway, Im still hatereading this shit because I want comeuppance for jaekyung. Make him suffer. Idc he desserves it. And I hope kim dan gets help. I think thats the most plausable way of ending things healthily. Knowing the author and their VERY positive opinions on season 1's sex scenes that are actually just rape scenes, Im pessimistic about it.
That kind of reasoning is SOOOOOOO dogshit. Just because were reading it for free we suddenly have no right to criticize the writing? Of course not. Dismissing valid criticism and just telling them to buzz off and read something else is very anti-intellectual and is one major way to create echo chambers. This discourse exists because the way the author handled the horrible things jaekyung did is AWFUL and is common ground in manhwas where they pretend the horrible things theyre doing is actually normal.
"If you dont like it, make your own manhwa!!!" fuck off??? A person doesnt have to be a chef to know if a food tastes like shit and say that it tastes like shit. We have every right to say the same with this manhwa. There are many ways to depict a toxic relationship in a healthy manner but this story is not one of those because it's fetishized.
"Its just fiction!!!" yeah and fiction often affects the overall culture of humanity and how people behave if its popular and widely adapted enough. Imagine if inexperienced homosexual men who dont know better about male homosexual relationships read this manhwa, see how jaekyung and kim dan's relationship is depicted, and coming out of the experience saying "thats how relationship works"?
Anyway, Im still hatereading this shit because I want comeuppance for jaekyung. Make him suffer. Idc he desserves it. And I hope kim dan gets help. I think thats the most plausable way of ending things healthily. Knowing the author and their VERY positive opinions on season 1's sex scenes that are actually just rape scenes, Im pessimistic about it.