umm on ur 2nd paragraph ur pointing out like seme is an adult he was infact a child when he fell in love to uke..just saying
Yeah you’re right tbh the only reason I sort of ‘enjoyed’ the work is bc kiel is lowkey insane with what he’ll do to be with Asha, the kid he’s been obsessed with since he himself was a teen. I also do not think it is ‘childhood friends to lovers’ bc it’s shown that he obsessed (literally kidnapped to monopolize) Asha as a child and doted on him like crazy. Asha doesn’t have a frame of reference of how people love bc he and Kiel ‘have always been like that.’ Since this is lowkey how he views love he doesn’t see how weird/twisted the whole thing is (for Kiel it’s always been ends justify the means and the end he worked towards he got (marrying Asha)). His family is ‘irritating’ (acc other comments) bc they see how weird Kiel is and has always been about Asha and want him to recognise it too (justifiably). But Asha honestly is at a point where I do not see him questioning their relationship since it’s one that has been carefully cultivated by Kiel since he himself was a teen and Asha was a child.
What i mean is he continued as adult too when uke was teenager.
Yeah, like its okay to enjoy crazy story but its also important to be self aware. I got triggered when people said he is Green flag lol.
What seme did to uke is grooming and i am surprising people who call this "childhood lovers". Yes, age gap isnt big but the point is: there is clear power imbalance and abuse of power here.
The abuse isnt always that obvious. He is manipulative in a way he seduce him with candies and cookies, normalizing kissing and holding hands between them since they were young. He abused his power to take control of ukes life so that he cant marry someone else. He didnt lock anyone. He didnt need to because he literally closed every chance uke had with others.
This saddens me because i recently watched documentary about victim who spoke about his abuser. And the abuser used "exctly this way" to seduce kids, first by making them normalize certain stuff. Yes, this seme "loves" uke or "obsessed" with it but he groomed him.
Nothing about him is Green flag because he had the control in this relationship. As emperor, he also has bonus power to manipulate or force others to control "the life of uke" the way he decided it is good for him. This is grooming. This is abuse.