and it's just so sad in general how most of yall are going on about it has no rape, so it's a good story. like....i agree that's one of the — if not the most important — factor i look for in a story, but it is not the only one. and it's just sad how most of the popular yaoi/bl media follows the same disgusting rape to love trope, and when we find one that doesn't have it we immediately think of it as a good one. i do believe that a good story must be nontoxic, and i hate rape in stories (unless it is not fetishized and maybe used in a realistic setting of trauma and coping), but just the absence of it doesn't make it a good story. it conforms to other stereotypical bl ideas, and overall it was a very bland and dull progression, with the least emotional engagement and just sex. i mean, it's a fast paced read and there are stories like these, pwp, non toxic, and an okay read. but i just find it so confounding how almost everyone is defending it like it's a phenomenal story. anyway, it's just my personal opinion :")
and it's just so sad in general how most of yall are going on about it has no rape, so it's a good story. like....i agree that's one of the — if not the most important — factor i look for in a story, but it is not the only one. and it's just sad how most of the popular yaoi/bl media follows the same disgusting rape to love trope, and when we find one that doesn't have it we immediately think of it as a good one. i do believe that a good story must be nontoxic, and i hate rape in stories (unless it is not fetishized and maybe used in a realistic setting of trauma and coping), but just the absence of it doesn't make it a good story. it conforms to other stereotypical bl ideas, and overall it was a very bland and dull progression, with the least emotional engagement and just sex. i mean, it's a fast paced read and there are stories like these, pwp, non toxic, and an okay read. but i just find it so confounding how almost everyone is defending it like it's a phenomenal story. anyway, it's just my personal opinion :")