I like this, it's uncomfortable, as it should be. Fucked up premise with messy, flawed characters? Sign me up. They're all 10 different kinds of fucked up and the characters react based on their own thoughts, like they're genuinely people with preconceived ideas, instead of "tropes" that are following a laid out path.
The ML is childish, selfish, and a massive perv, admitting he saw his LI in his dreams but not how he shows up in them.
to YS is extremely traumatized and feels like a Cinderella character, except it seems like instead of just being "trapped" in their situation, they're genuinely getting mentally exhausted over it (instead of most Cinderella plots where they're powering through it then "See Main interest > Chasing Arc > Saved" (god I hope it isn't like this)).
For a first time author, they cooked w/ this one.
(rip da booty tho, we failed to protect another one
I like this, it's uncomfortable, as it should be. Fucked up premise with messy, flawed characters? Sign me up. They're all 10 different kinds of fucked up and the characters react based on their own thoughts, like they're genuinely people with preconceived ideas, instead of "tropes" that are following a laid out path.
The ML is childish, selfish, and a massive perv, admitting he saw his LI in his dreams but not how he shows up in them.
to YS is extremely traumatized and feels like a Cinderella character, except it seems like instead of just being "trapped" in their situation, they're genuinely getting mentally exhausted over it (instead of most Cinderella plots where they're powering through it then "See Main interest > Chasing Arc > Saved" (god I hope it isn't like this)).
For a first time author, they cooked w/ this one.
(rip da booty tho, we failed to protect another one