I just finished reading Little Mushroom's novel and I loved the fact that it's whole plotline spins off of quantum physics like string theory and pieces togethers a bunch of scientifically accurate concepts so the world building actually makes sense.
I alr read Rainbow city but it felt like a shallower version of that almost, but not too bad. Anyone have more reccs?
title! It's okay if it's toxic lol
I don't know if anyone else had to read "the Lottery" in school, but essentially the premise of the story is that every year the village has a tradition to sacrifice a villager to ensure a plentiful harvest, which they do by stoning them to death... Chapter 18 reminds me of Tessie being stoned to death by the villagers, including her own son, simply because it's tradition and they don't know any better. Idk tho, super dystopian vibes
Anyone with half a brain cell can recognize rape and toxic stories are bad, you're not a trail blazer for saying that. And everybody backs them up like they're the shit for saying something that's common sense. Like we know Jinx and stories like it are bad, you don't have to circle jerk each other for not having shit taste.
One thing I've noticed is people pointing out the fact that toxic male characters are still liked b/c they're hot MEN whereas toxic women characters are immediately villainized (may not apply to gl). Which I do completely agree with it. But I feel like an unintentional consequence of people tryna reverse this misogynistic mindset is by trying to superficially sympathize/simp over fls that are purposefully written to be unlikeable. like saying omg "she's too pretty to do this" sounds a bit idk fake...? it's probably more right to try holding toxic shitty mls/fls to the same standard instead regardless of gender. Like for ex: Yoona is obv written to be unlikeable or maybe a misunderstood character in this scene of the story.
rmbr it's OKAY to dislike female characters written to be unlikeable without u being misogynistic/not a "girls girl" (whtv the new tiktok slang is). Now ofc alot can be said about some authors who continuously making women "pick me"/"bitchy" but that's a diff issue.
OR maybe some people (me ngl) just like all well-written villlian characters regardless of gender, then this would not apply Lmfao
If you think about it, they're only together like this because they're stuck in a shared environment and share similar circumstances (like many highschoolers). But what incentive to meet will they have once they graduate? As their relationship stands, once Haejoon goes off to some prestigious college and Eunyung finds local work, their paths have no reason to cross. It just so mf unfortunate to think about...
this is just is so sosososossosos unfortunate... and the worst part is Eunyoung catching on almost instantly because of his own home life. It also surprised me when Haejoon took Eunyoung's suggestion seriously and immediately called his dad. All these awful circumstances that bring these two together is heartbreaking to say the least. It's in moments like these where you wish they'd lean on each other a bit more.