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AUTHOR-NIM DOING HIS ABSOLUTE BEST TO PAINT WOORI IN A BAD LIGHT. THIS IS WHY I HATE LOVE TRIANGLE CAUSE WHEN I GET SECOND LEAD SYNDROME, THEY MAKE THE SECOND LEAD THE BAD GUY JUST TO GET THE MC AND ML BE TOGETHER. THAT'S JUST LAZY WRITING BRUH. I HATE IT.
(This may seem weird to some, so I'm sorry and I don't mean any harm) the sexual dynamic that i mostly (or i most often see) is a stone top and a pillow princess (i don't mean to offend anyone, i just don't know a better term to use). I know they exist and I acknowledge it, but it's just that it's the only dynamic I have ever read. So now, I just wanna ask if y'all have read GL manhwas that have diff dynamic (?), more like couples who does switch and such (and also, I don't understand why authors don't include scissoring despite it being hot).
i really liked these dynamics, but i’m pretty sure none of them scissor!
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/marie_and_alex/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/sadistic_beauty_side_story/
They’re basically projecting patriarchal standards of heterosexual relationships ( one has to be the man and the other is the woman). This also happens in BL where the top is manly and strong while the bottom is feminine and weak. There are other tropes that defy this stereotype
Ah, yes. How did i even forgot about that. I know this also happens in BL but I can see some BL manhwas that doesn't follow stereotypes more than in GL, which is sad cause there are also a lot of things to explore in wlw
As someone who's mostly into BL (which often also have some problems with this unilateral dynamic, but that's another story) and hasn't read many GLs with smut (most of those I read were shoujo ai) I also noticed that dynamic in basically all of them! I'm quite confused by the fact that often there is a 'top' that pleasures the 'bottom' of the relationship, but gets basically NOTHING in return, like, I even saw them not take their clothes off at all. All I can think of is, is that even fair?? It can't be like that in irl wlw relationships, come on.
I'd also like some recomendations about something with a more 'equal' dynamic, I'm still exploring the genre and I'm curious
I actually have the same thoughts as you when I first read a GL manhwa and saw the 'top' fully clothed throughout the bed scene, but I was told that stone tops do exist—they are someone who primarily takes the role of a top or initiator in sexual activity, but with strong boundaries around receiving or being touched. I understood and was thankful for being taught about things I still didn't know about. But as I explore the genre, i have only seen the same dynamic, and I feel like authors should like explore and see that there's a lot more to wlw relationship than what most gl manhwas portrays.
just graduated college and i dunno what to do with my life anymore. all i wanna do is read on mangago til i die. im hopeless aren't i? Hahaha
Congratulations on graduating!!
There’s so many things waiting for you, trust. My advice is just chase the things that bring you joy if you can.
Wishing u luck!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt that author-nim downplayed what Hyesung went through with his stupid ass mom. "You look like her" is such a fucking shit I would never want to hear. Dojin and byul makes me wanna pull my hair out of my head. Fucking piece of shits.
cuz its not hyesungs story
And it doesn't have to be hyesung's story for them to still make up without downplaying a person's trauma.