I was about to type out a full blown rant but I see that so many others have called out this stupid trope for what it is. Why did the creator have to make Yeon so stupid in order to manufacture tension. Didn't he almost get raped the other day? Did that not affect him *at all*?
After he found out who the stalker was I could actually rationalise why Yeon would risk meeting him alone; it's obvious he has a lot of guilt and insecurity about his curse and career so he'd feel some misguided sense of responsibility.
But *all* that time before when he didn't have a clue? Keeping it to himself just...makes no sense.
So
Mingwa
We gonna get our sweetie DG a new man or what? I know that you know that I know that you know we gotta take him somewhere fresh. This Alex shit is staaaaaale. Throw the whole thing away.
Ahh I would love to see that! (´▽｀)
My thoughts exactly
I've always enjoyed "The New World" but when I heard that solo in that Sound Euphonium episode it took on a new resonance for me. Always a pleasure to see it crop up anywhere.
I'm so sad that Ruri-kun's musical aspirations were cut short because the school admin was so short sighted. I hope the story rights that wrong, somehow.
Weee are the champions, my friiiiend.
And we'll keep on fighting, till the eeeeend.
This feels like the most hard won confession in the history of BL. Camilo, I salute you.
How was that student not suspended, *at least*, if not expelled, as a well known repeat offender? Gross.
Right!! I mean it's clearly not his first time pulling something like that and almost everyone seem to know about.
Cuz it’s college. There’s not that much of an interaction between the professors and the students, so there’s nothing much to do.
More jamaicans.. I feel at home already
i can only think about two reasons either they didn't report it to the school(which is very unlikely) or they just gave him a restriction order, which means you can't be anywhere close to that person that you have been told by the restriction order not to be around them - i know very long but ye maybe thats why???? idk maybe it was because of another reason either way i done want him to touch our baby
dont*
Except in the classes every day, and tutorials, various societies, student government etc? Plus, there's a whole school administration body. Doesn't have to involve professors. I think Mystical Fire has better explanations as to why. And I can think of more myself. I'm just disgusted and annoyed>:(.
Yeah. It's so clear that the guy is not at all repentant and it grosses me out that he's running free. These sort of problems are getting a lot of media attention in some places so I'm especially sensitive about it. This happens too often in real life.
I hope that at least there's a restriction order in effect. At least!
Jamaicans inna every ting <3
I know right but then again I forgot where the story supposedly takes place so who knows maybe in the place where it is set the deal with it differently???
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kiki,do you love me?
Raay nuh tru
me too
I go to college, and if it’s done in the halls and no one with a high rank sees, it’s just as if it hadn’t happened. At least here.
then again it depends what type of college you go to because depending where you go they will pay more or less attention because from what I've heard private colleges tend to be more stricter and tend to care more since its a smaller group so yeah
or sometimes they won't report it cause it could ruin the schools image and some colleges care more about their image than about the actual students
are you riding? say you never ever leave from my side yeah cause I want you and I need you
I go to a private college and I insist, it’s not like that
ohh ok
I find Jiyoon suspicious even though I'm not sure why but I can't stand persons like Eunbyl who agree to a no-strings-attached physical relationship abut get pushy and possessive when their partner is romantically interested in someone else.
Who am I supposed to like ┑(￣Д ￣)┍
for our cutie DG. This was the opportunity! I usually love kissing but all of those panels should have been replaced with DG's dick in his mouth. We know that after he wakes up he's gonna be an absolute nightmare and crush DG's emotions so I just wanted him to at least have the BJ Alex experience.
I guess we can't have everything in life.
It would be good if some of us stepped back and remembered that the omegaverse itself--this idea of humans going into heat, having uncontrollable hormones, alpha/omega biological nonsense etc--is rape culture. It's the very foundation, columns, walls and roof in this world building. Right?
The idea that persons can't control their sexual urge, it's just natural "sexual drive"; that the women "came on to them"; how pregnancy is then used to control because men are natural leaders/providers/caretakers/dominant--all of this are actual lies people use in real life to justify and excuse rape. The omegaverse makes the lies "come true" on the page.
And I use women deliberately. Even though the omegaverse features same sex couples the creators went out of their way to imagine a system in which only one of the partners can reproduce and in which that partner asserts power through their sexuality because they have limited resources. The group that's richer, influential, more political power etc is the other, the man/alpha. And omegas get stereotyped the same way women do IRL with the same roles: mother/slut who is said to bang her way to the top/arch schemer out to "catch men" by having their children etc. It's inherently misogynistic.
Idk that it makes a lot of sense to "pick sides" or at leasthot how I see it argued here. Consent as we (ought to) understand it does not exist. This story from beginning to end is such a toxic sexist tale from alphas who will "make" persons have their babies and knot their asses like a literal *dog* ffs, to omegas who "rape" these hapless alphas because they can't control their hormones.
This doesn't mean that any of us are a horrible persons for enjoying the story but it would help to be a bit more real about the whole thing. It's playing up to some of our worst biases and prejudices. Trying to analyse the story to find out who's at fault is a fool's errand, IMO.
Exactly. So why aren't people accepting that Dojin was raped too?
Perhaps because some people only define rape as involving penetrative sex of some kind. Which is not true. This is why the "we can separate fact from fiction we know rape is wrong" defence of BL is not persuasive when readers themselves do not even know what rape is. This is not entirely their fault. This is an issue that exists all over the world and so many of us still need to learn more about what consensual sex looks like and what are harmful behaviours.
You're wrong. Did you even know that omegaverse is where both the seme and uke lose control? The first time, Hye sung is the one who sucks Dojin's dick.
Also, I was the one writing a third of the comments so I know what's going on.
I agree it's not their fault but even when faced with the concept, they act like they don't wanna understand. That's what pisses me off.
Ok
I love all of the characters but I hate hate deception plots :(. The MC is doing something so shady with zero guarantees. Just seems so reckless to me after he got fired merely for being suspected of shady dealings. Sigh.
Well, the real pinch point which pushed him to act like this is the message about his loans. Before that he says himself "Alright, let's pretend that i never saw him", but the message about the student loans is the most logical choice, storytelling's wise.
Also not sure if that's really a deception plot: Wonyoung's personality (how he is with the elders is a mega clue about his personality, helping and caring about people he doesn't know. He seems more like a guy who can be tricked than the one who really tricks others) + like 90% of the time he doesn't monitor Yoon or has some time when he doesn't want to run into him + ending up as a tutor (meaning he would have less free time).
Wonyoung is deceiving Haejun because he's got ulterior motives for getting close to him(even though he says he forgot what he was there for, sometimes)Basically he's kind of using him to get back in his company. I feel like he'll ditch the his company and start feeling bad for tricking taejun, and genuinely he's good guy so he'll regret it.
Glam it up all you like but he lied about his background and his motives. He lied about his job history--notice his panic when he let it slip about "office parties"--lied about how he knew the sculptor's tastes in liquor, lied about why he wanted to work with him, lied. 90% of the time HE IS monitoring him: it's the reason he joined the pottery class. Even in chance encounters, he tries to use it an opportunity to dig further. Even in the sculptor's own HOUSE, there because the guy was nice enough not to leave him on the street, he used it as a chance to snoop around. He has deliberately set out to invade the privacy of an innocent stranger and expose him to who knows what, for money. It's a deception plot. There are not enough cute old market aunties in need to hide that.
Is he good at following through with this ugly scheme? No, because he actually likes the sculptor, is not used to being deceptive in the first place, and knows that what he's doing his wrong. His motives are already blurred and he himself probably doesn't realise he is sticking to this dishonest scheme as an excuse to spend more time with the artist. He is stressed out by his financial situation and has unethical, manipulative superiors who are willing to exploit his weaknesses and unfortunate circumstances for their own benefit. But he still made that selfish choice to place his own needs above those of an innocent person who played no part in his troubles.
Nice, lovely people, do awful things all the time. That's being human. I just wish his flaws were exposed in a way that was more real and less contrived. It's just a pet peeve of mine. I still enjoy the story, which is to the creator's credit, because the characters are all interesting and lovable (even when they express tired bigoted behaviour).
Exactly. I can't wait for Wonyoung's scheme to be exposed so we can get past it and figure out what his boss's obsession with Haejun is all about. At the same time, I'm dreading it, because Haejun--who fought against knowing Wonyoung--is falling in love so earnestly; I'm not looking forward to the pain of that moment. Won is bringing down on him *exactly* what Haejun has gone to great, great lengths to avoid. It's...just mean :(. Which is so obviously unlike Won it hurts to witness.
honestly just from the flashback we witnessed with Haejun the likelihood is that Wonyoung's boss is Haejun's ex or something of that nature I mean they look strikingly similar and his obsession with the "one that got away" = "I left you to marry up a rich girl/ advance my career" by collecting Haejun's art to feel that missed connection would tie everything together and make the most plot directive sense.
oh! I like how you write out your views on the chapters. Hope you write more in future.