
And it was so nonchalant! Why even include the attempted rape if it’s not going to have an impact on the story past a few panels! No doubt if they were so comfortable drugging and raping a friend, they’ve definitely done it to other people. Just ew. I don’t like saying this, but this story is really giving me the ick with its writing.

But the MC really is just that dumb. He has no brain and no spine. Pretty sure you could replace him with a lamp for all the personality and agency he has. Does MC hate his sister? Is that why he’s okay with setting up a meeting between her and a rapist? Instead of telling said rapist to fuck off? Did he even tell his sister what the guy did to him or did he really just let her spend time in a foreign country with a terrible man just because he feels insecure?

The way the seme is currently makes this unreadable for me, he’s just awful to the uke because he has power over him. No feelings, just pure ego. Not rooting for them to get together at all. I’ll be back if and only if there’s a groveling arc. But it’s doubtful.

right. I honestly don't even give a fck about nor do I want a groveling arc or whatever. He's just a horrible person and even if he "catches feelings" for mc at any point, that doesn't change the fact that what we're seeing now is his true nature. So fuck this bitch. I hope the crazy brother kills him instead

Whose first reaction to waking up in a place you staunchly refused to go, that you’re completely unfamiliar with, AND right after being assaulted, is to find a random bathroom and take a bath? And refuse to put your old clothes on, mind you this is after being assaulted by a random alpha and touched by the ML while you were vulnerable, so you would rather be mostly naked in this unfamiliar place… Sometimes the author writes the MC in an almost believable way when reacting to a situation, and then other times they have the MC’s brain freeze just for the purpose of fanservice. Bc that’s what the bath scene is. It will impact the story 0 going forward.

Baekwoo doesn’t have a real personality. He is written for the sole purpose of accommodating the prince’s toxic/controlling behavior without making him look bad (like if he was severely depressed and traumatized by being forced into marriage with a stranger solely because he is biologically likely to give their family powerful babies, all while being expected to give up all of his freedom, autonomy, and dreams to work as crown princess every day against his will, there would be no way that the prince would be anything other than a villain perpetrating this abuse)

Why do authors STRUGGLE to write adult characters? This is a romance, not just BL, trope I’ve noticed. Where the only way the author knows how to write the adult MC falling for the ML (if MC is uke or woman) is by writing them with the mentality and critical thinking skills of a particularly dumb 15 year old. Like they’ll be 25+ years old but reacting to the ML’s advances, or any situation in general really, like they’re just hitting puberty. It’s so frustrating.
He was really about to start scolding MC and defending his mother before she cut him off? Alright, throw the whole man away. She deserves a divorce and 50% assets NOW, no cheating required.