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It’s honestly confusing when people who read yaoi themselves look down on others for reading the darker ones. Like, you’re already in a genre that often plays with power imbalance, obsession, or trauma. Just because you prefer fluff doesn’t make you morally better. Not every story is meant to be wholesome. Some are meant to be painful, intense, or unsettling, and that’s still valid.
And for people judging others that read manhwa that includes rape, calling them psychos and whatsoever.
No one’s saying rape is okay just because it’s in a story. There’s a big difference between normalizing something and exploring it through fiction. Dark themes have always existed in books, movies, and art ,it doesn’t mean people support the actions. It means they’re interested in the emotions, consequences, and complexity behind them.
And if you are saying "rape isn't necessary so why include it" the author clearly included it for a reason. Either to explore a character's trauma, emotions, or to make us see how a certain character thinks in these situations. And if you said that about a manhwa that has messed up characters, like killers or mentally ill ones, then you're just stupid. What makes you think that someone who kills people would be stable when it comes to sexual intercourse.
(Just to clear things up am not saying rape is okey or anything)