I’m sorry for his younger self, his past reminds me of my own childhood. I still don’t walk around and do mental and physical abuse nor grape people.
I like redemption but the idea that some actions are redeemable by being nicer to ONE of your abuse victims or due to having a “hard” time is downplaying the IRL problems that are caused by such abused, he scarred a hand full of people with this behavior.
I’m still invested in this story, the MC has suffered so much and I feel very bad for him, so I’d like to see how things get better for him, but IRL, I would tell him to run away and keep his distance because men like the main lover constantly stalk, abuse and later on KILL their partners IRL.
So let’s not glorify him for being hot. Cause I know girls IRL, that read Yaoi and think what ever is happening here is normal
*windshield laugh*
No wonder Garon is fucking psychotic tbh. Mommy issues will do it to you. Though I’m like, how much of what’s wrong with Garon is just his mother mistreating him, and how much of it is just something…genetic? Heriditary? She herself clearly wasn’t right in the head, which did lead to mistreatment, but no matter what like…something has to be a little wrong with you yourself to be able to order a bunch of imae to tear apart and eat your mother right in front of you? And watch unflinchingly? I mean it’s clear from how Garon still thinks about his mother, especially in this chapter’s context seeing how respectful and self-sacrificing Raonhiljo’s mother is, that he felt Something about her—that he probably longed for a more nurturing mother. But sheesh.
It is interesting though that that’s one of the threads connecting the three together…aaahhh there’s a lot I feel like I could say about it both in terms of the story itself but also on a more meta level. Like Garon being responsible for the death of MC’s mother and now Raonhiljo’s mother—even though I think his killing of MC’s mother was more inadvertent, it still feels significant now with the context of this chapter…like he’s specifically punishing every mother for the sins of his own mother you know. Robbing people of the love and care and etc he was denied in retaliation. This feels more like a stretch but I wonder if it might also be his own twisted way of getting closer to MC and/or Raonhiljo’s, not just for the sake of the hunt but also like…emotionally speaking you know? I think last chapter he talked about having a hole in his heart and how MC was filling it (or it felt like he could feel it). People who still have living and loving mothers don’t have that hole, so he might as well gouge it out himself. I dunno, I’m yapping.
Even though there’s lots to be said about the moms in the story my little #misogyny #patriarchy alarm is ringing a bit because like…anyway I know it’s not that deep but it kinda is a little that deep when some of the most prominent and impactful women in here are all mothers and either pure magnificent nurturing angels or evil demons and they ALL DEAD shdhdh maybe it’s on me for not remembering more specific details on ‘em but hello, nuance? Like fair they are secondary characters but it’s just making me ponder you know. And it’s not even just about them I’m also just like where the papas at. Where the dads. What were they up to where’d they go. I. guess dying in combat and/or neglecting their familial duties too. LOL
some of u do not know what media literacy means. media literacy is to CRITICIZE the media consumed in every way (socio-economically, figuratively even CULTURALLY) and part of that is to CONNECT it to the real world thematically and contextually.
saying its FICTION and omg its not important. u guys are wrong. never talk about media literacy if thats ur position on it. that is dangerously anti-intellectual to say.
CONTEXT is very important but THEMATIC COMPOSITION IS more SUBVERSIVE.
cause I see people say that ‘omg its fiction’ , defend jaekyung as a rapist- and turn around and say omg. poor cassie diddy is a monster.
And that is precisely why media literacy, critical thinking and anti intellectualism are imperative to learn.
that is a federal case and this is a fetishized romance BL which is CONTEXT- context is hugely important those two things are wildly different scenarios BUT there is a great overlap in thematic mechanics between those two;
one manifests in reality as a deeply disturbing federal case about abuse of power and sexual coercion and the other is again. a fetishized twisted romance-
I’m not saying reading Jinx is wrong at all- we’re all reading it but. call a spade a spade; Jaekyung IS a rapist and angry. Many times over - he does a lot of things diddy has done as well.
Context and acknowledgement are important - if you can say diddy is vile and a rapist - you should be able to say that about jaekyung in a similar way.
you can still enjoy the story while being HONEST about what’s going on in it. Context is HUGELY and majorly important, but more so are thematic structures and how they relate to culture and reality.
There’s just no need to lie to yourself about the reality of stories we read. that’s literally it. Be critical of media and you can openly consume it.
I can read these mangas many times! I rate them >9.5/10 based on my own preferences, so there will be lots of non-mainstream BL
Genres: NO PWP, no doujinshi
Length: <100 chapters or 3 vols
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2nd list: http://www.mangago.me/home/mangalist/655038/
(If 1st list is full, i'll move older ones to my 2nd list)
Long series: http://www.mangago.me/home/mangalist/645867/
All these mangas have situations where seme acts too
arrogantly, cruel, nasty or misunderstands uke and this leads
to their ukes leaving,rejecting or hating them. These are yaoi that
revolves around semes who realises they were
ASSHOLES, they deal with the CONSEQUENCES…
….
and their
rEGRET!
#Satisfying stories only
Regret Masterlist Part 2: https://www.mangago.me/home/mangalist/2778544/