
Many people were put off by the blackmail which I totally get, but I do think it did have some impact on their initial relationship where sensei held a more hostile attitude to seme, which shows the contrast that he still melts despite being pampered by someone he should be wary of. And seme was in such a bad stage in his life at the time being disowned, homeless and struggling with his dom-ness that his solution for shelter and being close to his crush was blackmail. Even if sensei was okay with letting him stay with a little pushiness, that’s not something seme would have known having not seen sensei in years. The story also acknowledges that blackmail part was horrible at the end so it’s not like it was totally skimmed over as many blackmail type stories have done T_T
There was a case where a girl gouged her own eyes out with her bare hands thinking she had to save the world while high on meth. Rape is rape, that’s no argument but sober Matthew probably would have never done something like this to Jin like how the girl would have never self-mutilated if she wasn’t high. I wish people would understand it’s not black and white in this case.
that girl was on like 2 week bender and the hardest drugs you can imagine. unless mathew had the desire to gouge out his eyes, it’s not the same thing. he took pure drugs but as someone who has taken you can only do that sort of thing if that’s who you are as a person. don’t be a rapist defender