
You'd be shocked at the number of them that have orgies or sexual rituals. Cults aren't supposed to be good things.
What rock have ya'll been living under lol

Fertility/wealth and "godly conception" ((where they are trying to conceive a literal God lol)) are two very common reasons for sexual rituals in cults.
There's also some that believe they are purifying someone through sexual intercourse.
It's not a romantic thing.
Also, I'm taking "romanticize" "fetishize" and "normalize" away from ya'll till you actually learn what these words mean and how to appropriately apply them.

God hearing the word cult makes me puke, everytime i watch a deep dive videos about cults and the narrator mentions sex rituals i'd just chant in my head "please don' involve the kids please don't involve the kids" over and over only to be proven wrong and show multiple times that YES, THESE SICK MOTHER FUCKERS ALWAYS INVOLVE THE CHILDREN >:(((( even worse if this is one of thpse harem type shit where the messiah, leader of a cult revovles the worshipping on them and so everyone's wife is his wife and all of the women are his women type of shit, which can involve their daughters. Nastyyyyyy. God they're all fucking crazy.
I've seen videos where they'd commit mass suicides too.

Can we at least get blackmail with a twist?
Like, the victim actually managing to delete the blackmail material without the abuser noticing, but instead of being like "HAH! YOU AIN'T GOT SHIT ON ME NOW!!" they continue to still be under the blackmailing.
BUT the abuser actually /has/ noticed that the material is gone but they are also aware of the fact that the victim is pretending to not know and still do everything that is being demanded.
And it's 'cause the "victim" has actually wanted something like this to happen all along and the "abuser" has known this since the beginning.
You can make it sweet if you want and have the "abuser" be someone who is genuinely in love with the "victim" and wants to do the things that makes them happy, but I'm a psychological thriller lover so I personally could do without it for the most part lol

Would just stop.
Idfc if he's doing this out of love for whoever, he's the one factor that keeps fucking shit up. Whether it's trusting the wrong people or trying to scheme on his own.
I was rooting for him to get his own love interest, but now I just want him to keep his nose outta shit.
Tae-seung was planning on giving Soo-young a second chance at being able to walk again and leave 'cause he knows his presence puts him in danger. He knew shit was about to hit the fan AGAIN so he wanted to make sure Soo-young was good before he dipped.
I doubt Min-hyuk's feelings are solely focused on Soo-young either and I feel this even more after the flashback with his sister. He sees her in Soo-young, and while Soo-young has been put in danger, he's proven that he's not going down without a fight. He's not Min-hyuk's sister and she's not him. And on that subject, his sister was a grown ass woman who made her own decisions. She knew she was fucking with dangerous people and that's why she hid it from Min-hyuk.
Idfk. I'm so tired atp I was stoked for some quiet time for Tae-seung and Soo-young. Now I'm pissed off at Min-hyuk and praying Soo-young gets out of this to find Tae-seung.
Gimme more unhinged yandere man with a head full of flowers--