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Lol my theory is that Korean authors spontaneously combust and die if they write a romance with zero toxicity. So the mess with “therapy” and pressure on Dobin isn't enough , and now he has to abuse his authority to make him do editorial photo shoots with him. Let’s be honest here, ML just blasts Dobin with pheromones to get his way, and get out of unwanted conversations, consequences, and any attempt at boundaries Dobin puts up. Plus the “but he’s so hot” mental nerf on Dobin. If he acted the same way without pheromones or a power imbalance over Dobin, the relationship would not exist

Is she going to hatch the Devil? ╥﹏╥

I’m at chapter 13. Am I the only one who thinks Inha’s friend is a major asshole for going out of her way to “warn” the person he’s interested in? As acknowledged by everyone, including Inha, he has historically been a shitty boyfriend, but it’s not like he’s so horrible he should be prevented from dating at all. The relationships fell apart because of his shallowness and lack of emotional investment, but it’s not like he’s a cheater or abuser. He didn’t enter those relationships maliciously or fraudulently, or deliberately harm any of his past partners.
She has no reason to believe the chief would be harmed or taken advantage of, so I just feel like it’s out of line. It would be one thing if she was letting a friend know about the baggage, but he is a perfect stranger to her, and she literally stalked him to air out her friend’s dirty laundry. If you think someone is so horrible that every single person they’re interested in needs to be warned against them, why are you even friends? If the pattern held, they would just date casually until the relationship fizzled out due to Inha’s lack of emotional commitment. Just because he’s been subpar in the past doesn’t mean he could never change or improve himself. Is she going to do this to every person he has a crush on or tries to date?

Bro will really do anything except actually listen to his partner and respect their autonomy. Carl could not have been more open or clear about why he’s upset and how to fix the situation. I don’t even want to think of the cringey shit he’s going to pull after reading those Σ(っ°Д °;)っ

I only made it to ch3, but the stuff with Pop gave me serious ick. First of all, he looks too young, and nobody clarifies how old he is before shit goes down. Major concern (and the axe) just from that, but his whole backstory is just presented as being really vulnerable.
Apparently OG duchess picked him up as an orphan, named him, and they clearly had a weird/sketchy relationship. We don’t know the relative ages, but it just felt like an easy situation to take advantage of, even if Poh is technically on board. Just a bit too much potential from grooming, not to mention the power imbalance even if they are the same age.
Even if he is a reasonable age, it’s just as much of an issue to readers that he isn’t really drawn to look like he’s a reasonable age. And yeah, new MC didn’t have anything to do with that, but it doesn’t change the fact that she’s taking advantage of an existing dynamic that is clearly not right.
Just ick all around, so I’m out

SA via coercion and blackmail. Can anyone explain why Korean authors despise consent so much?

The plot and relationships are all over the place. MC gets sold into marriage the second he gets isekaied, so he obviously wants to go home. Within a few days, the ML makes him wear a tracker device and threatens to make him pay if he betrays him by trying to run away (which will be assumed if he removes the device). To which MC responds that of course he will stay by his side as friends! Like wtf? You were talking about how you wanted to go home literally yesterday. ML has barely interacted with him at all, so it makes no sense for MC to magically become attached, especially since he’s basically been ignored and forced to do a bunch of tedious work while losing all of his independence and freedom. The characterization is just disjointed and nonsensical

Still can’t get over the fact that this entire situation wouldn’t have been an issue if Chayoung hadn’t blatantly ignored Gyuha when he told him to wear a condom. What he did would have been considered SA in many countries, because Gyuha was only consenting to protected sex. He still doesn’t care about what Gyuha is going through or the baby itself, he’s just excited that he has a chance to chain him down. He’s the type of character who will never compromise on his own desires within the relationship. Just selfish

Am I the only one tearing my hair out over the idiotic mentality of the characters? So pink and red hair plotted to spread malicious rumors about Minji, then staged a confrontation to further drive home the bully reputation. If Minji had known about how malicious they were, she might have thought twice about approaching red hair to sort out the issue.

The solution offered is also pointless because it won’t actually do anything. So in exchange for Yuna breaking up with and shunning Minji, red hair clarifies that she’s not a bully, and both her and pink hair stop messing with her. Except that’s not going to help anything. The rumors are already out, and red hair even sobbed hysterically apologizing to Minji in front of a huge crowd to solidify them. That’s not shit you can just walk back with a statement.

Minji’s reputation took a serious hit and nothing red or pink hair do, short of admitting the scheme to everyone will recoup it. Does Yuna think that people seeing Minji abandoned by her closest friend after the scandal is going to convince them she’s innocent. No, it’s going to make her guilt even more convincing because what could make such a long and close friendship break up, and have Yuna clinging to the supposed victim?

And the fact that Yuna didn’t tell Minji anything is even more ridiculous. There were no requirements to keep things secret before or after the deal is struck. Minji has a horrible reputation either way, but now she’s completely isolated and abandoned by her closest person.

This is why it’s so difficult to find a decent Yuri. The villains aren’t even interesting and compelling, just maliciously petty for no reason. Most of the conflict is enabled or created by the main characters not communicating or using common sense. It just feels like most of the plot is from drama created by artificial plot forcing by way of dumb characters. If the characters actually thought logically, even just to an average person’s level, most of the existing plot wouldn’t exist. I don’t know why it’s so hard to write lesbian stories with characterization and plotlines that aren’t completely exhausting to read

Idk this left a gross taste in my mouth. The top came onto the MC knowing he was really drunk. Even though MC reciprocated in the moment, they haven’t even known each other that long and there was a very obvious difference in sobriety between them. This was the first time they ever had sex, and the top just ignored when the MC was obviously nervous, telling him to slow down, or to stop. I loathe characters who respond to their partner’s hesitancy during sex with “you know you want it in the end though” and proceed to ignore what their partner communicates to them. Just gave me a massive ick, so I’ll be dropping this. Just felt really predatory to me, relationship or not