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She could do what needs to be done. She has the drive, she could do it, and all of our problems would cease to exist. Just take it, and wack at the base of his neck. Go for the brain stem, the brain stem. Sylvia is the Empress we need and deserve, so do it queen, TAKE HIM OUT.
Listen, I like heart ache inducing MLs and regret more than anyone here, but bro is a homewrecker, a r4p!st, and literally ordered the execution of the girl's aunt. He needs to go, and Sylvia needs to ascend the throne.
HOW DO YOU FUCK THINGS UP EVEN WORSE THAN BLACK LOTUS--THAT ONE IS LITERALLY TOXICITY TO THE MAX + ABUSE + GOING BACK TO SAID ABUSER. This one is just horrendous. Spoiler alert--the adoptive older brother WILLINGLY sleeps with the younger brother.
And--yes he is manipulated. So being SA'd is not his fault. The actions done to him by Minhyung are not his fault. Period. HOWEVER--Yijae is not blameless and I don't think this should be a crime to say. Our MC is so fucking pitiful that he's willing to take all the blame in the fucking word for Minhyung's problems.
"omg he's sad that's my fault" "omg he got hurt that's because of me" "he's not eating that's my fault"
AND YOUR SOLUTION IS TO LET HIM SLEEP WITH YOU??? The worst part is--Yijae at first KNOWS this is wrong. During the beginnings of season 1 he tries not to acknowledge it in any facet. But now--he ENABLES IT. That's what pisses me off so much, he rejects the director who is hot and loaded and isn't AS morally reprehensible, but has little qualms about sleeping with his own brother. The worst part is--we as the readers--have to endure season 2 making them out to be all cutesy and smut 2-chapter release every 3 episodes, like wtf dude.
Yijae wants to take blame for things HE CAN'T CONTROL--rather than take responsibility for things he actually could control. He could've set boundaries--he could've communicated that this was wrong--he could've sucked it up even if he knew it was hard. But instead he just wants to take responsibility for actions that are NOT HIS OWN. And I get why--narratively. It's a trauma response--but it makes this such a baffling read because we see this back and forth of him being guilt tripped and then they live in this romantic, cozy fantasy, for over 10 fucking chapters!!!! Yes we as the readers do know that Minhyung is insane--but it makes the read TORTUROUS.
Like I can deal with enemies to lovers hate f*cking, I can power my way through cheating angst, and I made it through BLACK LOTUS. But this manhwa is truly a combination of some of the most offputting and vile things--guilt tripping for sexual actions, INCEST, psychological conditioning, abuse, and that's not even all of it.
So someone who actually does finish this--tell me how it ends cause god damn. I will probably never get to the point where I can understand how this is an enjoyable read--cause I forced myself to power through what I could. Not saying anything about the READERS--we all have different tastes--I 100% get that. What I don't understand is who writes this and thinks yep--I'm ok with this being a representation of my work. 2/10 writing, romance in this is terrible coming from all sides except Mr. CEO where he's a 6.33/10 becauuse he does some weird things sometimes.