Relationship, where every party gets what they actually want, but Kay got raped and baby trapped? The second relationship is actually healthy, because both parties know what the other wants and agreed to meet the terms of the other party. Like, I am actually happy that Schumans character wasn't sacrificed to make his side story, and it makes me feel like if that had actually been the main storyline and had been fleshed out, it could have been rather good.
Instead, we got a story where tons of corners were cut. How exactly did Zigril become the emperor? We don't actually know, because it happened off panel. What became of the town left behind? Idk.
Kays capabilities as a soldier/guard?, were completely undermined by how incredibly incapable he was of fighting. Note, that still may not have saved him from the rape, victims can go into shock during the rape, and no matter how capable a fighter they may have been, the shock could keep them frozen in place while they process. Also, the fact that during the delivery, Kay had not been crying til Zigril entered, is pretty fucking unrealistic.
Zigril is actually a fucking evil abuser. Like, there is nothing redeemable about him. He never cared about Kay, and is willing to manipulate Kay by threatening to kill multiple people, including, Kay, the baby, the ex, himself, and more. I am 100% convinced that Zigril can't love. Like literally. And because we get 0 backstory anywhere, we are left to speculate why he is the way he is, which makes him feel rather incomplete as a character.
The art was beautiful, until, at some point, Kay seemed to kinda randomly become more effeminate, I will reread to confirm this since it has been a while, but I think the art for him may have changed. Which, I hate when characters only get feminine after they are revealed as the bottom, or only during sex, because not every gay couple has one individual as an effeminate twink! Also, anatomy doesn't just randomly change during or after sex! If Kay had changed body shape after pregnancy, that would make sense, but that didn't happen either!
Basically, I don't recommend this series. The art is good, but the story is a mess, and consent only exists for Schuman and the random he is fucking, which is only the last 2 chapters of this whole series. Even the areas where there was some intrigue being built, fell apart with very little in the way of pay out or world building. Like, if they had only arrived there and gotten the flower, and then made there way back, I am convinced that Kay would still get raped with the intent to impregnate by Zigril, and that that would still be used to force Kay into a marriage, because none of the characters had any character building moments, outside of Kay being gaslit into believing that any of the rape he experienced, must have had some consent on his side, even though we the audience are shown that there was no consent given in the slightest.
0/10 do not recommend.
You gotta save these bitches when they in imminent danger, and then find the lawn chair to watch them flounder in bad relationships, while casually tossing a pool noodle at them when they surface. Cause if they don't take it, you can't force them to, much as it fucking sucks.
Also, from experience, trying to force your opinion without proper context of the situation, both makes you an ass, and makes the sibling or other person not trust you to open up to. Which then means that they will throw the pool noodle back at you, while purposefully inhaling water, out of spite and not wanting to be judged for their bad judgment.
Point is, be a good and supportive older sibling, and know when you need to ask hard questions, and when it is best to shut ya mouth. Also, in situations with domestic abuse, it is far more complicated, I have helped many a sibling, parent, and others with these kinda things. Also lot of it is empathizing with their struggles, and asking questions that encourage them to think and come to conclusions about their relationships on their own.
It's so very like him, as a cat, to really really want something to move, to then instinctively attack and grab it. Like, he got himself so excited by the hunt of, will touch hand, then dick, in that order, that he then couldn't control his reactions! Really cute.
Also, as a man who is 5'3" with a husband who is 6'2", the portrayal of the height difference has been incredibly accurate. I only come up to my man's shoulders, so if we side hug, I grab his waist, and he grabs my shoulders, cause that's where our arms just kinda naturally rest. So I love the fact that the artist is keeping so much size consistency. Especially on the staircase scene, where our short king was on a lower step than the tall ML.
I love that the clothes on people look like how actual clothes look! Like, men tend to look more rectangular in clothes, so can women, and I think it's super important that more artist draw men's clothes like this.
Now if only we could get away from the dorito torso shapes!
Oh, if anyone knows of any titles that have hairy men or men with semi accurate proportions or men with colorful hair, please let me know! Also any cunt boy stories! I'm trans, and me and my husband enjoy those!
Jins brother could bend me over a table and make mashed potatoes out of my organs, and I would still love every moment of it.
Bro definitely murdered his friends wife. Also, placing my bets that he either wanted Caden to himself, or he makes it a habit to become friends with espers to kill their guides. Or both.
I reread this, and even took tons of notes just to try to make sure I was catching everything, and I learned some things.
First, I am still uncertain that the body there is Heos father. This is due to Heo being an untrustworthy narrator. That time skip between him walking outside with Lim and getting to his home indicates as much.
Second, Guwon isn't moral at all, but he hasn't been shown in any part of this, to lie. He states that he did not kill Heos father. He says he just didn't tell him everything. This is a really odd thing to say, if he had done so, and the evidence is right there. The only reason I could think of, that would make sense with Guwons character, is that the body isn't Heos father, or it is his body and he was a maggot.
Third, one question Heo asked point blank, was if Guwon killed his father. Guwon answered, and then Heo started to wonder why Guwon would know for certain that he hadn't. The answer actually lies in chapter 1. Guwon picks up a picture with a photo of Heo, his mother and his father. The glass over his father's face is shattered. Guwon would have all the knowledge to know if the person/thing he killed was anyone in the picture. Importantly, we never see Heos father's face in the picture, or the face of the dead body, so we can't verify if he actually was Heos father. We only have Heos memory, which is difficult, as he isn't a trustworthy narrator.
I don't have enough in the story for now, to figure out how Heo fits altogether. I thought before that Heo killed his father, then Guwon killed the maggot his father became. I still think it could be a possibility, but am not sure yet.
I now think there are several possibilities. Will start with the least likely.
Heo gets hit in the head, then treated by his father. His father leaves and never returns. Heo is discovered by a random person, who decides to give him a quick and painless death. Guwon kills that guy.
Heo gets hit in the head, then treated by his father, who goes out to get water. His father dies outside, then comes back home, possibly on auto pilot. Guwon kills him.
Another is the obvious possibility that Guwon just killed his dad, but believe it or not, that goes against Guwons character. Lims situation is how it would have played out. Guwon would try to figure out what skills he and his father have, before murdering anyone who wasn't good enough. So, why didn't he? Guwon has never been depicted killing anyone for no "reason". Every instance has been defensive, like Lim and maggots, or fucked logic based after info gathering.
A few more involve Heos memories. I wasn't joking when I said I took notes, so bare with me. Also, idk if any or this is particularly going to pan out, but a lot of it makes Heo suspicious to me. I still think there are indications of Heo being the more dangerous individual here.
Heo is shown over and over again to lack any memories with his father. There are several instances of him being completely alone in his home. He states that he enjoys watching violet kickboxing matches and films with main characters with super human strength defeating their enemies. He longed to be a strong solid person who could use their strength to protect others. He states that everyone around him always ended up sick and in the hospital. Everyone, except he and his father. His mother had bad legs and couldn't walk well. His father used to take her out for walks in the wheelchair.
Now, this is a stretch, but if I somehow end up right, that would make this one hell of a phycological horror.
Theory 1
I think it is possible that his father could have been domestically abusive to his wife. It would explain Heos longing to be one of the kickboxers or super humans. He could have lied about what happened to her, or the truth of it was too much. If Heos father made it so his mother couldn't walk anymore, it is possible Heo killed his father because of that. The guilt over doing so, caused him to erase the memory, and then later, to replace the reality of what was happening to fit new information he learned about Guwon, to shift the blame.
Theory 2 (not very likely)
Heo could have been the reason people around him kept ending up in the hospital. Not sure how, which is why this holds very little weight.
Theory 3 (still not likely)
Every memory Heo has is made up. Some things are true, he had a mother and a father, but neither one was alive anymore. Heo could have known about this and dealt with it for a long time, which would explain why we don't see any memories involving his mother or father until after he learns about Guwons lack of basic morality. His brain then stitches together the person with him as if they were his father. This would explain why Guwon thinks Heo would be happy seeing this dead body. Lim wouldn't even be able to tell Heo he was wrong, Lim never saw the picture, so the only one to challenge Heo is Guwon. Problem is, Guwon genuinely thinks Heo understands that the corpse he is holding isn't his father, and that Heo would be happy to learn as much. He wouldn't anticipate Heos brain identifying a person who clearly wasn't his father as his father.
Obviously, lots of speculation on so many fronts, which is why I need more info, which we won't get for a bit, I'm sure. I will say, from a moral perspective, Guwon is a bad person. I think he is more complex, and that while he might have chosen the place for his town, he may not have decided all the rules. I hope we get more LORE in the next chapter and in season 2. Thanks if you actually read this monstrosity of an essay. I took almost 8 pages worth of notes on chapter 0-11, then had to stop writing cause my hand hurt.
This is my theory. I think Heo killed his father. In one of the previous chapters, Heo has head pains and a flashback when Guwon beats a zombie to death. In the flashback, we see arms beating either another person or a zombie. Importantly, the arms we see, are not Guwons arms, they are white.
I think Heo killed his father, and I suspect that the person hitting someone in his flashback was his father, and that his father could have been beating Heo, possibly over food or lack of resources. I think his father may have tried to kill him, and Heo killed him is self defense. Due to the traumatic nature of this event and the injury he sustained, his brain got rid of it. The memories being triggered by similar actions carried out by Guwon, is due to Heos guilty subconscious possibly linking him and Guwon as the same, even if the instances weren't.
This is further supported by the flashback from the last chapters showing Heos shillouet possibly strangling something.
I believe think it is feasible that Guwon didn't kill Heos father, and that it is possible that Guwon may have seen Heo kill his father. It would also explain some of Guwons favoritism to Heo as well, especially when we have the context of him treating the hounds well, due to their fighting prowess.
I do also think the reason Heo may have killed his father could be more fucked up than self defense, I'm actually certain it is, but the above theory is me giving Heo the benefit of the doubt.
This is actually a great concept for talking about STDs. The MC now has a responsibility to make sure his bodily fluids aren't ingested by another. He has to find a community of people who also suffer with his condition, to figure out why it happened and how to deal with this. He now has limited options in who he can intimately interact with, which may lead to him grasping at the only straw he has, which is the sick fuck who purposefully infected him.
The ML is the exact example of what not to do. No one in universe has made excuses for him. Everyone has acknowledged that he is fucked up and wrong, including himself. He doesn't feel bad about what he has done, because he wants the MC, and he didn't care about anything else. His backstory is tragic, because there are teens this happens to. There are teens who have STDs and don't know until it is too late for another person. Which makes his actions now that much worse. He targeted another person who loves food (MC actually loving food so much he has it as his phone background is adorable), because he knew that he could force that person to rely on him. He then took the opportunity to rape MC. ML is awful, and I don't think we are supposed to like him.
What I would like to see this series do, is break the, the first two dudes we see are the seme and uke trope. MC may have to deal with ML for a while, but I actually hope he finds someone else who can help him. I don't even mind if it is platonic, if it is straight (because we don't even know MCs sexuality), or if it comes in the form of a Dr or scientist. The ML, should not be the ML.
I don't actually want to have a series where we toss aside the ML either. I would like to see him have to suffer the consequences of his actions. He raped MC. He should be in jail. Like, I want him to go to jail. Intentionally giving people an STD is also jail worthy. Accidentally, I can accept, because you can't inform someone about something you don't know yourself.
Honestly, I have a bit of hope for this series. The fact that we already have 2 characters who are dating, with one being infected and the other not, shows that people can be in relationships even with STDs. My mom is actually one such person. Because she takes responsibility, making sure to never have sex with my stepfather during an outbreak (she is only infectious when she has symptoms) he has not gotten infected. They've been married 15 years.
I love this concept, I hope MC gets a non rapist person in his life to help him. ML can fuck off and go to jail.
Editors work WITH authors. An author not completing their work properly reflects on the editors work performance. They are technically closer to equals, as they both work under the publisher. Under MLs contract, he would be expected to write a certain amount by a deadline, and the editor then reads it over, gives feedback, asks questions, advises on changes, checks in with their authors, and keeps their authors aware of deadlines. But they are not the authors boss, which is important to note. It is why you will often see editors begging their authors for them to meet their deadlines, or lighting a fire under their asses. They are essentially the motivation police for authors. People need to stop equating an editor to the person who hired the author, when they both work under the same company, and were basically both hired to work together on the same job. The reason the authors tend to feel shame for not producing results, is because it is them not doing their half of the team project.
Someone explain why this fool pulled out a syringe for a fucking pill bottle? Also, it is no fucking wonder bro has an infection, why the fuck are his bandages on the floor!? And what do you mean you are sure if it is safe for human consumption? It's in a pill bottle for humans!!! Also also, reading the pill bottle, tells you what the meds are and what they treat, as well as how much to take, and side effects. Oh, and let's not fucking mention, that they stole someone else's meds! Because, meds aren't stored in pill bottles, unless they have been taken out of the og bottle they came in, and were counted up for a patient! Like, Kay, buddy, fucking learn to read
The Thot with Plot.
Petition to start calling smut series with actually plot, Thot with Plot from now on.
I am a survivor of pedophilia. I was groomed from about 4-6, with molestation happening to me from 6-8. I was also groomed by another girl at 11, then SAd by her at the same age. I was also groomed online from 13-15 by several adult men online. Luckily none of those ended in assaults. I was also groomed into taking pictures of my aunt naked to send to her BF, with her convincing me to put on a really revealing swimsuit that I wasn't comfortable wearing, taking pictures of me, and then sending those her BF right after her naked pictures.
I was obviously groomed, very kindly, by my father, so that when he started touching me, I would be less likely to fight back. I was groomed by my mother, neither she nor father were together, to believe that being spanked with a wooden spoon for crying was normal, as well as continued swats if I couldn't stop the hiccuping sobs from being hit the first time. Those spanks would be followed be isolation tactics, by sending me to my room, and refusing to talk to me, with further groomed me to think that me being in pain wasn't a justified reason to cry. I was 4 at the time.
Grooming is an adult, older individual, or person with authority, acting and reacting in a certain way with children or other victims, to illicit a specific response. Some groomers want you to love them. Some to fear them. Some to hate yourself. The reasons and tactics carried out can be varied.
All that to say, I know, from experience, what pedophilia looks like, and what grooming looks like. This story's romance has none of that from MC to Kalid, but it does have grooming. The MC by his family and country into believing himself worthless and undeserving of basic human decency, Kalid by his family and country into a child marriage.
I don't blame MC, because he was not allowed the right to exercise his rights as a human. He was just property, which is how history treated women as well. He didn't want this, but had literally no means to fight it, without risking possibly his life.
This series is a depiction of two individuals, void of choice who understood and had to accept their roles. The king forced Kalid to take the crown, while MCs father forced him not only into marriage with a person he had no info on, but also to another country completely with no way to return. Hate the kings who normalized this, not the victims.
I would kill to be as ripped as that gma. Like, I'm AFAB, and being physically strong and having a more muscular body has always been my want in life. I hope to be the jacked one day!
Face while he is cumming is the most i have been turned on by a facial expression in a hot fucking minute. On god, men making out of their minds faces while cumming, it does things to me.
For anyone who feels like all the events have taken ages to happen, I beg you, reread everything from the first chapter again. I just finished doing so myself, and I regret nothing.
I have ADHD, and didn't have good meds when I started this series, so a reread was crazy necessary. These are what I realized after rereading. Spoilers for anyone who has yet to read this Manga on here. I have read the fan translations to the last chapter of this season, but I will not include that info below.
Abel knew he was the true Regas in chapter 8, when he broke down remembering his master.
Abel knew he was going to die in chapter 15, the moment he had the dream of the future, the same as his master, and his masters master. He also knew he had a month, at best. The wooden necklace might be the thing that triggers the dreams to occur, when the time comes for the true Regas who holds it, but that is a theory.
The Spring of Prayers healed Karas' eyes, and it is possible that it is because of Abels prayer. I theorize that, because one of the prior kings had brought his deceased Regas there in a desperate attempt to heal him, that the kings does not have the power to actually use the spring in the way the true Regas does. This is compounded when you take into account that the council has been killing off the true regas of the kings for a while to control them. Which is why the previous king didn't have his true Regas.
Wydiels master, trained the previous librarian for the castle. It is likely that doing so has been a tradition for a long time. Wydiel was likely a Regas himself, taught and trained by a Regas master before him. Gets a bit difficult to understand if Melmont and Abel were trained by Wydiel, or if they had separate masters, due to some grammatical errors. At some points, Melmont indicates they have different masters, and that his master had been trained with Wydiel, at others, the indication was that he and Abel both trained under Wydiel. If anyone knows more, would love more info on that.
Many story beats that felt like they have been so long, are actually not taking as long as it felt. Characters are acting on their own, on a basis of what info they have. Instance of this, Kin revealing Karas' identity. Kin does not know Lil is Abel. Kin does not know that Karas is actually hiding his identity from Lil. So Kin revealing it actually does make sense for his character. He got sick of the fake title, they were going to arrive at the camp with the army tomorrow, and they just took care of the people tailing them, so dropping the guise isn't an issue.
Important to note, that the author did it this way, because it makes sense for the character of Kin. If it was any other character, this wouldn't work, because Melmont, butler, Karas, Ashler and Nani all know Lil is Abel, and are aware that the shock of the revelation could cause his heart to actually stop. Meaning that they have incentive not to tell Abel.
So, from a narrative perspective, this not only works, but it works because Kin has his own character, and acts and reacts to situations depending on his own thoughts and feelings.
Definitely recommend rereading the series again, now, because then you may pick up more context into stuff, or it might help you break that feeling of pacing being too long and drawn out.
Imagine dying for someone. Imagine dying to not only give them the possibility of life, but to hope beyond anything that it would be worth it. The the person you died for would at least be kinder, happier, more empathetic because you were in their life. Imagine slowly, painfully poisoning yourself for that outcome.
Then, imagine coming face to face with the reality that, because you died, that person became colder, more isolated, less empathetic. Imagine learning that they had to live on a battlefield for 5 years to survive, and that they had come to enjoy it, because killing meant nothing to them now.
Imagine dying for someone, and failing to realize that they also died with you that day.