Icecream's Topics (72)

Yiseon pls come and restore my grades next before my winter exams( ´;ﾟ;∀;ﾟ;)


But seriously this has to be one of the best BL's on the market rn, I especially love the choice to not show the characters in sexsually explicit ways(especially considering its a Korean production) and prioritising the development of the characters/story over an overtly romantic narrative.

Throughout the read there is never a doubt about the story having an element of romance and which characters it's between, but I love the fact the story knows there are bigger fish to fry.

I also love the writing of Yiseon's mental health struggles and the subtilty of the affects of his unattended trauma always being in the back of his mind, even during his happiest moments.

The breakdown of Hyeon was also done in a way so true to his character, as I wouldn't belive his pride and need for control would allow him to be so raw with his emotional unless literally pushed to the end.

Additionaly, the side character where just flat out fun and I will forever be Joohyeok No.1 defender because that man is my baby and can do no wrong. I would have liked to see more of the healer guy and Jian however but that is such a miner blip when compered to how grate this manhwa was overall

Kill two birds with one stone by cooking up the frogs

Did I miss a chapter or sm?

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We must seriously be masochists to still be reading when the story has put us through so much like a toxic ex

So nice to finally have a story that shows a growing and somewhat healthy relationship. LI was already pretty happy with how they had the top genuinely try to leave because of how bad the bottom was. And although it was a little frustrating because it took the bottom so long to realise where he was going wrong, it truly made sense for his character as a spoiled/babied younger brother and it only made the pay off that more satisfying.

I was honestly really disappointed in the warehouse scene but wasn’t surprised as the rapey sex is so common now in the BL space (especially the eastern ones). I was however pleasantly surprised and extremely happy to see the acknowledgement of this behaviour being wrong and unacceptable without the bottom underlining it with some kind of fuck ass “but i was into it though” even though it was violent and unplanned/ this type of sex was never discussed (on and off I’m looking at you

They should have just made the girl homophobic or sm because the imprinting of her own trauma is doing too much, especially for a character we recently met and who genuinely doesn’t have a good sentiment with the community.

I get they need to address the elephant in the room of being gay in a small village, but there were so many other ways they could have done it. We don’t know this character enough to really care about whatever tf she had going on and I think because of this, her getting emotional fell flat.

Additionally the link between child neglect and being gay was very badly made, with that context it would have made more sense for her to be worried about the daughter growing up and facing challenges at school for having two dads causing her to have a stable home life but unstable social life (the opposite of her but still very harmful).
The way they link it to “otherness” is just so lazy and poorly executed.

I just know the protesters where punching air at the test results

Who ever had a hand in ending this so early, I hope the same amount of years and key events you rushed through, pass you by in your own life

Like why would you talk about Lu Feng pulling the gun on the command like it was the main event when it was actually just the last 3 end panels???