
im still confused... by "eating" and "appetite", do they mean like cannibalism????

well i thought so too but then i reread chapter one and its kinda giving monch monch his internal conversation was like "i wanna eat him... no lets think of something sexy instead. i wonder if maybe appetite and lust can be the same thing?" which made me think he literally wanted to eat him and then had to divert his attention to lust. also, they talk about a lady who was "eaten" in a back alleyway and it was wayyyy too ambiguous for me

I think you'll have to think about it like our concept of taste and smell; they're highly connected and smelling strawberry milk *feels* like strawberry. Alternatively, if they expose you to a "wrong" smell as you eat something the taste of it totally changes in your mind
So for cakeverse I think forks are physiologically hungry as they smell cakes but there is an added cognitive function that takes into account the fact that it is a person and bends the internal interpretation as an attraction point blank. Now with the smell and the instinct to put your mouth closer forks are inclined to say "it's lust" as much as they're inclined to say "it's hunger" (just as you'd be inclined to say "it's only the smell" or "it's only the taste")
Point is, you have to rationalize it to get to the correct answer, or in the cakeverse, the correct action and if they aren't properly regulated then their internal interpretation to begin with isn't balanced to just be "attraction" but rather tips one way or another and in gore cases it's genuine hunger and cannibalism
I think as the authors considers the threat to be more likely then they'll create a story that's paranoid about those events happening or would openly display the gory events
this was a doozy. gang rape is nottttt my kink and this was particularly vicious. author-nim seems to hate tf out of their characters cuz whyyyyy did they have to suffer so much? this whole entire society is horrendous. yes they SHOULD change doctors. id be damned if mmi bring my baby to be treated by the man who collhded with my abuser and tested meds on me without my consent. at first i didnt like yoojoon but now i pity him immensely. by the end I just wanted them to find oeacte and happiness together (and for the grandfather's extensive suffering). i do appreciate the resolutions (unrealistic recovery process from severe trauma aside), and i really love the second couple.
my biggest squick of this whole thing was having the second couples most precious storyline climax underscored by the aggressive SA. like, how tf am i supposed ti enjoy and appreciate all these feel good feelings over here while shordy is literally in the process of getting drugged, assaulted, and degraded in graphic detail in between?? i was skipping the SA and having a hard time cuz i had to scroll through anyways not to miss large chunks of story progression. that whole thing sucked. i do think i like the story in total and i love a happy ending, but this was brutalllll
So true, the rape is so unnecessary.
broo it was traumatizing that i cried and I'm not satisfied with ending ugh i wish that we see the old fart buried 6 feet under
yeah the old man can eat rocks and razor blades
yeaa smash his carcass on the hydraulic press