i mean, i know there's a time skip and all, but being with someone 17 years younger than u is pretty wack.
damn this story's art is legitimately the embodiment of those weird ass yaoi proportions
th novel is actually one of the best Chinese historical drama novels ive ever read. altho it does have the typical evil female charas, which i cant really criticize bc it's basically a staple in this genre, as a whole, the female chara cast are better written than average. mc is not the most beautiful female or particularly strong, so she have to use her wits and eloquence a lot, acquired by her experience in her previous life, to manuever the schemes of the villains. the ml on the other hand is the most good-looking guy and their dynamic is similar to using each other, then allies-to-lovers with the romance very slowburn and a side plot, bc the main plot is about mc's revenge. and it is so cathartic.
is it just me or the artist getting better at maximizing ml's hotness. like the eyebags are severe but he looks good in ch 27
I read the author's other story about the student x teacher (with a 14 year age gap) and it has a way higher rating. why is that? where is the moral police? ig a morally wrong relationship is fine if it's depicted wholesomely with the student being the one pursuing the teacher, therefore making it not "predatory"? meanwhiile this story, both of them are working adults with toxic tendecies which the author makes clear, but since this has SA (which is prb meant to be mc's comeuppance) it's disgusting and not worth reading ig. it's ridiculous to jump on the hate train so easily. just dont read it (the title obviously hints at toxic). and if ur a teenager just recently discovering yaoi and/or prefer wholesome stories... just dont read it cuz ur not the target audience.
ill take this any day over some generic wholesome boring romance. i like how u can make inferences based on their expressions; the author's skilled in visual storytelling. although the mc is a scumbag and their relationship is not the wholesome kind, their dynamic is great like they're meant for each other. the author managing to showcase their strengths and flaws while keeping the setting as a banking office relevant in 5 chapters with a clear plotline obviously demonstrates their ability to write and research. i was not once bored (albeit confused a bit with the jargon).
so i read till ch 38, and i still dont understand why arden is so in love with lee to the extent she is risking her life? like what did lee do for her to inspire such unrelenting attachment and devotion? to me, it seemed to be just sex and maybe a sense of solidarity for working in similar fields
yk what i just realized i do got standards apparently for rape fetish stories after all. rape with love is more tolerable than rape for the sake of smut.
so white hair's role is just to facilitate brown hair and black hair's relationship huh? typical
"ive got to keep a clear head at all times" WE ALL KNOW UR GONNA BE DOWN BAD FOR MC in all seriousness tho, im excited to read how this story and its themes will conect to the greek myth about sisyphus. i assume smth about mortals seeking to understand the absolute truths about the universe is meaningless and playing god to cheat death is ultimately futile and will result in disastrious consequences. also, i will bet 5 cents that mc's family is probably connected to ml's past somehow, since mc's amnesia and family is a plot point
any non-smut BLs with mc ending up with 2 love interests, where the focus is on the relationships and its dynamics
it's amusing that the other reupload has a much lower rating (7.8) when they are the exact same story with the same chapters released
hypothetical scenario: would it be make sense of someone in the future goes to the past where they dont exist yet and dies, and despite dying, they are born in the future that inevitably lead to that time traveling? and it's basically a loop?
anyway i skimmed the story and stopped at side story 1. damn this story is just plain stupid. it's honestly a little funny how dumb it is
the premise is so stupid. he wasnt even given any basic omega education once he turned into one (it should be mandatory!) or free suppressors to resist apha pheromones? it's like insulin to diebetic people! how is this country even functioning
who seriosuly thought this would be a 'possessive lover' type situation. someone get rid of that tag
wdym the end of the road was good? that shit was romanticized as fuck just cuz the ml was cruel to mc for whatever reason and became nice to mc when he realized it was his childhood friend. at least in mad dog, their toxic dynamic remained relatively the same and ml didnt magically change bc he liked mc.
why are people rating it when there's no chapters out yet
wdym mc cant teleport? didnt she teleport into James's home before? why did they run out into the hall with a bunch of vampires when they coudlve just teleported? and since scent-seeking is a thing when teleporting, couldnt gerum (or whatever his name is) just try to look for ml's scent? i think distance is a factor, but still, it couldve been mentioned.
kinda confused. in the begining her dashcam didnt capture ml's image, but in later chapters he did appear on camera and dash cam?