I see a lot of people saying "what were you expecting" regarding the rape and I want to put down my thoughts on that.
It's not that a lot of us weren't 'expecting' it. We were just hoping that, for once, we could have a story with a twisted black flag ML who didn't resort to rape. You can write a character who is okay with maiming and killing people just to further his mafia/business ambitions, but still see rape as the low class act that it really is. Not every murderer needs to be a rapist and vice versa. They're separate crimes. You can be a complete piece of shit in multiple ways.
Besides, Lorenzo raping Rian makes no sense based on what we learned about his upbringing. Around chapter 12, we see Lorenzo's grandfather teaching him that nothing is worth it if you haven't bled for it. If Lorenzo really wanted to conquer/win over Rian, raping him when he was drugged and in no state to fight back isn't really 'bleeding' for him. I personally expected him to put in a lot of effort into winning him over to his side. I also expected Rian to put up a big fight against him since he's a capable secret agent.
A lot of BL readers are fatigued by rape being such a prevalent trope. 99% of the time it does absolutely nothing for the plot but ruin any and all tension that had been built up. Honestly, I can't even think of any instances off the top of my head where rape actually furthered the plot. It is an incredibly tacky way for authors to show that "hey guys, in case you already didn't know, this character is supposed to be a bad person because they just committed rape". We already KNOW Lorenzo is a bad person; him biting off that dude's tongue and murdering over a dozen people since the start of the story is enough to tell us that.
Will I keep reading this? Yes, but not with the same level of fanaticism/excitement that I had for it previously. It just became another generic BL. I also won't be recommending it to other people because I don't want to accidentally trigger anyone with that brutal rape scene. Most people, unsurprisingly, aren't so hot about rape.
I miss the person I was before chaoter 20-22 dropped now im just depressed
Hello guys! Im new to this one, so question, when does Oscar die?
True community is seeing everyone being equally disappointed and "wtf" of the story that everyone is changing their ratings and seeing the homepage star percentage go down
They say "what did you expect? You saw he was crazy?"
ME: yeah I know he was crazy, that doesnt mean I was expecting him to be a rapist bro. Like you can be psycho and not be a rapist. Like you know that guy called, Dexter Morgan, who is a certified psychopath. But rape someone? He would never !
Yall, someone's gotta update the tags and put trigger warnings for the homepage now
You wanna know why my boy Lorenzo didnt spike his drink? Because he is a RED flag not a BLACK flag
Im pretty sure Uno still had to drink eventhough he knew it was spiked because of the rules of the game. he could either NOT drink and leave but he'll still have no answers, so his ONLY way to get information was to drink. If you look back at the chapter, Uno stops at grabbing his own drink and instead grabs the cup that was Lorenzo's and Enzo smiled because he thought that was cute/smart of him. LASTLY, I don't think Uno knew 100% the drink was spiked until the 2nd cup and then slammed the cup down before chugging the 3rd one
Guyss Consider getting a L******* account too!
Today was the first time it ever reached top 3!!! It was #2nd place with shutline on #1 but if you can't because of money don't worry I understand your position! truly! dont worry the c****s are actually pretty cheap 5 bucks for almost 200 lasts like a month LETS GO TEAM 'APPLE EATERS' !!
GUYSSS Go show some love on the authors Twitter! --> https://x.com/loveladyhanse?s=09
• They love the social media love/appreciation they see on their timeline and it makes them happy they literally try to hard to like and repost art that people post, I've never seen a author interact this closely/intimately with their readers, show them some love even if its a heart emoji on a post they made a tweet that said they had a realization /surprised at the overwhelming love of Bad Apple and today it made it made them feel grateful for the readers
Lol guys, someone on twitter was saying how were 'Apple Eaters' because we eat up the chapter of 'Bad Apple' every Wednesday and I thought it was cute and thought maybeeee we can make the name stick by referring to ourselves as 'Apple Eaters' ? :) but anyways love us guys, see u next week
You guyssss saw a spoiler on the Author's Twitter for next chapter and NOW IM PREETY SURE THAT LORENZO IS GUNNA 100% SEE THAT BITE MARK ON HIS NECK (he's cooked)
LOL Lorenzo is such a loser in love, he haven't stopped blushing since chapter 11 and honestly good for him go get your man Enzo (haven't seen a man this delulu for their partner since Horus from Ennead.)
Love how the comment section are just comments about being crazy freaks for Uno, love that for yall, live your truths
WAIT WHAT THE FUCK?? LORENZO HAD NO S-LINE !!!?????!?!??? DOES THAT MEAN UNO WILL BE HIS FIRST !?!?!?! (Talking about her new art on twitter)
Lmaoooo did yall see the S-line re-tweet the author did today on twitter?? She really was like "yep sounds about right" and didn't contest how Uno has a fucking bunch lines, that his S-line is as thick as a block