Gaeseok leads an ordinary office life—but that life is the result of his obsessive efforts to ...
- Author: 건시
- Genres: supernatural / drama / romance / Webtoons / yaoi
i like how he's grounded and quickly takes stock of the situation and not afriad to hit back like he's not going to uke-fy (too quickly at least)
Yoojoon is a good boy. That's why he was destined to fall head-over-heels for the handsome and ...
- Author: Reck
- Genres: Shounen Ai / Drama / Romance / School Life / Webtoons
are we going to keep getting ppl going OmG my MoRAlss even though we're on chapter 8 and the premise is pretty clear at this point lol
like damn calm the masochism down!! i wonder if we're going to get an eventual relationship where they learn how to do bdsm safely lol i could see incheol being an "honor student" and studying up on it
she creates really complicated, fleshed out characters who's motivations and ways of being, love languages, obsessions, neurosis, even sexual habits stem so much from their background, environment and family etc. and in doing so she doesn't shy away from how "ugly" people can get and complicated human relationships can be. i think for the most part she rarely writes "bad" characters instead they're almost always a reason for why they acted the way they acted through their pov
but she also is able to write about how there are certain "flaws" that ppl need to grow from - if only to stop harming the people they love. and how loving people really does change you EVEN as her depiction of love so far is about radical understanding and non-judgement. finding someone who will embrace you and SEE you and make you feel safe to be yourself. at the same time not foreclosing growth and being better. that's why someone who is as kind as Norman may seem a bit boring fictionally but is GODSEND irl...esp for someone who is depressed like sungtaek is.
which is why i'm excited for minwoo/cheoljin esp bc cheoljin's fear of vulnerability is truly insane/he's the most "let people see what they want to see" type person in existence. meanwhile minwoo is stubborn and can be very projecting in his own way bc of his own insecurities. the payoff is gonna be sooo good i trust the author to get us there.
anyways i just think this author's writing is very true to life and underrated in that way. i do think it's probably not suited for commercial BL readers as the audience which is a shame lol
i thought the author was all ponies and rainbows so i'm surprised she's going this dark and really highlighting how insane ML is - it's definitely meant to be uncomfortable and she's not trying to shy away from how violating it is (like rian clearly not enjoying it and bieng in pain). so i'm intrigued by how much character growth there will need to be (and enzo is probably going to have to learn something about what it means to love someone lol) to be fair enzo was the person who manipulated a kind of poor person and then bit off his tongue so...yea.
every chapter is doing it for me and then i see all the comments here being like "omg this is so fucked up..this is so against my Principles as an Ethical Person of Moral Conviction blalbhalbah" like ok..thank you for your disclaimer. this is hot as hell. clearly the inverse of the usual trope where it's like the son desiring the young new mother like this is for a particular female gaze (ME) and the taboo is part of it.
don't get me started on ppl preferring the friend-ML like that's so normcore pleasee. y'all are not hot and bothered by ML's too-pretty but also tragic aura where you want to protect him but also step on him? no? like damn where are the doms
like i feel like the really ugly aspects of it feel super real and how it can genuinely make you offputting and unlikeable to those around you
first of all the character writing is great the author really gets those messy, maybe annoying feelings when you're in love and feeling needy and insecure but also recognize that you're doing the Most (so i really like that yunoh is like i'm pretty exhausting to be around). its interesting to see ppl be like yunoh is so valid! when i think as someone who's been on the other end of the relationship i'm like JUST COMMUNICATE ALREADY like haewon is doing a lot for him in his own way and there's only so much you can do when no one is being honest about how they feel and what they need to hear from each other.
i think it's also how fictionally we tend to side with whoever seems more lovelorn and "vulnerable" whereas you assume characters like haewon who seem more "alpha" are the ones with more power and seem to care less - but when you get to their pov you realize that's not the case. (many of my fav manhwas are like this hehe)
to be more selfish..to pursue his desires (hopefully yamadera) he heehe
but why is he so dom and lowkey sadistic here whoa (it's so hot too) but i wonder if he's trying to rage bait him into smacking him around. but i also wonder if he knows who incheol is..he seems to have a lot of disdain for ppl who don't live honestly. also omg incheol..stop letting ppl step on you step on pyeonghwa instead?!!
it's def not enzo who spiked it so how will he react..he's definitely pissed to be accused of it (probably thinks he doesn't need to resort to such "low" methods to get rian). will he kill that owner twink later. is he going to "help out" uno yum but i feel like he wouldn't want his "first time" to be this way?
REAL alpha x alpha..the chemistry is so delicious omggg i've dreamed of times like this. this cat and mouse chase being some kind of twisted foreplay hehehe
I hope rian stays confident and competent throughout and gets some more wins in~ (the best way to get enzo even more obsessed LOL).
i really do love this so much more than red candy like even in red candy rian was the one constantly super-spying the whole time so it's so fun to see him continue to do that while meeting someone powerful and intelligent who can match him blow to blow ;) even though i'm impatient i know it's going to make the pay off even more delicious~
which makes sense but compared to red candy when they were banging way early on..also uno you glorious slut. love the idea that he's rattled by enzo kissing him with eyes wide open. also, if he finds out enzo killed the men bc they hurt his face hehehehehe delicious
idk if anyone gets it but i liked the difference in strength despite yamadera seeming more dominating and wanting to be monstrous and i like the ongoing tension of sayo being able to accidentally kill yamadera hehehehe. i thought that him becoming vampire would be towards teh end of the series narratively so now i'm not sure how this series will go
"i hope you don't use the same methods on someone else" I HOPE uno manwhores himself again for intel and enzo gets jealous and angry hehehehehehe
also that position when uno was unlocking himself. yum.