so true, everything now seems like a rip off of something else or an excuse to romanticize abuse/ fetishes.
you write really well~ and i agree with everything you said !!! YOU EXPLAINED EVERYTHING CLEARLY uwu
Yes, yes and yes to this
For real tho omg so many BL just run with a trend. It's fucking lazy writing imo
Aww thanks <3 but honestly it's only speculation. I've been loud and wrong before lmao
After being disappointed by some of the new so called "psychological BLs" that's been coming out lately that never commit to the fucked up-ness of the plot (I'm looking at you POTN) this is the medicine I needed henny!! This is how you write a twisted and titillating BL couple, THIS is how you write a nuanced and compelling psychological horror.
This is some real mind fuckery and I'm here for it! It's so nice to see a legitimate horror BL bruh, I fucking love gay horror in general and this is really scratching that itch. I always knew Joon had to be twisted too but the way they confirmed it after all that clever foreshadowing is just *chef kiss* FUCK it's good. He had me feeling chills when he said what he did about Yeon-Woo's parents, and the part with the coach had me on edge like a mf. Something about that innocent doll-like face hiding such sinister thoughts is just even more terrifying. The way they highlighted the broken glass like he was close to killing the coach was just ugh, I love it.
It's feels good to read a couple that is realistically depicted as fucked up yet also have a level of moral grayness high enough that the reader can't help but feel conflicted about the main couple. You almost want to root for them in all their twisted-ness because they are also written in a sympathetic way that is actually believable. Too many BLs write these incredibly unlikable characters and don't do nearly enough to make that character gray enough to still be seen as sympathetic.
Too many stories have abusive assholes who are beyond redeemable with no real nuance yet the writer expects you to magically forgive them and sympathize with them because they had a bad childhood or something. This author fleshes out their characters throughout the story and set up sympathetic motivations for the horrible stuff they do. You feel conflicted because the characters are not just a black and white "good or evil", they feel incredibly HUMAN (which is ironic because Yeon-Woo is literally a monster I'm pretty sure lmao). They don't feel shallow and neither does their relationship.
This is so fucking good so far, the horror nerd in me is vibrating ლ(´ڡ`ლ)