yea, it was honestly a great portrayal of certain things, and didn't romanticize anything, but show how Stockholm syndrome can really be like. it mostly honestly the crazy ass fujos that romanticize it, otherwise literally everyone knows its a thriller/horror. the reason so many people hate on it, is because its the horror/thriller genre that they aren't used to, so they automatically think its "not good and people shouldn't be reading it otherwise you're crazy"
You’re right, it didn’t romanticize anything and wasn’t even supposed to cater to BL at all. It’s the “fandom” that gave it such a shitty rep and added strokes where it didn’t belong.
It’s psychological horror.
1) A psychopath can’t love
2) SW saw YB as his mom, his mom who he HATES
3) He was raped, emotionally and physically abused
4) YB is also in the wrong and needs help. Breaking into your “crush’s” house is not normal. That’s obsessive behavior, not love.
5) The author themselves said that it wasn’t even BL nor Yaoi.
And many more.
TL;DR: It’s a beautifully well written psychological horror. Anyone who insists that it’s BL is delusional and need help. They sicken me and I hate these type of people with every fiber of my bone.
You’re right, my bad. I didn’t finish reading KS after the amount of exposure I got from the “fans” a while back, so I was going off of hearsay for that comment. I forget that people tend to use sociopath and psychopath interchangeably to describe Sangwoo (which is wrong of course, thanks for clearing it up)
Since Sangwoo is a sociopath, he’s capable of feeling “love”, but his idea of “love” is, chances are, completely different from someone who is mentally able.
A clear example of distorted love is actually YB’s obsession. He may think it’s love, but anyone with a brain should be able to tell it’s an obsession
Idc how much ppl hate on killing stalking but I genuinely did like the story, it was shocking, and I hate the fact ppl say it romanticizes tw(rvpe) when it doesn’t it’s just the straight fangirls of sangwoo who do, even the author himself said its not a bl just a horror story between a mlm look. Aside from that I liked it