Please Don't

Please don't dictate what subject matter creatives are allowed to portray in their creative works. While I agree that rape and psychological trauma are very serious subjects and shouldn't be made light of, you may choose to disagree with how the authors decided to conclude the narrative in the story, however it doesn't give you a right to ask authors to change their stories to suit your views.

read the tag. it's for mature audiences only that’s why it’s messed up. it is definitely not okay to romanticise rape/toxic relationship, any adult with a stable brain would know that the author is no where normalising rape. it’s stockholm syndrome and it’s a real thing

The point of my comment was to highlight the wrong in normalizing or romanticizing rape in creative media. It's not that you can't include it in a story... but I want people, especially young people to be aware that it isn't something to be glossed over. The relationship in this story is toxic, plain and simple. If this is obvious to you then my comment wasn't directed at you.

I didn't ask the author to do anything? I'm addressing the audience and I'm critiquing the author which is my right as a reader...

You mention younger people in your comment, but this title is intended for mature audiences. No children or 'younger people' should be reading this material, nor would I expect them to understand the complexities behind the material contained in this title. No one is romanticising rape in this creative work. The characters both have gone through turbulent psychological trauma, this is clear to anyone mature enough to understand complex emotion and emotional abuse. Both characters are extremely unstable and damaged, they are most likely staying together more because of that damage than any healthy reasons, this is also reflected in the internal commentary of the MC. Their future is unsure and uncertain nor is he expecting things will necessarily turn out well or positively, but he is now so dependent on this one connection that he can't stop himself from staying by his abuser's side. These are very real consequences that happen in the real world today and works like these are very important in illustrating how abusive relationships can end up seeming normal, but are in fact not healthy.

Just because it is intended for an older audience doesn't mean younger people aren't consuming this... You're missing my point. I'm not asking the author to change the ending. In fact, yes, you're correct. A lot of abused people will stay with their abuser. The ending is plausible and the author never depicted the rape and violence in this story in a romantic light. That's a large part of the reason I enjoyed the manwha as much as I did... It's the audience who is pushing this problematic narrative. That our main characters had a "happy ending." And who is likely to mistake this ending as happy? Young or misinformed readers. I felt inclined to make my initial post after I saw several comments congratulating our MCs and their happy ending.

Given the context of this answer I have to agree. The audience shouldn't be forcing a romantic reading of the material here, but at the same time anyone's open to interpreting things the way they like. For example, there's fiction out there where there may be no romantic feelings in the narrative, but the fanbase will often read far too much into it and 'ship' a couple together when no romantic feelings necessarily exist between them, even in this circumstance I can't step in and say "no you aren't allowed to think this way". There are certain things that step over the line, however, and trivializing abusive relationships as romantic is damaging, like in this story.