Yes! And seeing him working there, even though the owner is nice or whatever, makes me so angry and sad. That place is like a living trauma for Phi and he's just blindly embracing it ಥ╭╮ಥ
Exactly so I dislike it when people act like him doing sex work is okay…it really isn’t especially cause of the reason he got into this.
It's even sadder with that being the only thing Phi knows he's "good" at. He went from a poor childhood with little to no role models to an even poorer environment with..questionable role models. Seeing him panic on what happens if Shangri la goes away made it so much clearer that losing that is like death to him and he expects to stay in this kind of limbo forever, and never have anything else. He lives in this bubble and if it were popped, it feels like he'd absolutely crumble, because he feels he'll have no one and nothing else after.
Yup and clearly he chose to do the gangbang service out of the jealousy or something towards Apollo, not because he wanted to in the first place. All this cause of his childhood. That’s why I never fantasize or normalize sex industry, I’ve worked as one before but only because it’s my last resort, but now that I have everything I need and got my education, that isn’t a place for me at all. It’s a cruel and exploitative industry, especially for younger ones.
I’m fine with Sex work if someone enjoys it and is a consenting adult like maybe 19+ imo. But Phi literally was groomed into this at 13…and brought to this paradise land. Every sex workers have a story behind and this has to be one of the cruel ones.
He has low self esteem too. He didn’t get a good childhood that children should have had.
Yes!!! People in the industry should ALWAYS be consensually working in it and of AGE. I hate when people get mad at others for doing sex work but I also understand where a lot of people get the issue, there's so many corrupt parts and it's predatory for a lot of people unfortunately.
Just hoping that Phi is finally able to find joy outside of it, and learn healthier ways to address the issues from his past and move on.
Unfortunately sex workers are also targeted for sex trafficking/human trafficking and just so many predators out there, leading sex workers out etc, crime happens.
I understand some parents or people don’t have a good view of sex industry and I can see why, but I just hope they don’t bash the person who’s doing sex work, it’s their decision (adult). I just don’t like the people who act like sex work is something WRONG. No it isn’t, the people who exploit sex workers are wrong.
Hopefully they sort this out. I assume Apollo admitted that he likes Phi or not yet? I know he’s still recovering from the divorce and wife cheating situation. As for Phi, clearly he likes him and is happy that Apollo said he’s only fine with Phi.
Yes however even in the last chapter it we cam see because of his trauma he is stunted. His friend there says you need to grow aka he never had a chance to grow because his abuse let him stunted
I think Apollo is gonna likely realize soon, maybe before Phi does cause if Phi didn't even realize he was monopolizing Apollo, I doubt he'll be the first to realize he likes him. Apollo seems like he's coming to the realization that he's only comfortable around Phi though.
Damn I hope Apollo realizes soon so Phi won’t be hurt, and realizes someone loves him actually. And Phi realizes his feelings too. I wonder, will Phi leave the sex work and be with Apollo? Or he will continue sex work and still be with Apollo? I don’t see the latter happening because Apollo clearly isn’t comfortable with it, and Phi is slowly realizing that he’s here cause of his trauma and once he realizes he can offer more than sex.
I feel like yall got get phi. He was gr00med for this job, he has gone through so much abuse, that place and that type of work it's all he knows. This love is new for him, he dosent get it