can u explain your reason for benefit of the doubt? imo it’s a given when someone has changed the way they act, but then a circumstance shifted their behavior
i get this is fictional, but therapy + circumstances don’t absolve someone from their actions. trauma doesn’t excuse it either and it looks like you’re implying no one should want him held accountable or be angry at him because he’s hurt too when it doesn’t work like that... i would understand him if we saw moments of genuine kindness from him but he literally hasn’t done that- even when he was talking to the grandma or paying for dan’s debt it was for the purpose of exploiting dan for sex + he was extremely belittling to dan still
sadly. its so annoying too, just enjoy it but why use literal rape culture excuses to justify shitty actions!! u can still like a fictional character who does bad and horrible shit in yaoi it’s okay lmao, but excusing it makes them look brain dead by all the loops they’re going through to make it seem okay
also don’t worry about censoring here, u can say rapist. people only say grape because using the real uncensored word gets their post removed on social media with strict guidelines
fr they act like he’ll see the comments and cry or some shit like baby he’s not REAL omg!!
the craziest part is that they genuinely get offended when his actions are called out. this is controversial ofc but idm if a yaoi has rape (not justified) but at least make the top nice or have some relationship build up?? give us something?? other than the sa, what genuinely bothers me is that jae is not even nice to dan in any sense… and the only security he has is being a 24/7 non-con booty call + lets jae treat him like shit
i absolutely hate jaekyung apologists!! even if the author releases a jaekyung bg, it doesnt justify the way he treats dan.
atp im only reading for potato and heesung, even though heesung is only using potato right now, at least he respects him somewhat and doesnt force him. (we love respectful tops!!) but i think heesungs slowly falling for him lol
i fully agree! it’s really annoying how people either defend him because of that or say we need to read between the lines ?? but most of the time when dan is doing something nice for him or going through it- the “hidden actions” are he makes the situation ten times worse and/or does a judgmental stare
and yea potato is really cute, i love his sass! im still reading for dan too because he fully deserves to be a bitch to jae and walk him like a dog. im sick of him being a mary sue!!! he has a pretty face and deserves to be a lot meaner, so let him PLEASE
especially that one time when dan bought him that gift and he threw it at him!! i will never forget that. and ur right. dan does need to stand up for himself but, judgng by the authors last work i dont think he will (mainly because the bottom in bj alex was kind of a pushover too) the author knows how to write good tops but they just dont want to
need to see jae SUFFER it’s not enough!! it’s not fair how much trauma porn dan has gone through they put this man through the ringer
because what do you mean he has no parents, raised by a single guardian, constantly harassed by debt collectors, his crush was mean and constantly sa’d him, was then framed for betrayal, his grandma is dying soon, he developed a drinking problem, and was about to kill himself…