if this is good to you and peak toxic romance, im praying for you sista because your taste is bad and needs saving. idc if you find them cute, think they’re hot, and even like the white devil. but to bring WRITING into the picture??? dont make me laugh, caesar was horribly developed and talked about with little context. the romance relied heavily on rape and violence, and not emotional development… which yes, is important for why they’re even drawn together in the first place
the problem is not having the toxicity, it’s the toxicity having no basis! caesar is an IDEA of a mafia love interest having trauma, with horrible execution and build up. there was nothing that drew us or leewon to him, and he remains a concept of very surface level “obsessive, bad boy”. never did we see his background, psychology, and thoughts told in explicit detail. a walk through of a persons trauma in a toxic romance is extremely important since it gives readers context for his perception of the world and lets us understand who he is and why he’s so drawn to leewon. it was a lazy attempt at a dark romance, but the lack of… everything made this a hard read that people glaze because their inexperience of good/great dark romance in general
people are conflating caesars characterization with the semi-vulnerable moments in sex scenes. they are not deep individuals and the writing falls off by using their consensual sex as the only driver for their relationship. sex tells a story, but it doesn’t make up for the emotional connection needed to spark any chemistry or longing in the first place. the animalistic desires weren’t given reason, and the love they have for each other wasn’t expanded on. i hate how much readers excuse his actions when being in the mafia and traumatized isn’t a solid reason for why he did them- we NEED to know him as a person instead of seeing only leewons decisions and his overly forgiving tendencies for him. i despise this story for being a popular representation of toxic mafia romance when the story is literal shit from the butt. a lot of yall needed a wattpad phase instead of starting off so strong with mangago
if this is good to you and peak toxic romance, im praying for you sista because your taste is bad and needs saving. idc if you find them cute, think they’re hot, and even like the white devil. but to bring WRITING into the picture??? dont make me laugh, caesar was horribly developed and talked about with little context. the romance relied heavily on rape and violence, and not emotional development… which yes, is important for why they’re even drawn together in the first place
the problem is not having the toxicity, it’s the toxicity having no basis! caesar is an IDEA of a mafia love interest having trauma, with horrible execution and build up. there was nothing that drew us or leewon to him, and he remains a concept of very surface level “obsessive, bad boy”. never did we see his background, psychology, and thoughts told in explicit detail. a walk through of a persons trauma in a toxic romance is extremely important since it gives readers context for his perception of the world and lets us understand who he is and why he’s so drawn to leewon. it was a lazy attempt at a dark romance, but the lack of… everything made this a hard read that people glaze because their inexperience of good/great dark romance in general
people are conflating caesars characterization with the semi-vulnerable moments in sex scenes. they are not deep individuals and the writing falls off by using their consensual sex as the only driver for their relationship. sex tells a story, but it doesn’t make up for the emotional connection needed to spark any chemistry or longing in the first place. the animalistic desires weren’t given reason, and the love they have for each other wasn’t expanded on. i hate how much readers excuse his actions when being in the mafia and traumatized isn’t a solid reason for why he did them- we NEED to know him as a person instead of seeing only leewons decisions and his overly forgiving tendencies for him. i despise this story for being a popular representation of toxic mafia romance when the story is literal shit from the butt. a lot of yall needed a wattpad phase instead of starting off so strong with mangago