that is really sad
Prob didn't help how this was a lot of people's first "BL" story, I know it was mine I was genuinely thinking it'd have a happy end back then tho I wasn't active on fandom discourse.
This was also my first "BL" story, I legit started reading it when barely 5 chapters had been released☠ At the time I legit didn't think saying "rape is bad and not hot at all" would be like a controversial opinion or a big discourse in KS fandom discourse but I quickly found out when I'd get home from my freshman year of high school and see hella people jumping in tumblr anons and the replies of my "hot takes"
It's wild that I was legit getting jumped on here and on tumblr back in the day by grown ass adults for saying I didnt like Sangwoo because rape and torture is bad and his awful parents and trauma dont excuse his actions. Even moreso wild that people still dont understand that what they were seeing was even rape and not gay sex. Rape is about POWER AND CONTROL, not sexuality and attraction. I was legit called homophobic back in the day for trying saying all that