right?? SOO many manhwa have similar views from the ML and it always baffles me how a lot of people must actually be into that shit. It instantly makes any romance no matter how cute and wholesome become trash tier for me the moment they start saying shit like that.
Honestly yall take this too seriously, it's just a play thing between them. It's not like Mc smiling will causa a fucking fight
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Fr, the moral policing is annoying. It really ain’t that serious
That's a very Korean & Japanese thing. They see jealousy and possessiveness as romantic. But Karlyle and Ash are supposedly to be British and the author didn't realise or not knows that kind of behaviour is not seen as cute in the West.
moral policing?? we aren't being that serious either, it's just an instant turn off/ick.
TY yeah
i mean like admittedly i do hate the way so many stories portray abusive tendencies or sexual assault as cute romantic things completely genuinely.
moral policing would be me saying “you aren’t allowed to like this” “anyone who likes this is a bad person” “the author shouldn’t be allowed to write this” etc.
if you think any criticism of this nature is moral policing you really need to take a step back.
ty for this info!
honestly like it was a jokey-joke… they even show lyle smiling and acting normal and ash having no problem with it
? where do they show that? lyle doesn't smile a single time in this chapter after he's told not to smile around anyone but ash?
oh lol sorry, i read the raws before this but i digress, i understand that if done seriously/consistently, being possessive is not cute (unless someone’s into that which hey, i don’t judge) but i think it was fairly obvious that this was just lighthearted.
I appreciate the clarification! That’s good to know.
I have a lot of problems with Ash’s behavior throughout the story tbh.
The main story culminating in a scene where Lyle is begging him to stop while Ash brutally forces him (and reveals he was actually in his right mind during his rut/was in control and knowingly forcing lyle) kind of ruined it for me, so I was hoping the side chapters were better, and this rubbed me the wrong way.
But I’m glad this is not, uh, the case here/just supposed to be lighthearted!
oh when did that happen? i only remember ash’s rut scene in the end when lyle was looking for a house (when ash went into rut and was gonna isolate himself until lyle came looking for him)
that is the scene. lyle spends most of it either asking ash to wait or stop, ash fucking him unconscious multiple times, and then knots him while lyle screams that it hurts (and then lyle faints shortly afterward). afterwards ash clarified that he not only meant everything he said (which would, unfortunately, most certainly include lyle begging to stop) but also that he had no regrets knotting lyle/fully intended to.
“don’t smile in front of anyone but me” is. is this supposed to be romantic.