TO ADD ON, IF ML WAS THE BOTTOM, YALL DEFINITELY WOULD SAY THIS WAS GROOMING. but because ML is the top it suddenly becomes some cute younger seme chasing older uke trope
++ if ML was the bottom yall would be calling this out as grooming, but because ML is the top suddenly it becomes the cute younger seme older uke trope. like
sorry for double posting
It is quite problematic but the story is quite intriguing and unique so I'm just pretending that child part doesn't exist in the story for my sanity oop-
MC did not groom the ML. Please let's get it straight to the point, was it pedophilia when the MC developed feeling later after the ML was called off dead but his only memory of the ML was when the ML was a kid? Yes.
Did he groom the ML? No. Their marriage was something they didn't even have a choice off, the MC didn't develop nor tried any sexual acts when the ML was a kid, infact, the ML was the one who had only done such a thing. (When he kissed the MC while the MC was asleep.)
Now PARDON me if I have this wrong in any sort of way due to the fact I've read this years ago and is now only checking because there were new uploads.
Sa true.
nadali mo, true ka dyan sisterat!
translate: true, sis!
Yup. The author didn't sexualize them when MI was a child, and even said explicitly that people over 18 could have sex, obviously giving us the message that this is not intended to be pedophilic.
It feels weird, obviously, but pedo? Nah.
It feels even weirder now because this person (OG commenter) were just throwing around the word grooming. It just feels that they didn't even read the story itself when it was obviously shown and even illustrated.
Fr. MC didn't do any manipulative behavior and didn't do any type of act to gain MI's trust for sex? The context let us know right away that even MC didn't want to be in that position.
yo i don’t get how people are still romanticizing this. like?? the ML was 10 when they met and the mc was already 18. that’s not some cute slow-burn, that’s grooming. G-R-O-O-M-I-N-G. i don’t care how “sweet” the story makes it seem or how much they “waited”. it’s still built on a super messed up power dynamic from the start. it's obvious that the feelings developed WHILE the ML was clearly underage
if this was a straight couple y’all would be calling it out instantly, but because it’s BL suddenly it’s all “uwu they’re soulmates”??? nah. be serious for once. just admit you’re ignoring the red flags because the art is pretty and move on.