What a pity the author chose to depict a two chapters long rape scene just to prove a point Seungho felt betrayed in his feelings. This is just the unpteenth misunderstanding that leads to rape in this story. Also i don't know which kind of story you read, but Seungho is basically the copy of Sangwoo (replace daddy issues with mommy issues) so he is not even that original to begin with
yeah I get your point with that, and as what I've said SH and SW both have not only mommy daddy issues but mental issues as well. They're not normal but what I'm saying is here the time period of this story's setting really depicts how unlawful and abusive everything is when it comes to social standing. And that's what I'm getting at, SH's emotions fueled by his rage and mental instability led him to rape Nakyum, and if SW's time period already has humanity aware of mental health issues and trying to improve it, SH's time period only has dumb people running around confused. SH and SW were the same but different at the same time so I wouldn't say SH is a copy of sangwoo yet coz he only fuck people but he doesn't go around kidnapping whoever he fancies then kill em for fun; and I am not the author but it's not only the rape scene but most of the sex scenes in general were prolonged with more than 1 chapter but I think the author just wanted to stretch the scene out to emphasize the severity of the situation *eye roll to the author*
You can create an intense, angsty scene even without showing all the details and sex positions. I don't think we should always use the excuse of the setting. Not all the nobles were like Seungho, he is cruel even for their standards and dismissing Sangwoo's mental illness only because in our era there is a bigger awareness is wrong, because actually KS represents Korean society where mental illnesses are stigmatised and family abuse is ignored for the sake of keeping appearances
Yeah I know that is why I just thought maybe the author *wants* to *emphasize* something but on second thought it's always the sex scenes that are longer than a chapter, so maybe he did just that with the rape scene *draw the whole chapter then chop it of and just make it to be continued* . And I am not actually dismissing Sangwoo's mental illness bc his were severe and overall psychotic. I just mentioned the setting bc most of the dramas, manhuas, and movies I've watched with the same setting were always *If you are a noble it is okay if you killed someone lesser than you bc you are of noble blood and you killed a commoner* type of thing. Blood, Nobility, and Honor are all too important that if you have a gay son I can just imagine what SH's father did to him for him to grow up and lead a life like that. In KS setting if SW was caught early on he'd be sentenced or be sent to rehab, but here in PON you'd see SH slashing necks and having orgies and people would not do anything but stare or gossip about it. So basically it's not an excuse, I was not dismissing the situation of either of them but comparing how would the people and the characters naturally play out depending on the setting. As you've said KS is targeted to raise awareness to mental health issues, and I think for PON's side it targets more to sexual prejudice mixed with a little insanity resulted from that.
I am honestly relieved to see that the author did not go cliché way of how would seungho react to nakyum's disappearance. The way seungho has trust issues and maybe trauma it's natural he'd always guard himself and would never experience "normal"
So imagine your whole life you put up a wall then it gets broken u then so confused bc of one person and when u are finally realizing ur feelings the person in question disappears. It would seem your dumb confused self were played at by the said person. I'm not saying what SH did is right, but realistically speaking that's the natural way he'd act.
I'd be bummed oit if the author had gone through the "oh I magically understand, truly, my genie guess would be: you were kidnapped, but you can't talk coz u were threatened. I'm not sure how I know tho but I'm the male lead alright and that's how it works. So now Imma go find out who the fucker is and pretend I was never hurt by this whole ass play in the first place and forget about my mental issues and my trauma and let's just put the focus on you coz u'r traumatized right? love you" route. which typically would be the routes for these kinds of situations in manhuas. Not all ML's are heroes some are bipolar with daddy issues. they're not perfect and not just the weaker characters have the right to be traumatized.