It wasn't shown, but did they use the shampoo as lube?! It keeps showing pictures of it while and after the scene
Is that really okay? I mean what the chemicals?
In the Yaoi world of fantasy and fiction anything can be lube [and if it can be used, it most probably was used] - but in the real world specially designed silicone-based or water-based anal lube is the only healthy way to go. Even oil [or oil-based lube] is bad since it forms a layer on the skin and can cause bacterial infection. Silicone-based lasts longer & isn't absorbed through the skin, but many people are allergic to it. But yaoi is a special fictional world where these things don't matter ^^.
Shampoo does that (burning, etc.). Conditioner does not. (I have experience here. I've used it as lube for anal.)
Conditioner has chemicals, sure... but so does commercial lube (it is, in fact, nothing BUT chemicals). Mind you, in the bath/shower, silicone lube IS the best. However, I (and many of the gay men I know) have used conditioner when lacking anything else.
Either way, I don't think the shampoo was used as the lube.
(Honestly, a lot of yaoi doesn't use ANY lube. *cringe*)
I think it might've been an allegory regarding her losing her freedom as a single woman when she marries him.
I think so too. Remember the part where the captured white animal is afraid at first. That's when she accepted his proposal,ie, captured and didn't want to marry,is, afraid. Even though she made excuses, in the end she was entranced and ended up falling for him. Both had a common desire to be together.
But why did it mention that her husband-to-be murdered little animals? To me, it seemed more like she was alluding to the fact that she knows he has a darkness there, and she's submitting to him because she's been lured into that place of love and trust, even knowing it will kill her. (Like in the dreams.)
It's so cringey ⁄(⁄ ⁄·⁄ω⁄·⁄ ⁄)⁄ deym, flirting all around ⁄(⁄ ⁄·⁄ω⁄·⁄ ⁄)⁄
The one-shot was even cringey-er (●'◡'●)
And awkward... Flirting (and doing it) with someone who totally looks like you...