Man, I love me some morally bankrupt, cruel and heartless characters, it's what makes them interesting and it's especially cool when you can see how their difficult life and terrible world shaped them. anyway, can't wait to discuss this intriguing character with my fellow readers on mangago.zone, who surely won't say dumbass shit like killing children and servants is the only reasonable course of actions and Abel is a stupid idiot for getting in the way.
so true morally bankrupt, cruel characters shows the truth of the society, not everyone has a luxury to turn out to be saint even after facing so much in the past. for me that's the true flaws of being human.
I thought there was some big brained scheming ahead, that'd make this coal mine plot make sense, but no, he's just being a dick. The art is gorgeous, but not enough to make read a hundred chapters of a sympathetic character being treated cruelly and end up with a cheater, rapist asshole. Anyway, if you like the plot of a deposed royalty being abused and enslaved, only for a long lost love to come and save them from their predicament through scheming and power, but you actually want the love interest to be good chill guy, I'd recommend Antidote. It's BL and I think the art might be even better.
Please don't turn him into a generic smug evil jerk. I'm not saying this out of some "uwu wholesome romance <3333" reason, but because that'd be genuinely less interesting than the character we've set up. I like that Guwon, no matter what you think about the honesty of his words and actions, seemed honest in following his desires. I think it really worked to make a scary kind of character not seen in these stories, an animalistic desire led man. I like the duality it gave him: following his desires can be super sexy or horrifying. Being casual about human relationship can be relieving and mortifying, once one of those relationships goes against what he wants.
I don't mind if he's a schemer, a liar and a cruel guy, but if his whole demeanor was a facade, then that just makes him infinitely less interesting to me. PLEAAASSEEE I DON'T WANT ANOTHER CEO ALPHA MALE MAFIA BOSS PLEAAAAASEEEEEEE. Give me a monster among men, a monster so impressive, that he doesn't need to play anything up to get control over the situation.
"He's doing this to protect Dr. Seok<3333" Yeah, I guess in a way. Like a bird in a cage is safe. Idk I feel like we shouldn't really ignore the brutality on display. There's a big difference between "Kwak puts on a show, that'd allow Seok to escape with his life" and "Kwak tries to traumatize him to the point, he'll never resist again". One views Seok as a person to help and the other as an object to keep. He didn't just threatened his life, he dragged him around and threw decomposing things at him and then threatened to rape him, because yes, that is what it was. Idk just acting like he's this poor victimized baby who has no other choice is pissing me off.
What's a bl comic without some little r@pe am i right
Can I say something with a bit of spoilers real quick?
1. He doesn’t rape him
2. He keeps him in a lab with all the necessary materials to do research that the government doesn’t let him do
3, the captivity only lasts a few chapters before plot happens
Also while I do admit saying “I can do anything I want with you” is a bit far. Showing him the rotting corpses was his way of telling Dr.Seok the rebels were full of shit. Heck I’d be mad too if someone I trusted started seeking out ppl that experimented on and killed all my comrades.
Also, since the government controlled the city, even if Dr.Seok did escape or if Major helped him escape, where would they go?? Okay yo another country maybe but then Major wouldn’t get away with that. He’s already betraying the second masters which will be shown in a few chapters
Spoilers pertaining to this comment.
Personally, while I agree with you said overall, he still threatenes to rape him. That he doesn't actually intend to do it or doesn't do so does not pertain to the matter at hand. As readers we have more information than Dr. Seok in that moment does, so he's thinking that Kwak actually will do that. They live in a different world, so we can't really 100% apply our way of thinking to them, but even if Kwak did it to protect him he's still traumatizing Dr. Seok. Both things can apply. Also Dr. Seok didn't know that garden of eden did experiments on people. I get why Kwak would be mad that Dr. Seok sought them out, but he didn't do it while knowing about the experimentations. I don't know what would've been the morally right way to handle this situation (not that people in any situation usually have the capacity to do so), but Kwak is definetly not a knight in shining armor (not saying that this is what you meant).
YIPPPEEEEE RON AND BEACROX AND RON AND BEACROX AND BEACROX AND VEACROX YAAAAAAAY
I do really like this, but I feel like the gap between a servant and a noble is the crux of the story and unlike with Vincent, we don't ever see it with the other characters. It makes the story feel a bit childish in comparison to the start, when Violet drags her around like a friend and Lucas kisses her on the cheek. At the start, the tone and setting were presented so that we would feel like Paula is constantly in danger for her life. Like pride as a noble is something that'd make a person live in isolation rather than face help from servants. Those were interesting themes, and they played into the romance so nicely, so I'm not sure why it's necessary to act now like nobles are totally chill with befriending servants and be seen befriending servants. Why Paula is suddenly okay with being treated as of more importance than two noble sons and arguing with nobles in private. Again, I get it with Vincent, but for the others it seems rushed and portraying them as closer to Paula than Vincent takes away from the main relationship.
Also: Is Paula ugly or not??? There are people saying "Of course she is ugly! The artist just draws her pretty. Learn to read <3" which 1.) would just make the art lead a coward and wouldn't make the reader stupid for being confused as to why X is portrayed as Y and 2.) Is just not true right???? Violet and Lucas never once treat her as though she's ugly. There's not even a scorn at the start.But the villagers at the start treat her as though she's disfigured in a sickly way, so why is it so??? It's fine if Paula doesn't know, but we should right?
she always had wounds from her father, so her face was always swollen, her diet was insufficient and thats why she looked worse, but now its healed and her body is healthy.
The moment her mother gave birth to her, she said she was ugly
Yeah, I didn't misremember that! I thought I was crazy for a sec. I find it a bit lame when characters that are considered ugly in a story are drawn just as pretty and generic as everyone else, but now it's just confusing! Her mother thinks she's ugly at birth, she's been bullied for her looks her entire life, yet these two nobles, who should have higher standards than other people, consider her beautiful. It's kind of important to know how she actually looks like, considering that her appearance has been her source of trauma and motivation since forever.
I agree
agreed! I have seen so many times that characters are called "ugly" but objectively they are not. :/
Ok, right now I can't remember for sure, but after some thought, wasn't the born baby the youngest sibling? The story started with the mother giving birth but it didn't specifically say it was her, right? I'm going back to check right now
Nevermind me, the mom did call her Paula.
Guys oh my goooooood, why is this artist so good at drawing women. Why are they all so gorgeous and cute and beautiful. WHYYYYYY HAVEN'T THEY PUBLISHED YURIIIIII.....Arghhhhh so gorgeous:,(((
Refreshing really is the word for it, the displays of intimacy are so unique here, that it just hits you like a sack of wet bricks. And great art!
AAARGRGHHHHH MOST PEOPLE WON'T CLICK ON THIS BECAUSE THERE'S A BUSTY ANIME GIRL ON THE COVER. THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW. THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THE DOOMED BY NARRATIVE YAOI AAAAAAARGHHHHHHH
this comment got my attention I'll read it jst for u
same
YAAAAYYY Let me know what you think of it
THAT WAS SO GOOD??? OMG THE PLOT TWIST WAS SO UNEXPECTED AND THE WHOLE SITUATION IS CRAZY LIKE IM EXTREMELY CURIOUS ABT HOW THE AUTHOR WILL END THIS. I LOVE DOOMED YAOI SO THIS IS SOO MY THING.
I also think its quite funny how its always art kids that r traumatized lol, i would've let this drown in my want to read list if it wasnt for u ,so thank u for getting my attention earlier <33
TEEHEEHEEE, thank you for replying, I'm so glad you also like it!
Prince, I've got just the thing your fiance desperately wants: a suffragette movement