Is it just me or is anyone else surprised by all the moral hand wringing in these comments. Like….this is a story with rape and incest and it’s largely smutty. why write entire essays about how shocking and problematic it is? You’re choosing to read it, the story never promised to critically unpack anything, it’s just Egyptian mythology smut, I’m sorry I’m just genuinely confused???
I get what you're saying and I agree with you in some ways. Actually I'm reading this webtoon because the plot is well written and the story very interesting and also because I can read it illegally and choose to not support the author (I'm going to explain why). Incest etc... does not really bothers me here because this is about Egyptian mythology so it's something kinda legit. But what bothers me and bothers probably other people is that the author is making smut out of rape scenes and that shouldn't be something that needs to be romanticized
People are free to criticize. I just don’t like it when people who have read BL many times are shocked it happens. It’s BL after all. That’s why there are readers, readers are all different and have different views, some will just read without commenting, some will offer different perspectives and opinions. And although I am bothered that the author even made a non-canon rape scene for FANSERVICE, it’s all fiction and plus I’m desensitized to it after spending my time in the yaoi community for years.
But thats why I’m confused if it upsets you so much and is so problematic…why not just stop reading? Surely your morals aren’t overwritten just because of the story. Also the rape is integral to the story, without rape there isn’t a story at all, so it’s part of the plot no matter what. So again I’m confused why the horror at smutty bl with common problematic tropes, if you continue to willingly read it?
The point is people can still read and still comment how they think about a situation, people say why they don’t just leave but one can choose to read and still express themselves. It’s normal. It’s a problem if someone can’t separate fiction and reality.
I especially enjoy non con but I know it’s different in reality.
The non canon rape scene for fan service actually bothered me a lot even if I know how BL "is" (because I'm sorry but it shouldn't be a normality to asociate BL with rape). Personally I'm really reading Enead because of the plot and I'm aware that it is a BL but romanticizing rape shouldn't be accepted in any ways
I'm aware I continue to reas it despite those facts but this is only, like I said, because I read illegally and so don't support the author. The plot is very good and I'll continue to like it but what I mean is that it isn't the depiction of rape itself that bothers me, but the fact that it's ROMANTICIZED, you can mention rape without romanticizing it but here it is litterally said that it's made for fan service
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I don’t really get jihwa, he let Nakyum go because he couldn’t kill him because it’s not in his nature and he knows it wouldn’t solve anything, but is now planning on helping Min get rid of him again? Did he not realise his mistake the first time? Im so confused lol
Well, the new plan is supposed to save Jihwa from SH's grief so we don't know the terms of it except that Nakyum will end up in Min's hands so he can have him. Maybe they will trick SH and make him think Jihwa tried to help or something.. I don't know. What is certain is that the author is redundant with her plot idea and it looks to me like she lost a bit of her initial track... I hope she'll fix it somehow before the end of the season (it would be a miracle to be honest)! Either way, I'll still be here!
So I’m confused, is this a bl? It was marketed as a horror BL while it was being serialised online , but at some point it got published by Kadokawa and the BL tag was dropped. Mokumokuren has also deleted all tweets using the 'horror BL' line. Do we know what happened?? I know originally there was a panel with a kiss but I can’t seem to find that?
I'M CONFUSED TOO PLZ SOMEBODY ANSWER 。:゚(;´∩`;)゚:。
Seinen + horror has come author first wanted to make it bl horror one but later changed cuz of popularity probably or editors choice so it could hit large audience... so don't expect romance between these two cuz it's only mystery+ horror now
it’s been black butler-ed, so there will probably be no -try probz. still awesome regardless
I've realized that too. I think it has to do with popularity. I just hope they don't make the romance in it "straight" and keep it like it originally was.