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I’m so scared ╥﹏╥

Way to blame the victim. So all the conflict is Martin’s fault for resisting being used as a sex slave and breeding stock?! I bet redhead would feel different if it was him or his daughter being told to endure the same

This reads like one of those delusional male fantasies… the progression, the dialogue, just ridiculous (●￣(ｴ)￣●)

I’m out of this one. I’m so sick of comics that try to justify abusive, controlling, harmful, and quite literally criminal behaviors towards the bottom, but then has the universe magically align so no matter what bullshit “consequences” the top receives they still get everything they wanted in the end. I’m just sick of it. There are so many ways to write conflict or problems in a relationship without crossing the line.

Kind of over the premise tbh. If he was being altruistic he didn’t have to force her to marry him, and if he just wanted to use her, he could have made a mutually beneficial deal that was advantageous to him. I’m just tired of the abused puppy fl imprinting on the first person to show “kindness” trope, and the “he’s actually really kind if you ignore his unkind behavior” trope

Brother: hires Hakyung to pretend to be a girl to ingratiate himself into the family, act as his brother’s fiancée, and scam his grandfather into giving a more favorable inheritance to him (the brother)
Hakyung: literally just does the job he was hired to do, but ends up feeling guilty, catching feels, and getting into a real relationship
Grandfather: literally dying
Brother: forces Hakyung to leave while he’s barely out of a hospital bed and tells his brother he DIED after the car accident (where his brother was the driver)
Also brother to Hakyung: I can’t believe you’re so shameless, everything is your fault. My brother got depression and tried to commit suicide because you followed my orders and di$ what I said, but it’s clearly not my fault for orchestrating everything!

And it’s going to be impossible to really get meaningful understanding because he has no way of explaining anything without looking like a liar or crazy

I’m so scared this is all a coma dream ╥﹏╥

Has anyone else noticed that in the common naive x manipulative dynamic, the “cuteness” of the character is used as a distraction from the reality of how problematic the manipulative character is? Manipulators are often considered cowards who don’t have the courage to actually shoot their shot, but that’s not it at all. This type of character does not acknowledge or respect the autonomy of their love interest.
They lie to, manipulate, gaslight, harm, and isolate their love interest rather than directly confess their feelings or ask them out because they don’t care about their opinion or emotions. Kiel has no interest in forming a genuine relationship. He only cares about facilitating Asha’s cooperation in providing him the personal gratification he wants. If Asha said no for any reason, it would be irrelevant to Kiel who would continue with trying to force the relationship.
They don’t ask because they don’t actually care about the answer, he knows that forcing a relationship on an unwilling person will be problematic and cause Asha and others to have animosity towards him, which he does not want to deal with.
It’s even worse in this case because of the age gap, power balance, and very obvious grooming. Even if they were both kids at the time, Kiel was several years older, so the imbalance is real. It’s also very clear that Kiel lied about rules and the norms of social interactions to get Asha closer to him.
I’m just very sick of seeing horrible stuff like this romanticized.

Sick of gilded trashcan love interests. Mediocre at best