faded want to read (All 30)
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i wanna make a tiktok account that critically reviews and analyses smut bc i feel like there is more to be said about some of these manga/manhwa’s explicit themes than “big ah dihhh” would anyone be interested? i think i’d start w the works of harada
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writing this coz i need to get this off my chest
im crashing out rn so bad
i just started reading a bl manhwa with the most gorgeous art and i was loving the story. i went in completely blind and i loveddd the plot: rugged old man who’s handsome and aloof ends up taking care of cute younger man begrudgingly. there was even a vampire twist i was absolutely not expecting! AND THEN I FIND OUT THAT THE OLDER MAN IS THE BOTTOM. and i usually dont have an issue with it but all the flags being raised were telling me what the dynamic was gonna be when they got spicy and i read spoilers and its actually flipped?!?!!!???!!??? it put me off so bad i got so upset and like now im typing this out and realising its actually not that big of a deal but IT IS THAT BIG OF A DEAL BECAUSE BREAK TROPE NORMS ALL YOU WANT BUT- but…. my little heart cant handle it… the manhwa was called “after a meal” if you’re curious. i was so excited to see a cute vampire getting doted on story because I just love that trope, and the way the artist draws the ML is giving bottom. which is degenerate for me to say but thats what it gave. sue me. but idk guys am i being crazy? im being crazy i know, its never this serious. but it is. i need to go to bed
its really not that deep gng js read hetero stories if u want a feminine uke so bad
bruh its not even ab that gng i just have a weak heart when my expectations are subverted like my brain is rotted from reading BL for years and years
this is so stupid but it’s ok i also crash out over stupid stuff i crashed out when the dilf daddy actually shaved &!5$3&! i stopped reading after that part. i threw my laptop against the wall &!85 it shattered everywhere. WHY THE FUCK WOUOD HE SHAVE THAT STUPID FUCIING CUNT!!!
Go to bed hon. You'll wake up fine
the way i was so upset like keep him disheveled PLEASE.
I ALSO HAVENT SLEPT IN DAYS ACTUALLY
HE SHAVED? FR?
been seeing this and many people are upset about it but its not that surprising if you have read the author's previous work. the bottom there doesn't look feminine at all. maybe the author just doesn't want their bottoms to look fem?? idk lol
i dont think its even necessarily about fem or not fem features. i like the way the ML looks. i just enjoy tropes where older people dote on younger people regardless of gender or sex. imma keep reading (once the officials start getting posted) coz the art is gorgeous and its nicely written. that crash out was mostly me whining about being surprised in the big 25 bc of a BL dynamic. i completely get ur point tho T^T
I feel like you need to realise gay characters are more than just their bed positions
girl i am an adult gay man and im most definitely aware of what it looks like to reduce a character to its role in the bedroom. i was complaining ab how i wasnt expecting the trope subversion and how i was disappointed the manhwa didnt fit my preferences. i even joked about how it would come across. did i say i was gonna drop it? did i say “i only want a cute feminine uke with a small dick!!”? its fiction, im not going out into the real world and saying “that person gives bottom!” BL is a fictional genre and 90% is based on tropes that help to form the basis of what we expect when we read. im sorry im not a saint who goes into it completely neutral pretending like any and everything is possible when the romance genre in general is so washed that every 5 stories read the exact the same. im not perfect, and this is a silly petty rant bc of that. thx for the attempt at the reality check though some people will defo need it more than i do
damn u bitches sensitive AF
the guy has literally been groping all of his crushes (except his cousin and jinhyeong) for the entire manhwa. he also tried to assault uyun in bed fully sober. this outrage that he’d have sex with someone drunk while he’s also drunk is crazy. also, no one was making a fuss when it was heavily implied that seungbeom was going to violate jinhyeong in some way. they were also both drunk. not the same scenario but definitely similar circumstances… this manhwa is 18+ for a reason, no point in crying about the slutty pervert character being a slutty pervert when its been in front of you the entire time.
deadass i was wonderig why no one was talking about that black haired buff boy groping blonde boy ml/mc lol
Seungbeom has very big "not over his ex" and straight guy energy, so I guess people just took the eye candy from that scene since it's unlikely there's going to be any straight smut.
I kind of hope he's bi and we get some more sexy scenes of him though, 29 y.o. doting TA is the most to my taste lol