there are ppl saying it’s rape and ppl saying it’s not. okay. it IS rape for the people saying it isn’t.
rape, by definition, is penetration of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without consent.
but, on the other hand, i understand why some people don’t feel like it’s rape. they’re judging by the vibes the situation gave off. one side of the argument is a anti-rape, doesn’t matter the intent type, and the other side is trying to look at the emotions of both Richard and Courtney. and i also think a lot of the problems the anti-rape side stems from the concern that other readers are desensitized to the real life implications of this chapter because of the fact that the story is fiction. no matter if you continue to read it or not, Richard was wrong in not stopping. it was clearly hurting her and even if she wasn’t in pain, he has a obligation to stop when she asks and vice versa.
this is how i see it…it was definitely a case of assault, regardless of his intention. doesn’t matter the specifics of what she meant by stop, he should’ve stopped when she yelled the first time. however, it’s also realistic to say, “hey, this is their first time. he doesn’t know what he’s doing.” sure, we can say that. at the same time, he still should be held accountable for his actions. it’s wtv to say he made a mistake, but it’s a fine line of just doing that and EXCUSING what he did. his actions were violent.
there’s no excuse, but there can be room for understanding and learning. he’ll be punished, they’ll move on, and they’ll continue the sex. it was a moment of sexual violence that won’t be seen again as they gain more experience together. but if we’re all being honest, though, this whole sexual interaction has been sketchy without the proper safeguards to dabble into BDSM. no safe words, no lube, and he wouldn’t even let her test the toy on herself to not hurt him for Christ’s sake.
if you can’t stomach an awkward, sketchy first time, then this isn’t for you. skip these scenes or stop reading or do wtv makes you comfortable. you know what you hate and aren’t able to tolerate. to say that this chapter was sudden violence is not true. this whole sex scene has been done incorrectly from the start.
and they STILL haven’t confessed to each other…hurry up with your perceptiveness, Vivian like fr what is possibly missing for her to put it all together when she does it with everything else!!! dammit no hate cuz i love this story but im tired yall
Nah fr… I almost gave up on the novel as well, it’s getting really tuff to stay strong.
i swearrrr like i get that neither one of them have confessed, but Vivian is so smart that i was relying on her to figure it out…and then she misses the reasons for his actions EVERY. TIME….i feel myself losing it those poor things need love to smack em in the face to see it
i had to stop mid-way thru the third chapter cuz i knew that shit was coming. i’m pissed that the title really didn’t lie
bc they were just gone for a month and now they’re gone again…is the bad juju from the story crossing over to real life?
so we heard a bit about why she’s angry, but why to this extent??? i need more explicit details about what happened. they’re being so vague abt the issue and her hate for Lapileon is so deep that it can’t be explained properly with what they’ve given us. anyone know what actually happened???
My guess is that something happened with Celphi’s dad that didn’t go very well.
this is going kinda fast or am i tripping?
I feel the same. It's like we're missing a chunk of information and time between each chapter.
right??? it feels like we done been thru at least two arcs alr…
It is very fast, but tbh I'm not complaining. So many OI's drag on forever, or get a rushed ending bc the artist just wants it to end. This one is just rushing from the beginning lmao.