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Okay hear me out on this one…lowkey despite all the freaky as fuck sex (AND the fucking incest??? Hello??? Still fucking problematic even if they arent bio…also called that out from chapter one lol most authors on mainstream platforms are too “scared” to include blatant incest) the story isn’t THAT bad…right?? I mean right off the bat the biggest issue i had with the story was how it portrayed the mom and how it tried desperately to justify the dad tryna kill her; it almost got to a point where i was really beginning to wonder if there was some kinda subconscious misogyny going on. Anyway, it gets…better? I mean we get to see both sides of the story a bit, and i think that since the mom’s motivation for acting that way is shown, the reader is given more of a chance to come to their own opinions rather than just having “moms a bitchl” shoved down their throat. That being said, the second thing that really rubbed me the wrong way was the incest and how it was implemented. I believe that plot points should have the right to exist in stories, so long as they are handled carefully and with nuance. This was not the case. There is definitely a universe where there is a story that explores these fucked up family dynamics and perhaps the incest that happens after a dad tries to kill a mom, but in our universe, this really reads like fetishes stacked on top of each other wearing a trench coat. I’m not going to deny that the writing is good (wouldnt call it phenomenal but it is way abover average), but it doesnt change the fact that the sex scenes exist almost not as a storytelling device but rather as a way to appeal to the desires of the masses who require sex scenes to enjoy a story. It’s not egregious, like jinx level fetishization, but it definitely crosses into that area. It’s a shame because i really, really like the story and i truly wouldve wanted to see more of the mom’s perspective and the dad’s childhood and relationship with his parents. But we were robbed of those things in exchange for a few completely unnecessary INCESTUOUS sex scenes. Also can we talk about how the incest just flies over their heads??? Like????? They truly believed that they were blood related and just literally stopped caring after they had sex like once are you fr bro. ts pmo icl anyway so i really enjoyed the writing, especially when the part where we feel like mc is losing control except he starts playing 4d chess with his dad. That was kinda fire.

Anyway all that to say that i just fucking hate this story for what it is but i love it for what it couldve been. There IS nuance, such as when we see the father’s (very brief and occasional) reflections which make me believe that this is more than just another gooner BL, but then it follows up with fisting. Like, nothing against portraying that in stories, but let’s be so fucking honest with each other for a sec, do you really think that contributed anything to the story, or do you think that the author included that so gooners would want to continue reading? Exactly. Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

rip old artstyle, i have nothing against this new twinky artstyle but it was just so much more aura back then artstyle disappeared with the good plot too