
What's with this trope of kissing s.o. in their sleep without consent and why is this trope in what feels like almost every romance story, especially queer manga/manhwa? So many supposedly fluffy stories start with the same "I can't keep myself under control, so I'll secretly kiss them" bs and either the counterpart was secretly awake or thinks they're dreaming or sth, so ultimately that trope is just used to catapult them into the next stage of confessing, completely glossing over how serious that kind of action actually is. Let's be real for a second. Imagine you were sleeping and suddenly woke up to someone's face being literally right on top of yours, kissing you. That's not romantic, that's fucking terrifying... And I can say that now, after many years of devouring romance stories, thanks to a rationale and awareness that I built over time, but as a teen of course that seemed like a totally fine, cute action to me. After all that's how it was portrayed like 90% of the time.
And the worst part is, honestly, it's so unnecessary. There are infinite ways to write the story of the characters finally realizing each other's feelings without violating each other "because they couldn't help themselves". Ugh.
I agree with you but I feel like kissing in their sleep is only fine when they are in a serious relationship and married I feel like it is cute way to show your love.But then again in many bl they usually kiss them whilst they are drunk or not even a relationship yet But I think kissing in their sleep really depends what is going but I do agree with you.Another I don't like is having sex whilst they are sleep I feel like it is such a ick and clearly without consent
I do usually enjoy the 'villainess turns new protagonist' plots, but sometimes I think I'd really like a version that is a bit more relatable. Like the mc that transfers into that novel isn't all "oh I know every small plot point and am also really smart about political dynamics, economics and somehow also formal etiquette" and that stuff. I'd love an MC who's like "I have no fucking clue what tf I'm doing here". An MC who had read so many novels that there's no way they'd remember all the relevant details, or might not even remember clearly which novel with which particular plot they transmigrated into. Also, since it's usually a female protagonist, honestly I eeally want a FL that is all "yeah no, I'm not gonna get involved with any of those male characters. They usually always get lowkey (or highkey) obsessive and possessive over their love interest. Got no use for that shit."
And of course I know why the FLs always fail at their attempt to quickly leave high society and live a quiet life somewhere far away. After all that would take away the central plot and suspense, but sometimes I wonder whether it might not be fun to follow a story where this plan does actually work out after all.
So in other words I kinda crave to see how a painfully average character somehow manages to survive, as opposed to being some hidden gifted genius
Why is it that in all of these stories these beaten parents (usually moms) always leave their kids in that abusive environment instead of running with them?
In Korea the custody always stays with the dad, the mom can be treated as a kidnapper... It's pretty fucked up