Nothing in gods green earth makes me as feral as the art here. I’m not reading this until the throuple situation is resolved (rooting for tattoo guy) but I am once again in here to proclaim that this are the hottest men in all of BL. No competition (okay, maybe a little competition from Shin (Shutline) and UTGL).
Idec I want 1000 more chapters of Mo and He Tian. I love them from the bottom of my heart. I like the main couple too but Lil Mo*He get me like almost no other couple ever. Every interaction makes me smile and I don’t even like fluff.
The abundance of hot characters in this BL, phew. The bodyguard and the brother. Lawd. I hope they get together.
Forgetting this one for another year and will come back to it. The short ass chapters and the slow moving plot means heart ache so marinating this. So worth it too.
Hyped for this! The art is so good and the MCs are next level pretty. Hoping it manages to land the ending well. Substituting the need to read Wet Sand with this. Excited to see where it goes
Making two predictions because the author has been really good at laying the groundwork for later plot points:
1) others have already pointed it out but I am 75% sure that Jay was an adoptee too. That throw away line about someone escaping before them has to be relevant. The build up of Shin not knowing who Jay really is has to be building to this. I don’t love it but I don’t hate it. I love the author so so much I trust them.
2) there has to be a switch scene somewhere (hoping and praying). Lots of talk about receiving and Jay gone down both ways already. I’m less certain about this
low key high key hoping for a switch scene man. Even if it's for 2 seconds
Ngl I don’t feel it much. Like I feel for switch scenes in certain manhwas but I can’t see it in this one Jay has a grasp on shin like no other, he just feels more dom. Yes there’s def some typical sub kinks in here that are portrayed with Jay more than shin, but I feel like a switch scene would have to be forced
My thoughts exactly jay would just be like you thought!!!! And rail him for the 2736th time and send him to the buttologist once again
LMAOO THIS EDACTLY LOL
No I definitely see what you’re saying too, I think I just want it so bad it’s coloring my view. I do really think though that Jay would be open to bottom (from the top for sure).
The second scene with Shin where he goes down on Shin in that alley, he does not give a shit if the goons see him in a submissive position. And generally there’s much more give and take here then in other BLs where the top just takes and takes.
Shin wants him and isn’t afraid to initiate and to push. That’s what I love so so much about this story. It’s a gem (tangent but I cannot shut up about the unequal equal romance here). I can see Jay wanting this form intimacy to drive Shin wild and to stake his claim.
I am not getting my hope up too high though, I’ve been disappointed before even when it was so perfect for the BL (Smyrna looking at you).
I know! I’m high key desperate for it, it would be a cherry on top of the most amazing fucking sundae,
AAAA S&C WAS PERFECT FOR IT TOOOO
Interesting theories although I'd have to disagree about 1) Jay possibly being an adoptee. I would've agreed before chapter 45 came out but Jake's POV debunks this. He has a near death experience and quite recalls the memory of when he first met Shin at the shopping center ( chapter 1) There was no mention of him knowing Shin beforehand. He didn't even know his name until later when he confronted Shin after getting information from Izmel in the truck. Not to mention, Jake told Shin at the diner that his dad was strict and that both his parents are alive and well. I think shins line about someone escaping beforethem just meant that someone was able to get out of the situation he and Gren were in. Not that it has to do with Jake necessarily. Him meeting Shin was a mere coincidence and a "lucky" encounter as Jake puts it.
I hope you’re right. I have no problems with the story going either ways. I will say that both this instances aren’t full proof. I don’t think the creators would spoil Jay knowing Shin so quickly, if it does happen they are definitely going to want to obfuscate or hide the fact to the audience hence him not mentioning he knew Shin or knowing his name. Regarding the parents thing he could have been adopted. I don’t think either of this explanations are a stretch too. Let’s see what happens. I’d be happy with them being complete strangers, the whole childhood friends thing is so overdone anyway.
Nakwon, I truly hate him so much. He’s so annoying, self involved, selfish, unempathetic, has no work ethic but this author is really making me tolerate his non-sense. This is a nuanced portrayal of an asshole and I appreciate that he does not try to play down the rape. Him using his injuries to get sympathy is funny af.
Mokwha, I love him as in imperfect character. He’s so traumatized and generally hard to get to know.
I really enjoy that the author is playing with character stereotypes in a new and fresh way. Even the big ol non-con that’s so prevalent in BL is sort of handled better than in many many others. I would usually hate this type of story but I stay for the character growth.
This does not pass the kosher test. Read the first chap and massive side eye.
Waiting for this to go a little further. I am so excited for a future ship that will get a lot more fics soon. AO3 about to pop off (hopefully).
What ship? Hahhaha I'm curious
is this with
yiseol?
Uh
Iseol x Soso?
yes !!
Hopefully so ( T﹏T ) Still though, from the sparse available fics in AO3, most of them have Iseol and Soso as a background couple already
Who's sosso?
Huh, i actually meant
Cheongmyung and Tang bo haha,
But Iseol and Soso is close second. Love them
Ahhh you meant
the doomed ship. I resisted shipping them because it hurts. It's like shipping Gojo and Suguru in JJK. Nonetheless, I still read the few Cheongmyung x Tang Bo fanfics I could find in AO3 anyway.
I love this story and it’s criminally underrated. The author’s note was so sweet and heartbreaking. Finding out that this was dead last . I’m glad they finished this amazing work and Urgh, it makes me sad that this does not get the love it deserves. And I’m sorry that they must have gone through a bad time after finding out its ratings. All their other works are great too. I hope more people can love and enjoy this in the future so the author can continue working on quality projects like this.
Also, there was so much potential for a switch couple!! I can’t believe they didn’t take the opportunity when it was handed over on a platter . Alphaxalpha and not a single verse moment, it hurts.
This was a punishment to read. All the Seme’s are rapey assholes and weepy looks at the Yugyeon is not fooling anyone. I love love Yugyeon though, he has so much personality. The plot is excellent, the art too but the sheer volume of non-con is so unnecessary and painful to read. This has so much potential and I really wanted a plotty well written Harem but this ain’t it. I gave it so many chances too but after every single scene being like this…
Also, I really like Taein but he’s no better than the rest of em. I would love recs for BL with that character archetype where the second leadish bodyguard/second in command gets the guy, I’ve never ever seen it happen. Woo Shinjjae (he’s for sure end game) is so played out and what other traits does he have except possessive dom strong sad background. I’ve seen it a million times already.
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Literally. pure rape.