are y'all being serious when you say he's a green flag...? i am Concerned for you
other alphas set the base line in hell level 7. you see hell level 6 & thinks that's a green flag?
he's still extremely possessive & he reacts very childishly to the littlest things. the beta has trouble even telling him basic things, & it's the way societal repurcussions has to happen to the beta for him to actually take a step back, instead of j taking a step back because his partner is uncomfortable with it
j because he loves the beta & allat doesn't make him a green flag. j because he eventually listens after throwing a tantrum, doesn't make him a green flag. j because he makes gentle love, doesn't make him a green flag. j because he thinks you're special, doesn't make him a green flag
he's defintely got red flag warnings. j because you're used to FLASHING NEON LIGHTS of red flags, doesn't mean muted ones are automatically green. green means he allows the beta autonomy over his schedule & choices, & respects the beta's opinions in not interfering with his life. green means he's able to intake what the beta's uncomfortable with & change his ways j because of that, instead of only reeling in because the beta is facing societal repurcussions. green means considering the beta's life, instead of barreling in. being a GREEN FLAG means that person is doing more than j BASIC human decency, especially when him being a green flag is the most emphasised thing by y'all
i mean he doesn't respect the beta's opinions until the beta experiences social repurcussion because of his actions, instead of j doing what the beta says j for the sole fact it makes him uncomfortable. ntm the beta has said time & time again that he doesn't want the alpha to interfere with his workplace life (such as putting in a word for him to change his shift to the day time), yet he did so anyways. the way he controls the daily life of the beta is icky, the storyline focuses a lot on how the alpha impacts the beta's life & practically takes control of it, & we barely learn about the beta himself. he also overreacts when being asked to compromise regarding the control he has. he may not be flashing neon lights of a red flag, but he's definitely not green either. the only very obviously green thing about him is the gentle way he makes love, but even then is only because he isn't affected by pheromones
i don't wanna engage in this conversation anymore by the way, it's tiresome. if you want an actual green flag alpha, go read kiraide isasete (available here). the alpha there is ACTUALLY a green flag with his omega. try to compare him with this alpha & see what i mean
but genuinely, j because someone isn't so obviously a red flag, doesn't mean they're a green flag either. you shouldn't be praising anyone (i did not say not to show basic appreciation, by the way, i said PRAISING) for basic human decency j because you're so used to them being flat out abusers, especially when they have the upperhand in social status than you. you shouldn't be saying your current partner is a green flag because he lets you yap, j because your previous partner threw a phone at your face & told you to shut up
& j because they're not green flags, it doesn't make them terrible people. this story is wack because y'all EMPHASISE him being a green flag when he's not
Thank you for explaining that actually. I was ready to throw hands but when I really sat down and read your reply and think about it, the seme def has some subtle hints of being controlling and clingy. I guess I've been reading too many yaoi generics recently and seen too many red flags both irl and in fiction that my standard's way too low. That was an enlightenment. Thanks. I'm off to go reread some good old fluffs
i feel really upset about the way kaoru treated misato in the beginning. ntm, misato apologised to nono about the whole italian chef thing as well, & due to the timing, nono j agreed & further hurt misato's feelings. this whole thing was forgotten, but i j feel so unsatisfied. i get it, that it caused more work & trouble for nono, but even the italian section themselves & kasarogu (?) aren't upset with misato. in fact, he agreed what a shit person the previous chef was, despite being skilled, & none of the workers of the italian section seem to have it against misato either. so it's really upsetting when they get angry/allow misato to be angry with himself over this, when he, technically (not socially before you all come for me because you hate your job), didn't do anything wrong. it reminds me of a real life situation where a student reported a teacher for sa & the other students were angry with her because he was such a good teacher & most of his students do well in the national exams. like? why are you angry when a perpetrator is getting their rightful punishment, especially when their motive was selfish & corrupted?
i already had my sussiness with wtv don said about ravi, but i'm fr hating even more now. i knew camilla's dad freaking hated her, but we didn't get to see her mother hating her too (although, logically, that would've been the case with everything she had to go through because "of camilla" [quotes because it was never camilla's fault their souls got swapped])
also, i wonder where ravi was during all of this? iirc, ravi used her prior to the soul swap, no? but did he use her because he hated her & saw her as a mere pawn in general, or was it because he hated how inferior & left behind in the new family he was, so he dragged camilla down with him so "siblings stay together" or wtv? i wonder how ravi felt about camilla prior? like hatred because it's camilla, or did he j hate how meek she was & wished she would stand up for herself more & allat? because once our camilla started standing up for herself, doing better, etc. it doesn't seem like ravi feels any sort of insecurity or competition with camilla the way he does with their eldest
literally setting up the scene for a romance if it was a het couple but because they're both girlies, i doubt it would expand any more & ntm some hets would jump you for "tainting friendship" or wtv like bffr that plot line would be immediate ROMANCE DEVELOPMENT if one of them was a man, j like how arsian's development with leila would have went if arsian didn't end up developing feelings for camilla instead
either way though, i do appreciate this expansion on their feelings & background story. it's lovely to learn more about leila. so far she's always been j a side/filler character, so i'm gonna eat up every single expansion of her character like crazy. she's such a lovely character & i can only hope her character & story were written well
j how shameless & arrogant can this guy be to think his family has one over a big wig yazuka syndicate that's even spread its wings into korea?