Sadistic Beauty
there's a lot to delve into with this webtoon if it wasn't obvious with the title. her fling with minho was out of the blue and didn't serve to further any character or plot progression. in the end, minho's character was used as a scapegoat for everything wrong in this webtoon. he sold his colleague's laptop and plagiarized his work so he deserves to get raped by that blonde psychopath?? the author stated that minho doesn't have a future, he's just going to suffer without any purpose or meaning. why the fuck would she introduce a character like him if he wasn't gonna be happy in the end after not getting w/ duna or further the tension between the two main characters? and haesol, you poor, poor thing. i can't understand why he would do everything that duna orders him to do, even though towards the end it was nearly sexual abuse. when he fucked duna in front of a tied-up minho, i admittedly found it hot, but that was straight up traumatizing. i mean, how is minho supposed to live after seeing something so fucked up. yes, this is a psychological webtoon and i did anticipate something to this degree, but jesus christ using the bdsm tag to cover up rape is getting old. haesol needs to realize that he deserves better, just like that other girl realized. i don't really know why he's so in love with duna, she's pretty mediocre and an extremely broken person in terms of baggage. the ending was lackluster at it's best, duna isn't ready to commit to a relationship with haesol but he's still gonna wait for her? minho is depressed (blonde bastard set up his life for failure so that minho can come running to him). i did enjoy, and i don't regret reading it. but there's obviously some gaping holes in the author's logic when she writes these rape scenes with no remorse. duna constantly mentally and physically abuses minho and justifies it by reflecting on his criticism of her work in college. big deal, suck it up. you're not special and that's certainly not a reason to coerce minho to oink like a pig and roll around in her money before raping him. her entire show of fucking haesol in front of minho proved that she's not completely over minho yet. mid-story, when she pounced on him and had sex, i thought it was certain that they would be in a relationship. there was a build-up, backstory of their relationship, and then poof. they're back to square one with minho being the bad guy and doona being the victim. sure he said some nasty things, but at least he didn't rape anybody. i think this webtoon is a bad representation of bdsm and could lead to misconstrued understandings of how these types of relationships work. duna is fucked up, period. she needs to heal, alone. abusing others will not fill that void or satisfy her need for revenge against her ex. blonde basterd is also fucked up. it's not excused as roleplay, it's downright disgusting, especially the sidestory of minho and blondie. it's so disturbing, even more so than killing stalking. at least sangwoo didn't rape yoonbum and beat him up on a daily basis to force him into sex. wookyung (googled his name) is probably the worst character I've ever read about. why was it his first thought to punch minho upon seeing him, then rape a straight man? then knock him out, break his ankle, and chain him to his bed? it's giving physiological grooming. "hey i paid all your debt and rape you every night so now you have to stay with me forever locked inside of my house or else I'll hunt you down and hurt you severely". also, what's with the "strong female lead" tag. this is why people on mangago scare me, and probably why people think they're mentally ill. it's funny bc despite my entire rant, watch my give this bitch 4 stars. golly gee what's wrong with me.
Master Of Master