I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT that rape in media is FINE if it isn't glorified as basic smut. I would prefer if it was skipped altogether but if it is like this situation where one apologizes and the other forgives I might give it a pass.
(Also also I would like to point out that the Lolita situation is a lot like the Killing Stalking situation.
Killing Stalking is a horror, not yaoi/romance. Yeah there was smut but it's not supposed to be love, there is none. Viewers saw it that way, the author did not.)
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I’ll get straight to the point and say when it comes to this story, both parties weren’t in their right state of mind for either to claim rape. Neither wanted it and it was just in their nature since it’s Omegaverse ┐(￣ー￣)┌
That is all there is to it and I think it was handled well.
On the topic of rape in media, I would like to discuss fiction vs morality and how that line is interchangeable. I’ve been reading BL on this website for 5 years, I’ve been reading other romance manga way longer. We’ve all seen the same thing over and over. Rape is normalized in yaoi culture, it’s the truth whether you like it or not. You can say that you can tell fiction from reality but that only shows where your morals lay. Do you enjoy it? Is the normal stuff boring? Do you need something more exciting? Why is it ok in fiction for someone to be forcibly taken against their will? So you can get off?
Let me use a different perspective: gore. I love horror but do I enjoy torture gore? Of course not and most people who do don’t turn out to be the best of people. People who glorify gore in media usually end up harming someone else. People who are desensitized to gore still, say it with me now, SEE IT AS A TERRIBLE THING. This is especially the case in rape in media and why it shouldn’t be glorified. YOU might not even THINK about harming someone in that way but because it’s so normalized others think they can do the same. This is an especially sad case in BL media as women glorify it to such a disgusting extent, but let it be a woman in that place and suddenly it’s a problem.
This is especially disgusting when a child is involved. There is no separation of fiction and reality when you acknowledge what you’re reading is wrong. Do you enjoy reading child porn? Even if it’s fictional, do you find it ok? If your answer is yes then I would like to direct you to a book called Lolita, where a little girl is raped by her step father. She thought it was consensual so it must be fine bc it’s fiction, correct? You people only excuse it when it’s attractive young men/boys bc you’re perverts. Read as much smut as you want, I won’t judge you for indulging in lust but who you are as a person is shit to me when you erase your morals to get off. I don’t care if you’re a woman reading BL as I am one doing the same but rape should not be normalized in this type of media.
I’m not usually the type to complain, I just wanted to get this off my chest. I usually tag it as “Do not read” and move on. I will not be replying to any comments under this as it is just a rant. If you have a problem, downvote and move on bc I will not being hearing you out. I’ve already heard the same argument over, and over, and over again. It’s just frustrating not being a bale to enjoy a media I used to enjoy a lot.
(I would also like to point out that Lolita is a great book in the POV of the child’s predator, framing him as the bad guy the entire book but when it was made into a movie it made the little girl a temptress who seduces her step father bc critics couldn’t see that it was demonizing pedophila. Critics saw it as a romance instead which is another point I would like to make.)
TL;DR:
Fuck you rape normalizing mfs. If you don’t excuse pedophila in media why do you enjoy rape? You’re just as bad as the incels on Twitter who tweet abt their 3000 year old waifus who look like literal infants. Idc talk to a wall or block me.