I could USE some good news rn PLEASE 🙏
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As requested: @kokushibosgirl .
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No because what this person said is such a real issue that most of us gloss over simply because there are a lot more lights shining on the "gangism" and fighting aspect of the manhwa itself. I get that the manhwas are really martial arts/slice of life manhwas but to add complex trauma and not unpack it/get into it is frustrating. I wish there was more on mira's and zoe's post-experiences and how they healed and got over their trauma, but the trauma to start with all revolved around the character development of the male characters associated with mira and zoe rather than their character development.
When Mira was isolated by the cult leader or the camp instructor, the scene was rather focused on Zack/Johan and how they reacted and how the situation affected them. Or when Zoe was harassed by Logan the whole thing revolved around how hurt Daniel was and how the situation affected him.
Even as far as in HTF/viral hit, Ptj directly admits (in one of the special episodes) that the entirety of the female cast was written to be (romantically) involved with the mc, hobin yoo. Like i kid you not, he stated that each one of them was an illustration of his romance fantasies (childhood friend, nurse, best friend ect..).
one thing about ptj's writing that always leaves a bad taste in my mouth is sometimes i feel he doesn't completely grasp the issues of abuse and sexual trauma, mostly and majorly for the female characters, but the male characters too.
take for example mira getting sexually assaulted by the cult leader and camp instructor, zoe's transaction with logan, club vivi, vin'mom being raped and killed by the shaman, sujin being abused and preyed upon and sexually assaulted before getting beaten to death by taejin... ALL of this feels so catatonic, almost unnecessary in its cruelty. this is a horrible world no doubt. but whatever he inflicts to his female characters seems to be done purely for the sake of shock value, almost like an indelible grief or hurt or helplessness a MALE character has to overcome in his path to nirvana. it is never shown what the woman feels about her own violation, no impact of it can be seen on her own life before she dies or simply forgets and moves on (kinda telling of the author's attitude towards how victims ought to react...).
then lets talk about the male victims. daniel gets stalked, goo and gun and eli were all minors who trained under a man who unironically touches people's genitals and brags about doing so, olly gets raped, eli gets groomed (i will not argue here about this one), sinu is shown naked often with the woman who brainwashed him. not mentioned in the comic but should be pondered upon is the fact that jake and jiho were in juvenile prison, a place with alarmingly high rates of sex crimes. dg is an idol who deals with invasive fans (sasaengs in real life are legitimately terrifying). seongji and vin were the ritual vessels for a cult. but this aspect of their trauma gets completely brushed under the rug, as if even alluding to it would take away from their strength and uhhh, masculine nature.
much to be thought about his treatment of his own characters...
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biden could have called for a ceasefire months ago. let it be known now and forever : america is no hero. we all watched the us veto every single appeal to stop the barbaric slaughter of innocent lives. but it only took three foreign nationals, three white people, and not the 30,000+ Palestinian lives gone...
edit : 6 white adults. not the 15000+ Palestinian children.
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someone on reddit pointed out how gitae looks like gap and samuel's mom's kid and y'all I can't unsee it anymore
i hope he doesn't turn out to be both jake AND samuel's half-brother but it would be fucking plot twist if he is lol
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Holly shit. Holly fucking shit yall. YALL SEE THEM BACK MUSCLES?1!? 🧎♀️
I can't deny it anymore.. this is me coming out as a hwangyeon apologist 🙏
He looked so delicious in this style its insane
Had me twirling my hair n shit 🙄
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Mindlessly scrolling and coming across this absolute masterpiece.. i love the internet sometimes. 🫠💕
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