i did the thing where you read a book/webtoon/etc when you’re in your mid-teens and younger then the main character, then go back to read it later and realise ‘oh shit there were PROBLEMS’. I’m now older than Malori is (18 vs 19) and HUH??? I feel like this WEBTOON gets away with so much because its audience is entirely mid-teen young queer girls who cant recognise a problem (guilty as charged but hey I was 15) but what is the author even on?
they initially start with Malori having crushed on demon queen since she was a young child, with her now being 18 and Vel being thousands of years old. I really tried to ignore it but the author’s AU illustrations definitely show their true colors. The teacher AU was bad enough (grooming and pedophilia honestly what the fuck) but the adopted parent thing was actually my last straw. what the fuck do you mean ‘the path to Yuri would’ve been way faster’ if vel had ADOPTED Malori and then gone on to have a romantic relationship.
just because it’s one of the very few pieces of sapphic media on the app compared to bl and straight relationships doesn’t mean it gets a free pass. the main thing that gets me is the author is older than their target audience and should know better! surely someone over the age of 18 should recognise the issues with depicting a relationship with a much much older woman with a barely legal girl who’s been crushing on her since she was like five. I thought we all agreed having teenagers crushing on thousand year old beings was weird in straight romances, dont bring that over and excuse it in sapphic spaces. very disappointing from a WEBTOON I used to love when I was too young to know better.