Nothing will ever be as weird to me as the way the Killing Stalking fandom is vs how I experienced it, and I’m not even talking about the whole weird thing of it being viewed as a yaoi.
Reading KS for the first time was genuinely one of the most horrifying immersive experiences I’ve ever had reading, like the atmosphere and the characters were just so incredibly eerie and disturbing to me.
I remember crying at the scene where Yoonbum is holding the knife and ctting himself talking to Sangwoo cuz it actually emotionally effected me that much
or the part where Yoonbum put the rat poison in the soup and they were sitting at the table waiting for someone to eat it. That was one of the most intense drawn out scenes I’ve ever read
And don’t even get me started on the chapter that kinda looks like a really bad drug trip, I forget what it’s number is but I think it’s Yoonbum’s nightmare or something, that creeped me out in ways I can’t describe
Also, I don’t deny that there is definitely fetishy undertones to Killing Stalking, but I really think that just adds to the uncomfortable feeling you get when reading it
like most people feel weird when coming across more indirect fetish content because it seems more sinister when it isn’t directly sexual, and this in turn helps the gross and wrong feeling the reader gets when knowing that both Sangwoo and Yoonbum are deriving some sick pleasure from their relationship, even tho it’s obviously horrible for both of them
But yeah ig I was just surprised with how casual and young the fanbase was/how lightly they treated some of the content I guess? after reading ks because it was just super meaningful in a fucked up way to me
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