#boxe talks

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I love yanderes that are genuinely bewildered and heartbroken when you're scared of them. They've got such a sincere look of confusion on their face when you snap at them and shove them away. They're absolutely crestfallen when you flinch out of their touch. It's a deeply horrific and infectious delusion that almost makes you feel like you've done something wrong.

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RLEAX

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I think one of the things that makes Sylus such a strong character in terms of depth is his first appearance. The incredibly intimidating, aloof, dominating, and morally grey first "villain" love interest that we're introduced to is not only built up by the set up of his reputation and crimes, but by the way he treats us. He's forceful in a way we're not used to mc being treated- clearly searching for something that we don't understand and he doesn't ask about. And, with the context of having lost Caleb right before his introduction, Sylus comes off extremely jarring (rightfully so) to mc. He's scary! He uses his evol on her to establish physical connection, mc is so put off by Sylus entirely that he's the one love interest we've had that she struggled to resonate with (so much so to a point that it's a pivotal part and hurtle in the exploration of their relationship).

And when that is explained to him, he changes his approach entirely and the real and careful side of him we know starts showing after they're locked together. Sylus and mc's story shows how much he regrets the way he initially approached her- that he made the one person who's ever known him actually fear him because of him. I'm sure it shook him a lot. All of that plays into his character being the personification of the intimacy of consent and patience. You can see him genuinely make the effort to have mc explore her own comfort and autonomy around him- letting her come to him when she wants, letting her find out things about him that she's curious about, giving her gifts of peace and support. We start to view him as endearing and patient, unexpectedly soft, and so eager to be with us. I could talk about this for hours.......but Sylus is just so interesting. Every part about him is something you can find the source of directly and come to an understanding about him. He's the exact opposite of what you assume about him when you first meet. He's such a strong subversion of expectations it's insane to me that he's just in a gambling dating game. So many people would fw him so heavily. He'd be so popular men would unironically hail him as a red/blackpill figure.

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I think one of the most fucked things that kills me about snowcrow is that Zayne and Sylus are the only love interests that really, truly resign themselves to loving you from afar. They're silent protectors and observers. They're the only two love interests I can see genuinely not taking action when you fall in love with someone else. Do they literally struggle getting out of bed each day they have to know your heart is someone else's? Absolutely. Will they murder your significant other and/or steal you away from the world so it can just be the two of you (side eyes certain people)? No.

They would find comfort in knowing you are happy- even if it's not with them. They would let you know that they'll be there for you no matter what for as long as you'll let them. And that's absolutely devastating and SICK.

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"weird big brother this" "morally grey big brother that" what if I wanna be the conniving little sister that's been secretly outfreaking my older brother the entire time and he has no idea how to cope with it when he finally finds out

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Which fav of yours is asking/begging/demanding you bite them as hard as you can mid orgasm

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The most painful LI to be with when you're not mc is most certainly Caleb

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It's almost like the twisted sense of familial ties and never being able to change the way they saw one another is the core struggle of Calebmc. It's almost like Caleb himself says this exact thing during his "I'm tired playing this game of house" rant.

It's almost as if their entire relationship is founded in being so closely bonded to one another to a point that they can still fall for each other despite the situation they were placed (and found comfort) in. It's almost as if Calebmc is an exploration of codependency founded in trauma, love that transcends modern societal morality, and cherishing the one person you have ever known unconditionally in every way you possibly can while you still have time.

If you cannot handle the canonical themes that are being presented, that is understandable and the exact reason the eng translation has given people who would be uncomfortable with this the "childhood best friends" trope. But to go around and harass and demonize those who enjoy the canonical aspect of Calebmc is ridiculous, immature, shortsighted, and chronically online behavior.