Alien stage is so overrated like that's the worst case of fandom farming I've ever seen. These characters have nothing going on other than being pretty and I do not care about any of these relationships because you're just pandering to the "ouuughhh tragic doomed toxic yaoiyuri 😢😢😢😢" crowd it's so fucking annoying. It's a gourmeticized 2016 oc animatic. It's a webtoon. The songs are it's only saving grace, and barely
And yes it does normalize sexual assault by making it nUaNcEd and cOmPlEx
Yes I understand Ivan's and Luka's characters perfectly but they are still creeps and still assaulted their crushes and that's made even worse considering till was already a victim and luka killed hyunas brother. You saying "oh but he doesn't know any better/it wasnt that bad/he's traumatized too/you're overreacting/but everyone does bad stuff/it's not like that/he didn't mean it/the victim forgave him/liked it/didn't fight back"/etc is not a good look when these are all real life excuses for real life abusers. I don't think that's a crazy thing to say.
If this was just their characters I would be ok with it but no these ships are actually pushed by the creators and I'm supposed to think it's cute and funny and romantic
Yeah bro it's so nice to see a gay man portrayed as a predator and a dark skinned woman being tormented by a blonde man. So woke.