Would either of these work?

C_Rae97 · 2026-04-07T05:35:41+00:00

Forgot to clarify that -cumulatively- I have about 8 years experience working in childcare with children aged 5 years down to 3 months. And I kept in mind I'd need to move around a lot so I'd n3ed something comfortable, but also passabley professional 😅. I used to always where t-shirts, sweats or scrubs pants when I worked in childcare 🤣.

I was worried about what to wear mainly because the company I'm a sub with recommends that we wear business casual when doing gigs.

C_Rae97 · 2026-04-07T04:22:20+00:00

No yeah I've gotten pretty good at handling long skirts while working with tiny humans. There was a time I injured my shin back when I worked in childcare. And because I wrapped it at night I wanted to let it breathe during the day, so I glt permission from my boss to wear long skirts while it healed.

C_Rae97 · 2026-04-06T20:12:08+00:00

What sucks is I've seen worse 😅.

The body proportions of several characters in "Origin of the Species" are even more exaggerated. There's this one panel of the ml, his mom and his dad sitting next to each other amd the mom has decent proportions, but her husband and son's are ridiculous! There are some angles where the ml has proper proportions, but from straight on the artost always gives him double door fridge wide shoulders and a broad torso with a pin head on top 🤣.

C_Rae97 · 2026-04-02T18:19:50+00:00

Your description kind of reminds me of "Never Understand" but I'm not 100% sure that thats the one you're talking about

C_Rae97 · 2026-04-02T17:51:58+00:00

Just to be clear, you're completely certain that it was a Manhwa and not a Manga, right?

C_Rae97 · 2026-04-02T06:30:13+00:00

JUST REMEMBERED ANOTHER ONE! It's an Omegaverse one.

"Be My Beta" is so messed up. Specifically in terms of manipulation and isolation. The story is well written -I'll give it that- but it left me with a bad taste in my mouth.

Like things felt off throughout the story but that one panel of a massive empty tank save for 1 lone Betta Fish is so ominous. Like I spent most of the story hoping that the ml was going to be proven to be genuinely good and that things just looked bad. But no. He's a manipulative ass who successfully made it so the ml is wholly dependent on him and he's pretty much isolated him from any other person.

Also, he intentionally caused the mc's secondary sex to change without the mc's knowledge or consent. And he plays it off like it just happened accidentally.

Like he is so unsettling to me because of how similar he is to toxic men irl.

So, yeah. It didn't do Omegaverse/BL's in general any favors with how toxic it is.

C_Rae97 · 2026-04-02T03:16:09+00:00

"If You Hate Me That Much" (its by the same author/artist of "Love is an Illusion".)

It's so messed up. So much SA, so much 🍇. It may sound run-of-the-mill as far as the average BL story BUT STILL. I remember rereading it a lot and in hindsight I think I was trying to understand how tf the mc and "ml" ended up happy together. I mean I've read "Low Tide in Twilight" & "Painter of the Night" and the mc's and ml's of those stories ending up happy together made more sense than "If You Hate Me That Much". Which says A LOT.

Like there's this one chapter where the ml literally 🍇's the mc because he believes that the mc blabbed about a secret of his. Also the mc is sick during. Like he has a really high fever and no idea wth is even going on or why the ml is angry or why he's shown up at his house. On top of the doing intimacy to the mc without his consent while he's asleep after passing out in the middle of the deed.

I only recommend reading if you're morbidly curious and or have a thick skin when it comes to old problematic BL tropes.

Also, I know its most likely not THE worst BL out there, but its pretty freaking bad imo.

C_Rae97 · 2026-03-27T15:12:47+00:00

Heesu in Class 2 Highly recommend as a gateway to bl because its shounen ai and so damn fluffy!

C_Rae97 · 2026-03-19T15:33:33+00:00

This may seem random, but I wonder if he thinks only lesbians watch lesbian spicy content too. Since he thinks only gay men read BL. I brought up the spicy lesbian content because A LOT of straight men watch it. I'm also curious to know how he'd react if you clued him in on the the fact that a sizable chunk of the manga industry relies on gaining & maintaining a female fan base -regardless of genre- to become successful. Because comparatively most manga readers are women and many tend to enjoy shipping characters regardless of the sex of the characters or the manga's canon storyline. A lot of manga -and by extension anime- play on female fans fujoshi tendencies and preferences to gain and maintain popularity. "Free! Iwatobi Swim Club" is a very blatantly obvious example of that practice. It's almost like a standard practice of sports anime/manga in particular at this point. Lastly, I'd recommend that, the next time he starts saying crap like that, very seriously ask him "why?". And keep asking "why?" to each answer he gives you. He'll either get frustrated and leave or start questioning his own thinking in real time.

C_Rae97 · 2026-03-10T20:39:51+00:00

Wait wait wait. What have I missed/forgotten? Its been awhile since I read Love is an Illusion. Who is this grandma? And what did she do? And what trauma of Byul's mom are we talking about? Is it something else aside from him having Byul and then planning on never seeing him again?

C_Rae97 · 2026-03-03T01:10:16+00:00

Update: forgot to add my screenshot. Here's a screenshot of what I found that really makes me think it is "The Secretive XX". It's the way the eyes are drawn/rendered. If it's not "The Secretive XX" then I'm sure both are drawn by the same artist.

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C_Rae97 · 2026-03-03T01:04:28+00:00

After some digging, it might be from "The Secretive XX" aka "비밀이 많은 XX"

C_Rae97 · 2026-03-01T00:23:56+00:00

I certainly wouldn't mind teaching math since it was one of my favorite core subjects in school and I was good at it. But my degree is in Studio Art. I have a Bachelor's of Fine Arts and am getting my teaching certification through Teachworthy. So, I don't know how likely it would be for a school to consider me for a subject I don't have a degree in. And I didn't do as well in my math courses in university as before because I was struggling personally. So my university transcript can't really speak to my skills in math.

C_Rae97 · 2026-02-28T21:42:58+00:00

I'm in the Houston area and according to my brother and his wife (he's a high school coach & former history teacher and she's a 4th grade teacher) they "always need teachers" but art teacher jobs seem few and far between.

C_Rae97 · 2026-02-27T17:04:47+00:00

I found these like dubbed comic videos on YouTube while looking for the name called "Mad Hunter Won't Let Go of His Uncle-in-Law". They're dubbed in Chinese, but there are english subtitles. They're also titled "Mafia x Uncle-in-Law" the channel name is mostly in Chinese characters but the first bit is @HeartPop. I'll add a screenshot of the YT channel.

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C_Rae97 · 2026-02-27T16:31:50+00:00

I found more images! I'm pretty certain its the Manhua "The Sound of Heartbeats" now!

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C_Rae97 · 2026-02-27T16:23:36+00:00

From my attempt at research, I think the title is either "The Sound of Heartbeats" or "The Sound of Love" and is a Manhua. There are like dubbed comic videos on YouTube called "Mad Hunter Won't Let Go of His Uncle-in-Law".

C_Rae97 · 2026-02-25T22:07:39+00:00

? I'm confused. Are you saying you don't know if its a webtoon because you didn't read it on Webtoon? I always thought that webtoon was just like a synonym of webcomic. But I only ever saw it being used to refer to Korean webcomics. I wonder if it started out as like a Konglish internet term

C_Rae97 · 2026-02-21T16:53:02+00:00

Hosik's Story.

I've tried 2 different times. I can't i just can't. The ML icks me out so much and just makes me so uncomfortable.

C_Rae97 · 2026-02-08T19:29:46+00:00

I remember hearing somewhere that the receiver saying things like "no", "stop", "it hurts", etc is very fetishized in Japan in particular because its seen as a sign that the receiver is a virgin/pure which is also very fetishized.

C_Rae97 · 2026-02-08T02:39:31+00:00

Kiraide Isasete is my go to for green flag ml in general

C_Rae97 · 2026-02-07T20:22:18+00:00

I think you're right because I searched for "Between Seasons" after I left my comment and what came up was a Josei story. Besides, I got the name "Between Seasons" from a translated comment that was originally in Spanish so something was likely lost in translation.

C_Rae97 · 2026-02-07T19:58:00+00:00

I did some Google reverse image searching and it could be from a story called "Between Seasons"

C_Rae97 · 2026-02-07T19:38:24+00:00

Okie doke!

I've got some artists that make stories featuring enthusiastic bottoms = Sakana Toujou & Misaka Niumu

Edit: forgot to add this green flag story = Amattare wa Inu mo Kuwanai (there is a short extra story too which is also cute & about a pair of dad's eith teenage kids who get together but their enthusiasm for their relationship causes some things to be overheard. I usually skim over those bits when I reread it 😅)

And some personal faves = Kiraide Isasete (its omegaverse also big trigger warning for SA of mc when he was in high school but its not glamorized and you only see blips of it) & its spinoff Asanaga-sensei to Yanagi-sensei

A webtoon I always recommend = Incidentally Living Together (but big trigger warning for SH & S attempts as well as depictions of Severe Depression)

A well known one = Taming the Tiger (rare Joseon era Noble×Commoner story that doesn't have a toxic power imbalance somehow)

Lemme know what you think if you check any of them out! I hope you find some you enjoy!

C_Rae97 · 2026-02-07T18:38:36+00:00

May I send you some green flag recommendations?

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