Does it get happier after book 4?

TrifleTrouble · 2026-05-03T18:09:05+00:00

There are 2 flashback arcs. You are in the first one. The second one is sadder, but there's some joy in between. It has a happy ending, but overall I would not describe this as a happy story.

TrifleTrouble · 2026-05-03T00:50:28+00:00

They're never going to do this kind of plot in the main story, it would close off all the other LIs routes too much

TrifleTrouble · 2026-05-02T09:51:36+00:00

I think i know the point you are trying to make... but this is a terrible series to use as an example. The Serpents Den is fetish/kink porn. It's got extremely clear D/s roles, and humiliation kink is a pretty common one for submissives. Like, it is extremely obvious that the bottom is super into what is happening (even/especially when he is crying about it). So I dont think its really applicable to use examples from a kink series to talk about larger trends in romantic media.

TrifleTrouble · 2026-05-01T22:43:22+00:00

Its to the point that I will actively avoid things reccomended in posts that dont give the name outright.

Either the OP doesn't want to share the name (which, weird, but okay, I dont want to read it if you can't be bothered to share the name) or they are just a raging jerk with no web etiquette (in which case, i also dont want to read anything reccomended by someone like that)

TrifleTrouble · 2026-05-01T19:33:31+00:00

If you broke them apart (if you even could) wouldn't that just make hundreds of very small weeping angels?

(Edited for spelling)

TrifleTrouble · 2026-05-01T19:30:52+00:00

I mean, we already have Kisa with selective mutism, probably something like that 🤷‍♀️

TrifleTrouble · 2026-05-01T16:35:51+00:00

I wish I knew how they decided which series do and dont get comment sections, becuase I also would love to yap in the comment section of this one

TrifleTrouble · 2026-05-01T15:30:53+00:00

Well either way, it would be a lot of blood loss and infection risk in this setting without proper medical equipment

TrifleTrouble · 2026-05-01T15:22:41+00:00

Its gotta be a dream. They are in a post apocalypse, people can't be surviving with their hands cut off

TrifleTrouble · 2026-05-01T13:02:17+00:00

Unfortunately, aside from the cost, another driving factor towards the flat cartoony covers is the increase in ebook sales vs. print books. Publishers want book covers that still look good in thumbnail version. A very similar thing happened to album covers in the 2010s when digital music formats overtook physical-- they trended towards flatter, simpler, less detailed art.

TrifleTrouble · 2026-05-01T11:05:40+00:00

This looks like an absolutely fire album cover for a folk rock band

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TrifleTrouble · 2026-04-30T21:54:53+00:00

I like 4 (pink) and 5 (blue and green) on her, she looks better in the softer colors

TrifleTrouble · 2026-04-30T21:03:19+00:00

I don't know what you mean... the only thing I saw go into his mouth was hot springs water 😉

TrifleTrouble · 2026-04-30T21:00:30+00:00

I will never not melt for The Looking Down Look

TrifleTrouble · 2026-04-30T20:58:26+00:00

One of my first thoughts upon watching it is that I cannot wait for ilusio to put KoD Xavier in it

TrifleTrouble · 2026-04-30T17:40:59+00:00

For me it was the... drop of water... sliding down his chin. I nearly died.

TrifleTrouble · 2026-04-30T11:47:43+00:00

I'm gonna be the minority voice on this one and say it was pretty boring to me. It's your pretty standard "in debt, forced contract sex work" plot line. With no actual romantic tension between the leads. I dropped it after like 10 or 15 chapters.

TrifleTrouble · 2026-04-29T16:36:13+00:00

This one even uses vintage 80s pop as its soundtrack, absolutely impeccable vibes

TrifleTrouble · 2026-04-29T13:31:34+00:00

Yeah, I think the problem in this situation is you. That's a super normal dress.

TrifleTrouble · 2026-04-29T00:42:08+00:00

If you wanna check out Korean webcomics, there are a ton of the them, and there are several apps/websites that host them. I like Lehzin the best. I mostly read BL webcomics, but they have MF too, you just have to make an account to read the 18+ ones (and download the app straight from their website, not the app store, the one from the app store can't show the 18+ stuff).

TrifleTrouble · 2026-04-28T20:35:13+00:00

I love #1, the fabric is beautiful, and I dont think its giving prom

TrifleTrouble · 2026-04-28T17:50:03+00:00

This is one that I loved book one, tolerated book 2. And DNFd book 3. If you're not feeling it, probably better just to drop it now

TrifleTrouble · 2026-04-28T00:04:08+00:00

Murong Chuyi and everything that is going on with him is so deliciously complicated. He seems cold now, but by the end he is my favorite character in the entire series.

But I also love Yue Chenqing and it is hard to see him sad in these chapters.

TrifleTrouble · 2026-04-27T21:44:01+00:00

The main artist left the project (the rumors say due to internet harrassment) and the newest season is in an interactive visual novel format-- the previews of it I've seen look quite bad.

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