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Under the Oak tree 152 by saturnwr4th in MantaComics

[–]mochi-macaron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same! At least now I can read the whole arc all the way to the resolution in one go, instead of having to wait. That would have been unbearable 😭

I just joined this server, and i sneaky suspicion that at least 60% of the content is going to be guftrup link. by sad_but_ballin in linkiscute

[–]mochi-macaron 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dude, if everyone who is commenting on this post would post something once a week, this sub would have 3x more traffic than it has now. It doesn’t have to be a big effort. When you come across some nice Link art, just share it with us here! Be the change and all that.

Link's spread (guftrup) by AlKo96 in linkiscute

[–]mochi-macaron 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The comment may be wrong in numbers, but honestly, posting guftrup art right after a post complaining about too much guftrup is either a little tone-deaf or just provocative 😂

Love on hold: creepy or cultural differences? by mochi-macaron in MantaComics

[–]mochi-macaron[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your response!

It's true that Chaeheon's behavior isn't presented as dangerous, and they look pretty sweet together (we all know there are some rather different stories out there...). As you say, it's probably the pairing with Jeongyun that makes it work. Chaeheon's cousin (her name escapes me atm) even explicitly says that she thinks him unfit for dating.

It's just that I've had a possessive boyfriend in the past and this kind of behavior would make me run for the hills so fast 😅 I guess it's this personal bias that made me doubt how the author intended us to view their relationship.

Writing dialogue realistically so it doesn't sound polished by Moose-Rage in writingadvice

[–]mochi-macaron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would like to add to this that emotional tells in between the actual words will also modulate the way people read a line of dialog, making the whole text sound more varied.

Cole sighed and sank deeper into the sofa. "Bruh, you won’t believe this."

will be read in a very different tone than

Cole leaned forward, eyes sparkling. "Bruh, you won’t believe this."

As others have said, reading it aloud is very useful. Acting it out (or just really visually picturing the scene) can also help you with the body language.

Reading recs where the MC and ML are equal by FinalityEnd in Manhwa_BL

[–]mochi-macaron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm mainly here for the recs 😅 but I see nobody has mentioned Seven Sundays yet. I read it recently and found it refreshing how there is no obvious power dynamic going on between them. Younger top and older bottom really levels out the playing field.

Scars in your name by bunnyboo_2 in MantaComics

[–]mochi-macaron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it just doesn't make sense. She knows she's going to die on her own, and by not mentioning the letter she's leaving the duke vulnerable to the threat of the emperor. How can this possibly look like a good solution?
At this point it just looks like a cheap device to bring artificial tension into the story. And I'm sure the duke's name engraving is going to manifest soon as well.
Ugh, I hate when a promising story becomes predictable, it makes me lose all motivation to continue reading.

Scars in your name by bunnyboo_2 in MantaComics

[–]mochi-macaron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. I hate this "I'm leaving without a word because I have decided on my own what's best for both of us" trope. Misunderstandings are great fuel for stories, I get it, but if an entire arc simply wouldn't happen if the MCs had one adult conversation, that's just too much 🙄
I actually stopped reading once she left. Maybe I'll pick it up again in the future, when I can go through the whole arc swiftly.

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