The Sickly Beauty Substitute Called It Quits Chapter 140 Discussion

Let me tell you - there are tons of non-con in this novel.

I think many people do not assume that if someone wants to stop in the middle of encounter, not the beginning, it is also classified as non-con?

Currently I am on chapter 140, and I read through three or four of MC and ML bad s*x encounters, and a couple of okay ones.

Almost all the time MC in the middle starts to cry, refuse and beg to stop.

What does ML does?

He continues until he is satisfied.

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Encounter 1: MC outright tries to leave, and is physically forced by ML to have intimacy.

Has pain all over his body.

Encounter 2: (first penetration)

MC feels great pain the first time, also tossed for the whole night despite begging and crying for ML to stop.

We were also told that ML was very fierce cause it was their first time.

This is the one where ML afterwards asks if it was pleasant, and MC says it was pleasant but tiring.

Encounter 3: ML doesn't stop no matter what, on the opposite, he tosses MC as long as the latter makes a sound, making him afraid of talking at all.

Encounter 4: MC is tossed for the whole night again, again his pleas for stopping are ignored.

Don't get me wrong, they also have one or two encounters where ML coaxes MC and those do not end like this terrible mess.

I think probably it could be that author just sucks at writing MC being coquettish, cause most of the description in the novel is outright borderline r*pe, with him being reluctant, unwilling, begging to stop, being scared, etc., etc.

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Considering MC having a weak body, this is kinda weird and a bit sickening, frankly.

Albeit, MC is always checked by doctor afterwards and all, but I sincerely don't get it, why is getting yourself off while your partner is uncomfortable is considered "manly" in those books so often?

Also, yes, for anyone wondering, if MC wants to stop after couple times, and openly expresses it, when ML continues, it becomes non-con.

Borderline forced, actually.

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The most iffy part for me was, I think, when MC asked ML not to be so overbearing in bed, and ML answered "get used to it, you will have to deal".

He is also like "we have to be intimate, it is your duty as a harem member".

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So romantic *sarcasm*

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I think part of this one being so uncomfortable to read is that author cannot make up his goddamn mind - the first time MC and ML went all the way, MC at first was described feeling great pain.

The next morning we were told by ML "wasn't it pleasant? I researched a lot, and it should be".

MC then replies that yes, pleasant, but tiring.

Why then was he described as having pain all over his body, begging to stop?

He also asked before they started: will ML stop if MC doesn't want to go on?

ML says yes, but apparently that was only before they started altogether, because afterwards he never stopped despite being begged.

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Also, to anyone who thinks this one is remotely realistic -

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we have rebirth and two transmigrators, with other shenanigans.

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Realistic? Please.

I actually have a feeling the author initially wrote this novel with female MC in mind, and changed to male to get more exposure.

Most of those novels have similar things, with same pattern - shou is married off to someone in power, and wants a quiet life, usually immensely beautiful, sick and kind.

Sometimes scheming for adding spice, but it is always cause others just won't let him and ML live in peace.

ML is always portrayed as cold and cruel prior to marriage, and everyone pities MC.

But only MC can make ML want to have sex fall in love with him.

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Also, there is this borderline abusive habit of ML being all like "why did you talk to or ask about that person?", hating when others look at or gift MC anything, etc.

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It was intended to come as romantic, but actually comes off as obsessive, creepy and disturbing.

MC always talks about personal borders, but never does anything when they are being invaded. When he tries to, he is forcefully oppressed by ML who is physically stronger most of the times.

All in all, this all leaves off a bad aftertaste instead of cute romance.

I usually don't do this, also, but let me tell you about another novel with lots of similarities, but much better written relationship between ML and MC:

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"An Empire as a Betrothal Gift".

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Also, to any people who think that it is not good to judge because intimate scenes fade to black.

Even though actual interc**rse does fade to black, we are told of the MC unwillingness rather explicitly, with him begging to stop and all.

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Once during the night, as I mentioned, ML would continue to have s*x as soon as MC said literally anything.

By the end of the night MC was afraid of making any sound at all.

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Again, it should come off as playful and teasing per author's idea, I bet, but comes off as oppressing and scary.

Basically, author kinda wants to get both readers who like non-con and those who like consensual romance, but in the end it all just feels weird and incomplete.

It's a pity, cause outside all that the relationship between MC and ML can be nice and full of care. If author did not make their intimacy so unappealing, there was a good potential for a nice light story.