One thing I really do enjoy about this BL is the fact that the author can show a toxic relationship in a way that not many BL’s — especially modern ones, can showcase. Most modern toxic exes leads to the character s*xually assaulting the other which barely gives it the f**g depth that toxic dynamics need and it also waters down SA to just ‘trauma’ when it’s also so much more multi-faceted (i.e. demoralising and emotionally numbing).
I really enjoy Young’s character, It’s a mix of fictitious and realism to it that scratches my brain just right. The way he has manipulated and weaved so many things in Sunny’s life is honestly really fascinating, I like that the author also knows that his doesn’t ‘love’ sunny, he needs that desire to control someone like a puppet. They have a very interesting child and parent dynamic like rapunzel and mother gothel… (is this a stretch? Yeaa maybe but it’s like similar maybe…)