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Well, many, many commenters here do not believe there was any rape at all. It's not as black and white as "rape is rape."

I find the little brother only slightly creepy, in his extreme possessiveness/jealousy of other people around his brother. That needs to be worked on.

I have no problem with them being together.

You're not as clever as you think you are. Is there some show in which one of the characters was presented as an actor doing a scene within a drama inside the story while intoxicated? Or is the actual situation that an actor playing a character in the drama itself was, in fact, drunk as a skunk?

Do I need to go over that for you again?

I know your type. Accusing female bl writers of being sexually frustrated pretty much reveals your mind-set. Virtue-signaling is letting others know by words you use or things you say or things you wear, etc. that you are morally superior to the madding crowd.

They were actually NOT raised together. The ten-year age difference takes care of that argument. One was a teenager while one was just a child. In the scene where the younger brother was ten years old and injured, his older brother was 20 years old already.

I am of the opinion that one would be concerned if the relationship was NOT healthy, and if it is healthy, I would advise everyone else to butt the hell out. People always want to stick their noses into other peoples' business.

So...you're kind of drawn to the content overall, right? Would that be fair to say?

No, Diva, YOU are the one with the problem hang-up about non-existent incest, not me. My son and his step-sister have been married for at least seven years. Can you give me your number so they can call you to find out how sick and twisted their relationship is?

People who are "triggered" (such an over-used term these days) by challenging sexual issues should not be watching BLs. If writers try to avoid everything that triggers somebody, there will be no such thing as drama. Furthermore, could you expand on why you believe the fact that they grew up together makes a future romantic relationship "icky?" That's something we're brain-washed to think, not anything based in fact. My son and his step-sister grew up in the same house for six years before he went to college. Are they "icky?"

I don't agree that anyone was sexually abused by anyone else in this show. If so, those are the most ecstatic moans of pleasure and writhings of participation I have ever seen during a sexual assault. He loved it and he consented by his actions and the conversation preceding the lovemaking. Which takes care of your silly "sick psycho" reference too.

You actually believe we gay people tune in to random BLs to see how to conduct ourselves in sexual situations? Jesus. pretty sure you're wrong.

Rape, murder, robbery, kidnapping, lying deceit and sick psychos have been important elements of dramas for thousands of years. Grow up.

So is it YOU who determines what is "right" for the rest of us to see? For instance, I don't think this was rape at all and hope they end up together. So you are "right" and I am "wrong?" No. We have differing opinions.

Because you are complaining about common BL content you claim to not like. So it seems logical that you would be wise to not watch.

I'm not speaking in a legal sense. I'm speaking in a moral/common sense sense. Gay couples can't inbreed. It's not possible. So how can inbreeding as a reason to ban "incest" apply to them?

So do you stop watching when you encounter material you find offensive?

Um.....it IS fantasy. You do realize this is a film/tv series, not real, actual life, right?

He's not his "brother."

Why the hell do you watch BLs? i think it's so you can virtue-signal in comment threads. Plus you're getting off on the material itself.

It was hot and I'm not bothered and I live in New Hampshire. lol "the international fans" lol as if we are all one monolithic block and we all think the same thing. Please.

I like all the sexual ambiguity and questionable behavior in BLs. Stirs up drama and the audience and that's what it's all about. This comment board is buzzing because of the non-rape rape and for no other reason.

Stop watching BLs.

Wait a minute? Your "friend," if she exists, said "yes" to a proposal of sexual intercourse, went through with it, and you think she was raped? Your view of reality is very distorted. I don't care what the guy said or did or how long he cried, she said YES and she is responsible for that action. Does she have sex with everyone who cries in front of her? He "manipulated" her. Oh please, people manipulate each other every day. She is one hundred percent responsible for her choice. To say otherwise is to treat her like a slow-witted child, rather than a full-grown 25 year-old woman. There was no rape here, not even close.

I say "bravo" to everything you wrote, except that I don't see it as a complex incest story at all. They are NOT blood brothers so it is NOT incest. If anything, it's a story about the emotional and intellectual work one who need to do to move into a romantic relationship with a person you grew up with and at one point regarded as a sibling. As the younger brother made clear, from age 10 forward, he never thought of the older as a brother, but as his beloved.

"sex face." Totally. The sunscreen scene was hot, especially the nipple bit...