IT NEEDS TO BE SAID!!!!

IT NEEDS TO BE SAID!!!!

There was absolutely no need for romance in eleceed to begin with; it should've remained a story about platonic relationships

But nooooo, as if Jiwoo×Jiyoung wasn't unbearable and painful enough already, now the comic is set to butcher both gestella and Kayden's characters.

The thing about writing good romance is that, the characters should have

1) Proximity to each other over a period

2) Shared circumstances/values

3) Show the readers that they are equals and can rely on each other

Isn't is ironic that kayden×kartein checks all the 3 but kayden×gestella doesn't?

Their whole relationship is based off letters and misunderstandings, they DON'T EVEN KNOW EACH OTHER'S PERSONALITY

And as quasi pointed out, it's far too late to develop that kind of a bond, especially because kartein is right there!!! Even if KayStella becomes canon it will always be a cheapened version of what Karkay is

Seriously if you want to read good romance in action, read:

1) Unholy blood

2) Spy×family

Eleceed's author has already shown his incapability for writing romance lol

My Gay Agenda aside, it honestly feels really late for Gestella to appear as a love interest for Kayden?

She only first appeared in Chapter 294, which seems like the middle of the comic. And the writers didn't even add backstory for Gestella and Kayden (like they did for Kayden & Kartein or Kayden & Pluton). They clearly don't know anything about each other.

(More detailed spoilers under the break. Screen readers stop now)

There's no way Gestella would believe how sappy those letters were if she knew Kayden, nor would Kayden have been so distrustful of her with Jiwoo if he knew that she had a decent personality (similar to his understanding that neither Kartein or Pluton would likely hurt Jiwoo, which is how he led Kartein to Jiwoo's house and only fought Pluton for jabbing at his ego rather than solely because he discovered their location).

Developing a relationship for KayStella from square one in the middle of the comic sounds like a clusterfuck waiting to fail.

Especially when the whole current basis of their relationship is them being pissed off at each other based on misunderstandings.

The forced romance only feels more jarring when Kartein and Kayden had the perfect romantic setup in contrast. They had a clear background from how they talked to each other, they knew how to get on each other's nerves, they could trust each other (in a bare sense but still), and Kartein was introduced in Chapter 136 which gives readers plenty of time to get to know him. Kartein has several major development arcs since his introduction and only became closer to Kayden. Kartein is a well-developed character whose relationship to Kayden never felt very forced or contrived solely for a romance plot. Kartein is actually a character by himself before he would be romantically inclined.

Therefore, the writers knew how to set up a character to have long-term development alongside Kayden while also getting development by themselves. So if anything, Gestella should have been the one introduced early on so we could get to know her.

I'm just pointing out that it's a mistake logistically for her to be introduced so late, compounded with having no shared background to Kayden. Their relationship will almost certainly be inferior to one that is well-developed over the majority of the comic versus halfway through.

Because personally, I adore Gestella, stupid plotline aside. So the way the writers throw both her and Kayden under the bus for the forced romance plot really pisses me off on so many levels. The plot feels utterly disrespectful to their development. It makes Gestella yet another forced female love interest (which sucks even worse when the only main female characters are made solely for the males). Then randomly shoots a romance plot at Kayden even though he's been fine this whole time as just a cat dad to Jiwoo.

Again, Gay Agenda aside, even my Het Agenda is ruined by this. How am I supposed to ship their canon selves on such a shit foundation? (Although my headcanon ideas for them are still raging; I'm too much of a simp for them separately to not pair them together. Fuck)

Meanwhile, Gay Agenda at full rainbow power, Kartein and Kayden is obviously the queer romance that we will never get in canon. They were the perfect setup and have been since their first chapters. This forced heteronormative nonsense is why queer pairings are the majority of fandom ships, let's not lie.

(Shoutout to @heartrenderscove . Our convos make me realize all this shit)

Most important update from eleceed this week:

Jiwoo, does, in fact, read webtoon and watch animes/shows. This dweeb definitely spent his free time on Tumblr 🗣️🗣️

Once in a while when I wake up I find myself crying. The dream I must have had I can never recall. But…  the sensation that I’ve lost something lingers for a long time after I wake up. I’m always searching for something, for someone.

Kimi no Na Wa

You know I adore all the characterisations of the usher family but you know who I really really loved from the family , who I think about after it all ?

Juno , butt of the families jokes about Wills and inheritance money and ' it's talking whys it talking?'.

Juno who confessed to Tamerlane of all people that she wants to be wanted , to be part of a big family not for money but for the bonds for the belonging.

Juno who's clearly suffered in the past with some kind of chronic pain related to her amputation , who's been through poverty and hard times like the young Ushers had. Who may have suffered from addiction and is putting her foot down to change.

I adore her , showing up for Tamberlanes presentation/launch inspite of her treating her like absolute unwelcome shit.

Juno who witnessed the steady destruction of the family she so wanted to be a part of, who got turned on by the man she loved who saw her as PR proof the highly addictive drug he's peddling isn't just that. She's a piece of good publicity a symbol of his success at pulling the wool over the world's eyes.

Juno who unlike any of the other Ushers (excluding Lenore she's our angel) had the strength to walk away from all of it with her soul intact and head held high.

The lost hero is named after Jason but piper is literally the one the action is revolved around, she is the one ppl were supposed to be suspicious about, she literally has the power to make you do what you don't want to, her intro to the demigod world was with some gross guy-monster who threw her off a bridge and she's the one who enters camp and is rejected by her family, and she's the one with the big choice to betray or not, she's the only one who really had anything on the line lol, and it's just a huge secret for half the book. Then in boo she's the one to make the plan really work????? Jason helped sure but he and Leo couldn't do anything without piper???? Ok. Like PIPER is the one who was thrust into this world without knowing a single thing. Leo knew he had powers but piper's charmpseak had never been named prior, and sure Jason had amnesia but like, lol ur throwing a fish back into the pond 🥴 fucking crazy tho, Piper's crazy fr

Eleceed introduced exactly 2 cool women characters and IMMEDIATELY subverted them into love interests for the main cast.

It happened with Jiyoung-Jiwoo and now history repeats itself with this 'Guestella has a crush on Kayden' plotline.

Absolutely lazy, boring writing. Kayden vs Guestella could've been so interesting, could've had interesting motives but noooooo, they immediately ripped her off her agency.

Truly the most predictable and unnecessary plotline. This story has turned into a disappointment