@ceykia who has blocked me because I called her out on the double standards. She calls Vera a “whore” which is misogynistic as it’s been historically used to shame women. She’s not a whore more so a sex worker.
She explicitly has sex with other women as if saying she can’t have sex with other males because it’s “reserved” for the mmc. He can have sex with other women but she is limited to only having sex with women as if it’s done on purpose bc she doesn’t want the FMC to have sex with other men who isn’t the mmc. My problem isn’t that Vera has explicit sex with women it’s that her sexuality is limited and controlled in a way that feels very intentional. It creates this double standard where her autonomy is restricted under the guise of preference or narrative choice, but it clearly benefits the MMC’s position. If she’s only “allowed” to explore relationships with women while he faces no such limitation, that’s not sexual freedom it’s just a curated version of it that still centers male exclusivity.
It also leans into this idea that relationships with women somehow “don’t count” in the same way, which is dismissive and undermines the legitimacy of those connections. It turns her sexuality into something that exists for convenience. If the story is going to present her as sexually open, then that openness should be consistent and not selectively restricted to maintain a certain dynamic. Otherwise, it just reinforces the same outdated power imbalance, just dressed up differently.