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It’s good.

I’m in a Black Sorrow sort of mood 😔 this is actually going to be my mood for the next 2 months unless I get THE good news.

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I’m in a Black Sorrow sort of mood 😔 this is actually going to be my mood for the next 2 months unless I get THE good news.

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if anyone has read kiss the villain by rina kent fucking dm me i have no one to talk to about it 😭

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Kayden: What’s your biggest fear?

Gareth: Commitment.

Kayden: …

Gareth: Not with you! I mean, just, in general—STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT.

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Jeremy: Truth or Dare?

Gareth: Truth.

Jeremy: Did you stop seeing your Professor?

Gareth: Dare.

Jeremy: Stop seeing your Professor.

Gareth: I don't like this game.

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He’s such an icon

☆ I love him.

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In my eyes he is perfection. Iconic in every form

Everyone hating on Gareth and I’m over here like yes my little psychopath, I love you

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In defense of KTV:

I understand why people might not like it, for the same reasons that people don’t like GOM. What I cannot stand is how people say that she ruined Gareth and how much KTV is overshadowed by HTV. And I only have one complaint about KTV, how much woman are used to prop up Garden’s relationship as if they’re nothing but a tool. Also linking back to how Rina views women.

Issue 1)

The best part abt KTV is about how aware it is. It’s so meta of Rina Kent to write that a character acknowledged to being r*ped. And then to give that whole r*pe a reason, not to justify the act itself but in the whole of the book it’s perfect. They’re both fucked up, fictional and the actions have reasons. The r*pe actually is part of the story and leads to the bigger picture and both the characters actually ACKNOWLEDGE IT. People who hate this are allowed to hate it but acknowledge that both these characters are (1) fucked up (2) fictional

Issue 2)

“Gareth is a bad brother” idk what to say abt this bro. He and Killian have a diverse and unique dynamic that differs from Landon/Brandon and Creighton/Eli. Landon and Brandon are twins, love each other that brotherly camaraderie. Not to mention are different from Killian and Gareth. Eli and Creighton are more similar to Killian and Gareth, all four are downright psychotic. Except Eli actually is very outward with his affection towards Creighton. Creighton is the little brother he chose.

I don’t get people’s hate for Killian and/or Gareth for being horrible brothers. Y’all this is their dynamic, even before when the fandom considered Killian the “bad guy” for being a bad brother to Gareth, and now seeing Gareth’s the “real bad guy” people hate him for being a bad brother. THEYRE BOTH FICTIONAL AND PSYCHOPATHIC. Plus everyone is forgetting one element to this, Gareth’s love for his father. Gareth loved his father more than he loved his brother, whether that is a factor that is Asher’s fault is to be told another day or to be left alone. We forget that Gareth’s ideal self is his dad, and that he craves his dad’s affection and hides his true fucked up thoughts and behavior to be the perfect golden boy for his dad. He cares about his dad. That is part of a core of his character. Eli don’t gaf abt Aiden bro 😭 Aiden lowkey don’t even gaf abt Eli bc Creighton is the baby of their family

Don’t forget a part of Gareth also cares about Killian, seeing as how he almost shmurdered a kid for breaking Killian’s ankle. And even if it’s because he sees Killian as his possession or not, KILLIAN SEES GARETH AS A POSSESSION TOO!!! THIS DOESNT CHANGE ANYTHING. I’m gonna tweak tf out if I have to defend this point again. THEYRE BOTH GOOD AND BAD, ITS NUANCED!!!!!!!

Let’s not forget that Killian knows that Gareth lives off their father’s attention and makes a show out of having a newly developing connections with their dad just to spite Gareth. Like that one chapter where Gareth was doing archery in the rain without a care because he was just so so sad about being left behind and replaced by his brother. Kayden had to be the one to get him out of there. Some ppl just don’t get inferiority like I do 😔

Also need to mention that Gareth feels like Killian was made to stave away his loneliness. No matter how fucked up the both of them are or how they show their “love” to each other, it’s in the way that they both want it and understand it. The core of their relationship is their hatred for each other but because of new present events now they can grow past that. Something called development.

Issue 3)

“Rina Kent ruined Gareth and Glyndon’s relationship” and it’s a quote of Gareth saying Glyndon is naive. SHE IS, SHE IS NAIVE. I love Glyndon don’t get me wrong, she’s my favorite of the main 4 (save for Mia, Mia is my bbg) but she’s naive and Gareth obviously plays on that for his own benefit. It’s her kindness and good natured heart that makes her naive but it’s not like he hates her.

Once again, this is the fandom’s own interpretation of how they saw Glyndon and Gareth’s relationship. In no way did they have like a thoroughbred friendship, they just had images of one and the fandom blew that up out of proportion. Bruh we knew Gareth was sort of fucked up from the start (just not how fucked up). You remember the scene where he kissed Glyndon just to fuck with Killian? And you’re telling me you “didn’t expect this” DID WE READ THE SAME BOOKS?

However, this does not negate the already existing relationship that Glyndon and Gareth does have. It’s not like Gareth cares about her outside of how he uses her to tame Killian but also uses her to get him off his back. Gareth didn’t say that he hated her guts and wanted to stab her or some shit, he just called her naive for being so kindhearted. The fandom can still have the Gareth and Glyndon friendship.

Issue 4)

“Gareth is fucked up for only worrying about the fact that Kayden had a wife and not that he was getting revenge on his wife’s r*pist and shmurderer.” Did we even read the same book? Gareth IS fucked up… I fear that’s his whole thing. Are we not gonna touch upon the fact he’s okay with stabbing his hand just bc he got fucked over by Kayden or the fact he literally had large ass slashes of his own self harm scars on his arms just because he found out Kayden was using him?

Let’s not forget that Gareth was on the belief that Kayden was using him to get revenge on his grandpa (who Gareth also adores and loves very very much). Gareth whose a psychopath and the number 1 D1 crash out of everyone in the RK universe (he wins that award), is tied between his love for Kayden and the fact that Kayden is just using him for revenge on his family. Those are both very difficult things itself. It’s not even in Gareth’s nature to care about people outside of himself and those he holds dear. He couldn’t handle that heart break and had to turn it on himself to find a way to vent that.

It’s not more so that he doesn’t care about Kayden’s ex wife and wants to kill her (he would have if she were alive tbf) but he felt betrayed because of Kayden’s purpose with being with Gareth in the first place. And the most heartbreaking thing is that Gareth couldn’t find it in himself to kill Kayden or even hurt him farther than scraping the lily off because he would be hurt to see Kayden hurt. Ts got me, had me in tears.

However, this leads into what the actual issue of KTV is.

How many (fictional) woman are going to suffer because of Rina Kent’s writing? In KTV, Harper had to suffer to prove a point abt Gareth’s character, and Cassandra had to die to prove a point about Kayden’s character and their relationship. Don’t get me wrong, I love Gareth and Kayden and I love the drama but I just don’t like how women have to be on the receiving ends of suffering just to prove a point in the story. As if there nothing else but just tools (don’t get it twisted, Cassandra and Harper were just tools and the stories of their SA’s are once again, just tools to further the main relationship).

I mean, yeah sure there are other female characters that didn’t suffer as much and weren’t put into a negative light. Like Zara, and Kayden’s mom’s. But it’s becoming very clear that Rina doesn’t view or write woman very positively? Not to say she’s a woman hater but it’s just that the internal biases are there and very prevalent.

Another issue is that KTV is overshadowed by HTV, Vaughn and Yulian. I don’t wanna hear abt Vaughn and Yulian I want Kayden and Gareth 😭 let them have their moment, Vaughn and Yulian will get their time.

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Now that it’s been a few days since KTV’s release I want to make good on my announcement earlier b4 reading KTV.

Issue concerning the Vaughn and Yulian situation

From what I’ve read, I like the idea of Vaughn and Yulian. I really do, Yulian feels like a Niko 2.0 except less chaotic and more cocky. I love Vaughn and Yulian’s dynamic from what I’ve seen.

However, considering the context of the situation and extenuating factors I am wary and concerned over the fact that Rina Kent is only writing MM for the money and the fame. It’s good that the LGBTQ community is getting more attention and books especially in dark romance, and any other fun genres. When writing LGBTQ it doesn’t have to about being LGBTQ it can just be dark romance with LGBTQ, yeah?

Following this line of thought, I want to make it clear that I was a DamienMio or SebastianNaomi girl x Vaughn sort of person and it is my fault for expecting Rina to follow that line of thought. But I don’t care if Vaughn is with a girl or a guy I really just care abt Rina’s intentions with this considering it’s soured the community somewhat and she can’t control how the people takes her choices but she should be aware of it.

The name calling in this community too, smh. We’re homophobic for not liking MM when it concerns Vaughn and Yulian but when in reality it just feels like Rina did the switch up bc MM was popular. There’s so many different perspectives to this that we can’t say for sure. It’s kind of a mixed bag. Some people don’t like Yulian and Vaughn bc they expected Vaughn to be with a bad bitch. I don’t like Vaughn and Yulian (I’ve grown to like them but before hand) because Rina was profiting off of MM when she’s stated before she won’t write FF but writes MM? When they’re both LGBTQ? Math isn’t mathing.

And I guess I have to theorize that it comes down to misogyny and societies views on woman and how Rina views and treats women in her stories. Not bashing on her saying she’s a woman hater but how can we see otherwise when it really reflects in her writing?

And this delves into another topic, I don’t want to say she’s a fetishizer or writing for the Bl fetishists because it’s highly stigmatized already when it comes to the BL, Danmei aspect of the fandom. Where we as women are more free to express ourselves in men without the stigmatization of what it means to be a woman. It makes sense she draws more to MM because we are more comfortable and free in reflecting ourselves in men. Whenever a woman is written she’s either seen as “too weak, too strong, badass” if she’s not a badass she’s weak, if she’s not weak she’s a badass and that’s very restrictive. It’s never nuanced or inbetween it’s so so one toned. That comes from society’s expectations and Rina’s own internal thoughts of herself and woman. That mindset reflects on all she does (us too as woman).

Either way, Rina had no character idea for Vaughn in mind, she has the power and authority to change his character or do whatever however she likes. I’m excited for Vaughn and Yulian and I’m going to give RK the benefit of the doubt.

Onto my next rant, in defense of KTV and why KTV was the best book in my opinion of all of RK’s series so far

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We all need to accept that Gareth is a D1 level crash out. Because wdym as soon as some shit goes wrong—any inconvenience—you turn to self harm and it’s not even like Brandon’s cuts under his wrist watch (not to minimize his pain and suffering) BUT LITERALLY STABBING AND SLASHES ON HIS BODY. Gareth 😭 get some help but at the same time, stay iconic and manic cause I aspire to be the same level of dramatic.

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I love Kiss The Villain.

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guys i don't give a FUCK about Vaughn

can we PLEASE talk about Gareth? it's HIS book release week

he deserves so much better

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KTV SPOILERS!!!

I have some strong words concerning the KTV spoilers of Vaughn’s book being MM but I’ll keep that till after I actually read KTV.

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Displaced Twice, Still Holding Onto Hope

💔 Imagine being forced to leave everything behind—not once, but twice.

That’s my reality. My name is Naser, and I have been displaced twice because of war. I lost my mother. I lost my sister. I lost my home. My brothers and I are starting from nothing.

But even after losing everything, I refuse to give up.

🏡 What We Need 🔹 A safe place to live. 🔹 A chance to go to school. 🔹 The ability to rebuild our future.

We have lost so much, but we still have hope.

💙 Will You Be Part of Our Journey? Your kindness can change our lives. Even if you can’t donate, sharing this post helps more than you know.

🙏 Thank you for believing in us.

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Hey guys!!!

We’re two months and a 1/3rd away from KTV, how does everyone feel?

RK put up a Q/A for KTV a little while back, did anyone see it? I don’t have screenshots but I do have some of the information on the top of my head.

Vaugn’s appearance in the story. Will it just be a one off mention like GOF or will Vaugn play a bigger role? Do we think Vaughn will be Gareth’s best friend? I think Rina mentioned something like Gareth would have a best friend.

How does everyone feel about the story being dark? Like GOM dark? I’m hoping it is just as romantic as GOM.

I AM HOLDING OUT FOR PROTECTIVE KILLIAN.

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I thought this too. I really am hoping that we’ll have some plot to this book and it’ll stay within the college scene/category.

As cheesy as it sounds I’m hoping that Kayden is actually apart of the Serpents and is with Gareth preying on his obsession for him to betray and destroy the Heathens from within.

Then in an extremely heart wrenching and tragic groveling moment from Kayden to Gareth.

Otherwise KTV will simply be just a student-professor, forbidden love romance. Which is fine… but there is quite a lot of potential

ok so completely random thought but its been plaguing me so i have to let it out

so hear me out what if kayden has something to do with the serpents????

like rina said that some characters in the new hockey romance will be seen in kiss the villain, AND their hockey team is called the vipers, so what if there some connection between them, like some past members of the serpents are in the vipers hockey team and kayden knows them

and its said that many professors at tku have some relations to the mafia as well and the serpents are also a mafia run club sooo????

heres my pitch

yk the part in gom where they invade the serpent mansion and gareth is like at the control room while everyone else is like beating the shit out of the serpents

what if gareth bumps into professor kayden there after he was trying to escape, and gareth uses that to try blackmail him or something to get his attention (bc yk he cant be 100% sane hes asher carsons son after all)

and thats the shit he tried to pull on him, kayden gets pissed and corners him in that alleyway (that scene in gof)

and the rest is history !!!!!

lmk what you think 🫢

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What’s funniest is that Killian would be the one who needed to open up the most

[Jeremy visiting the Carsons]

Jeremy knocking on the door: Open up

Gareth: Well it all started when I was 12

Killian, shoving gareth away from the door: NOT THAT TYPE OF OPEN UP DUMBASS