#and sayonara rose garden is a good historical romance

[watermelinoe]

Wait, what is this about incest in I’m in love with the villainess? Could you tell me in what aspect, if that’s okay? Because that sounds stupid as hell. I’ve been sorta keeping up with the anime to see if it gets any better (bc tbh the protag’s actions towards the villainess in the first couple episodes have been extremely male gaze-y and sexualized), but that one convo they have about homosexuality made me think it’s got some potential.

the convo abt homosexuality had me all hyped bc it was actually well-done, but yeah later it's revealed that these two siblings (already forgot their names and role in the story) are in love with each other. and the protagonist explicitly says she feels bad for them because her homosexuality is also seen as perverse. so the narrative compares homosexuality to incest. and i was like nah, i'm good. waste of a fantastic premise smh

[watermelinoe]

OMG do u have any historical romance manhwas to rec?? idc if it's isekai and preferably lesbian but i'm not picky... i've legit been obsessed with this for like a month but i haven't found anything and i've just jumped straight into writing my own

that's so cool that you're writing your own!! i love historical romance but i really struggle to find good lesbian ones, you know how it is :// my biggest recommendation is her shim cheong, it's beautiful and powerful and heart-wrenching and triumphant, everyone should read it, it's about a poor girl who befriends a wealthy noble girl who's trapped in a political marriage to a comatose husband

one i read recently that i also enjoyed was getting to know grace, it's definitely dark and touches on some heavy subjects (tw for attempted sexual assault) but it was so moving and well-crafted, it's about a noble girl with a chronic illness whose father controls her life and her maid's, and they want to escape from under his thumb

idk if you do manga and manhua as well but i loved sayonara rose garden, it's a short read but i was rooting for them so hard. it's about a noble woman trying not to fall in love with her maid. it also has an english license so i'm gonna get the physical copies for my bookshelf >:3c

and i'm waiting on the last scans for xian chan nu which has been a cute historical fantasy yuri romance about a cat yokai woman and the woman who looks just like her first love, although i'm hearing iffy things on the ending?? so i'll have to wait and see ://

and then there are a few on my to-read list that i haven't gotten to: chijeong/reign of desire, shuangjing/couple of mirrors, and siseonui kkeut/ghosts of greywoods, that looked interesting and could be good but i can't outright recommend without having read them

my favorite hetero historical romance manhwa are i'm only a stepmother but my daughter is just too cute, the villainess flips the script/it's time to change the genre, and doctor elise: the royal lady with the lamp