thanks to one of the latest batch of banner ads, I may have found
the perfect webtoon
THE CHECKLIST OF GREAT THINGS
- primary thread of a gay m/m romance but it is the slowest of slow burns I am not even joking it is like how old glass window panes are thicker at the bottom because glass actually flows kind of slow and I love it. 216 episodes in and the main character literally just had the thought of "wait. does he LIKE me???"
- lots of angst, trauma, emotional baggage, and NONE OF IT IS BECAUSE THEY'RE GAY
- ridiculous men being ridiculous in the best ways, we are talking like that scene when Howl comes flying down the stairs in a panic and a towel because his hair stopped being blonde
- supernatural world building and it's really good and relevant and ties in with everything in the story and character development and there is virtually no info-dumping it all just comes out in the story
- I love the HECK out of this art style
- blood, sometimes violence, but like no actual graphic gore it's so nice it's all about the character impact
- a character who's a total asshole but it's because he's a good person who's been warped by circumstances
- a character who's a kind sweetheart but it's because he's been repressing his own wants and needs in exchange for taking care of others for his whole life
- no smut! like. it is the opposite of smut. occasionally these two ridiculous men make meaningful eye contact and sometimes they may even BLUSH. someday they may even have a moment where they HOLD HANDS, or perhaps have a HUG
