#seductres

Not all Nanami girls are Zayne girls, but all Zayne girls are Nanami girls.

It hasn't even been a day and this is already an issue.

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR ZAYNE'S MYTH

If people don't know what scene this is referring to, please watch Zayne's PV trailer. Also, anon, if you're not pulling, I highly advise you to watch the myth on YouTube, there's a channel called Lavender who posts these videos, and form your own opinion as well.

ONTO THE MYTH AND 'THAT' SCENE...

The healing sex ritual. There's a lot of subtlety and subtext here that people should really try to infer before going on a rampage that Zayne did things against MC's will. To understand, we have to talk about other things in his myth so...

MC is a goddess of a civilization called Niava. At the beginning of the myth, she gets badly injured and is struggling to get back to her tower, and is desperate to find Zayne to heal her. Here we find out she and Zayne have known each other for centuries, but they're in a cold war kind of situation due to their own personal reasons. MC here is proud, arrogant, and haughty, and I LOVE that they made her like this.

MC is wary of Zayne, and Zayne avoids her. This is because Zayne has seen the future (or past?) and knows their interaction can only result in destruction. But MC, being a goddess in this realm, believes Zayne 'belongs' to her, like her devotees and all the physical materials of this world, simply because he chose to exist in it, even if he's not a regular visitor here. In other words, she believes he should cater to her needs first, despite him being a god with his own responsibilities.

We find out MC has relentlessly pursued Zayne for decades, telling him to 'be hers' and 'not to leave her'. She even insists on forging his name onto a divine tablet so that they're bound for all eternity, something that Zayne doesn't want, but she eventually wears him down, and he agrees. But Zayne continues to keep distance from her even though they were 'bound together'. This is my own interpretation, but it almost felt like they were married, for lack of a better explanation. MC is hurt and almost out of spite, decides to not talk to Zayne, and Zayne leaves her alone while he pursues his other duties, but this is more so to keep her safe than to piss her off.

When MC is injured in battle, she very begrudgingly looks for Zayne because he's the only one who can heal her. Zayne takes his time in appearing and asks her if she's sure she wants him to heal her, and MC launches herself at him, taking off his clothes and biting his lip, literally commanding him to heal her. It should be noted MC is in a lot of pain here because she has bloody wounds all over her body.

Zayne teases her request to heal her by saying she should supplicate him like anyone else does to a god, but she refuses, almost being a brat, like she's annoyed she has to ask him for help, and reminds him she's a goddess and he's in her realm.

Zayne begins the healing process, and MC mentions it hurts but I'm so sure it's because her wounds are healing, and that can't be comfortable. She struggles against him, but Zayne pins her down and reminds her what he's giving her: that is, he's telling her that she can hate him, but he will always heal her despite the circumstances. At least, that's how I saw it.

This proves too much for MC and she tries to get away from him, presumably before she's done healing. That's when Zayne uses his golden thread on her to keep her bound, and pins her under him, and he continues the ritual, reminding her that it 'won't stop just because she wants it to.' I interpreted this as she can fight him despite being injured, but he won't stop healing her just because she's throwing a tantrum and being a brat.

I would like to point out here that MC had given RELUCTANT consent, rather than no consent at all. And given their history, rough sex isn't really out of character for either of them. They're both stubborn and headstrong in this myth, and Zayne is fed up with her refusal to accept his help at this point.

Can this be interpreted as dark romance? Sure, but imo, this is a really pale version of it. The thing to remember here is that it's FANTASY. Obviously IRL, if someone says stop or is pushing someone away, you're supposed to stop, but there's a reason dubcon and CNC is popular in fantasy realms. In this case, we know Zayne wouldn't actually hurt MC, and it's clear that MC's struggle and pushing him away was because she's trying to prove she doesn't need him, but she hates it when he leaves her without explanation.

In conclusion, do I think Zayne did this without consent? No, I don't. I believe they've known each other for too long and he's seen this side of her enough number of times to know when she's being too prideful to ask for help. Also, despite the age rating, I firmly believe the game isn't for a younger crowd because it does discuss a lot of heavy and dark themes. All the men aren't pure green flags, but it's hard to explore these sides if people keep crying that the story isn't sweet and gentle. I can see how some people might look at this as black and white, but the game itself isn't written that way, it's all shades of gray.

Also, this isn't present day Zayne. This isn't our Linkon doctor who's quiet and tries to do his best. This is God Zayne, and in this myth timeline, he's not interested in being soft, he's being cold and calculated so that MC doesn't end up dead due to her own bad decisions.