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They usually mention the Stockholm Syndrome in an attempt to invalidate the other person's opinion. It's incredibly annoying to see that happening in practically every comment where Nakyum's love for Seungho is mentioned. At this point we all should know already what kind of relationship we are witnessing.
Coming back to this comment to remind everyone that this is a rape plot trope and every rape plot trope, if translated to our real life standard of relationship is, by default Stockholm syndrome and Lima Syndrome.
People here thinking they are some kind of intellectual dropping this redundant 'omg, it's Stockholm syndrome!!' .... yes, obviously, every rape plot trope is because in real life if the relationship happened, we would be putting both men into mental institutions.
However, since we adults know very well we choose to read a rape plot trope with the very unrealistic, very non normative relationship that we can play with and love in real life is very different, it would be really appreciated if people stopped stating the obvious.
At some point Seungho and Nakyum fall in 'love' (the unrealistic love of a rape plot trope). I don't know if some people are still under the illusion they are reading anything else but a rape plot trope, if they think they are reading a realistic social justice kind of literature where terms like syndrome this or that actually would have a purpose but this all seems to me like: once you understand you are reading rape plot, it's fucking irrelevant try to transform this into real life definition of Stockholm and Lima Syndrome.
At some point some readers will have to fact the reality that they choose to read a rape plot trope and they are getting EXACTLY what they knew they would get ( Stockholm Syndrome and all because yes, in these tropes, MCs fall for each other).