101 chapters later-

why did you want him with the photographer. genuine question.
just cause it's a more conventional and socially acceptable r/s didn't make it any good

well to be honest i wanted them together (taku and haesoo) because i thought haesoo could’ve found some sort of happiness and take his mind off his ex step bro (forgot his name), but i mean deep down i kinda knew a relationship like that couldn’t just be forgotten about and moving on is really hard so in a way, i also didn’t want haesoo to end up with anybody and have time for himself (however the most recent chapters changed my mind). the fact that they were step brothers at some point is what made me not want haesoo and homie together because yk, it’s weird but i mean now that they cut ties with their families and years passed, i mean fuck it yk

Not really, I just felt like he was a new start for haesoo, in terms of falling in love. The photographer knew he needed to out-shine Choi to gey Haesoo's full attention, unlike Choi who was his first... Lover, but this is my way of interpreting their relationship and it can be wrong

I understand what youre saying. And it would make sense to support it, if the photographer didnt have shitty intentions and wasnt just there for his own curiosity and the drama... hence why he says “I just wanted to see the kind of story he writes when I leave him”. He didnt act out of sincerity or love or any of that. He took advantage of haesoo’s heartbreak and was manipulative and literally only prioritized his own feelings. Its the fact that he develops feelings later on, that “changes” things for him. Otherwise this man wouldnt give a damn. Meanwhile Choi was always sincerely in love with Haesoo but felt he could never show it because of their compromising situation— caused mainly by the parents and the control they had over their kids even after the divorce. Choi had the best intentions out of the 3 (wanting to protect hs and their relationship), but sorely messed up. Still he realized his own missteps and faults. he worked to change and be better + had the best development in this story. Plus his love does not have a condition so when Haesoo breaks his heart, he gives Haesoo the space he wants, but still tries to protect him from the shadows, tells him “i’m all yours”, and even loses his drama for haesoo’s sake ><

So yeah it seems like its cause you saw it as “weird” due to their taboo, that you wanted him to move on. Your thoughts might parallel Haesoo’s. His unhappiness was caused by the fact that he saw his love for joowon as wrong and weird and so he shouldnt be feeling that way. Which is why he kept running away from his feelings. Meanwhile Joowon had his own reasons for not taking the steps forward in their r/s too. In the end haesoo did get time for himself to emotionally heal, be his own person (for 3 whole years at that)— and he still wanted to be with joowon so badly after all that. He no longer saw his love for Joowon as something he should never feel and get guilty about.

Idk how well i articulated my thought, but this comment better explains why i think what i do about taku: http://www.mangago.zone/home/mangatopic/9517513/?page=4

And this is why i wholly support joohae’s relationship: http://www.mangago.zone/home/mangatopic/10526356/