mhm, agreed! but also because of the "he changed guys, he feels sorry for it" factor most readers are willing to forgive a lot just because the character had a slight development and did the bare minimum, that's pretty hilarious in a negative sense imo
and of course one can find a story interesting and still be critical of it, it's not mutually excusive
of course, especially when he himself was the cause of the outburst!
i understand the author's intent was to have him push euihyun's buttons to "reveal his true feelings", but it was still a shitty thing to say to someone you claim to love
ik they're gonna be end game but i'm just hoping that the author makes taeju suffer much more than just a few punches for everything he has done to euihyun so far
He never retaliate when Euihyun hits him and that's why I love him for that and I don't recall him hitting Euihyun. call me sick but I know the rapey thing shouldn't be forgiven but idc about that since that's common esp for bl, what I want to see is Taeju being desperate for Euihyun's attention and love and beg him for what he has done to him.
personally begging is not what I want to see. It's not a sign of becoming green (or yellow for that matter)
plently toxic relationships are full of begging, the person committing whatever wrong begging for their partner's forgiving, and those things can repeat over and over in real life.
what I'd find to be actually helpful and reassuring to an extent, is for TJ to give EH some fresh air: a social life (not isolation), freedom from the threat of misery (be that increased debt, incapacity to unsure the brother has a nice future, danger of being coerced into prostitution) and the freedom and independence for EH to choose however he has any sort of relationship with. In a few words: independence, safety and freedom.
Which means TJ has to work on his own possessiveness, rather than beg and keep control.
the comments are hilarious
the abuser/rapist got punched a little and he didn't retaliate and suddenly ya'll green flag him and forget about all the shit that went down previously
at this point i can't even be surprised about why all the rape/abuse to love mangas are the most popular/ most read... the bar is in hell