When I started reading this story, I tried to defend Taeju. You wouldn't believe the hate I got. People were saying I condoned rape and when I pointed out that he actually saved both of the brothers lives and that at least the uke would have a roof over his head and not have to work in a brothel, people said they would rather die than be forced to have sex with a rapist like Taeju.
He's a rapist, selfish, narcistic, and is a crybaby when he doesn't get his way. Possession isn't love. If 'he truly cared and loved him, this would've ended a long time ago. The entirety of season one is Taeju grooming him into being a prostitute,making Euhyun deped on him, and pressuring and raping him on so many occasions. Its not like this is a secret, read his inner (and external) monolouge
haha, its why I have stopped trying to defend characters like Taeju publicly... and why I am trying to stay away from the comment sections of stories. It gets to a point where all the hate you get just drags you down... so many commenters on here have such a black and white view, they refuse to see more than that....
Exactly,In yaoi standards for me teaju is a green flag, I never hated him even after what he did in chap2, he's a gangster and in this case that's how things work, people like uke in this type of situation are normally treated worse, we've seen it in every story's about having to pay a debt, teaju gave him the choice to either only fuck with him or be turned into a prostitute and be passed around by some disgusting old man like we've seen in that one chapter.Teaju provided for him a house, put the little brother in school make sure the little one would have a normal childhood and not be separated with his brother, he paid for everything they needed not to forget he also saved their lives.Had uke stumbled on anyone else his life wouldn't have been so lucky same thing for his brother because they would both pay for what their father did. Teaju gave him the easiest solution, people like him are not just going to be kind out of nowhere and forgive you about the debt, In teaju's environment that's how things are done. Teaju's behavior towards uke gradually bacame better he realized his mistakes and is willing to redeem himself for what he did. No one says what he did was right but people need to understand that this is yaoi and the bar is in hell, Irl no one would want someone like teaju in their life this is fiction and I'm seriously not mad about teaju I love his character and he's really funny
i dont know how people hate taeju, i get there's some things he could have communicated better or been more mature about, but hes not THAT bad. After everything i'd heard when I first read this I was expecting to hate him right off the bat. I also hope they have a kid together when they're both stable omg