wouldnt make things better but

would not make things better but i feel like things would make more sense if the author made woojin(younger brother) a sadomasochist that has both sadistic AND masochistic tendencies, just to explain why he never fought back and somehow still “liked” his bro when they were younger and the beat ups were about grades and insecurities and less about woojin being one manipulative, obsessive, mf. it would also explain why he continues to stick to him, even after wooyeon’s attempts to verbally and physically beat it into him that he hates him.

i guess i dont like how the author is framing woojin’s character to be like, “oh, i was an innocent young boy who loved and respected my brother, but he was mean and didnt pay attention to me so i turned into something terrible! :0 if only he cared for me like i did for him!” like, b*tch, “something terrible”?! you’ve r*ped him, isolated him thru indirect bullying, and you’re tryna say “sibling fights” from childhood was your villain origin story?? nahhhhhhh stahp right there.

but idk maybe the author is tryna do some “unreliable narrator” sh*t, who knows.
also i think parenting went wrong somewhere cuz there are deeply seated issues for both brothers that communication coulda solved. maybe the parent that was closest to wooyeon(older bro) coulda sat him down and been like, “honey talk to me whats wrong? you weren’t like this before why are u being so cruel to your brother?” maybe take him on a roadtrip of one-on-one parent-son bonding to coax the truth out of him idk. just separate the two and talk to each of them individually cuz wooyeon didnt even wanna look at his brother. then both parents mediate between the two kids from there.