Dang not the intellectual play by play! But yea, I get what you’re saying. It’s kinda hard to imagine them together at this point in the story, but even in the end, I still can’t see them together without getting the uncanny valley shivers.
Maybe it’s not the type of story where the author wants them to be a thing in the end, or maybe kill one of them when they just start being happy, idk and idc, fr.
What's CTE btw? And I assume. Like, assume. Jk's violent behaviour will stop when...if. he gets together with Dan.
Damn, even typing this I can't believe how unlikely and unreal it sounds.
Lol if you've read BJ Alex you'd know. It's the same author and the stories are somewhat similar. They follow the same formula: seme sucks at the start everything's bad nothing is going well then sudden change of heart and they understand eachother then seme is the sweetest man to even exist.
Bro atleast Alex was somewhat decent. He knew how to act normal...plus that story's development was faster. This is just trudging along somewhat
I can’t help but feel this is different this time tho.
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. It’s essentially brain damage from high contact sports like boxing and football. Netflix has a documentary about Aaron Hernandez, an infamous NFL player who had CTE and eventually killed his peer and himself later on. I cannot think of an ending where Jaekyung does not develop CTE and end up hurting Dan bc ain’t no way
H-holy- shit... You're factually correct. But this is fiction in the end so it's genuinely unpredictable
Looking at Jaekyung's attitude towards injuries, he'll definitely retire early like that. I seriously can't understand how people are expecting for this relationship to work out. This had potential to be a psychological Manwha and show the consequences of CTE, instead of a ''romance''. What a bummer.
I can't help but feel it'll be the same it's very much like every other yaoi it's only enjoyable cause the author knows how to blue ball us into reading the next chap
FR. CTE is so scary. I've taken several classes on it and written a few papers about it and shit is crazy. The best-case scenario I've seen was with this guy who worked at my university as a sports coordinator (he was briefly an enforcer in the NHL). AND HE LITERALLY CAN'T COUNT ANYMORE. He lost the ability to count. Moreover, his baby hit him in the head and because he was so messed up, it knocked him out and severely concussed him. As a result of this incident, his doctor warned him that if it happened again, he could die. The only way this is going to end 'happily' is if Jaekyung turns into a vegetable and Dan gets it take care of him for the rest of his short-lived life
I feel like Alex didn't actively manipulate the uke though. Like yes he was a jackass, but he was straightforward with what he wanted and didn't hold a position of power over the uke. Meanwhile, Jaekjung may be open about being a d*ck but he holds both financial and positional powers over Dan and actively exploits him because of it.
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Wait it's back, we're good. Idk why but this website always glitches on me
Yeah but to me it only feels like the author is taking it a step further to make it more interesting. I don't expect it to end any differently. They're gonna be lovey dovey soon. The author hinted it at before, I don't remember exactly what it was but in one of those "Q&A" chapters someone asked when they'll get to be happy and the author said it's gonna take long, therefore implying that it will end the same way .
honestly we all know it gonna end like bj alex but i feel like jae is so far gone… like i can’t even imagining him missing dan when he inevitably fires him or dan leaves. the only thing i could see jae missing is the sex…..
Honestly, the funniest thing about all this drama is there is NO future in this relationship. If Dan gets with Jaekjung, then what? No seriously, then what?
I'm going to crunch some numbers real quick:
Jaekyung is 26 yrs old.
If he continues to have a good career he will retire around mid to late 30s (avg age for boxers is 35 because after that they physically break down).
If he blows out his shoulder it will be way before that.
So that means at most Dan is expecting 10-15 years more of this crazy-ass, violent behaviour (as well as messed up power dynamics).
But I'm not done. CTE kicks in the early 40s if you are lucky, early to mid-30s if you aren't lucky and could even present prior. This means even AFTER this guy retires he's still going to be beating the crap out of Dan and most likely going to become less coherent and more violent (essentially he's going to become a violent dementia patient). Finally, CTE takes years off of your life expectancy so Jaekjung will probs die around 60-65 yrs of age (if he doesn't succumb to suicidal thoughts (symptom of CTE) or if someone else doesn't take him out first)
So like why are we staying? There's nothing to look forward to. And they are in Korea so it's not like he can marry him for his money. It's funny in the way that Dan is going through all of these trials and tribulations for literally nothing. Like girl, it's a lose-lose situation