I don’t like the one pretending to be a good guy. The village was on fire except for where ML lived with his mom. They probably didn’t even go up there.
I'm extremely suspicious myself. Like the main guy was more ruffed up than normal after he fainted in the beginning so I can't help but wonder if something happened and maybe the mom got killed trying to defend him or something. After all we're not shown who killed her and that feels like a big red flag to me.
Also you make a good point. Did they know his family was out there? That makes it even more possible it wasn't the king....hmm but if it wasn't the 2nd male lead I wonder if it was an imae and how that'd change things would he ask the king to kill his mom's killer?
Dang I find it hard to know what to feel here. This guy is a bit vicious but it's not normal to pat someone to sleep in this situation. Also I'm starting to think the main guy the uke might have a kink since he got happy after breaking the kings finger. But I suspect that happiness was about being treated as an equal or that he didn't retaliate. I say equal because he asked him to release him and then said I broke yours and You broke mine were equal.
He also doesn't respond to the king the same way he does to the guy that's nice to him. He was disgusted by him trying to force himself on him but even when our guy had his fingers broken he was feeling to much pleasure to care. (Sounds like a kink). I'm suspicious to say this is because he wants to kill him I'm very suspicious that he's actually been trying to resist falling for him.
I'm also not sure you can say his response is because of Stockholm syndrome. Mostly because he hasn't been kept in the palace long and hasn't even slept with him many nights yet. He only just got chained and even when he was he was let go pretty quickly. I say it's also unlikely because he wants to kill him so that's counter to the whole concept he's there because he wants to be. But he has weirdly been falling anyways even when his fingers got broken. It's just odd to be into it so much during that if you don't have a kink. It would normally kill it.
Part of me thinks he's crazy for falling but another part is like did he just pat him to sleep?? I've never seen one of these guys do that. And it felt sweet. Also he can't hate him that bad or be to afraid or he wouldn't have been able to fall asleep so easily.
Honestly I'm confused on the emperor because one he's good looking and two he isn't as vicious during sex normally. he just got jealous. He's kinda like a yandere and I tend to like them. But I don't normally like someone calling someone a monster or breaking someone's finger...but the uke just did the same thing and not out of hate ... I also keep liking the 2nd male lead though I'm suspicious as to if he's a good guy particularly after he tried to force himself on him but his sweetness and the main guy blushing to him makes me feel ah that's sweet but then our guy goes and buys the king a present...
Overall I have confused feelings I can't even tell if the king is going to get killed in the end. I'm not even sure if I'm supposed to root for that because..that pat got me. He was even gently holding his broken fingers with his own broken finger. I also unfortunately like taming a bad guy and am attracted to bad boys. But the 2nd male seems so sweet. If the main guy does fall for the king this probably going to be sad on multiple fronts. But is the 2nd male lead a good guy? For some reason I've been suspicious since the beginning. Isn't it odd he said his body was hard to resist or something it was like he was implying he'd tried it before. Also who killed his mom? We never saw who did that and the main guy seemed way more ruffed up than normal. Usually when they don't show something like that it usually means something. But even though I'm suspicious I keep thinking he's sweet I'm hoping he's not a bad guy but then I feel conflicted on multiple fronts.