This is wonderfully put^. I had the same thoughts after finishing this story; it’s a shame because it was going so well, but the pacing and the events near the end were just,,yeah. Waiting for the side stories because I still really like our main two and I want to see them being happy lol.
Idk, him ‘ghosting’ jooin felt very in-character. He was lost, he asked for help and she made him feel like it was his fault that jooin ended up going to jail. He went back to jooyoung because he felt like it was the only way to save jooin.
I don’t personally think he’s stuck in the past. He’s changed, a little but he did. I think also him being finally with jooin (willingly) with no trouble will also help him become his own person.
but is free that jooyoung never got the comeuppance he deserves. but the fact that he will forever feel lonely and miserable and most likely won’t be able to ever work on himself makes me feel a *little* better.
He got his comeuppance though? He got the company only because his brother gave it up… all those years he wasted being resentful and angry meant nothing. He is still lonely, miserable and inferior this is all compounded by losing Yegyeom, gaining CEO position not through hard work or being worthy, scorned by his father always as a bastard child. I think his ending is pretty miserable tbh.
I don't know how to feel about this. I think this was going well until Yegyeom decided to leave Jooin and just straight up ghosted him after the embezzlement case happened. Jooin had a decent character arc, but it feels like Yegyeom was still stuck in the past and couldn't do much for himself at all. Until the end he felt like a rather passive character.
That embezzlement arc was the perfect opportunity to actually develop his character and make him stand up for himself. Refuse Jooyoung and make him fight against him. That would have been perfect. In the end, he had to be rescued by Jooin to free himself from Jooyoung's clutches. I really don't think that did justice to Yegyeom as a character.
The author really tried hard to humanize Jooyoung, but he was just way too much of a dipshit for me to care about him. It's also frustrating how he never got ANY comeuppance for his actions. He gets to be the CEO as he always wanted and he lets go of Yegyeom because he no longer needs a punching bag to release his anger. He can also get himself out of the forced arranged marriage and be free.
He got the best of everything. He forced himself onto Yegyeom (Yegyeom did not consent, which means he was very much raped by Jooyoung) abused him and brutalized him until he no longer needed him. Seriously, wtf? This started out SO good but now I feel like my time was wasted. Also, who the fuck cares if Jooyoung is a bottom or a top? He is a god damn rapist. People are seriously focusing on the wrong part here. I could not care less if he is a bottom or a top, he can fuck his rapist ass right off.