Ah, I’m so glad this was just a season finale and not actually the end of the series! There’s so much left unanswered, especially with Mokhwa’s old boss and what he’ll do if he ever comes back to Mokhwa’s life.
As for Mokhwa and Nakwon’s relationship, once again I’ll say that I think the author did a good job of portraying how their circumstances, personalities, and life experiences allowed them to somehow have a relationship together. The author reiterates again and again that in normal circumstances, many would be very turned off or even terrified of Nakwon for his selfishness and assault. But Mokhwa, who sees sexual assault as if it was regular physical assault, is so starved for attention and companionship that he allows his own rapist to stay beside him and is mostly just confused at why Nakwon doesn’t go away. Nakwon, meanwhile, honestly hasn’t changed because even now he’s still a selfish asshole who hates when things are inconvenient for him lol and the only reason he regrets raping Mokhwa is that it’s made it hard for him to court the man. He’s sorry for the assault, but only for the setbacks it caused with his relationship with Mokhwa, and he’s just really lucky that Mokhwa is starved for affection because any other person would’ve tried to run away from Nakwon.
All in all, it’s such a fascinating relationship and I can’t help but be invested! Nakwon’s honest scumminess kind of makes him bizarrely more likeable than other BL semes who’ve done just as gross shit, while Mokhwa’s resilience makes you really root for him and want to see him finally be happy. I’m really excited for season 4.
Ah, I’m so glad this was just a season finale and not actually the end of the series! There’s so much left unanswered, especially with Mokhwa’s old boss and what he’ll do if he ever comes back to Mokhwa’s life.
As for Mokhwa and Nakwon’s relationship, once again I’ll say that I think the author did a good job of portraying how their circumstances, personalities, and life experiences allowed them to somehow have a relationship together. The author reiterates again and again that in normal circumstances, many would be very turned off or even terrified of Nakwon for his selfishness and assault. But Mokhwa, who sees sexual assault as if it was regular physical assault, is so starved for attention and companionship that he allows his own rapist to stay beside him and is mostly just confused at why Nakwon doesn’t go away. Nakwon, meanwhile, honestly hasn’t changed because even now he’s still a selfish asshole who hates when things are inconvenient for him lol and the only reason he regrets raping Mokhwa is that it’s made it hard for him to court the man. He’s sorry for the assault, but only for the setbacks it caused with his relationship with Mokhwa, and he’s just really lucky that Mokhwa is starved for affection because any other person would’ve tried to run away from Nakwon.
All in all, it’s such a fascinating relationship and I can’t help but be invested! Nakwon’s honest scumminess kind of makes him bizarrely more likeable than other BL semes who’ve done just as gross shit, while Mokhwa’s resilience makes you really root for him and want to see him finally be happy. I’m really excited for season 4.