This is an odd one. The content is awful, it's not BL or smut in my opinion but a hardcore sadly realistic depiction of abduction and rape, though in real life I don't think Minho would have survived so long/been allowed outside of the house without being thoroughly brainwashed first. The notes on the first few episodes are strange, no matter what the authors say outside of the story, I don't see many (who aren't psychopaths themselves) siding with the rapist. My reading of this story does not lead me to be on his side at all. His behaviours perfectly align with an abusive, narcissistic psychopath. This awful things he does followed by small acts of kindness are typical of abusers.
I want to see Minho get away or at least see an end where he is no longer tormented. It's like watching a horror film for me, you know it's not likely to end well but you still hope and that's why you keep watching/reading. To me this story is not about love or enemies to lovers or anything so lovely, it's a sad exploration of abduction and how one can survive or perish in those circumstances.
Edit : was naively hoping that wookyung would realise he needs to leave Minho alone physically, get him into therapy and just support his long road to mental recovery. I hoped he'd start thinking of him instead of himself. That he could support him in getting back to a stable place without the hope for love or sex in return. I'm so sad for Minho, he did bad things and had a bad misogynist attitude towards Duna but he doesn't deserve what's been done to him. Just finished and... Wow I'm even more disappointed but if I look at it like a tragedy it kind of works. I don't think the author is trying to show this as a good thing or a good relationship but... They could have done something more meaningful with it. Letting him leave and build his life again could have been so inspiring but instead we get a sad tragic end where he goes right back to his abuser... Realistic but tragic.
This is an odd one. The content is awful, it's not BL or smut in my opinion but a hardcore sadly realistic depiction of abduction and rape, though in real life I don't think Minho would have survived so long/been allowed outside of the house without being thoroughly brainwashed first. The notes on the first few episodes are strange, no matter what the authors say outside of the story, I don't see many (who aren't psychopaths themselves) siding with the rapist. My reading of this story does not lead me to be on his side at all. His behaviours perfectly align with an abusive, narcissistic psychopath. This awful things he does followed by small acts of kindness are typical of abusers.
I want to see Minho get away or at least see an end where he is no longer tormented. It's like watching a horror film for me, you know it's not likely to end well but you still hope and that's why you keep watching/reading. To me this story is not about love or enemies to lovers or anything so lovely, it's a sad exploration of abduction and how one can survive or perish in those circumstances.
Edit : was naively hoping that wookyung would realise he needs to leave Minho alone physically, get him into therapy and just support his long road to mental recovery. I hoped he'd start thinking of him instead of himself. That he could support him in getting back to a stable place without the hope for love or sex in return. I'm so sad for Minho, he did bad things and had a bad misogynist attitude towards Duna but he doesn't deserve what's been done to him.
Just finished and... Wow I'm even more disappointed but if I look at it like a tragedy it kind of works. I don't think the author is trying to show this as a good thing or a good relationship but... They could have done something more meaningful with it. Letting him leave and build his life again could have been so inspiring but instead we get a sad tragic end where he goes right back to his abuser... Realistic but tragic.