I think I like the fact he hates her at some level. Because for him he hasn’t lived all these lives with her he only lives the one life he has lived the her in that particular timeline (idk how to construct that sentence) and each time he only has memories of her locking him in a room with dogs that mauled him. She didn’t just give him a stutter she effectively ruined his life and he could have died.
That emotion warring with his growing love for her makes him a little odd but God I love how his character is built because he could so easily be the villain but he’s not.
(The real villain is her mom ngl)
Ntm on Katherine. Whoever is responsible for the curse is the true villain
i feel like hatred towards dulan was really unwarranted coming from carynne because although she did go crazy with what she was being told when she was young that didn't really give her an excuse to SET UP DULAN and indirectly giving him a stutter... !!!FROM SPOILERS: dulan is a good guy apparently, i could see it here BUT, with how the author writes him, IN THE MANWHA at least he seems really morally grey and is always in the conflict of being bad and being good. honestly if he was tweaked just a bit TO NOT be really messed up sometimes (this is from his own behavior, not caused by carynne or anything) then it wouldve been a good set up for a second male lead, because he REALLY does have good intent the EXECUTION with his writing is really what drove everyone off. like i genuinely could sympathize with him, not excusing what hes said to karynne, because he was trying to benefit and help genuinely !! but again with how hes written as "i love this woman, im a good guy and i really do want to help her out but I HATE HER not for the reason she gave me a permanent stutter but because of no reason explained that i am so morally conflicting".
i just think they did dulan really dirty man if they NEVER added dialogue about how much he hates her and how conflicting he is then he and karynne admittedly MIGHT work out better than karynne and raymond!! crazy to say out loud but its kind of true.
ALSO if his dialogue ABOUT his hate for karynne were never implemented, the story will still turn out the exact same. idk if its just me but him NOT saying that will have people sympathizing for him more. OBVIOUSLY he doesnt need to be wholeheartedly good some hate warranted towards her wouldve been valid because again her reason for trapping him was never explained!! she just always thought he was a creep with no other context and YES he DOES seem like a creep! i will admit but ill tell myself it was just karynne not wanting anything to do with boys when she was little. still i think it wouldve been good for him to progress into not exactly forgiving her but more of a "you did this, i remmeber it but i wont exactly hold it against you anymore" wouldve been so much better for him