What the fuck?

Lysa October 18, 2018 8:31 am

What the hell? I wanted that conversation between him and his parents over that morning breakfast to happen. I didn't give a damn about this chapter. I was super excited because I thought they were going to have the talk they needed but it turns out they just skipped over that important conversation that needed to happen.

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    Anonymous October 18, 2018 8:41 am

    Exactly. The chapter really should have not had the big time jump, and given more focus to the consequences of that big family argument. So all that drama, and for what? There wasn't any development, and understanding, any apologising or any simply cutting ties, just nothing.

    Anonymous October 18, 2018 8:48 am
    Exactly. The chapter really should have not had the big time jump, and given more focus to the consequences of that big family argument. So all that drama, and for what? There wasn't any development, and unders... @Anonymous

    The author failed to address the homophobia, and the family having a frank discussion about the abuse they have inflicted on their son. Instead nothing was achieved to that matter, and for the plot development. Another chapter where zilch happens in terms of the relationship development. Instead the author choose to add in this sports day out of no where (sports day, really? They are at uni not school) and have most of the chapter devoted to a new female character being a complete plonker and causing harm to others. LiHaun appears out of no where and carries her away cause he was told to, he wonders if Yuyang will come to the hospital too, but never bothers to phone him, and he apparently ignored him from the timeline of the last chapter too.

    vaisravana October 18, 2018 10:15 am
    The author failed to address the homophobia, and the family having a frank discussion about the abuse they have inflicted on their son. Instead nothing was achieved to that matter, and for the plot development.... @Anonymous

    re: 'the author failed to address the homophobia' I wouldn't call it 'failing', honestly. DJun could have done so, yeah, but I actually expected Yuyang's outburst not to be addressed at all, because that's a lot like how a relationship with abusive parents tends to go. 'having a frank discussion about the abuse they have inflicted on their son' is a monumental task when you've been scarred by constant denial, lack of self-awareness and gaslighting from your family, and, in my opinion, something of this importance would require more development than a first-occasion interaction (to us readers, at least). it's pretty common for children to crack under the pressure in a moment of dissent, the parents refuse to acknowledge their wrongdoings because it's convenient to them, and the next morning they've all "moved on", rinse and repeat; so DJun isn't that far off here.

    all in all, I do agree that the sudden time-skip and the lack of context for whatever is going on in this chapter was a turn off. I like that the story isn't plot-heavy and the characters are what truly carries it, but hopefully things will be patched up in the next chapter.

    Anonymous October 18, 2018 10:22 am
    re: 'the author failed to address the homophobia' I wouldn't call it 'failing', honestly. DJun could have done so, yeah, but I actually expected Yuyang's outburst not to be addressed at all, because that's a lo... vaisravana

    It's understandable that there wouldn't be any reconciliation or understanding from the parents. However, the author at the least could have included the "breakfast scene" and Yuyang leaving and his trip back to university, his internal dialogue about his thoughts in regards to his family situation and the phone call with Lihaun.

    vaisravana October 18, 2018 10:32 am
    It's understandable that there wouldn't be any reconciliation or understanding from the parents. However, the author at the least could have included the "breakfast scene" and Yuyang leaving and his trip back t... @Anonymous

    my thoughts exactly when I realized we weren't, at least, getting some flashbacks in this chapter. I'm almost sure the author wasn't sure of how to handle the follow-up and resorted to a time-skip instead, but considering how short this chapter was, I'll just wait and see if, whether as planned or an afterthought, he backtracks and fills in the gaps.

    Akai Hikari October 18, 2018 5:20 pm

    Maybe we'll get some flashbacks later? I was kinda disappointes too, but there's still hope.

    Lysa October 20, 2018 8:30 am

    See everyone I get that we weren't going to resolve what his parents did to him but still they seemed to never have gotten a response from him like that. It seemed in my opinion that he never voiced how he felt so in a sense he let what his parents did to him go. His parents actually seemed shocked to get his actual feelings thrown at them apart from when he just plays it off like nothing is going on. It really did seem like what he said to them actually got to them because they did really seem like they knew they were hurting their son at that point. I know they were homophobic but it really did seem like that conversation needed to happen for some type of character development from him.
    I hope there is some flashback scenes because I don't know when we will see his parents again after that big blow up because its clear that he avoids them so he doesn't have to deal with their rejection. I just hope it gets better.