Responses
Not gonna lie I still felt bad for Sangwoo. Like his life was actually seriously messed up. But you are right I didn't justify all the horrible stuff he did and how the story ended was for the best. Boy had no redemption, no matter what he was never going to change. And that's just something the author was really good at. Being consistent. And until the end it made it clear that SW never loved Bum. Bum was just a proxy for the real target of SW's "affections" and trauma.
I guess it's going to be really unpopular opinion but I have to say I really start to appreciate KS. Although Sangwoo got some sad backstory too it wasn't portrayed in the way to make readers super sympathetic towards him or to justify his actions (or to minimise his wrongdoings).
I seriously had big, really big expectations towards this story and I'm just disappointed? It's the same yaoi cliché trope but set in different times to give even a bigger excuse to ML's abusive behaviour. I seriously hoped that Seungho will stay dark character and the story will have much heavier, sinister atmosphere. And here we go again. Him falling in love, implications which should make us even more sympathetic towards him: suicidal tendencies, self destructive behaviour, tragic past....
So everyone will forgive and forget (or even justify) the way Yoon treated his servants or how he mistreated Nakyum.
Another disappointment for me is the fact that it's implied that the feelings start to be mutual. I hoped at least the process would be much slower and more complicated than Yoon being the worst person in NK's life (beside Inhun) but also someone who threw him shreds of kindness here and there and it was enough for Nakyum to fall for him.