i’m so scared bro this is gonna turn out so bad but uhmmm on the plus side eunoh and the hyung are funny…!
i just can’t help but feel resentment towards the black hair charactwr..ik where he’s coming from and i understand what he means but ig these chapters just hit too close to home. it sucks feeling like your trauma isn’t valid because you had a roof under your head and food at your table, emotional stability is just as important as your physical needs and for black hair to just tell jinhyeong to basically get over it because some people have it harder it just made me rlly sad :( i still haven’t processed the fact that im allowed to feel sad about what happened to me and that just because im more well-off than others doesn’t mean what i experienced isn’t true. it sucks because i truly get what the author was trying to convey and i think this is a realistic convo between two abused highschool boys but…my personal feelings just cloud my judgement haha
i see your point but i feel like the main idea might’ve flown over your head a bit, especially since by the end, we can see jinhyeong thank songrik. by sharing his own story (and others circumstances), songrik was trying to uplift jinhyeong by letting him know he isn’t alone and that came across and got conveyed pretty well as we can see in jinhyeong’s response.
there was no cutting sentiment that jh’s trauma isn’t valid or was less valid because he had a roof. it was all about giving him some relief that he still has lanes that he has access to that many others don’t, so he can definitely pick up after this because for jh, it felt like the end of the world. he needed to hear that, especially because he’d never spoken up about this before so he’s never been reassured about these sorts of situations and he doesn’t even know of any other examples. i think sr brought him reassurance more than anything.
in other words, in risk of repeating myself to make this point: there was no hint of “your trauma is less valid because you had a roof.” it was more about giving jh perspective, that as hopeless as things feel now, he still has pathways forward that others might not. and when someone feels like their whole world is crumbling, that reminder that they still have options can be life saving. jh had never opened up about this before, so he’s never really had that kind of reassurance or seen examples of people getting through similar things. sr gave him that. i think he brought him comfort more than anything.
(i know the above paragraph and the one before sound nearly identical but they have different nuances so i shall present you with both, hoping one resonates)
i feel like deep down you see this too but you’re projecting your own trauma onto his experiences.
mayhaps, we just have different interpretations in
i will say though, i relate to your point. your trauma is valid and i hope you heal <3
I get it, but I also don’t blame black hair at all since that’s his reality that he was familiar with and they’re also so young here. If it came from an adult with a few years to process their experiences and develop as a person I’d mind it more but yeah, he said it for himself because he’s still going thru it and he also said it as a point of connection, these two understand that they’ve finally found a person they can confide in about this struggle so it’s still sweet. For me atp I fully know and believe that my feelings about my own family are valid despite others having it worse so I’m no longer bothered, I can embrace other people’s troubles while feeling valid in my own too there’s room for both! I hope you can allow yourself to not feel guilty about feeling sad, it’s really tiring to feel guilty like that
no, again, i definitely do get where he is coming from, but as i said, this is definitely just hitting so close to home that my personal feelings are clouding my judgement, i usually pride myself on being impartial but this manhwa really touched me :,) i am most definitely projecting my own trauma, i just wanted to share my own feelings abt the character, i get what he’s saying and why he said it, but for me personally, it just makes me sad to hear haha.
i don’t think in any way that this is a bad chapter or that he’s a bad character, i mean, he only just appeared lol, and this chapter was really good in its wording and tension, but i personally, due to my own feelings, just feel sad after his monologue, however at the same time, i also get what the author was trying to convey and i don’t believe her message was “ur trauma isn’t valid” lol.
sorry if my first comment didn’t seem like i was aware of my own judgement, i am fully aware i am viewing this in a biased way, i just wanted to share my thoughts (づ￣ ³￣)づ
I rlly enjoyed the first couple, so cute, and the relationship was rlly nice too, so i had high hopes for the second couple, especially considering that the seme was just my type, but their story just really upset me. the uke SAs the seme TWICE and it’s just glossed over even though it’s the whole reason for the tension in their relationship. it’s the whole reason the seme hates the uke, yet the author just made it seem like it wasn’t a big deal? (even though im pretty sure the seme’s backstory was that he was SA as a child too, not 100% sure as i just couldn’t stomach finishing it.) the way everyone in the comments of the site i was on was on the uke’s side too was really disheartening and it feels like they didn’t even engage with the story to the extent they said they did. im just so disappointed. im also upset the second couple even ended up together because while i LIVE for a redemption arc, the fact they made the guy who got SA’ed chase after his SAer was so upsetting to me. idk who else feels this way and idk if im just being overdramatic but I couldn’t finish this story because of that. so to anyone that shares the same sentiments as me, don’t read this, i was so disappointed:(
hi saw this on my feed. i read this a while ago, but I remember the seme in the second couple being SA'd as a child while he was sleeping? and then I haven't actually read the first couple's story, but someone commented an analysis in which they mentioned how one of them SA'd the other in their sleep? is this true cuz then its weird as fuck, cuz how did the author depict one thing as being bad in one story but the same thing was brushed over in the first couple's story?
i stopped after i realised where the second couple was going, but from foreshadowing im 99% sure the seme was SA somewhere during his childhood by an adult man, this trauma then carried onto his adult life and when the uke kissed the seme was when the seme was asleep the seme got upset (rightfully so) and has hated the uke ever since. yet the author says through one of the characters that “it was 6 years ago and it was just a kiss” yet in the same exact chapter the uke says “i can’t just forget abt SA him because he looked so scared” like what?? this author is so hypocritical and gross, the fact they wanna paint one SA as a silly little crush yet the other as something abhorrent. you can’t pick and choose. SA is SA. it’s bad no matter what.
Hey, can't give you exact details because it's been a while since I read, but it is properly addressed in later chapters.
i didn’t expect to cry but i did, this story is seriously so good at capturing characters emotions and the development of the relationships felt so sad and seeing edith’s desperation and then fall was what tipped me over the edge. the original rize and edith have such a big place in my heart, original rize, we would’ve loved you so much and original edith, you are not destined to be some wicked woman :( i hope side stories release that show original rize and edith’s fate (in all honesty they’re kinda yuri to me) but also im rlly upset cliff got his happy ending. that stupid cunt. i hope he travels world to world suffering for eternity and NEVER finding the og author. i hope he gets what’s fucking coming to him. let him reincarnate to a brutal world like invincible or something and have him die. i hate that bitch so much.
i don’t know who else feels this way, but i think in a way adenine or hailey is my favourite character. she’s so tragic and although she’s done so many bad things, im so happy that she’s finally mentally well and in a better place. I would love a side story about her, as well as cecilia and cedric and dillon’s daughter, but truly, adenine just made me feel so bad and even though she wasn’t really expanded upon, i do really feel so sorry for her character. this story is so beautiful. so glad i came across it. :,)
before i finish reading, does she tell him she’s not the actual duchess or…because i feel like that would solve all her problems…
Lmao and you think he'll believe her? Maybe he will later on, but doing that might only aggravate the situation since at this stage there's a lot of distrust.
i mean, he already knows she “lost her memory” and if we want to go the realistic route of him not believing her then i’m sure she’s acting weird and not in character in ways her losing her memory can’t explain
Yes, but as I said he doesn't trust her. Why would he believe someone who's hostile to him before? It could be her "acting". But yeah, I already said that he MIGHT believe her later once the trust is established. But doing so at that stage will only widen the distance between their relationship cause it sounds like a ploy.
Spoiler
She is the real duchess. She legitimately lost her memories.
lmfao wait that’s so funny might have to tune in
off topic from the recent chapters but does anyone else not like the relationship forming between yuling and zizhen…like maybe im just going insane but she just looks so much younger than him even if she is just 1 year but they also emphasise that she yutong’s younger sister so much that it just makes me feel like she’s younger than she is. IDK HOW TO EXPLAIN IT. THEYRE JUST WEIRD TO ME
No I totally get what you mean. Obviously there is nothing wrong with dating someone 1 year younger than you but like idk there's something off about the way their relationship is like set up. Idk for me I guess its the fact that they basically grew up together
AHHH SONG RIK HE MAKES ME SO SAD OH MY POOR BOY