at first i was sure i could get past the age gap since this has the perfect muscle bottom, but… it seems like ml acts even younger than he actually is LOL it’s difficult to overlook. he’s like an excited kid which just doesn’t pair very well with… sexual relations with your boss who is 14 years your senior
even though jinwoo has dirty fantasies like this, it would seem like the real guwon is actually a bit of a romantic and a flirt who wants to do things right… he’s setting the mood, building up to it carefully instead of talking nasty and immediately pounding into it like jinwoo imagines… lol
maybe this is a reach, but… is charcoal guy even actually a sex worker…???? i feel like mc kind of just jumped to that conclusion after seeing him get paid by someone… which could’ve been for anything. a misunderstanding like that would DEFINITELY warrant how rude he is to mc, even if it felt overboard at first
yall… i think he’s just good. he didn’t even make a creepy face or think anything freaky after jinwoo walked away. he just kept studying… he’s responsible but lacks social awareness. you guys should have some faith in 945 lol
aside from the sick and twisted stuff that happens at certain points, this series is sooo beautiful the way the author wrote the day-to-day conversations between ye-gyum and jooin really made it clear how close they were. i feel like oftentimes the relationships in webcomics seem superficial, but this didn’t have that vibe… they really liked each other, were trusting and wanted to know everything about the other. it’s just amazing that they actually talked to each other. when they made sacrifices for each other and appeared hurt at the other’s pain, it actually made sense because you could already see WHY they were so connected through every interaction they had. they’re compatible and have a closeness far beyond necessity or Sex All The Time… which cannot be said for most yaoi couples lol
here are my thoughts:
while it’s likely that guwon’s childlike behavior in front of jinwoo is not the full picture (given the reactions the townspeople have to his presence), i think we have reason to believe it isn’t a complete sham, either.
1. he’s obviously very strong. if he wanted to, he could easily have his way with jinwoo without all of this dillydallying, but it would seem that he DOES care how jinwoo is feeling and ultimately wants jinwoo to like him. given guwon’s seemingly broken moral compass and lack of common sense, i don’t know why he would’ve taken jinwoo’s wishes to heart and chosen to wait until he was ready if guwon was just planning on becoming forceful with jinwoo in the end. basically, i doubt he has the foresight to intentionally lull jinwoo into a false sense of security before jumping on him—if he wanted to jump on him, he’d just do it. on the contrary, i think he ACTUALLY wants jinwoo to feel comfortable around him.
2. based on this author’s history, it seems likely that guwon will be a considerate character who has a good heart in spite of misdeeds. we can see how guwon has a soft spot for children, given the fact that he accepted jinwoo solely because he was a teacher, and the kids needed an education. he continues to do little acts of kindness for jinwoo in a way that feels somewhat similar to what beom gunwoo did for yeo eui-joon in dangerous convenience store.
3. if we take guwon’s reaction to jinwoo’s statement in chapter 7 at face value, it would seem that guwon is drawn to jinwoo because he was the only person who really saw him. most of the other townspeople appear to be afraid of guwon. regardless of what is really happening beneath the surface, i believe guwon has some humanity that had yet to be seen or understood before jinwoo came along and treated him like a person. it’s clear that jinwoo is giving guwon a chance before making any negative assumptions in a way that others may not have, and guwon is clinging to that chance.
i felt the shock of it as much as he did cuz i was so prepared to root for them. author doesn’t attack just eunho but us as well
omg wtf LMFAOOO i swear author created him for the sole purpose of suffering for his entire life. he will never have peace…
this series is giving me the iiickk. i let the new chapters pile up and just caught up on them but it’s so stupid and unbearable. if han-gyeol likes uju so much, he should seal the deal and toss aside their agreement so they can actually date, because right now he has NO business trying to control what uju does when he’s not around… like, yall aren’t in an exclusive relationship yet. plus, han-gyeol seems completely obsessed with forcing uju into compromising situations and using public sex as punishment. this relationship is especially toxic to me compared to other yaoi with the typical obsessed ML trope, because unlike many other MC, uju is entirely flimsy and doesn’t have the guts to defend himself. he’s clearly a weak guy, physically and emotionally, and han-gyeol has been playing on that for his own benefit… which is just nasty. nothing interesting about a possessive ML manipulating a vulnerable, defenseless and impressionable MC. this whole thing just screams abuse. get uju OUT OF THERE! he got himself into this to heal from his trauma, but quite frankly, this relationship is another trauma in and of itself. he deserves peace…
fuck i hate this slimy freak… dajeong come with me i’ll save you
sorry i CANNOT believe everyone is so shocked that doyeon actually likes kang? i thought it was really obvious??? he never seemed particularly serious about yiyoung LMFAO i had no idea this was meant to be a plot twist until i checked the comments…
the way literally everyone treats hyesung like an object is driving me insane. he’s not a pet he’s a grown man! break up with him babe and be mine instead i will save you hyesung …
i love them so much i need to die right now. they are each other’s home
i have been REALLY enjoying tak and sanho lately which makes it even more disappointing how they started out you can see them both growing and changing as they get closer to each other, but every time i think back to the start of their side story i just get pissed off again because i can’t believe tak was like that. he made me so mad back then it’s shocking how much i like him now… it’s like author finally got sick of writing insufferable freaks and decided to let tak do a full 180° and become a genuinely likable and relatable person. i didn’t even think it was possible. if i told myself last year when i first read this series that tak would transform from someone i want to slaughter violently into one of my favorite character types (rude yet dedicated autistic), i’d think i must’ve gotten brain damage and lost my sense of judgement. and yet…
i’m really gonna do it this time. i can’t go on any longer
the way eunyung talks about these things in a way that makes him seem especially evil when all of it is just normal human emotion… the idea that he is Bad is so ingrained in his mind that he naturally presents his feelings as sadistic when they Just Aren’t. i’m never gonna be happy ever again
wanan is ACTUALLY trying to kill us doing this in the final arc are you kidding