Did NOT expect that to be the ending. I have very conflicting feelings def agree with yāall that it felt rushed at the eye stuff came out of nowhere. Damn. Iām gunna REALLY miss this series
I think a lot of folks are being too harsh on Seonwoo. These kinds of behaviors canāt just be turned off, this is how heās survived and even then heās been living in a fight or flight mode his whole life. Even trying your best with the addition of a supportive partner canāt fix this. He needs professional mental health help in order to make sustainable transformative change
Expecting him to do that on his own given his history and lack of mental health tools and resources is not only ignorant, but downright cruel. Yāall need to understand that he grew up with NO ONE itās literally always been him against the world and the people who he did let in betrayed him. Thatās trauma you canāt just heal with willpower and a good social circle. He needs help. He deserves help. And I pray that Taesoo sees this and stays with him through all of this
For those of yāall hating on Seonwoo I urge you to reflect on this post and try to start showing compassion to Seonwoo, even if you donāt like him. EVERYONE deserves healing
Was frowning SO HARD between chapters
69 and 70 that Iām gunna be seeking damages
from the author for Botox money lol
*re-reads ch 69 to prepare for new season*
WELL THAT WAS FUCKING TRAUMATIC
*reads chapter 70*
AND SOMEHOW THAT WAS EVEN WORSE
I want to read to yāall the different things that Chang-il says/thinks before they have sex: āsince when did it matter what I want, Iāve never wanted it [sex]ā āmy ass is still sore, but I feel like I have to pay him back somehowā
Yona: āI was trying so hard to behave myself, I donāt want to treat you like those creepsā
Yona understood that by making advances he was placing himself in that same bracket as the two men who raped him for months (obviously heās MILES better but heās admits himself that heās in the same bracket) a more appropriate response would have looked like ābelieve me, I want to be with you too but after everything youāve been through itās more important than ever for me to support you without being intimate and reaffirm your worth to help you understand that your value is so much more than what you can offer sexuallyā
I very much recognize that Yona is young, most likely doesnāt have the maturity or experience challenging himself to reframe like this. But I stop giving him a pass because he HIMSELF recognized that if he had sex with him then and there, it would lump him into that same category with the others. Because of that, I think we have every right to call him out for that
Also, Iām not dumb, I kno this is a fictional story and that I donāt have to read toxic BLs if I donāt want to and by continuing to read itās my own doing for consuming media thatās disturbing to me. BUT ALSO, that doesnāt mean that I suddenly dont have right to criticize these characters. Just wanted to put that out before yall jump down my throat with the same comebacks you throw at everyone who doesnāt just gleefully accept the toxicity of this manhwa with open arms
I feel so bad for Chang-il cuz he finally gets saved from the men who have been repeatedly raping him only to have Yona force himself on him. Is Yona better than the other 2? YES. But the fact that he doesnāt understand that Chang-il just went thru this horrific chapter in his life and needs a sex break so he can just human regularly again makes Yona only a couple steps better than the men he saved Chang-il from. Does it come from a place of malice? I donāt think so cuz Yona is still pretty much a kid and probably doesnāt understand the harm heās doing by continuing to want to have sex with Chang-il, but that still doesnāt make what heās doing to Chang-il any better
Iām very much Team Chang-il moves across the world, changes his identity, and lives alone and single for a few years while being in very intensive therapy and possible trauma recovery outpatient programs
I about had a HEART ATTACK when I saw the (The End) tag on this chapter ā
Controversial take: YES the seme took out the whole ukeās family and that is horrible and horrific BUT ALSO he did that under government orders. I think a lot of yall are forgetting how intense these fuedal times and how defying orders like this could not only put you or job in danger, but most likely you family too
Does that excuse his actions? Absolutely not. Does the uke still have valid cause for wanting revenge? Absolutely. But at the end of the day itās much of a systemic issue. I donāt think he would have maliciously taken out his family if he hadnāt been ordered to do that
So this manhwa can go either of two ways:
1) the uke finally understands everything that I expressed above, realized it is much of a systemic government level problem that even if he kills the seme, literally wonāt change anything. Accepting this is the only way heās going to be able to drop his revenge and start an actual relationship
2) he kills the seme, which you kno, GOOD FOR HER! This is your story, your life, you do what feels best for ya
Either outcomes are valid. I think we all need to just take a step back and look at this from a historical point of view in terms of power dynamics. This is really not a good vs evil, black & white type of problem. Itās much MUCH bigger than that and itās doing the characters a disservice by boiling them down into cookie cutter caricatures
āI miss the lightsabers! Why is it uncensored???ā
Say you fetishize yaoi without saying you fetishize yaoi
Is it bad that every week when I get the notification for this manhwa Iām praying the chapter has the tag THE END?
Thought it seemed cute so I gave it a shot, learned he was 25 and the seme was in college which was already pushing it cuz if ur 25 you shouldnāt be with people under 20 imo THEN I find out that NO heās in HIGH SCHOOL so I dropped it came to the comments to find out that HE IS 16
WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK YāALL????
I am SO glad the the bulk of us in the comments section are like ABSOLUTELY THE FUCK NOT
And for the few who think itās ok here ya go
- 16 is still a CHILD
- An adult having sex with them is WRONG
- Doesn't matter if it was āokā in the past
- It was child ab*se then and itās child ab*se now
Thank you for coming to my TedTalk
I really hope that Yuki goes to travel with him during his 2 year trip heās planning on eventually taking. I think it would be a really good growing experience to be able to travel and I donāt want them separated for 2 years Iām legit stressed about this predicament
Honestly itās on us for believing that Ceasar would ever get character development. He out here making Jaekyung look like Taesung from Cherry Blossoms ā
30 chapters and literally NO progression for the main couple other than that last twist. Iām guessing that storyline is going to become the main one and theyāre not gunna actually get together until Season 3
Is this manhwa complete and total trash? YES.
Is it still my guilty pleasure? YES.
For those of yāall complaining, itās 50+ chapter in, you kno the drill so either drop it or stfu
He should have killed him, super over that villain being in this story. You just kno heās gunna come back and kidnap their baby or some bullshit later on
IT ONLY TOOK 51 CHAPTERS BUT WE DID IT YāALL Iād like to thank my fellow degenerates for bearing down in the trenches with me, the comments section for keeping me sane, and the author who broiled that slow burn into a full course meal
Thatās where the uke should have said
āalright, Iām paid, peace out yall! Sorry your bodyās were too janky and unreliable to be of any use. Have fun being bitter cuz you didnāt get to fuck the bossā