Drives me crazy. It's not possible that I could have hurt the other person right? I'm the victim here, since I 'm the one in one sided love nothing cruel I ever do could possibly be count and I never have to take any responsibility for my actions right?
Worried about this whole "psychopath" thing too. Like it could just be the MC getting into a relationship with someone who would never be able to fulfill their emotional needs. But it also could be the MC basically holding their relationship hostage to "teach" the ML to be more "normal". Which that's just wrong, you can't force a neurodivergent person to be neurotypical, you will only get masking back.
Ahhh, sensitive topics like this are harder to get right.
I really like this story. I am enjoying it a lot. I am not arguing it's literary or moral merits and I was put off by the lack of consent. But I really enjoy men in uniforms, and one sided devotion, and really social and full of authority MLs. I also like a MC with self esteem issues who tries to hard and is standoffish to protect themselves. I can relate. So..... checking all the kink boxes effectively turning thecritical part of the brain off. Not to say it is a well written world or relationship or anything, more like a messed up fantasy, but I like to read trash honestly I hate Charles Dickens and many types of good literature. I love "notice me senpai!" stories with an unholy love! Also I love royalty/social class dynamics done certain ways. Though I often can't stand Royalty/stableboy or Royalty/maid that power gap is too big.
Uke is not trying to fix the relationship just because he feels guilty. He needs to decide if he really wants the bear or not. If he was able to say he was committed it wouldn't have gone that way, and if he can't commit, things like this will keep happening. Other problems and insecurities will keep arising if they aren't both serious.
Manipulating your partner to stay in a dangerous situation, In a place where they feel unsafe is abuse
"The thing I regretted most over the last year was being so passive in my relationship with him"....and what do you think you're doing right now?
Is it Hayden that is mumbling about a timer as he walks away or is it Brett mumbling while looking at Hayden? The bubbles have no arrows and it changes interpretation quite a bit.
If it was Brett doing the mumbling it implies that Brett was thinking of his arrangement with Hayden as a temporary thing all along. Like with football he was indulging himself with his desires before settling down and doing what his family expects of him. He could view his relationship with Hayden the same way. I think that fits the pause when Hayden offers to drag him to the gym and how much he laughed at using the safe word "honey". It would set the two up for more debate about the nature and value of relationships going forward.
But no one else seemed to interpret it that way. If Hayden was the one mumbling that leaves other possibilities. It's tempting to think that Brett has deeper feelings for Hayden than he's shown - because he pursued Hayden and because he was open to a real date. Also because he looks happy when Hayden gets closer to him. And because it would be awesome. But that's far from proven in the story so far, I think.
Also, supporting the second theory, Brett seemed to hint at having long-term plans for Hayden.
That was definitely Hayden saying that
Is so dumb. It will work out because it's fiction. But the argument "Go along with what Hwan wants or he'll hate you" has already been covered. It doesn't matter if he's dead. The reasoning that you can overcome medical problems by believing is so bad
is confident he can make Hangyul happy? Despite making him cry for years and right then? Despite never trying to view things from the other person's perspective, ever putting them first, or doing anything for Hangyul all this time? .......okay. I don't see this relationship working in any way except for Hangyul to keep making sacrifices for Robin and to put Robin first for the rest of their lives, I guess. I don't know if Robin can compromise at all. Him smiling and thinking "I am so happy, I will make you happy from now on" while the person he loves is bawling his eyes out, not trying to provide any comfort at all was super weird to me. No sympathy at all for your partner's suffering? You don't feel bad at all now that you realize he's been heartbroken for years? Okay
It’s not the end of the story chill
And they are adults what did you want robin to do more? Get on his knees and start begging him? Just because he loved robin longer doesn’t mean robin loves him any less or it couldn’t work
I want him to see his lover crying - make a distressed face and offer him a hug instead of smiling to himself and having an internal monologue about what an awesome lover he's going to be while his partner bawls his eyes out. That is not a normal reaction.
I want him to show empathy. I have never in my life stood there smiling as someone I loved cried. Or even as someone I mildly like cries.
honestly you sound like someone trying way too hard to sound deep and ‘insightful’ while completely missing the context. most of what you’re “criticizing” has already been explained if you were paying attention. maybe give the story another read, cus you’re reaching for depth that just isn’t there. Lmao
They were literally hugging
And everyone feels things differently and shows their feelings differently
But it seriously isn’t that deep
Exactly
And robin handled everything pretty well
What's bro yapping about
coke rant
Ya'll gotta take it so hard that I have a different opinion than you? So personal? I felt creeped out is what I am saying, and guess what? I am entitled to my own opinions
i think people are being unnecessarily harsh here and should not be saying ‘coke rant’ over a topic on a bl manhwa of all things, but while you are 100% absolutely entitled to your own opinion this IS also completely willfully misunderstanding the situation at hand and kind of overextrapolating an issue where there is none. holding robin to the standards of the reader isn’t fair because he didn’t have pretty much any of the information we did. that’s what this chapter is about. making robin realise how deep hangyul’s affections ran. and to say he’s never done anything for hangyul is kind of disingenuous because hangyul was very closed off and a lot of robin’s efforts to inch towards him were pushed back. you can’t do anything for someone who won’t let you, and there’s no way hangyul would have accepted anything robin did try to do for or give him.
this is not a situation where one was clearly in the right and one wasn’t, hangyul’s feelings were completely unknown to robin and robin’s attitude completely blindsided hangyul. to act like robin is a terrible person and partner, while a valid opinion to have because everyone is entitled to their own, kind of ignores the story setup and how they both handle and address things. hugging him the moment he saw he was crying would have been inappropriate as comfort because hangyul needed to say his piece & robin needed to respond. hugging him first would have probably made him cry harder. and then they DID embrace, so…?