uhhh why did they write my dad into a bl i'm surprised (and a little disappointed i'm ngl but that's personal) that a manhwa depicting the characters' trauma and mental health so well failed to give woowon anxious attachment in his relarionship with seoan as a result of this very specific type of relationship with his parent/s....
avoidant attachment comes up when your parents are straight up negligent. not much negative attention but nothing positive either because your parents are too focused taking care of other things to focus on you. that way you grow up thinking you're the only person that's safe to rely on, since the people meant to take care of you always dismissed your needs. this is not woowon's case. the reluctance woowon feels when seoan tries to help him economically and stuff like that has nothing to do with his attachment style but rather in my opinion with what's a pretty noble set of values making him wanna stand beside him as his equal. woowon's dad is described to run hot and cold. sometimes very sweet and attentive and loving, and then suddenly he'll become violent, then apologize and go back to his sweet self, then repeat. this should make a child grow up being hyper vigilant of the slightest changes in other people's mood and behavior as a means to survive, meaning, they become anxious and always suspect the other person of switching up on them unreasonably quickly, because that's all they know. there are other behaviors that should develop from a trauma like this, but this comment is already getting too long lmao. anyways, i feel like this is the right development they should've given him, on top of this very, very real sense of guilt and self-hatred.
i think the author knows exactly what she did here yall. you guys are like "hmm the way the characters were talking about the trans girl at the beginning was kinda iffy" when that's... actually the point. you think a different conversation between those guys would've been more realistic? lmao. they're our characters, yes, but clearly they aren't in touch with trans people and their experiences, so among themselves they will speak on them in whichever way is natural to them. they're wrong, yes, but it's kinda naive to think those conversations don't happen CONSTANTLY irl, especially among even men in that kind of environment
I agree with your take — I honestly think that it adds to the characterization of the cast. These two men are introduced to us as well meaning guys — a dad that’s working for his daughter and a dude that takes care of his bf’s mom — but also they’re still regular ass men who don’t really know a lot about social issues. We know they’re not bad people, but even decent folk end up saying ignorant things they don’t really mean or even understand were wrong. I like honesty like how the author handled characters like that.
woojin x taesoo who's with me
100% correct but i feel like woojin the only person on this earth capable of fixing that man and turn him into the 2nd coming of jesus i really don't think woojin would put up with any of his bs and that's exactly what taesoo needs. seeing him getting slapped with reality checks until he turns into a quiet pile of mush would be so satisfying like i already have the whole plot in my head
i forgot the chapter too but i can tell you yitae appear in flashback when woojin and hoin in highschool (i think its on chapter >50), when woojin call hoin wants to reconcile (its after the flashback so maybe chapter <60), and also in the side story where woojin said he got a plan with yitae (but he’s not appear). he only appear verryyy little but imssoooooo exiciting for what happened between yitae and woojin
we're so back #realcouplesswitch
Any more switch couple like this? Recommend plss