I loved the banter between the MC and ML, but the way he said he would turn him in wasn’t very babygirl of him as he has been up until now
Jaekyung was doing so well with helping the elderly that I hoped he would make good process for his redemption arc but he has to think with his dick ofc (I do somehow feel like the sex scene in the next chapter is gonna be like a wakupcall/ turning point tho).
Still pissed he got to have his way with Choi Inseob so easily, I really hoped for a longer redemption arc instead of just ‘gentle’ sex (gentle in question)
I did genuinely like the story, and the character development he had towards the end. The only thing that keeps bugging me is the way the emperor treats his son, so unnecessarily mean and physically abusive. I hoped that in the last chapters he would atleast treat him a little nicer and with decency, I mean it’s still only a 5-year old child.
Me, as a very much red-flag liking person, did really not like the ML. Don’t get me wrong I usually really like a little competition, but this just felt wrong, mainly because the competition was his own baby brother. It’s crazy to me how far he took it and the way he spoke/treated his little brother. A partner could always be temporary but your brother (especially in this story where the ML himself raised him and they clearly have a tight relationship) is forever. Idk it just felt so wrong to Jiseok.
Wtf is this story even? We get HALF a chapter which shows Miles trying to win the ML over (yes the story says 3 years but for the reader its way to short to get into the story when he’s doing a complete 180 by the end of ONE chapter). Als the ML catches feelings as soon as he gives up; no leading reason, no explanation, no situation happening? You mean to tell me all it took for him to fall in love was him not buying his breakfast and skipping lunch for once in 3 years made him fall in love? Also 0 realism that the whole world in the story is gay? Also Miles just all of a sudden overnight became a baddie with all the selfrespect? I usually never drop anything but this literally had me cooking a couple chapters in.
I get that he may have had a lil soft moment for a begging crying handsome man, but he was literally raped 10 minutes ago. Like let’s take a shower and lay in bed and just talk for a minute goddamn.
Isn't he threatened, hurt and even raped all the time? It's not exactly the first time...
True, but this one was extra violent I feel like
The way the ML is portrait it’s as someone who is very clever, but somehow this man couldn’t sit down and think that communication was there biggest issue. Man lacking emotional intelligence even in fiction
Its about power dynamics. For all his talk about being equals and loving Geol, in his heart it never was and still isnt true. He was born wealthy and used his power to subjugate, demand, and even forcibly take from geol because there is no consequence for crossing his boundaries.
Unlike him geol also very aware of the imbalance and despite being forgiving and affectionate by nature he cant bring himself to even bother because he is extremely insecure.
Its basically a recipe for disaster the MC didnt understand stems not from an inability a Geol to love him back, but that he will never love him back because any semblance of a relationship they have was built by denying geol agency and autonomy in every way shape and form. Hes still using his power to control Geol with the delusion he can give him a high status and everything will be solved when he cant even fathom lowering himself or meeting Geol half way letting him be an equal partner.
Tldr: mc is power drunk and doesnt realize you cant be a boss in a relationship and if he wanted geols love he should have sought it out organically and just listened
I partly agree that in his past life he didn’t even have to think about what Geol wanted because he could just take it with force (bc of there relationship dynamic), but in the current world as the MC is trying to better himself he still shows that he didn’t learn from his past mistakes in their ‘relationship’.
In this new relationship he tries to somehow win him over, but to do that he first of all had to sit and reflect on the past and see where the defaults are. That’s why I still think that he lacks in many ways as to see where it went wrong. To see that communication was there biggest issue would also show him that Geol could never truely open up or say what he wanted to say (also bc of status but also bc of the person he is). The ML has also never expressed to Geol what Geol actually means to him and what he wants from him. I think a good long conversation could be a good start instead of whatever they are doing rn.
You put it perfectly!
Couldn’t have said it better myself
Even Hyeon had a longer and better redemption arc then Mido?? I also wished that the ML (he literally turned into a omega) showed more of that part, his whole bodily anatomy changed but it’s all okay since he found Mido again? He could’ve been more pissed about it tbh, just because you were a child that bc of circumstances couldn’t help him does not give him the power to fuck up ur body.
The art style was gorgeous tho, I do see alot of potential for the writer. I don’t think the whole story sucked, there were also some good parts like with the nostalgic throwbacks and how they glamorize their past even if it used to be different from real life. And the way ‘father’ was actually connected to the boss that took him in. I hope the author writes many more stories but focuses more on redemption (if not just not portraying some serious signs of abuse).