I've been trying to figure out why this particular story feels different and why I find it so much easier to stomach than literally every other story with an abusive main character and I think it's the fact that there's no excuses being made Woo-yeon is just a shit person period like there's no tragic backstory no "he secretly cares and just doesn't know how" there's no "he loves him but isn't allowed to show it" bs no Woo-yeon just sucks because he sucks he's a spoiled asshole born with a silver spoon in his mouth who thinks just because he's got money looks and a problem feeling emotions that means he's allowed to get away with anything he's just an asshole abuser full stop and the story isn't trying to make us sympathize or even root for him he sucks and In-seob knows he sucks and knows exactly how terrible he is he's not falling for the "he's a rapist but he cares" bs he's fully aware that regardless of his mixed emotions (which I think are super interesting) that Woo-yeon is terrible and though there's times when he's being genuine and actually nice In-seob is never letting his guard down because he knows full well what kind of person he is that plus the fact that there's no one who's worse than Woo-yeon who the author uses to try and trick us in to believing he's actually a decent human being is really refreshing it feels less like a toxic romance that the author just blatantly refuses to acknowledge is fucked up and more like the author is sitting us down and going "this man sucks this relationship is terrible you aren't here to see how cute they can be or for him to be redeemed and turn in to a less shit person you're here because this man sucks and you wanna see the tragedy he's going to pull this other man in to" it's genuine and tragic but it acknowledges that it's tragic something I'm super grateful for
and yes, reading the novel just making me love them both even more. Like ahhhhh I wanted to be their friends so I could tell them they could get through anything as long as they communicate and yes they could <3 It is actually such a simple plot, but so pure and refreshing <3
Well. It's also a realistic depiction of an abusive partner. You don't stay because they're terrible all the time. You stay for the rare sweet moments when you believe it's gonna get better. It never does but some abusive partners are very good at keeping you believing this lie.
That's definitely also part of it like it feels realistic which is refreshing despite how horrific the situation is I also appreciate that the story maintains In-seob's innocence despite his actions being questionable at best like the story is never trying to make us think he deserves this treatment because he doesn't regardless of what he did/tried to do
Makes me wanna read all those sex worker rights zines and books and articles I've been letting pile up
Seijin sucks for pushing boundaries and coercing Jiwoon in to going along with stuff he clearly doesn't like and refusing to actually do something romantic with Jiwoon that doesn't devolve in to sex Inhyuk sucks for being ridiculously selfish and only caring about Jiwoon's boyfriend being shit in so far as it allows him to take advantage of and use Jiwoon to satisfy his ego and his broken heart Jiwoon deserves better and should 1000% leave both ain't shit men in the garbage dump where they belong
I also refuse to blame Jiwoon for any of their shitty behavior trusting someone who claims to like you and want to date you isn't a crime and being "naive" isn't some sort of massive moral failing none of those men should have ever treated him like this in the first place
It's kind of weird to me that people are calling Jaeyoung annoying or insufferable for not knowing how to deal with the random supernatural entities threatening his life and the guy who seems to be the root of the problem who also keeps saving him but also keeps treating him like he's stupid for not knowing what's going on I feel like his reactions are perfectly reasonable he's scared and confused and the one person who seems to have all the answers also refuses to explain anything to him and is being cryptic and quite frankly creepy considering he a stranger at this point keeps insisting on Jaeyoung staying by his side while also getting angry and snippy with him when Jaeyoung acts like a person with free will instead of a doll he can move around and protect it's weird and I'd even go so far as to argue that him blaming Yihan is also perfectly reasonable correlation doesn't equal causation but if you only started experiencing life threatening events after the clingy new kid started forcibly hanging around you and he refused to explain anything who would you blame for this situation
They’re more mad at the individual who had his normal life shifted then the guy who’s the root of the problem it’s insane the ghosts are appearing cause he killed innocents but people are mad at the mc for being reasonably confused and scared???
We dunno ML the root the problem. But we know mc stupid for no reason.
Like u said ML might sus but he didn't pass boundary. He just ask MC that he want to walk him home for safety sake but mc decline his offer didn't he? For such small reason or ego? Despite that the fact he just experience horror?
His behaviour is unreasonable. Even u say ML is sus. Normal ppl will still accepted the offer. Safety come first. Also ML identity is clear, they on same school.
Confuse? Maybe yeah for the origin why ghost been chasing him. But if i was him, if i being target by ghost and i can be safe if i near that guy and he willing to help me. why not? we only walk home and sharing cpntact just in case for danger only. its not bigdeal. It just small price for a safety i got. And i can do research why the ghost target me.
I'd argue he's crossed several boundaries actually they aren't friends they're strangers they literally just met like a month or two ago and the extent of all their conversations has been the ML screaming at Jaeyoung for living his life and not heeding the whims of a complete stranger who keeps insisting he do xyz with the vague explanation of "it's for his own good" while also not explaining anything not to mention ML and Jaeyoung are the same age this isn't an adult trying to take care of a rowdy teenager and keep them from danger this is a strange classmate forcing his way in to his space and his life with no explanation and from his perspective putting him in danger
You say that we don't know if the ML is the root of the problem but we also don't know that he isn't or rather Jaeyoung has no way of knowing that he isn't especially because all this stuff only started happening the moment he showed up nearly right after ML shows up to Jaeyoung being frankly off putting and weird glaring at him who is again a complete stranger then the ghost or whatever they are showing up
Not to mention Jaeyoung's life is in danger suddenly not ML and instead of treating him like a person ML insist on screaming at him for everything he thinks he's done wrong when he has again not explained anything Jaeyoung's reaction is reasonable
At this point at the story Jaeyoung has been attacked screamed at criticized basically stalked by his so called protector and overall been treated like shit he has no reason to trust the ML beyond knowing that the ghost maybe don't like him and the only reason he's cut him off now is that the one thing he can supposedly rely on him for i.e. making sure the ghost don't hurt him he didn't even do so why the heck should he be nice and accommodating to this boy
Neat another one for my "is autistic" list wonder if people will try to argue with me about this one too
Please author get that man some clothes that fit I beg of you he can keep the silly shirts they're cute but get him some pants that fit him please
Okay look I understand why Bihwan is acting like this but honestly if someone kept insisting I was someone I'm not trying to strip away my identity I'd be incredibly pissed I'm honestly impressed Michan is putting up with his bullshit as much as he is because having someone deny your identity down to your name constantly and then reveal that they're chill and even happy if you didn't exist anymore oof they'd at least get a slap and be kicked out of my space immediately
It doesn't escape my notice that a lot of the women fucking around with Ryou were grown ass adults especially the aunt do I understand why the brother might feel some type of way for him stealing his girlfriend yes but also he was a teen you two were adults and your girlfriend chose to try and start that relationship double for mother it really isn't shocking Ryou has a screwed up relationship with welle relationships in general
Exactly!!
I'll be so pissed because I know they're going to blame her for what happened but they messed up first you can't just switch around tailor made costumes body's a different and if you have a piece designed to fit one body you can't just copy paste it to another second you didn't let her finish the alterations I'm so upset for both girls tbh