“Don’t take it out, it’ll dirty the seats” Piljoo is such a legend for that
Cars love him.
True to form, even after a serious misunderstanding that left their entire relationship at risk, Jaehyuk is still more focused on the validation he feels from Garam’s distress/betrayal when he thought he’d been cheated on than actually comforting and alleviating Garam’s distress.
Jaehyuk is a major player, has been mostly straight, and has made degrading comments to Garam about his sexuality in the past. Under those circumstances it’s entirely reasonable for Garam to assume he’s cheating. And even when his relationship is imploding and his partner is in severe distress, he’s still only thinking about himself.
Even the original fight was about him being offended that Garam was not progressing in the relationship (thus providing higher levels of emotional gratification) fast enough. Any jerk can say “I love you”, but it takes time for someone to be ready to feel and say it.
meant to downvote.. i disagree with your opinion. in any relationship, you need to have trust in your partners. the first thing to do is communicate, which garam didn’t even want to it. i’m not saying that jaehyuk is innocent. we all now his past but he’s been trying to now-self into someone who is better. his past shouldn’t define who he now , as he’s clearly trying to make an active change. plus, wanting validation isn’t a bad thing, most people want it. i understand how jaehyuk feels. with the treatment garam as given him with the avoiding and the ignoring, and now they’re in a relationship with no language affection from him, it can be hard to honest jaehyuk. he is very open about his feelings towards garam. seems like garams issue with that is due to his past trauma due to an old relationship. communicating the reason why he has a hard time is the right choice. but he chooses to push it back which just causes jaehyuk to feel like he doesn’t like him. many people seek validation from their lover, it’s normal. it’s hard to blame him for that.
garam even knows that jaehyuk is sincere and serious about this relationship. automatically assuming that your partner is cheating on you just shows that you don’t trust them.
jaehyuk isn’t the type of person who would lie about cheating. he doesn’t do things just because he wants to lie. if he wanted to get with woman and leave garam, he would’ve done it already. yeah , he was a playboy . which is why he won’t stay in unnecessary relationships that mean nothing to him.
I agree with you on most of the things you wrote- personally tho I think jaehyuk isn’t truly narcissistic, just rather callous because it’s the first time he’s feeling real feelings instead of playing around. But we can come to that conclusion because we see his POV- see him fall in love, realise he’s being a jerk, trying to be better, etc- Garam isn’t privy to all of that, he only sees jaehyuk being more decent and kind (well, in comparison to his viciously homophobic self a while back lol) but he doesn’t know the depth of jaehyuk’s feelings, or whether it’s sincere due to the nature of how their relationship began.
A lot of what you’re saying is true, but Jaehyuk isn’t exactly a reliable when it comes to himself. He has a tendency to internally justify, make excuses for, and conveniently gloss over important details of the selfish stuff he does. He may have feelings now, but his initial motivation was to emotionally charm a Garam for the sole purpose of being able to have sex with him
Ugh I’m sick of guys who are annoyingly jealous even before being in an actual relationship. Man had to basically strong arm Jiheon to get him near him, which basically forced him to be in an involuntary work position that forces Jeheon to be around and cater to Jaekyung. That goes beyond a crush, very pushy and not in a good way. Zero boundaries respected. Rather than actually trying to win him over, Jaekyung went straight to the forced proximity trope. Also, if they’re this insecure, jealous, and possessive even before being friendly, much less dating, the whole story is just going to be a rehash of stale, toxic relationship tropes where Jiheon gets dragged around at Jaekyung’s whims, but the relationship magically still works because feelings and plot. Not saying he’s a horrible person, just saying that he objectively does not respect Jiheon’s boundaries because he views his desires to be more important than anything else. Jiheon will probably end up just bending to whatever he wants because that’s the only way a relationship with that type of personality can function. It’s a really common dynamic, but I’m over it.
Spoiler kinda maybe?
I only made it to chapter 13, so this is just a prediction based on how these dynamics and tropes usually play out
Honestlyy — harsh but such a real statement ~
And yeah i agree that this story has the foundation for this sort of trope laid down— actuallyy damn the way you clocked this story’s tea and it hasn’t been 5 seconds HGSGSGDGD
Thanks. I’m just so sick of this perpetually stale, overdone narrative that destroys any chance of a story actually being decent, normalizes toxic behaviors and relationship dynamics, and basically only exists to perpetuate patriarchal dynamics with the omega standing in for the oppressed, submissive, and compliant role traditionally projected onto women
But seriously, she hated him so much on a personal level she slapped him at their first meeting, and his family is always mooching off of, taking advantage of, and sabotaging her. Even if she did (*barf at the thought*) want to marry him, no fucking way that engagement slips part dad and big bro. He’s living in delulu land
Ritter is really out here sampling all the delulu lemons
And cue the trust issues. Kynel is comically terrible at communicating like an actual human, even considering his trauma. If he found out that Tia realized his trusted butler had been secretly drugging him, but decided to keep it a secret so “his feelings wouldn’t be hurt or his trust be betrayed” how do you think he would react? Not well. He infantilizes and tries to bubble wrap her instead of treating her like a true partner to go through the trials of life with. She put in so much effort to improve understanding and communication between them, only to be disrespected in return. Of course she’s upset and withdrawn. She literally has no one else to turn to. Even if she didn’t have pregnancy hormones, she would still be acting reasonably considering the whole situation. Kynel just loves pouring gas on the fire, and when he’s not doing that, he just watches it burn while choosing not to douse it with water
Wow that is a truly horrifying twist. Both hero and Arbil were self aware the whole time, but perpetually forced to act out horrific narratives while they’re trapped in flesh prisons.
Am I the only one who is sick of the worthless “turns out they were long lost childhood friends” trope? It just always seems so pointless and irrelevant. The fact that Tae Oh was nice to mc when they were both only a couple years out of diapers doesn’t change the fact that he is selfish, inconsiderate, entitled as an adult. It just seems like a weird detail to include or bring up. So this guy has been a major asshole with no regard for the mc for 40+ chapters and the relationship has issues with unhealthy power dynamics, a lack of communication, unnecessary deception/lies, and rampant toxicity, but they were super tight as first graders so it’s obviously destiny.
Even when the relationship isn’t negative or toxic, it still seems like a pointless add on. 9 times out of ten, one or both of them don’t actually remember until long after the relationship (and ensuing drama) is established. If only the bottom remembers, it either means that it’s completely irrelevant, or the reason they are pining for someone who is obviously unavailable or uninterested, and therefore willing to put up with a ridiculous amount of toxic bs because childhood feelings go thump. If only the top remembers, they will either say nothing while punishing the bottom in various toxic ways because they’re butthurt about being “forgotten”, or they realize it well into the relationship during their “redemption arc” which triggers them to finally treat their partner better. Whatever happens, 99% of the time it’s contrived and stupid.
Nope. Their story kinda feels warm for me. Poor baby Dobin but glad he had Tae Oh with him. ╥﹏╥
The childhood story is definitely really cute, but in the context of their actual adult relationship, it just seems like just another mechanism for the author to push an obviously toxic and dysfunctional relationship
His brother is pissing me tf off. He’s basically telling him to get over it, because they’re all his parents’s problems. Yeah, and they’re issues that defined his childhood and identity. The brother basically left him in the dark to struggle alone for years knowing that Seongwon would never achieve anything he sacrificed his life to accomplish.
He has been poisoning himself basically since puberty to become an alpha that would be accepted by his father and approved of by his mother. Every single person in his family knew the secret, but told him nothing as he worked tirelessly to gain their approval.
So no, it’s not just “parental problems”. He was raised as an object whose sole purpose was to obtain the approval of his father, take control of the company, and bring his mother back into power/a relationship with his “father”.
Now an opportunistic sadist is trying to tear down his life for shits and giggles and the man he loves is in danger. The brother is part of the abuse. He stood by and didn’t give him info he needed as he watched him abuse himself to the point of illness all while knowing it was all for nothing. The father did the same thing, watching him bust his ass to prove himself knowing full well he would never be allowed into the true family or to earn any power within the company
As far as I’m concerned, all three of them are rotten peas in a pod, just as bad as each other