Plumy's Favorite

Wet Sand always knows how to put me in a melancholic mood. Ian’s character means so much to me, mostly because in some way, I can relate to him.

He has always been overshadowed and misunderstood due to his sexual nature and the BL storyline, but really, he’s such a tragically beautiful character in the sense that despite the lack of power over his life, Ian still lives for himself, and yearns for his own truth. Everything has been dictated by his circumstances. The struggle for autonomy has been a present theme in Ian’s character and TJ is in the flesh (symbolic), an inner reflection of his struggle to realizing his individuality. To live for himself and his wants. TJ in a sense is the “consciousness,” the objective or reality, better said the environment which shaped Ian. He is representative of the reality which Ian lacks control within. TJ quite literally looms over Ian like something inevitable, shaping Ian’s life, and he is Ian’s circumstances.

While Jo is the “unconscious,” the desire; being in control. Jo has always been representative and of what Ian wants: a normal, mundane life. But Jo is also Ian realizing himself and his identity outside of his circumstances. Jo who yearns for Ian, and chases after him, is symbolic of Ian’s need of finding himself.

i dont get why people are saying that ian and jo's chemistry is forced because like... what chemistry do ian and tj have????? i didn't know that holding someone back from pursuing a happy healthy life was chemistry

not a single individual can convince me to hate seo doya. that bathtub scene had me on a chokehold as it was more culturally significant than both the renaissance and beyonce combined. it has altered my general perspective of life - my passion, my life aspiration, my way of living, my culture, my career, my everything. ever since i saw those panels, i immediately got up on my bed, stopped smoking weed, and deleted all of the 18+ gojo edits in my phone that i usually jerk off to. at that moment, i promised to myself that i would never dare to fail my precious mentor, seo doya; and so, i grinded to save my failing grades and studied 24/7 while my classmates sniff drugs inside the school's bathroom stalls. i graduated high school with high honors, and suddenly, every asian parent was drooling over my success and would do anything for their children just to be half as smart and likeable as me. i have become a model to this generation, and further promoted good influence among my peers to spread positivity in this cruel world. shortly after that, i became the valedictorian of my entire batch in the most prestigious university in the country. with my valedictorian speech, i was able to end world hunger and poverty, make a cure for cancer, and stop racism along with homophobia and transphobia. yes! my father finally does not regret not cumming on the bedsheets. my mother finally stopped comparing me to her friends' children. my haters finally accepted the fact that theyre stupid lifeless losers. all of my financial struggles, extreme family issues, and severe inferiority complex have faded away.

i sincerely thank you, seo doya. you have changed my life; no. rather. you have saved my life. thank you for existing. couldnt have done anything without you.

Cain is such a well rounded character. He got his own flaws and is able to acknowledge his own mistakes after. It makes sense why many believed there was a chance.

And yall can make fun of his name and his past but he'll always be better than someone who dared lay his hand arcoss the face of the person he said he love since the beginning.

*repost since I somehow deleted my comment trying to edit it.

I think I’m at peace with this. Like I think we all know where it’s going, and I might not read what’s coming next, but I’m satisfied with Jooin’s growth. No, I don’t think he did Cain dirty. I actually think he did a great job resolving that relationship. Like there’s no way that it was gonna be healthy if they had gotten together when Cain still thought of himself as Jooin’s dog. If he would have stayed, his entire world would have been Jooin and that would not have been healthy for either of them.

I think Jooin also did a good job resolving things with Yahwi. He called him out on the bullshit and walked away.

It’s looking like they might reconcile but at least Jooin spent time on his own, reconnected with friends, graduated, and became an independent adult all on his own. He’s gained confidence and learned how to put himself first.

I’m not a fan of stories wheee abusers get a second chance so I’m probably dropping this now, but it’s not a bad place to drop it. I felt like I ended up getting a conclusion for every character.

The difference between Jooin ending the relationship with Yahwi versus him ending it with Cain is that, with Yahwi, based on their dialogue in previous chapters, Jooin realizes that he does not love Yahwi anymore. What he feels for Yahwi is more pity or compassion than love. He cares for Yahwi like a friend/brother. While Jooin's decision to break up with Cain is solely based on his belief in Cain's older brother's words; Cain's love for him is synonymous with a mental dislocation. Fairly speaking, Jooin believes that Cain has gone awry.

I kind of get where the author is trying to go with this story but then again the breakup feels incomplete. It feels incomplete because only Jooin and Yahwi had a complete breakup ending based on Jooin's realization of his feelings towards Yahwi. Well, Yahwi has become someone he feels sorry for. While with Cain the breakup feels more incomplete because the decision was made based on a third party's opinion about their relationship; in this case Cain's older brother.

I wonder how will Jooin react when Cain's younger brother or older brother confirms to him that Cain is, in fact, not crazy, but is simply in love with him. Boy, that'll be extra depressing to read.

I can't argue with the fact that Cain's love for Jooin should have been written differently. Well, what's done is done. But, the reality check Cain needed to hear the most was to acknowledge himself as a human being, not as a dog, and to learn how to live in the present as well as to learn how to love himself first. And Jooin was able to convey that to him.

At the end of the day, the choices made right now will finally help them all move on and heal from this burdensome poisonous experience. Jeez, don't we all need that!

But, the author being the author, I won't be surprised if his end game is Jooin and Yahwi because that's what they've been shipping for since chapter one.

Not sure if this is a controversial take or not, but I genuinely believe that Yahwi broke Jooin down emotionally to the point that he was no longer capable of believing in or pursuing a relationship with him, Cain, or anyone else for the foreseeable future. Yahwi’s carelessness, callousness, and emotional whiplash deeply hurt (and traumatized?) Jooin to the point where he lost the capacity to trust or believe in relationship and now he is so emotionally drained and distrustful that he even pushed Cain away despite their strong potential for a healthy and loving supportive relationship after Jooin and Yahwi split. I know Yahwi has trauma, but that doesn’t give you a pass to deliberately treat people like shit. All three of them have personal and communication issues, but in my opinion, even though he doesn’t necessarily intend to be, Yahwi is the villain

We should honestly bring politics into this like i want to ask joe biden if hes team cain or yahwi

I see so many people shit talking Jooin, and hey Imma be honest I was upset with his decisions a lot of the time, but I understood from where he was standing. So unsure about the choices he makes really goes more into depth of his character and I love when we get to see the troubles of human nature. I'm rooting for Jooin and Cain, but whatever Jooin decides is best for him, that includes going solo, is the side I'm really on. Also a lot of y'all being real nasty and ugly about this story and the Author. If it gets people riled up, then I believe it's a wonderful story!

Don't understand why people have a problem with reincarnation. We were literally introduce to it right when Cain showed up. It's a main plot within the story. We saw many parallels with it, even the the title corresponds to it, it has a dog leash in the logo, the cover has Cain in the leash by Jooin hand the previous banner had dog prints in the background. It's always been there.

Idk why so many are questioning it now. Many even ask what's up with the reincarnation story and when we finally get an answer it's suddenly "we don't care"?? It's part of the story you need to care when it's a big point that is shown to us since SEASON ONE

As a person who didn't skip the story, it's pretty sweet not gonna liee. I think this story is about Jooin and his soulmate Cain. If there was a separate manhwa, same author, and it happens to be a master and his dog and the ending was tragic. Then from the very start from yours to claim everyone would be on cains side but since there was none of that. Well this story has a good amount of hate and love lol