I won’t lie to you. Grandma is my favorite character. I would die for that halmeoni. Thinking of you grandmama up above. Actually no wait, I can't invoke my grandma’s spirit over my porn stash.
She would probably understand lol.
I like this author but they somehow always make problematic plots come across as “whimsical” and it’s kind of messed up. I know it’s partially the art style. But really we have a gay teen bullied and abused by his crush, the crush is “cheating” on his secret girlfriend, bystander girlfriend observes this all in highschool this very tumultuous relationship and her youthful understanding sees this as “passion” rather than the toxicity that it is only for her to mature and still romanticize this relationship that she witness even as this misery a trois equally know better but still seeks one another. I truthfully wish the black haired boy had moved on he deserves to much better. But then this wouldn’t be “romantic”
Clearly this isn’t for me. I don’t find any of this funny. It’s actually sad. Noeul deserves so much better and ultimately for some weird obsession of friend x friend trope he’ll choose the worse option of Yeoreum despite this man being actual garbage. How is this “sexy” and “entertaining”, this is draining and sad.
Right like… i know the ending but how are they go make me root for this asshat from here to there. Like they made Noel such a normal and likable character as well as the second ml but the main dude I’m suppose to be rooting for is this asshole looney toons character. Please be forreal.
It's entertaining because I love seeing men like Yeoreum suffer
I dont think a guy who raped his friend of 17 years deserves better lol. That's so sick imagine raping your friend and then dropping them as a friend right after. The uke is a disgusting person
So this is a supposedly a 31 yr old MC who acts this much of a piece of shit? Yikes. Realistically Noeul should have cut ties with this bastard ages ago, who treats someone they care about like this for years which such little emotional respect?
This is textbook grooming
Idk it doesn't seem like it there age gap is only 6 years
We literally get info dump within this chapter alone about the emperor repeatedly lying to the MC from a young age about ways of the palace in order to condition him. Emperor has isolated MC to the point he couldn’t see his family for 4 years. I’m sure there will be additional snippets of info dropped along the way to feed readers but as it stands all of the emperor’s actions are premeditated and supposedly been so for 17 years. An older child can very much groom a younger child. The fact we don’t speak about child on child abuse, or inappropriate behavior done before children is often why a lot of childhood trauma especially at a young age goes undiagnosed as it’s just seen as just “playing around”. A good current example funny enough is celebrity,Keke Palmer, who while promoting her autobiography ironically just weeks ago actually touches on her own experience of this very subject.
*before adulthood*^
the fact that people are arguing with you over this is so sad
I’m not even surprised. This is the same community that will fight you to the death if you even so mention sexual violence maybe shouldn’t be romanticized for entertainment in almost all of the genre they so happily consume, and many couldn’t even distinguish between consensual healthy sex practices. When people say brain rot this is the example of this. Not consuming unhealthy media will make you want to mimic it but rather you become so desensitized you cannot make healthy nuanced connections of understanding in reality
Also there’s nothing wrong with enjoying this story. It’s understanding there are in fact elements of it that can be reasonably questioned and held into account before consuming this media with full understanding and ability to feel forewarned of what it entails
After reading the newest chapter I take back my statement cuz you right sorry ...... Σ(っ°Д °;)っ
Please forgive meeeeee
I’m not mad I’m just side eyeing the whole lot of you. I’m keeping the I told you so energy.
Why couldn’t they simply just lick each others wounds so to speak. No we have to have he’s a sad idiot puppy yes that definitely excuses assaulting the guy who simply was being nice to you out of shared heartache. I’m exhausted it’s literally the first fucking chapter.
But it wasn’t even a joint at fault responsibility. It’s clear as day the blond one is entirely at fault.
I actually feel bad for Doyeon. I mean he’s being an asshole but everything he said in anger is in fact true. Can you imagine the very STRAIGHT man you’ve crushed on for years and was your first sexual awakening coupled with being a “familiar” constant in your life, who strictly had a type that you knew you could never measure up to so you silently accepted pining after him because this same guy never would have considered dating you, a man, let alone a person he didn’t wholly respect as he’s constantly treated you as as nothing more than a nuisance kid brother suddenly changes his entire life aspirations and romantic desires for a pretty boy twink nearly half his age. I mean if we simply made Yiyoung a young woman it’d make it more obvious how cliche of a situation it is, typical old man behavior vying for young pretty thang. Of course Doyeon isn’t owed Kang’s love but it has to seriously sting just how of all the types Kang could fall for it’d be the ONLY type of man that a typical straight man would even allow himself to consider if a woman wasn’t an available/option. Plus we have Kang’s early chapters where some of this is actually verbalized in introspection, by Kang acknowledging Yiyoung would realistically move on from dating a MUCH older man who is very much at a different point in his life than Yiyoung who has no experience whatsoever. I admittedly like this drama because it adds some realism even if the fantasy is Yiyoung + Kang are OTP forever. Don’t hate me but yeah I actually do feel bad for Doyeon it sucks, every gay boy knows this feeling of self anger because you’re not afforded the luxury of openly expressing your love to often times your straight best friend or straight object of desire out of fear of violence or rejection. I’m hoping Yiyoung realizes this and is sympathizes which I sure Kang hasn’t and likely won’t be able to because he would never have struggled with this personally.
Somehow the redheads are always sadists.