what’s crazy about all this arguing in the comments is that in like korean bl “culture” (LMAO i don’t know how to put it) top and bottom dynamics are pretty strict and author/artists 99% of the time don’t like it when they’re switched so ╮(￣▽￣)╭ bottom andrew stans i respect the vision (not my preference tho) but it’s never gonna happen lmfao
yall Jaehyuk was an asshole but he is really not bad in comparison to other tops in BL like he’s not even a red flag imo he’s like a yellow flag fr also he becomes so whipped later on it’s cute lmao
hey guys, don’t worry about the friend. i don’t know what happened to him but don’t worry about it
oh also a theory i have is that since taegun knew kang whatever before he became an esper and that’s also the time period he self harmed… perhaps pain was the only way he could be differentiate between reality and whatever mental manipulation kang was doing to him? which is why he cut himself? in that case hot is hell kang fuckface i hope you rot in flames
i just realized during a reread that it’s pretty much confirmed that this esper (kang fuckface or whatever) messed with taegun’s mind and manipulated him emotionally cuz in chapter 16 when the chibis are arguing with each other one of them says “well it’s actually good that eunsung is a guide because he can’t manipulate us with a power” as reference to this new dude
okay so i’m going to be talking about the novel from a perspective of a long time korean manhwa/webnovel reader — this novel is (in my opinion) very well written. even if you don’t like the plot or the characters, the way the author describes certain events or the emotions/thoughts of characters is nicely done. because of this, i can’t help but feel just a smidge sympathetic toward the ML, who i agree is a terrible person who got what was coming to him (and honestly should have gone through more) and im sure others feel the same. that’s why when you just get point blank spoilers like “oh he’s horrible he did xyz” its so easy to be like “wtf who would read this? dropped!”, which is totally fine, but also there’s a lot of nuance being missed. of course, again i don’t mean to say the ML isn’t a piece of shit - he is! irredeemably so. but if you’re on the fence, i just wanna say you can still enjoy the rest of the story knowing this fact.
the ML is a classic “korean top” psychopath, where he doesn’t have emotions and don’t understand them. where i think the author does a good job is in how she shows the effect of being a psychopath on the ML — he knows he’s different and he gets shunned by his father, and he acts like he doesn’t care. but subconsciously, being treated like he’s inhumane and a monster terrifies him, so he does everything he can to prove that it’s okay, he doesn’t need these emotions, but he accomplishes this in malicious, unethical ways.
and he does horrible things! he allows taeshin to be gang raped and plays with the emotions of his ex fiancee, leading them both to kill themselves. he facilitates the rape of many people as well, where he allows for rich men to take sexual advantage of drugged/tied up individuals. he manipulates the people around him, and the emotion abuse the MC goes through is insidious. he gets the MC to a point of dependence where the MC is terrified the ML will leave him with lies and deception.
i believe the story does a great job up to this point. we see this twisted relationship and this cruel, calculating ML develop just as the ML wants. i personally think the story gets a little weaker when everything is revealed to the MC and he gets “revenge”. his initial attempts are clumsy and honestly kind of pathetic, which might have been the point but idk, i wasn’t really feeling it. ultimately the ML does go to jail, which i think is fitting, and as expected they do get together in the end (with complicated emotions, ofc). the finale didn’t really live up to my personal expectations, but overall i did have fun reading this novel.
also one thing that i thought was both fucked up and hilarious was there’s a part where one of the rich chabeols who are part of the ML’s secret sex dungeon club or whatever (lol) tries to piss the ML off by going like “i saw [MC] and he was super pretty i wanna have sex with him blah blah blah” and ML’s reaction is to forcibly kiss that guy and threaten to fuck him (which brings up another funny point where the ML pretends in front of these people that he has an std LOL)
this is just my theory but i think the mc went out because he wanted to test to see if his hypothesis (that the ml know the future) was correct… come on yall like you guys are saying he’s stupid but you guys really couldn’t think a little bit deeper or read the subtext? also he has every right to be suspicious of the ml so far?
binge read the novel and yes it was a little cliche with misunderstandings galore but i freaking loved it ╮(￣▽￣)╭ i eat out this trope every time
UGHHHHH the mc is gonna pretend to be an alpha after he presents…
rereading this again and the mc is so? hot? and pretty? and honestly i love that he has like an actual personality but also that he has a backstory (although tragic) that gives genuine logic to his actions. he manages to be hilarious too.
so we all know the two brothers (of our MC) are fucking right? like they are definitely not normal (also i hate them! sorry im just a simple reader they’re assholes) i’m pretty sure the older one is adopted as well (just a guess tho) but im not 100% sure i believe he was also sexually assaulted like the MC was, i wouldn’t put it past this manipulative piece of shit to be lying about it
i’m not saying it’s right but it’s not crazy that taekyung doesn’t want to convict his own mother… like would YOU send your mom to jail??? again… not saying it’s the right thing to do but it’s at least understandable
reading from the beginning is so disorienting i’m looking at taeju like who is this man where did our simp go
sorry yall but does the ML ever stop sleeping around or i that just going to be his thing for the rest of the manga
sorry maybe i’m crazy but did the ML change his hair??? i thought the other guy was gyujin or whatever that other guy’s name was for a second
jian suiying’s a red flag but i’m colorblind idgaf
phew i’m glad i wasn’t the only one confused as fuck reading his lmao
any manhwa recs where the main character previously got out of an abusive relationship? gl/bl/bg doesn’t matter