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You never know, jooin x cain chapters could be spicy. I mean think about it he got the looks and personallity to be a good lover, im guessing good in bed too (づ￣ ³￣)づ

Omg yeees. Test that infinite stamina, Jooin ⁄(⁄ ⁄·⁄ω⁄·⁄ ⁄)⁄

"A guy like you in hell" KADNKWHDJW Omfggg lmaooooo

Yoonbum loved sangwoo before he started abusing him (when he saved him in army) and kept on loving him after that i don't think it's the same case

Lol, I know that... What I meant is that there were many times when Yoonbum didn't want to leave Sangwoo's side because life outside his home was just as miserable and he mistook Sangwoo's new attitude or possible love as a justification for him to stay. I don't want Nakyum to go into that level of dependency, him saying that Seungho's confession prevents him from leaving really worries me.

he never excused sangwoo's acts or mistook it for kindness he was aware of everything and thought about escaping all the time but yes at some point he really gave up on his life and accepted living with sangwoo because of how harsh the life outside was, nakyum is also aware of everything and i think he just don't understand himself for now, he didn't mistook the abuse to anything nor he is showing stockholm syndrome's symptoms

Omg yes, he did. Do you remember those chapters when they became a "married" couple? It was crazy. Yoonbum was over the moon when Sangwoo changed his attitude to the point that Sangwoo himself said "You shouldn't trust me". He also justified himself in staying with him despite knowing that he was kidnapped. Nakyum knows that he is being abused and admits that Seungho is a monster, but his romantic feelings confuse him to the point that he is arguing with his noona about leaving, when the answer is quite clear. Nakyum knows that he is being tortured and yet he wonders if he should leave or not. I don't want to say it's Stockholm syndrome because I honestly don't know enough about it, but I can tell that he's attached to his abuser.

The difference is Bum never really had a choice, Bum never had a "Heena noona" to tell him that is not love and he should come back to a family that loves him. Seungbae is not the same thing, he's like a stranger for Bum, and Bum is afraid of policemen, since he is not innocent (plus, when he was arrested in the past, the agents still left him in the hands of his rapist uncle). Bum is truly a complex, conflicted character, he is also severely mentally ill (he has untreated BPD and god knows what else) and it's harder for him to escape an abusive relationship. I always found the scene at the police station heartbreaking " would you kiss someone like me?": Bum only found "love" and kindness with Sangwoo, Sangwoo is the only person who saved him from being raped again at the military. In comparison, Nakyum had a better life and he knows what a loving and caring family means, so it doesn't make much sense he is still attached to his abuser.

You are right about bum that's exactly how i saw him it's really heart breaking i don't believe it's stockholm syndrome for him and that's even more painful

wait it can be stockholm syndrome i can't really tell since bum is fucked up with his past trauma

I don't see Stockholm syndrome for Bum, as you said he had already feelings for Sangwoo, it's very complicated and we should take into account his past trauma, mental illnesses and the situation he is in.
Nakyum's situation imo doesn't make sense: he doesn't defend his abuser but he blushes and accepts everything he does only because sometimes he was treated with kindness. We also all know it is going to end with them together.
I feel since the author is not as good as Koogi, she is trying to make something similar but without any good basis. Nakyum wasn't really trapped like Bum. Nakyum had choices, he could make a living with his paintings and he had someone to rely on (even if she told him to not come back, it doesn't seem it's really forbidden) , Bum had literally nothing!
Also I feel we are still overestimating the author, because while it may seem that she is condemning Nakyum's feelings as Stockholm syndrome, she actually pitting the feelings towards Inhun (whom we know he is a bad person) versus the feelings towards Seungho (that we know it's clearly the endgame). I can't see an ending Harada/Koogi' s style tbh

You seem like someone who really understood Killing stalking in it's real form i really agree with you, and about potn's author maybe she will surprise us with something else who knows ?

Maybe she will surprise us but I don't trust her skills

I also believe that. Nakyum at this point is just a victim who feels conflicted because plot value. I don't think he has any valid reason to take Seungho's feelings for him as a reason to feel confused. I don't think at all that Nakyum and Yoonbum have the same level of writting since Nakyum falls in comparasion, he just reminds me a little bit of him since at the end of the day, he is also kidnapped. I think Inhun is still being painted as a good guy since the noona doesn't know his true colors and Nakyum kinda remains with his obsession to see him as someone superior. Harada is in another level of screw up endings painted as a happily ever after, I'm not a super fan of how Koogi's ended KS but the climax and the characters themselves were beyond excelent. I have no clue how this is going to end but I just know is going to be a tragedy, let's see.

This season is kinda... I was expecting other things? Maybe Nakyum playing with the emotional power he has over Seungho, see more of his past, more depth but nope... He is just going to be a victimn who feels for Seungho because (?) I don't know, the story is taking a path that still is messed up but not as complex as I expected. Nobody is really that complicated, not even Seungho. I should stop comparing this to KS or I'm really going to be dissapointed lmao.

I agree! I didn't have expectations since I hated PotN almost since the start, because it always felt to me as an attempt to copy KS ^^''

I know! KS is in another level, but I also expected more from this since it's an historical manhwa. There is a great BL manga called Yuuutsu na Asa that not only plays with the politics, hierarchies and social order of the time to tell its story, but also how the characters grow and develop based on that context by learning the rules of it. It has no resemblance to PotN, these stories are not even from the same era, but I expected it to play in the same way with all the historical environment to evolve its characters, in addition to the psychological one. It's waste with all the potential this has.

I understand you perfectly, PotN could have used better the historical setting, it coudl have been interesting but it's actually mediocre

Yes! He should’ve reached out in that last panel but he probably needs to also do some more thinking to himself
Still, should’ve tried to talk to hwi which could’ve cleared things up even just a little

yes, yes yes, I agree 100 percent

Everything about this comment is right, you may have a big brain

Omg your user name T_T Hwi stan? Big brains collide, me thinks.

Don't tell me you're also a Hwi stan- we'll become besties

"Not as your trainer, but as your man" Let me kneel, sir

Amen I think I have found my soulmate since you also know my all time favorite line

I melted when I read it but favorite line is not that one, is when he rejected Param LMAOOO Soulmates are not made, are born

I've been waiting for him to finally realize his self worth yeahhh but those lines are actually quite sad for us Hwi lovers

Well said.