Taesoo and woojin are such an unexplored goldmine, both as individual characters and as potential lovers. The way Chunwoo was never set on enforcing boundaries and pushing for the validation he deserves while equally tapping into taesoo's insecurities and unscrewing them out of their tightly clammed up knot, I feel someone as forceful (but healthily so) as woojin would've managed to do just that.
The brother's character was also great.
The main couple.. Man, oh man. It's a clusterfuck. It's really a triangular piece blending together. The boundaries are nonexistent between the three of them. Even at the end, the mimed symbol of ownership is slapped onto the relationship as if a simple scratch in need of a bandage when it's a ghastly vacuum of a wound threatening of inflammation*. Changing the piercing doesn't transport ownership, it's not a possessive claim. It's a festering insecurity. You can't erase his memories of his past relationship, you should simply be aiming to create new ones. The piercing should bother you, but it's not subvertible nor is it your way into his heart. (And this is not simply about that, this is the running theme, so much of it coalesced in there but not all. Such as the last sexual (straight up) assault on taesoo. Taesoo's ever unadressed trauma and insecurities on the part of Chunwoo. And I get it, Chunwoo has been completely worn down by Taesoo and he deserved better, but dear god, it was a bargain he understood and acquiesced to practically every time.
The main couple are not terrible together, they equally require so much careful work. Ultimately, everything feels like it's been addressed on a surface level so that the mindless consumer is appeased with something more digestible. And perhaps, if there is any consolation, truly addressing these dynamics would've ultimately unequivocally seriously been a mentally draining read. It would've also been the brave thing to do, however.
You know he seriously wishes to nurture this relationship when he specifically plans to arrange a solo exhibition for an artist that is terribly fickle with his artistic creations. He believes in him and is equally willing him to believe in himself. Precious, so so precious ♡
Solo exhibitions take longer to arrange because they lack the joint effort of multiple artists, and similarly, Damon's reassurance in the solidity of their relationship will take time to settle which is why offering trust forthright still feels ominous to him. And he didn't even bother reaching out to understand the misunderstanding because it's easier to lean on past experiences that have gone to shit than to surrender to blind optimism.
But fret not, Colton's is just the right amount of patient.
I think that it’s horrible, since solo exhibition and a spot in an exhibition are really different and ML made that big decision without having a conversation with MC. MC should have had a right to decide. Now he won’t probably have any exhibition since after thinking he got screwed over her destroyed all his creations.
Colton fucking messed up that’s what he did. He knew the personality of MC and still decided to go behind his back making huge decisions for him. Anyone would be furious if someone they thought they could trust seemingly fucked them over.
I agree it should've been discussed with him first, but he was going to tell him as soon as possible. It wasn't as though he wishes to take away his right to decide, it's just that I don't see a version in which he'd be against it in the 1st place. It's expanding on the prior deal.
And honestly, Artists are rightfully given more time to prepare for a solo exhibition so it's not like he needs to produce pieces right away. Neither do I see him destroying whatever he has already made, there was never any retaliation of the sort against his art. He just takes it on himself or others, and that indicates story development. I don't really expect it to be a smooth ride, they're both controlling and flawed in their own right, but we're yet to see it boil down to maximum fuckery. Even their intentions for one another are yet to be disclosed properly and they're still tiptoeing around it. All of that takes time.
" I pine for you "
I die. Truly, 'I love you' sounds lame in comparison.
it sounds so beautiful I'm crying!!! （/TДT)/
I like the way his pretty face is drawn/turns ugly around him unceremoniously here and there
It's interesting how the title along with the last memory he implanted in the girl (and I assume to take her back in time) both point to his presence, as there, but in passing.
"Thus spoke" referencing Nietzsche's zarathustra: the profit that you're meant to overcome/overtake: sur/pass/. And then the implanted memory " I don't know who Rohan is even if I see him" (paraphrasing) ; beyond having a literal function (saving him from possession), again, we're shown that he's there but in passing.
It's also interesting to see how this particular supernatural that leeches off of people has become a source of contentment for the woman in the form of her child, "A somewhat necessary evil" .
Soft familial banter and unassuming character quirks.
The hairy bushes and mussed twirls of a true cowboyed bear, We've been perennially robbed </3 Beautiful shit <3