Okay I need to arrange my thoughts and theories on this. I just reread it all again to gather proof and find anything of notice so here they are: (they'll be a lot, so scroll past if you don't want lengthy comments TuT)
1) the first thing that caught my attention is the time teach attacked Guwon when he was sleeping, towering over him and holding a knife down his way. According to their positions, it's either Guwon was caught off guard enough to land beneath a weaker and injured person, or he willingly allowed that position for god knows why. But also,,, where did the knife come from? The earlier panels showed how he just arrived to that house, sat on the sofa then fell asleep. Why was there a knife? (My mind keeps providing the thought that Guwon was there with the knife and allowed this as a test but idk. Was he checking if teach would hurt him?)
2)Gunwon's eyes are the same as maggots, silver.
3) Guwon's tattoos are a little odd. Like aside from the blackout sleeves, you can see the neck stitching as well as that same pattern on his ankles. His wrists don't have them, but his arms are littered with stab/slash wounds, and so is his eye. Arguably these are not wounds you get from maggots, they're like walking dolls, they can't handle knives, and those definitely don't look like haphazard wounds from fighting a doll (you think other humans hurt him?). If you also go to the community dinner chapter, the angry girl Gyeongha mentioned how people would cut off maggots' heads to finally stop them from moving.
4) going by 2 and 3, it'd point that Guwon is a maggot, and idk how his limbs were stitched back up to his body if those stitching tattoos are real stitch scars (was he an experiment? Were they trying to figure out maggot mortality and behavior?), but if we believe that theory it'd make sense why he doesn't remember his past, and why he behaves like a child. Which brings us to 5
5) The only people who truly get along with Guwon are the kids. It's said kids can sense someone's bad/good intentions and have good base instincts (and we all know Guwon actually means well, even if he's a maggot. He's not scary because of what he does, but what he is) and perhaps because he also has the mentality of one that they all get along well. Perhaps the rest of the town actually know that Guwon isn't normal, that he's undead, and that's why they're all afraid of him. He never actually did anything warranting fear, he was even kind enough to mc first meeting when he didn't have to be. This explains why he cried like a child when he thought MC feared him, saying "are you afraid of me too?" Which means everyone else is. The reason he only visits mc's house is because mc is the only one who treats him normally enough to "backtalk and challenge him" like how Guwon put it as if he's a normal person worthy of backtalk without fear.
6)I think the sex was a dream. If you notice, mc's pants would suddenly disappear then reappear, which makes no sense. But also I do think he kissed Guwon for real. I don't think Guwon knows innuendos, which was proven in the "wanna touch my muscles?" Scene where he had no idea he was coming onto mc. Idk if he knows what sex is or what it feels like to be touched intimately, if he lost his memory and is treated with fear and avoidance, so he probably doesn't realize what's happening lol. He had no qualms about "mouth to mouth breathing" in early chapters so he might truly not even realize the meaning behind mc's kiss if mc truly kissed him, which is why he brushed it off next day.
Anyway, food for the brain.
That actually made sense
What about the first preview when guwon is walking into the building where teach is his footprints go from big to small so he can make his size change. I think he really is an experimental subject cuz he doesn't remember his childhood cuz he didn't have a childhood I think he's just saying he doesn't remember
Hmmm.. i think that was just an artistic bit. It wasn't teach's house, i think that was how the stillwater town was founded. He went to the house he now currently lives in. I don't think his size changed because he entered the house as the same size as he is now (the panel where he was at the door with his back to us). That being said I do think he's some sort of experiment based on the narration when he was emerging from the rubbles about how some were just waiting for the world to go upside down. Maybe that was what finally set him free and allowed his emergence. HOWEVER he did emerge in that scene with the tattoos and rings and all his glory, so it's still a bit confusing, unless that was just an artistic metaphor to start an epilogue and not necessarily what it truly was like.
Damn you compiled it nicely! You should check out the Sisyphus story.. Remember Guwon was talking about this rock and protecting the village.... For sure it's connected. In the story of Sisyphus the cunning king is tasked with rolling the rock up the hill in the underworld. But yea I am so excited for the plot(⌒▽⌒)
Oh I know the story superficially! How he kept rolling the rock up the hill, but every time he was near the peak it'd roll back down so he is bound to repeat this cycle for eternity. I meed to go into a deeper dive to relate points to what's happening here, considering the rock is alr at the peak now. But yess!! Thanks for reminding me!
I like these theories and I think Guwon is based on Universal Frankenstein.
I got distracted from my anger at the lack of face reveal at that huge bakery he has. Damn
The armpit rutting (and sucking in earlier chapters) and sniffing...
Jay has some very interesting kinks
Jay is a pit kind of man
Mc, most probably: mark me down as both turned on and super scared
I read kiss me liar manhwa like two years or so ago and I barely remember it, but looking at the comments where people talk about details like it's a whole universe with interwebbing characters and places and cameos I feel so lost
Josh helped the main character in kiss me liar while he was pregnant and on the run by setting him up to stay with a friend and advice on the pregnancy if I remember correctly and chase is Greyson’s brother the guy who hangs around Keith a lot and went to the same college as Keith.
Yess no j went to reread but then people pull stuff about their kids and the locations like Boston and California and I'm like damn that's a whole as verse to keep up with
lol, I’m the extra’s it shows Keith and Yenwoo’s kid Spencer and he has some friend’s he plays with those are Josh and Chase’s kids. It doesn’t exactly explain it in Kiss Me Liar, hints, but doesn’t explain well. So everyone is excited to realize that when reading this one. I also saw a comment that Greyson has his own story too. Apparently this series has a novel series or something it seems like.
"I almost fell for that face again" well you're stronger than me Hilda because the moment he did that face I folded like origami without a fight
I understand how everyone's bothered by this and I'll start my comment by establishing that I am in fact part of the Jaekyung hate club and screamed in the comment section multtiple times before, so it's not that I'm defending, jic.
However to logically dissect this, there are two points that make this sex different than the ones before and make us NOT back at square one.
1)The power dynamics here shifted. Before, Dan was forced to have sex for the payment for his grandma's hospital bills. He didn't get a say in the matter or a say in how it was done, and his mentality convinced him he can't either. On the other hand, it might not look this way rn cause Jaekyung hates not being in control so much he exudes so much false confidence (and it seems to work since y'all convinced this is square one again) but he's not the one in control in this situation, it's Dan. He's the one who needs Dan, he's the one trying (but can't wait for it to be even more desperate and pathetic) to make Dan come back, and he's the one who stands to lose in this situation. You may think Dan is overpowered again, but nah. He's the one who suggested it, and while ik someone will say "but he was forced to, to get rid of him because he's stalking and harassing him" no guys he really wasn't forced to use that method at all. Also Dan has a lot of dirt on this bitch he could've used any of them to push him away completely.
2) This is the first time we see Jaekyung taking his time with foreplay and all to give Dan pleasure instead of solely focusing on his own. He thinks he's doing this to prove a point, but with Dan"s repeated rebuttals it only proves how delulu he is and how he's just in denial at his own feelings towards Dan. He doesn't realize this, so his inner monologue seems disjointed, but he does admit Dan us different to him than the ones before. And this sex scene is not rape, I'll stand on this hill tbh.
We /are/ seeing character development in both characters, it's just not at the level everyone wants yet because it's not logical to go from 0 to 100 in so little time without triggers, too. If you go back and reread early chapters you'll see Dan was different and Jaekyung was also different than what they are now. Give it time, I'm trying to also hope that the road for Jaekyung redemption is still ongoing, and I'm glad Dan isn't giving in. I think it was intentional and metaphoric that this sex scene is from Jaekyung's pov and we are deprived of Dan's.
To re at point 1, I'm not saying Dan wanted the sex that's why he suggested it, I'm saying Dan suggested it as a point if humiliation to Jaekyung HIMSELF. It was throwing Jaekyung's assholism back at him in the same form he subjected Dan to it. Jaekyung used to use sex as his trump card humiliation, so now Dan is like "isn't that what you like? Okay" and started using it too, while also taking control of what he does and doesn't, and will call him out on his actions during. He makes a point of telling him he doesn't even want it, so it only serves to prove that Jaekyung is the one who's horny for Dan. I found it absolutely hilarious because Jaekyung KNOWS this and he just flips the mental table into "look at you enjoying yourself too" only to be constantly denied lmao.
thank you
"And this sex scene is not rape, I'll stand on this hill tbh." I wish there was a way to unlike a comment because this is sick. Tf you mean this sex scene isn't rape? You're literally downplaying Jaekyung's actions bu literally ignoring the fact that he's manipulating Kim Dan into having sex with him. I don't need to read the rest of this nonsense to comprehend what it is you're trying to do, and I suggest you don't go down that hill. These are the exact excuses rape apologist use. You digust me.
*but
WORD!!
And to clear up something, I only liked because I agree with one part, "Jaekyung taking his time with foreplay and all to give Dan pleasure instead of solely focusing on his own." because I can see that Jaekyung is desperate for Kim Dan's attention here, seeing how much he did to find him in the first place. However, that doesn't excuse that fact that he invaded his boundaries multiple of times pressured him into having sex with him. That is manipulative rape since penetration is involved. Stop finding excuses for horrible fucking characters you weirdos.
*by not but I can't fucking spell for shit
You made many good points! The point about Dan being the one who has the power and is in control is exactly what I think :)
Jaekyung has taken time with foreplay before (e.g. the scene with the nipple play when they watched the old movie), but this chapter shows that he’s broadening his horizons when it comes to caring about Dan’s pleasure, as we saw with the oral sex.
I agree that there is character development for both Dan and Jaekyung. Dan is getting more agency in his life and is able to make his own decisions around Jaekyung. Everything used to be “whatever you say sir,” but that is no longer the case. And Jaekyung is becoming more open to change (e.g. living a different lifestyle), and is being positive by serving others in the community with no desire for payment or recognition. So yeah, they are both developing, which should be obvious to readers.
I like that we finally get to know Jaekyung’s pov during sex and what he thinks of Dan. Like you, I find it funny that he projects some of his own feelings onto Dan, like when he said “Kim Dan, you never stood a chance against me.” That may be true, but right now it’s actually Jaekyung who doesn’t stand a chance against Dan lol
You mentioned that you are not saying that Dan wanted the sex. But I think a part of him deep down does want a physical connection to Jaekyung because he still loves him. Dan is trying to emotionally disconnect himself, but the feelings are still there.
wow, I really like to read your personal thoughts about this manhwa cause you have always been mesmerizing my eyes, thank you princess!!
also about what you have said about dan who wanted to have sex with JK is very clear for all the readers to see and recognize but oh yeahh xD
Okay xD if telling me I'm a rape apologist makes you feel like a good person then you can.
Every other time they fucked because of this was horrible and manipulative rape and I've hated Jaekyung more every time it happened. I've had an angry rant about the time he gagged and blindfolded him then allowed someone to see him like that, without his consent. This time though the one to suggest and initiate the rape is Dan. Yes the kissing was explicitly denied by Dan yet Jaekyung went for it, but the choice to continue was still within Dan's jurisdiction since he clearly can deny Jaekyung some liberties during it, then he sure as hell can deny him the whole thing if he wished. Had he told Jaekyung "you know what I don't want to do this anymore" after he was the one to suggest, and Jaekyung then pushed him down and continued anyway then yes that would've been rape.
Some of y'all need to fix your black and white mentality because me saying this one specific scene isn't strictly rape doesn't mean I deny all the rape that went on before it, the ones that may happen after, and doesn't make me a rape apologist. If that's what you insist on thinking then sure I can't stop you. Your words won't change what my real ideologies are and aren't the law about whether I'm truly so or not.
Also I can consider that extra like a dislike for you no worries ^^
We might disagree a bit about the love part because maybe I can't fathom how can Dan even love Jaekyung in the first place with all the shit this bitch subjected him to. Like what kind of kindness did you see Dan for you to have feelings for this man, but anyway. I do think, though, that Dan had some guilt and residual emotions left from his time with Jaekyung, and while his suggestion for sex was a way to throw Jaekyung's assholism back at him, i also think it was more for Dan to prove to himself that Jaekyung is still an asshole who will take his pleasure from his body the way he did before without a care about Dan's. Jaekyung doing foreplay is what throws Dan off because why tf is he now trying to do smth mildly nice (I'd say it's not nice it's what should be expected anyway but whatever at least he's doing smth different now)
But yes I agree with you that Jaekyung is the one who never stood a chance lmao he's in denial and thinks he's hot shit
As always, thanks for your kind words :)
I really hope this is satire
Ok guess it's not
bruhh bahahahah
"Yes the kissing was explicitly denied by Dan yet Jaekyung went for it, but the choice to continue was still within Dan's jurisdiction since he clearly can deny Jaekyung some liberties during it, then he sure as hell can deny him the whole thing if he wished." Wow, that's gross... Thank you for proving my point even more. AHEM https://www.asafeplacenantucket.org/get-help/rapesexual-assault/what-is-rapesexual-assault. "Okay xD if telling me I'm a rape apologist makes you feel like a good person then you can." I don't feel like a good person for calling you that, I am a good person for calling you that because that's what the fuck you are. I hope you don't hold this mentality for real people that are in similar situations because if you do, I'll ask that you get off the internet and find a way to seek therapy in your area. There's nothing much to say. That one quote you wrote said enough for me.
You right now --> https://www.shatteringthesilence.org/blog/identifying-a-rape-apologist
Happy Valentine's day!!!
hope you are having sweet moments and joy with your loved ones
*one
Okay you can get off my comment section then this clearly wasn't a comment meant for people with reading comprehension or people who nitpick words and take them put of context.
What I said is the only but that Jaekyung did that is clearly questionable is kissing Dan. That was wrong, however the moment after that Dan didn't end the sex he clearly initiated, but kept telling him to just do it. Is what Dan went through before causing the current initiation by him? Yeah. He thinks he's proving something to Jaekyung and himself this way. Is this, however, forced onto Dan (and by that i mean the whole sex) then no i don't think so.
And I am not denying that kissing someone without consent is sexual harassment, so I don't think I need to seek help for that
I never even said so, so I suppose you need to start reading what I say properly without a judgemental or lynching lens. What I meant was clear and I had said that the whole sex idea wasn't forced on Dan, and that he has more power over Jaekyung in this particular scene, leading to a dynamic shift. If you disagree with me we can agree to disagree without you putting words into my mouth.
I never even said so, so I suppose you need to start reading what I say properly without a judgemental or lynching lens. What I meant was clear and I had said that the whole sex idea wasn't forced on Dan, and that he has more power over Jaekyung in this particular scene, leading to a dynamic shift. If you disagree with me we can agree to disagree without you putting words into my mouth.
Thank you :) Happy Valentine's Day!!
It's only 7am for me right now, so Valentine's Day has barely begun. I hope you have sweet moments and love today as well ;)
I never even said so, so I suppose you need to start reading what I say properly without a judgemental lens. What I meant was clear and I had said that the whole sex idea wasn't forced on Dan, and that he has more power over Jaekyung in this particular scene, leading to a dynamic shift. If you disagree with me we can agree to disagree without you putting words into my mouth.
Oh shit my response was sent multiple times sorry
hahaha thank you so vey much
Personally, I think Dan fell in love with Jaekyung because of his kindness towards his grandmother. Jaekyung also helped out Dan in significant ways, which only increased Dan's feelings for him.
We disagree with some things, but agree on other points. I really like your pov on their character development :)
you're welcome
oops - the reply I just made is to you!! lol
Ok novel readers you better assure me this will get insanely better because rn I'm actually boiling with hatred towards Chase. This bitch. Wtf? Like he's actually very fucking annoying and like for what??? Unprovoked too!!! So yea his redemption better be scrumptious but if it won't be much better let me know so I can lower my expectations or just drop cause my blood pressure can't fr
Its giving god complex frfr
Don't worry, if the manhwa is adapted correctly from the novel, it'll be okay. He's insane because he's on drugs to stop his ruts and as the manhwa emphasises, dominant alphas need to have freaky times to not go insane. This guy has literally only had freaky times once with Josh so he's gone completely insane. Also, the next chapter is satisfying hehe because he gets his ass handed to him.
Thank you! Your summary made me wanna continue readind!
Okay you just made this manhwa more interesting for me thank you
It's okay guys he might just have ocd or be humanphobic :(