let me get this straight

siwoo cockriders: i do not see

yeah it was so sad his face at the end

frrr. justice for dohyeok

Since Siwoo raped Dohyeok, isn’t it fine that they don’t end up together anyway? I get that it sucks for him to not have a happy ending but they were just too messy to be together.

They both did wrongs to each other. Siwoo assaulted Dohyeok after getting provoked, and Dohyeok went after Siwoo’s family in an attempt to get Siwoo to be with him. They’re both terrible and most importantly too prideful to normally communicate with each other. It’s fine that they’re not together right now — the author left the story open ended anyway.

yeah but ig that face he made at end just got me i felt a wave of pity

one of them is a crime and it's NOT what dohyeok did

Not rly open ended

(1) DH with his lingering feeling for SW.
(2) SW being an asshole kissing another man in front of DH but look like he actually didn't want it.

If it's open ended should have been end with the scene DH moving away.

Tbh if they ended with DH crying wanting to be a better man for SW, and just move out it'll be bit better than the current ending.

SW is not that innocent either, he has led DH into many misleading, taking care of him when he was in his lowest but also throw him away when he finally start caught feeling.

It’s white collar crime, though. Dohyeok used his connections to personally go after a business maliciously — depending on the country there are legal repercussions to doing that. Anyway my point is the way the story went is that the two of them did extreme things to each other that’s difficult to forgive so maybe it is better they don’t end up together and work on themselves first.

we don't even KNOW what he did to the company, he supposedly "pressurized" them but no details were mentioned. it's not always for a bad cause, don't paint it as a crime just to fit your narrative. rape, however, IS a crime regardless of the country's laws.

Why are you so mad? Why do you need it to be confirmed a crime for the wrongness to be equivalent? Their hurts doesn’t need to be equivalent — they wronged each other, they don’t know how to fix it and not being together is actually what’s better for the both of them. Dohyeok now has an opportunity to move on with his life in another country.

what exactly made you think i was mad? the capitalization of certain words? that's not how it works. and as i said, i need confirmation because siwoo's defenders always need solid evidence for his crimes to be acknowledged as well, although most of them choose to remain blind regardless. but anyway, the reason the ending is bad is because dohyeok will NOT be moving on even though he accepted the rejection, just because siwoo pulled that move in the end. they didn't equally wrong each other, and at the very least, at least dohyeok apologized and tried to change, when siwoo did none of that.

Your tone sounded mad, if you’re not then you’re not ╮(￣▽￣)╭

I’m not defending Siwoo though lol I said they’re bad for each other and since Siwoo’s a rapist and they’ve both done extreme things to hurt each other (because yeah, while it’s not as bad as rape, ruining the livelihoods of others to blackmail your crush is bad!!) then it’s better for Dohyeok to not be with him. They’re both still into each other now but just use your imagination to think Dohyeok will eventually get over him.

dohyeok didn't ruin anyone's life in the sidestories, anyone with half a brain cell can tell his threats were empty, old him could have done far worse things if he wanted to.

Bruh you’re so Dohyeok-blind and thinks he can do no wrong — he seriously was fucking with Siwoo’s family and trying to blackmail the guy into a relationship. That’s not as bad as rape but that’s still fucked lol

I love the side story because the two of them are messy as hell — Dohyeok is a narcissist that thinks his money can solve everything including his own gangrape and Siwoo is falling for the guy that assaulted his best friend and it’s confusing his dick, but I’m not blind at all that they’re toxic both as individuals and together. I wish the side story could go on longer because I love a mess but it’s the author’s decision and we can only have headcanons for how their lives went on after this.

i won't deny that i love dohyeok an unhealthy amount, but i would never turn a blind eye to his actions. and yes, even from a neutral pov, what he did wasn't a crime, the "blackmailing" was always an empty threat, siwoo never took it seriously. i too loved this story because they were both toxic, but being toxic and being a criminal are different things. also, at least he tried to change, unlike siwoo.

I really need you to reread the series again without the Dohyeok bias. He is a narcissist that thinks all his problems can be solved through power and connections, and he was serious with using it to blackmail Siwoo into staying with him. It’s only “empty” in that it didn’t end up that way because Siwoo got hurt and that finally got Dohyeok to feel guilty and accept an overseas job, but had the accident not happen Dohyeok was definitely intending to use his power and influence to keep his relationship with Siwoo going. That’s the kind of complicated trashbag of a man he is — it’s why he’s interesting to me because he’d rather self-sabotage himself and force someone to love him than actually take real steps for love and affection.

i think you're the one who needs to re-read the story, because if he was being serious he could have sabotaged siwoo's bar and family since the beginning after he got drugged and raped by siwoo out of nowhere. in one of his inner monologues, we also get to see that he only used those threats to keep siwoo tied to him because siwoo kept ghosting him again and again. he did all that because he literally had no one and siwoo was the only one he had, so he wanted that connection to last longer. i am not saying his methods were correct or justified, but considering his upbringing and personality, he could have been way worse. and i have liked dohyeok since his first appearance in the main story BECAUSE of his personality. yeah he is a narcissist who believes money solves everything, so what? that's how he was brought up, and that's what has always been the case for him. that's why i liked his pairing with siwoo because siwoo can't be controlled with money. and btw regarding that overseas job, he didn't accept it out of guilt of hurting siwoo, he had no choice but to accept it because he can't say no to his grandma, the president. and he did take steps to change but as we could all see, the ending was rushed and awfully written so he ended up getting hurt in the worst way possible. a little amount of media literacy will help you understand his character beyond his past actions.

It’s so funny how you insist on woobifying him, and ignore how for all his sad loneliness, his self sabotaging impulses always win out against actually treating better (which again is what makes him a good character in my eyes). You love him but only so you can baby and coddle him. No wonder this ending is making you go insane lol like I know it’s rushed but I still enjoyed it for the tragedy that it is and I can just dream up headcanons in the future. You’re absolutely broken up that Dohyeok has never gotten a moment of happiness in his life instead of accepting that it’s partly his own fault that he doomed himself into another failed relationship. It’s ok buddy just write a fanfic.

your superiority complex and constant need to make others feel low of themselves just so that YOU can feel right about yourself is perplexing, but it's not something new at this point. a story can be interpreted in many ways, you kept seeing dohyeok's bad side because that's what you wanted, and i kept hoping for him to find happiness, neither of us has to be wrong but your holier than thou attitude is the problem here. whether i write a fanfic or remain "broken" is upto me, i don't remember asking for advice, especially from narcissists on an illegal reading website.

*his self sabotaging impulses always win out against actually treating people better
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