In my opinion all these abuses only contributes to worsen a story that was already doomed from the beginning... I mean, he could've had all the character development in the world but the fact remains that he sl@ughtered his whole family and took everything from him, he literally ruined his life... I understand that he was "just" following orders and it was a different time, but can you really imagine a love story with this premise? Even if he had become a better person, what he did cannot be erased and it's not something that can be just overlooked. Should it end with them two in love with each other living happily ever after, and he is the man who k1lled his entire family? I'm sorry but in my opinion such a thing is not even conceivable, it would not be a healthy love in any case, it's just insane!
Agreed!!
What do authors of stories extremely toxic as this one expect from the readers? It's like they don't even realise how toxic their work has become until it's too late. Stories like this so filled with abuse and hatred are so common, but some go too far cause we can read the characters thoughts, and authors make abusive characters think their victim deserves the abuse, or how they plan to keep their victim in chains and hope for stockholm to strike, but readers do not want this, especially in well written stories like this one. I wanted some character development but seeing what happened after the poisoning made me lose faith, I think this is another unforgivable top that will get away with his abuse after risking his life and saving Yeonjo's life which is sad cause he deserves a lot of pain.