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It's been a while since i last read the novel so i could be wrong about some parts.
Iirc, Cheongryeo used to have the ability to regress everytime he dies and used that to his advantage many times. But he lost that ability once Moondae regressed. That's why he wanted Moondae to die and see if he, along with Moondae, regresses back in time. He told Moondae that it would be advantageous to both of them, like moondae could avoid many problems he faced in the reality show and cheongryeo could deal with the scandals his group would face beforehand. Cheongryeo wasn't 100% sure tho that Moondae would regress but still tried to convince him to die. Bonus spoiler: he did all this convincing with a hammer in his hand.

I don't think he did. There is so much of the novel left after this and they develop a special kind of understanding. Like cheongryeo is obviously not right in the head but he eventually tries to fix his life after this and becomes a better person. It's not a romance story so we are obviously not gonna get a forgiveness arc, but Moondae did beat him up pretty bad after the kidnapping incidence so I think it's only fair they have a better relation after this lol

Nah that was lowkey offensive, especially since i avoid toxic stories like plague. And the reason is you mentioned is also why I don't read bls. The kidnapping arc is pretty early on and that's really not all to their relationship, so me liking their ship doesn't really count as stockholm syndrome. You shouldn't judge my taste when you haven't read the novel and don't know what their relation actually is. I didn't mean to write a whole paragraph on my taste in couples but I just wanted to clear this up.

Fair enough, I judged too quickly, my bad. I’m just pretty sensitive to romanticizing this kind of relationships because I also try to avoid toxic couples like plague and hate yaoi fandoms with a burning passion. In that case maybe you would like Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, it’s also not a BL but their relationship makes it hard not to ship it
I was never into BLs. But the moment I saw Moondae and Cheongryeo's fanarts and read their interactions in novel, it evoked something in me. And to this day, I ship them so bad it's not even funny.