I appreciate how clearly worded and detailed your analysis is
Personally I just don't care enough to actually look at these characters seriously since it's just prison rape porn with a drizzle of plot lol. It actually somewhat baffles me that readers actually consider either of them as "love interests".
Thank you for this because I’m still burning up how he let his brother walk into danger knowing damn well he could not have walked out. Heonjae is self serving like MF and how people are missing that point is beyond me. Everyone keeps bringing up that jingi has killed people but not we legit knows why he kills people his uncle is literally ordering people to kill him. So I feel like is jingi was never put in the predicament of being involved with his uncle or his brother he would be living a normal life. Heonjae on the other hand as we seen in the flashback was never normal so I think the outcome for him would have still been the same.
What was the point of this comment then if you feel that way ? I couldn’t possibly read something were I can’t take the characters seriously because again what is the point in read it. Lmao just wasting time
Precisely to kill time when there's nothing to do
I hope the author tells us more about both their histories because I'm curious as to what sort of disability heonjae has caused him this jail sentence. My current guess is bipolar or maybe DID. Maybe this will even cause him to commit a similar offense in the story
Jingi has pretty much zero backstory reveal as of now, looking forward to it
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Whatever it is he is right where he needs to be ! Poor myeong-il is all I can think because I could see Heonjae not just cutting his leg off but chopping him up !
I would love to see more about Jingi's childhood. We saw a little bit of Heonjae's adolescence and only saw Jingi as a child giving his mom a draw
Like after dealing with sexual abuse and trauma how was Jingi able to function in like middle and high school. Also I believe someone noticed that it was apparently mentioned that Jingi and Heonjae have another sibling. Would be interested in seeing them and learn about Jingi's parents. Ugh this hiatus is a good time to reread the story and come up with more questions.
My guess is undiagnosed BPD that worsened. As someone who has BPD I can see some similarities. And since its a trauma-based disorder, it kinda adds up. Sure, he’s kinda the more demonized, stereotypical version but I think Myeongil is his favourite person. Craving his attention, fearing him abandoning him, hating the idea of him liking someone better, doing anything for him for him to notice, not caring about anyone else, and going to extremes. I get the same way about FP’s and I’ve talked to others who are the same as well.
Either way, I think his character itself is pretty interesting and explores how mental illness and trauma can effect a person.
Your point about Jingi is exactly what I’m thinking! We know he kills people, and is pretty emotionally disconnected, but we don’t know *why*. All we know is that he is associated with his uncle who we see is pretty cold-blooded and two-faced. Going far enough as to get his nephew, who seems to be a good pawn, killed. I really hope the author shows us his past. With how much they’ve been hiding everything and not even telling us what’s in the letters, I’m hoping we get the backstory soon! I’m almost certain there must have been something that happened in Jingi’s past that made him be raised by this uncle, abused, and forced into the position he’s in. He was made to be this horrible person, but we can see that he still has some decency. Even if that’s only shown towards Myeongil who might be crawling his way into Jingi’s head unintentionally. I think there might be something there, and Jingi is changing. I can’t wait to see some character development!!!
Honestly? Ya’ll keep complaining about Jingi but lets be fr. He cares more about Myeongil than Heonjae does. Realistically, neither are good candidates for Myeongil, but if I had to chose, I’d go with Jingi.
And no, not because of his looks.
Jingi at first didn’t care for Myeongil, obviously. He was just a new toy. But gradually, he actually looked out for him. And in this most recent chapter when Jingi says “cell 2 is full”, it proves that those two are all he needs and cares about. He doesn’t need a new toy because Myeongil is around. And sure, it could be convenience. But would the old Jingi go out of his way to give his toys money, items, or space? That whole time while Myeongil and Jingi weren’t on speaking terms, Jingi never jumped on Myeongil, and I think that says a lot on how Jingi feels.
But Heonjae? He’s getting people, including his own brother, out of the picture for Myeongil. And Myeongil is right; Heonjae just needs someone who can love him unconditionally and he’s anxiously attached to Myeongil because he showed him kindness when no one else would. For the first time, someone who wasn’t Jingi, showed him similar feelings. It’s not quite love, but an obsession. A desire and craving for positive attention. And an emotional release. He’s found someone who can give him more than what Jingi has, despite Jingi accepting his role as Heonjae’s caretaker. And thus, Heonjae believes getting him out of the picture over an assumption is better than Myeongil’s own happiness. Heonjae didn’t even listen to Myeongil’s wants about the prizes and assumed the best prize was the best option.
Oh and let’s not forget he took the opportunity to confess while he allowed Jingi to walk into danger. Into a place Heonjae fully knew could get his closest ally (aside from Myeongil) killed.
Heonjae’s fear of never seeing Myeongil again isn’t anything romantically motivated, but simply a fear of abandonment. A fear of losing the person that can show him positivity and is an easy lay. Not because it is Myeongil. If we’re being real here, it could’ve been anyone as long as the gave him that same basic human decency.
Sorry for the yap fest but I truly think there’s something deeper with Jingi and there’s hints and development behind his character in comparison to Heonjae who is progressively getting worse. I hope we get to see more of Jingi’s thoughts and how he’ll progress!!