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when na-kyum came into his life, it changed everything. he wasnt like jihwa who only wanted his body, he wasnt like sir inhun who only wanted power & riches. for the very 1st time in his life, he had something to lose and that terrified him.
ps. this isn't smth to excuse his behavior, but rather for yall to understand why he was like that & how experiencing sexual abuse is a real thing and theres different trauma responses to that
one thing we can all agree about is that POTN is def a story thats not meant for every1 bc in regards to the plot it's totally in the morally gray area bc of the graphic scenes which is understandable. but one thing i definitely cannot agree w is this ongoing statement that it's just a manwha full of mindless smut bc it's not !!
the story has layers to it & ppl who stopped reading after the 1st few chapters are missing the actual msg of the manwha (theres like 130+ chapters)
the whole premise of this story was of (seung-ho) a young master who partakes in promiscuous & lustful acts who then takes in (na-kyum) a lonesome drunkard painter who used to make illustrations of male erotica.
he then orders na-kyum to keep painting and become his own personal painter. (who paints his encounters w men)
but WHY? why would he do that? why would he take in some random painter off the street for a mere painting? was it for fap material, smth to jerk off with? - no, it was so he could send those paintings to his very own father (ch. 44) which is a powerful noble figure in politics but also the very man who made him engage in sexual acts when he was a child to gain political favor from freaky noblemen.
(ch. 37) seungho says this to his young bro after he was told that it was right to visit his ill dad, "I am already living by the principles that father has taught us, yet you speak of what is right?" (pls tell me u get what he's saying)
(ch. 74) did young seungho being locked in a room by his dad, begging to get out then seeing a bunch of grown ass hands all over his body not ring a bell to yall? this was a symbol of him being taken advantage of at such a young age.
he was a victim - and him reliving what he had experienced as a young kid wasn't because he actually enjoys it, it was his way of taking control over the acts that destroyed who he was, bc this time he was the one in control & not the one being controlled.