girl bye it is weird u are literally defending him and tryna act like his behavior isnt weird when he was a grown ass man when he met the mc that was in middle school and he watched him grow up the mc literally saw him as a father figure and that last part was irrelevant it doesnt have anything to do with taegu being a weirdo
One being bad doesn't make the other good. Seo in raped him and while taegu isn't a groomer cause he didn't interact yeongwoon all those years with those intention (at least it doesn't seem like it) he now is feeling attracted to someone he's known since they were a literally child. So since it looks like a recent development I wouldn't call him a pedo or a groomer. What I'd call him is fucking weird, cause no matter what looking at someone like that when you've known them since they were 6 AS AN ADULT is weird.
It doesnt apply here just so you know since you brought up him not being a groomer cause he didn't raise him, groomers aren't just parental figures or people raising someone. It can be any adult. In most contexts I have ever heard of a grooming case it's about creeps online or neighborhood weirdo
These comments makes me think y'all have predatory behaviour towards kids in rl for real, imagine watching a kid grow up and then develop romantic feelings towards them and get as far as making a move on someone u met underage. IDC what anyone says, any adult that develop feelings for a kid they saw grow up already had intentions towards them while they were underage. It's fucking weird.
There's a comment below disregarding how long he's known him + how involved in his life's he's been since he was a kid and was like "but they're both adults!!" It doesn't make it less weird bro
I don't think he had intentions when he was a kid at all but I still think he's weird for that !
We literally don’t know if he likes mc or not
Did u read the last chapter with them lol. Not to mention the authors notes that confirmed he's a 2ndnlove interest
i agree so much!!!!!!!
no bc why are these people acting like taegu has any romantic feelings for him as a kid, ta he only developed interest as fully formed adults
i even found a reply saying they met when he WAS SIX??? are we reading the same story???
where does it state the MC saw him as a father figure? i'm genuinely curious
accusing someone of being a pedophile over a fictional manwha character is kinda wild i'm ngl
it doesnt have to be stated the mc was getting abused by his father and his father was always gone and taegu was there for him stepping into the role of his father and practically rasied him he watched him grow up idc what nb saying ab how he didnt have romantic feeling for him when he was a kid cs me personally i would NEVER watch someone grow up and all of a sudden try to make moved on them that is pedo behavior and it is absolutely disgusting
what does this being a story have to do with anything his actions js give that n thats that
Im the one who said he was six, i got the ages mixed up but being like "umm akshually he wasn't 6" cause he was closer to being a preteen is not the point you want to be making.. its still weird.
because it's not real, no one was actually harmed drawing these fictional characters actions. i get understanding that the actions themselves being portrayed in media doesn't help the case, i don't like it or support it really. but equating that to someone being an actual pedophile because they said that hey TG is creepy but isn't a full on thought out predator (because he isn't) is genuinely insane
he never stepped into the role of the father, we NEVER got the full extent of their relationship. all it's shown is that he helped MC financially through giving him a job. he never "practically raised him" y'all came to that conclusion on your own with no evidence. i'm not trying to argue that it's not creepy/gross because given the age they initially met at, it kind of is. what i'm saying is that y'all are making up this 'father figure', and 'he raised him' shit because it was never stated, never implied, and the author literally confirmed him to be the second ML season 1 so I don't know why we are acting shocked.
okay ion even care nm cs u js finna keep tryna prove a point I KNOW ur wrong in have a nice day bye
that's what you say when you KNOW i'm right and you can't disprove it lmfaooo have a Great day
oh thats not......... LMAOOO
I agree he might not have been a father figure per say but I wanna hold ur hand and tell you that arguing the man who's been in his life consistently since he was a little kid having feelings for him as an adult NOT being his father figure isn't the defense you think it is. Maybe you're right he wasn't a father figure but wherever that goes what doesn't change is you are still weird
Listen, I'm not the biggest fan of Taegu being a love interest but it's irking me. Commenters calling Taegu a pedo and groomer forget that 1) he is barely making moves on Yeongwoon who is in his mid-20s, and 2) the most TG did for YW was financially support him through employment. It was never shown that TG raised YW or acted as a father figure. If anything, TG is like the shady, neighbourhood older brother figure that was half-involved in YW's life. TG has not been shown to be predatory towards YW when he was a middle schooler or a minor.
IDK it just seems like everyone is so quick to hate TG, when Seo-in has had non-consensual sex with YW more than once. (His tragic backstory contextualises, but does not excuse his actions.) I want to see where the author takes this story, rather than rushing to criticise their narrative decisions. Either way, YW deserves better love interests lol.
EDIT: not sure why I have to make this disclaimer but, YES, IT IS WEIRD that there are implications TG likes YW, who he first met as a child. But using very serious language (paedophilia & grooming) in relation to TG just because you think Seo-in is better or you just don't like TG, fails to recognise real-life behaviours that actually denote psychological abuse. They're not just buzzwords. BTW, I am prepared to eat my words if TG turns out to be an actual abuser.
Also, I mentioned Seo-in's actions earlier because some commenters are trying to take the moral high ground by labelling TG a predator, but then completely forget that YW is in love with someone who has FORCED him to have oral and anal sex multiple times.