guys we'll get the end of this triangle in like 20~ chapters

stay strong!!!!! and then we'll get the superior couple hehehe. i wish we could skip ahead bc there's soo much to talk about w/ cheoljin and minwoo...

i know norman seems boring but i feel like that's kind of the point too...someone who's straightforwardly kind and also SOOO so tolerating - like that's the only person who could be with sungtaeok in some ways and put up with all of him. you need a normal, well-adjusted person with a group of deeply troubled people lol. minwoo does like him but norman's easy kindness and straightfowardness (basically the opposite of cheoljin, who is difficult, unreadable, the least straightforward person in existence) kind of represents an escape from being stuck on cheoljin, a chance at normalcy and something he craves as someone who's still heartbroken and lonely (the easy companionship, etc).

ALSOO if you're caught up with the raws, I have a theory that norman lowkey looks like younger cheoljin in some ways (so he represents some past ideal that minwoo holds onto - like past minwoo thought of past cheoljin as some innocent rabbit lolol)