
okay so spoiler
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Jiwook GANGRAPED juyeon when they were children, then he FILMED juyeon getting gangraped, and spread the video everywhere, and left juyeon with no one to fall back on. After a while, Jiwook loses his memory in an accident and forgets what he did to Juyeon (this is why he doesn’t know why juyeon is doing all of this to him) so we are in the present now, where Jiwook still doesn’t know what he did back then. But eventually he does remember (we arent there yet though. also I apologize, I do not have the link to the novel)

I think it’s because a lot of the readers haven’t seen his perspective that they can’t empathize with Juyeon even though they are aware of what Jiwook did. I have a feeling when the backstory stuff starts coming up people are going to switch it up because then the audience will be confronted with Juyeon’s pain and the entire ordeal from his perspective. It’s easy for folks who haven’t read the novel to say “well Juyeon went too far!!” But Lee Geumsan is the GOAT at depicting emotions. Juyeon’s arc is gonna be vindicating as shit.
I don't care to morally evaluate smut, but in this case i think it's very strange that people are whining about Jiwook "needing to be saved" or something. Juyeon is doing exactly what Jiwook did to him, I'd even argue that Jiwook had it easier, since Juyeon had gone through it as a child. If i had to choose a side, it's Juyeons. to be blunt , Jiwook deserves it when considering everything that happened.