What?

no they r just delulu that's it I see it more as a father son relationship

People keep saying the author said he was a romantic interest but nowhere did they say that and ive always seen him more of him caring about Yeongwoon because of regret and guilt not because he wants him romantically but people are just pedos so ofc they will defend it and justify it if it was romantic but im still confused on why so many are actually trying to justify predatory behavior im not saying he is though but those pedos view him as a romantic interest for some gross reason and everytime I call them out they call me immature and just try to attack me like they need to be put on some fbi list because whats with their aggression?

NO YES I AGREE I dead said the same thing to someone else he def cares more because of his regret n guilt no where in the book did I wonder oh does he like yeongwoon yk. Idk y ppl r so weird n nasty they their saying oh he's weird or I don't like. him BC he's going after yeongwoon but it's like y'all r the one twisting the story yk n yes everyone is entitled to their own opinion n ppl can take different things from books but this take is just under acceptable.

But the author did say he his a romantic interest in the side notes

Not that i like that either tbh. Quite unnecessary

but the author did say he is the second ml so...

No they didnt nowhere did they say that all they said was that he was an important character to the story how does that mean hes a romantic interest? Also IF he is why are so many of yall trying to defend it? Not the author if they do make him a romantic interest but the fact that IF he does have romantic feelings for the mc why would yall be defending those type of feelings?

Where? Please show the reference to this side note. Which chapter?

In chapter 21.5 page 4. He is stated to be Seo In rival. I currently hope it is meant by the answer of the author as a simple rival and not romantic, although the person who posed that question meant rivalry in a romantic sense of why. On another note though, do you fucking read?? Who is this "yall" you speak of? On the answer above i clearly stated and i quote "not that i like it either tbh" did you just overlook that yeah? So no I'm not yall and you don't generalize, you are against those who want to see at least a romantic involvement from Taegu? Then go discuss to them instead of annoying random impartial people who don't like don't care

I replied to the person above you, interpret the answer i gave as one i said directly to you as well

*way

Because you and others automatically assume hes a romantic interest if you know the author didnt say he was a romantic interest then why did you say he was? You spread misinformation then get mad when someone calls you out?

Thank you for the reference. And sorry if you took something I said as an offense, I was just really puzzled after looking at the comments because I didn't recall this.

Anyway, I read 21.5 and then I looked for the original korean sentence in the raws to be sure. The exact words are "Q. 태구씨는 서브공이 맞나요?", which means "Q. Is Taegu-ssi a 서브공?"

서브공 is the combination of the words "서브" (sub) and "주인공" (hero/main character), so it can be translated as "sub-lead", a character that is important to the story, second only to the main characters.

I did read that a 서브공 can mean a "second lead" in BL, and that meaning is VERY common, I would say the most common, but seems like that's not always necessarily the case. I hope that's not the case though because I think it would be very creepy indeed. The non-romantic meaning fits the author saying that he has a significant role in the story in the answer so I hope that's how it leans.

oh u did it research n I loveittt

Yeah i don't deny i did assume since the line of topic was posed in that sense anyway from the questioner, as a romantic rival, that's how the translation goes. "Spreading disinformation" lmao you can calm your fiery ass down over a simple misinformation, and i'm glad he won't be a possible romantic interest. One can assumes also by possessive and "touchy" he got over Yeongwoon when he saw the hickeys you know. You on the other hand should stop being actually mad and aggressive as a first response when communicating, you talking about assuming? Listen hypocrite you are the first to assume i "shipped" the two of them without even reading what i said. Now you talking shit because i got your on your own stupid ass way of behaving is that right? Well if you can't help it stay mad then

Ahh no don't worry you didn't offend me. As "interpret my answer as directly meant to you as well" was for the reference to the chapter and page only. OK so the translation seems to be fair. I personally assumed on the romantical side of rivalry too but surely i hope it's not, and if it's gonna be, looking at Yeongwoon only in love with ml, it seems pretty much one sided anyway, and that's somewhat acceptable. I honestly don't like triangles of any sort and this one would be absolutely ruining the story, thankfully it's clearly not going that way. Someone said, considering the most recent chapter, that when Taegu got touchy when he saw the hickeys was because of some type of brotherly instinct, considering how he saw him all bruised up in the past, and honestly i'm starting to lean more on this predicament, we will see anyway and can't wait for Tuesday. Thank you for your research

I never said you shipped them stop making up shit because youre mad at some goddamn comment

Your line of wording started with "why are so many of YALL trying to defend it". You punkass bitch you don't even know what you write in an electronic piece. Pretty sure you don't even have the courage to reread your stupid message, of all the discussion that happened in this topic yours is the last useful, no purpose to what you said at all. Even a saint would get mad with your stupidity sybau

Ahh you mad