+++ 1. we are just about to get into how, when his feelings apparently 'took a turn'. for now, we literally have no idea when and how it blossomed. we just know that he does have feelings beyond platonic shits for YW now.
it's okay to already feel icky despite only knowing that surface level info given what we know so far---but at the same time for those already throeing terms, it is still surface level info, only THAT depth of an info is not enough to throw the "pedophile" label, or even the "groomer" label around for now. good grieff
But you also gotta consider censorship in korean manhwa, it's not as explicit as japan bl who's still release incest and shota, korean manhwa didn't allow those kind of depicting so it can be possible author use "subtlety" to depict something that's censored. Just adding a bit.
Thank you!!!! I work with survivors of SA and I cannot tell you how happy I am to see this. I cannot stand ppl throwing the word grooming around without understanding it. This isn't even about this particular story but just in general, it's so harmful. People who groom children already have the intention to engage in explotation and sexual abuse and they start that by gaining their trust. Also adults can groom adults as well it's just more common with children. It's so much more than how ppl are throwing them around. So glad I'm not the only annoyed with how often the word is misused sometimes.
I just was clarify again that I'm not referring to this story, it's still too early to tell what's going on, but I just wish ppl would be careful when using the word grooming.
I also still think it'll be weird if he ended up liking him when he was an adult.
TLDR 1. none of these flashbacks had explored Taegu's non-platonic feelings yet. all these explored his pure pity. basic media literacy, where are yall at?
2. inability to grasp the shits above^ is just one of the many reasons why some of yall are the last people to have the basic qualifications to label things as pedophilia. or hell, even grooming.
as one comment already indicated, THERE HAS LITERALLY NOT BEEN A CHAPTER THAT EXPLORED TAEGU'S ROMANTIC FEELINGS LET ALONE ATTRACTION TO YW. NOTHING. these chapters so far has ONLY explored his pity on him JUST THAT. PITY. literally just that—NONE OF THE FLASHBACKS EXPLORED HIS NON-PLATONIC FEELINGS YET...and the fact that you guys are not able to comprehend the flashbacks just FURTHER prove that none of you are even remotely close to being okay to label ANY shit at all, let alone heavy shits like pedophilia and/or grooming.
that said, THROWING THE PEDOPHILIA LABEL WITH LITERALLY *NOTHING* **YET** TO FIT THESE TERMS IS—not only mindbogglingly annoying—BUT HARMFUL FOR ACTUAL VICTIMS. please, yall act like potatoes who just thinks they learned a word and just casually throw it around. touch grass :DDD
if the shoe fits :P this does NOT include people who actually try to decipher the timeline of things and try to piece the heavy implications of ickiness on the fact that they have a pretty prominent age gap synergized with the fact that he has interacted with YW in his teenage life. shits like that, actual deciphering without immediate label of "PEDOPHILIA!!!" or " GROOMER!!!" despite the lack of background.