Such a nice advice of life, I truly like it, if we're talking about real life and things we shouldn't do. But, that’s over the top to say, it’s literally just fiction. A tragic past doesn’t “excuse” everything, sure, but it does explain why people turn out the way they do. Acting like trauma is just a switch you flip off is naïve as hell. Not everyone comes out of hell singing kumbaya—some people bleed on others because they were cut open themselves, and that complexity is what makes a character interesting.
And your whole “if the author does X then it’s trash writing” take is laughable—like you get to gatekeep what counts as good storytelling? Maybe you just can’t handle morally gray characters and want every story to be kindergarten “bad guy gets punished” level simple. Newsflash: that’s boring. Growth and forgiveness are messy, not checklist punishments you hand out like detention slips.
I’ll also throw back a lesson, you don’t know me nor you don’t know how many fuck up characters I read and I love most of them. You don’t know I love a lot of morally gray characters so that’s kind of bold of you to assume someone through simple words? Kind of funny to be honest. It’s not about gatekeeping, it’s about writing good stories that satisfy readers. You know what kind of story the author is making and they should live through till the end. I read many manhwas where everything started good from beginning till climax then they rushed the ending and made it so bland and boring. Are you one of those who praise these?
Be open-minded that not all stories are all heavenly good and should be praised. If you keep praising then how can an author improve? Criticize aren’t necessary anymore? Should we start treating these authors like babies and say “omg you did a good job no problems keep going!” That’s toxic positivity sorry I don’t talk to those kind of people because it’s weird you praise a story without a single problem in mind. Whatever happened to learning from your flaws, mistakes or failures?
I praise Jaekyung for being an asshole and morally gray but author decided to make him regret his actions so they should stick to that plot by making him regret instead of possibly half-assing it like others did.
Criticize ≠ hate. Before you assume me again that I’m hating, I’m only criticizing for a possible outcome because these patterns are easily too predictable when 95% of manhwa follow the same copy paste story patterns. If the ending is good then it’s good? It’s not a loss for me since I didn’t hate it LOL
I said my piece so have fun reading and praising stories? Continue judging others who you assume can’t handle morally gray characters when you don’t even really know who they really are? Oh and don’t label me as who can’t separate reality and fiction because I can separate them :) have a good day! I hope you don’t assume people so quickly! Bye bye
If you think Jaekyung is a morally grey character, I feel sorry for your brain. It is starved of actual novel characters that takes a brain to write and not "Let me make him a attractive horse with extreme bad boy vibe and ragebait, so I can ensure my paycheck for the next 5 years."
You don't even have the capacity to understand that people aren't mad over how he isn't getting more suffering. It's because Mingwa chooses to portray him as one who's wrongs are excused as long as he realised it.
Bruuuh I'mma make it short... Ppl like you should read this manhwa 10 times before speaking. So let me explain the complexe yet REALLY simple character. Not just rage, sa, admitting or not the wrong, but he acts too, you just remembering the bad things he said/did till now? He's done a lot of good things and is going to do more this is the beginning, it's not a story about : ooh, he said he's sorry!! That's it!! Forgiven...
If you need 10 readings to understand the problem of Jinx, you lack a lot of braincells.
Again, I have no problem with him being like that. I have problem with Mingwa portraying the story. The amount of damage a character like Jaekyung did wouldn't go away simply because of a simple redemption arc. In reality, no character that's been abused so much like Dan could forget it all and be lovey dovey. But Mingwa will portray a victim like Dan can have that happiness with a character like Jaekyung.
If Mingwa could portray the amount of impact this level of abuse of can have, or even if Jaekyung uproot the world, it will never compensate that damage; it would've been a decent story.
That's the problem : you think Jinx has problem.
Mingwa using best seller trope, do you blame her for that? Like 80% of yaoi authors do, I must say... And believe it or not, I've seen worse than jk getting a redemption arc -:- but that's what we waaaaant A BAD, TOXIC, VIOLENT, MANIPULATIVE seme, that is clearly not your liking, why don't you just leave ppl appreciate what they like and go your way? Why are u talking to grown ass men/women about how bad ràpe is or whatever like we don't know it is -_- omg and O don't feel bad for Dan, not AT ALL, bruh I don't care he's not my brother I don't know him, he's fictional, on the contrary I want to see him suffer more UwU oooh the poor puppy on distress, suffering from his love for jjk, my joy
The irony of YOU complaining why I'm replying to you and "Not leaving you alone" when you've harrased 20 other people who doesn't share the same opinion with you.
I commented cause of your comment of "Jaekyung being brilliant morally grey character."
Don't try to pretend you have knowledge of character designing when you're just here for your rape fetish.
Yes it's stupid of me to not let go of this horrible piece of work. But your argument is stupid too.
Does people reading Beserk like the bad happening there? Go to Beserk fans and say, "I like Griffith. I don't care Casca got brutally raped" , you would get chewed up.
I'm assuming you have it cause you show yourself through your speech like that. If you don't want to be assumed like that, do a better job at conducting yourself

Remember guys, a tragic past doesn’t give you an excuse to ruin and destory someone’s life. You’re no better than the people who ruined yours. Instead of being so aggressive because your life was so shitty, do the opposite onto others. Who knows, the people who helps you no matter how many times it fails, the platonic and perfect person will find and help you.
If you do the same shitty thing Jaekyung do, miserable and misfortune awaits you more than miracles.
Anyway, I hope author makes the chasing and groveling arc more longer and harsher than BJ Alex. It’s unfair if Dan forgives him just because he loves him like are you shitting me? This will become the most horrible story if author really prove themselves as romanticizing abuse because you’re fucked up make regret and begging more deep, easy forgiveness are for trash writers.