Ido isn’t half as bad as spoilers made him out to be

Reading the actual backstory now makes it obvious that 1. Ido DID NOT send his brother to rape Sejin—like, it’s obvious that he wasn’t a “gift” and that the brother just said that because he’s a liar (in the present we learn that Ido hates him and so does their sister who says he’d deserve what comes to him). 2. That Ido thought Sejin had sex with his brother willingly (Sejin saying “I slept with him” instead of “he raped me” and Sejin insisting he would do it again). 3. That Ido had started liking Sejin before the betrayal came out.

To be honest, I thought Ido would be a lot worse than he actually ended up being based on all the spoilers people kept posting. He only ever hit Sejin once after he found out Sejin traded his company secrets and he never explicitly raped Sejin either—the sex was dubious, sure, but Sejin didn’t say no…? Which is common in manhwa even when the sex is consensual in the “healthiest” “green flag” couples. And Ido mentions wanting him again immediately after their first time, too. Ido’s biggest fault is the forced bond, his assumptions about Sejin, and his temper that flares and causes him to completely forget about the concept of communication and questions.

The way Ido ignores Sejin for four months is cruel, but I think it makes sense if you pay attention to the fact that he liked Sejin, that he thought Sejin had willing sex with his brother (that he thought Ido would want him to do that, even), and that he forced a bond on Sejin that he would have felt guilty for (which can be assumed by the way Ido talks about their past and the look on past!Ido’s face).

I don’t know. Popular manhwas have much worse MLs that never repent and people love them—Payback, R&C, Codename, POTN, etc. Not a knock on those manhwas, just pointing out that there are actual rapists that everyone forgives, so the reaction to Ido having dubious sex with Sejin is off to me.