where is the grace??

I feel like ppl are completely valid for calling out Su-ah for his non-con actions but I feel like ppl are being too hard on this story. (Ofc if this triggers you then don’t feel obligated to continue whatsoever bc it does cover heavy topics). I feel like I love how the author chose to include a non-con scene and actually show how it affected/dampened their relationship and trust in one another. I also like how it was actually treated like non-con/dub-con, addressed as such, the fact that there was an apology, and necessary distance for Juhyeok to heal. Juhyeok is completely valid in how he feels, bc we understand that at the moment he’s deeply insecure about being an omega and doesn’t want to rely on anyone. So although he may not genuinely hate Suah, he’d rather keep him away so that he can have his own independence (especially bc Suah’s an alpha, a constant reminder of what he’ll never be!!)

In this story, it’s a complex dynamic of childhood friends/sweethearts who were in love at one point but where immediately torn apart as a result of biological factors and how it’s affected them emotionally and their daily life (specifically Juhyeok). Idk why so many ppl absolutely hate Suah when this story has only begun, there is SOOO much room for him to grow. He also doesn’t know how to deal with the love of his life just switching up overnight and immediately hating him for something he couldn’t control (which was manifesting as an alpha). Also, many ppl think Suah forcibly turned Juhyeok into an omega but what we know from the doctor’s visit is that the prolonged exposure to him when they were kids is what likely led to it. Suah was also a child at the moment who hadn’t known he was an alpha, it didn’t help that they had been inseparable at the time so the exposure was constant.

While I will not excuse Suah’s actions and do expect for him to do better in the future with respecting Juhyeok’s boundaries and struggles with being an omega, I don’t know why so many ppl expect this to be a linear green flag story, with green flag characters. I feel like the second a rape/SA moment happens or ethically immoral scene happens ppl act as if it’s unreadable or unredeemable. Just bc rape happens doesn’t mean the story is inherently bad or that everyone should stop reading it. How it’s handled and addressed it what matters most. These characters are allowed to fall, not make the right choices, or start off horrible but what matters most is the journey and what they do to improve themselves. I think ppl are forgetting this is the literal beginning of this story (it only dropped this month on the 13th). Either give the story and characters time to progress, improve, and deepen or leave now it’s that simple. This also depicts real life bc relationships aren’t always good/green and ppl mess up in real time/overstep boundaries but it’s the choice to navigate and fix the dynamic. Juhyeok needs more time to accept himself and trust Suah completely, and Suah needs more time for self-control and respecting Juhyeok’s boundaries. I have a feeling they will be one of the best, communicative, trusting, loving couples once they work through the bad but we got to give them the most important thing: TIME!!