Can't agree with this take cause Juheon KNEW what Dohu was like going into his pining that then briefly turned into a relationship and still completely refused Dohu despite VERY clearly showing Juheon that he (Dohu) was in fact changing. Like, there wasn't even an attempt at communication from Juehon's side. And yes Juheon is traumatized but so is Dohu, and I'm not making this point to compare trauma cause that ain't it BUUUT I'm still gonna side with the person who at least TRIED to communicate, despite being absolutely horrible at it throughout his whole life, compared to the person who while being traumatized for sure still has far better social adeptness than the other
Be fr, Yes dohu hurt his feelings, but this stems more from his trauma. He is not being cordial, he is being unreasonable. You can't tell someone you left 4 years ago to quit their job, you have no right, Juheon lost that right. He is being childish , he's holding something against Dohu all these years and its not just about that, he's being angry about how everyone treated him, thats not all on Dohu. He's acting like an ass atp
Juheon made a choice, and left without a word, disappeared. Ik there were certain circumstances and he was threatened. But his choice to leave was to run away from his feelings and abandon everything, even Dohu. Dohu who stayed and felt the weight of his decision and regret for four years guilty him until Juheon reappeared.
And now, four years later, he’s still holding the same wound over Dohu’s head like a weapon. At some point, pain stops being a reason and becomes an excuse.
4 years of complete avoidance is not equal to how Dohu was unable to understand what Juehon really wanted.it was also on Juheons part to culminate, communicate what he really wanted, he got mad at dohu for being literal and answering what he asked, well this is how Dohu is. He never tried to really understand how different Dohu was and when Dohu could not interest his message right, he got angry and lashed out at him.
If this happened over a few months? Even one year? I would say yes , Juheon has the right to be mad
But four years? That’s a long time to be mad at someone, especially someone who clearly never stopped loving him and has suffered every single day since. And now he's just being cruel and most of this stems from the fact that Juheon doesn't want to admit he still has feelings and is running from that. And in the process, he's hurting both him and Dohu.
bro WHAAATT are you saying. juheon in season 1 did NOT know dohu only got in a relationship with him because he was using him to write a script. eventually he fell in love with juheon yes but he found out in the end the whole reason dohu got with him in the first place so of COURSE his feelings were hurt. dohu sat there and let juheon get mad at him and say hurtful things without really explaining himself because he knew he fucked up. dohu was literally stalking juheon to make sure he’d land a job where juheon might be so then they could be around each other again
i initially wasn’t going to respond to this because clearly you didn’t read the story at all. this is the most stupid, idiotic, brainless thing you could have chosen said. “he hurt his own feelings” after dohu literally used him in the beginning of their relationship then juheon finds out and rightfully gets upset. like what??? you’re actually stupid it’s genuinely hilarious. i truly cannot wrap my head around wtf i just read from you like it’s actual nonsense. you’re the exact type of people i was talking about in my original comment, go read cat in the hat if you like picture books so much
oh hell no i’m not reading allat. all i saw was “he’s holding the wound over dohus head” and knew you’re way too sympathetic. it’s almost as if juheon broke up with dohu and tried to move on with his life and away from being used again and meeting fake people like dohu at the start only to have dohu do the most possible to meet him again along the lines dohu’s borderline soft stalking him and said he wouldn’t leave him alone unless he agreed to meeting dohu like 5 times or sm like istfg
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Juheon was never clear to Dohu that they were broken up. He got mad and told Dohu that if he truly loved him he would give him space. blocked him everywhere, avoided him on campus, and shut him out without any real explanation. Then he got mad when Dohu asked how long should he keep his distance. You can't act like Juheon had clear communication when he didn't. He got mad that Dohu didnt contact him for two weeks but also got mad that Dohu didnt think to apologize, so how is it that Juheon blocked him but then gets mad when Dohu wants to talk it out? Where did he break up peacefully to move on? He never told Dohu we're through, i dont ever want to see you again, I must have missed that chapter. You also can’t expect closure from someone who refuses to communicate.
And whether people like it or not, Dohu shows autism-coded traits. His entire character is built around his difficulty understanding social cues and taking things literally. He quite literally didn’t understand what Juheon meant, that’s why he asked how long he should keep his distance and if they were broken up.
If someone chooses to ignore that and still blames only dohu, that’s just projecting. It’s fine to favor Juheon, but pretending he communicated perfectly is just false.
The whole point of the story is that both failed communication because of trauma, dohu for not beung able to jnderstand feelings or why ppl het mad and Juheons trauma of always being used. Saying only one of them is wrong means you missed what the author is actually writing.
you must be a slow learner, so i’m cherry picking rn. juheon doesn’t owe anything to dohu and vice versa. you can try to hold juheon accountable for whatever you think he did or didn’t do but he broke up with dohu. that’s enough communication for the both of them there’s no need to explain anything else
I’m done talking to someone who clearly can’t read the story, or the symbolism thoroughly.
At least show the exact chapter where Juheon says,“we’re over, don’t ever talk to me again, Baek Dohu.”
Because, He asked for space (which does not = breakup, btw, if you’re a little dense ) Then he blocked and avoided Dohu. He Then he got mad when Dohu listened and gave him that space. And he got mad AGAIN when Dohu finally asked if they were broken up — because Juheon never said it verbally even once. He didnt communicate what he wanted Dohu to do, which was to apologize. He also never said "im breaking up with you, we're over, dont ever speak to me or approach me ever again Baek Dohu".
Juheon didn’t communicate a breakup. That’s just facts. But you do you, keep being dense
body language is also communication. you’re the type of person to only listen if someone is screaming stop at you. juheon was literally on the cusp of being fucking violent with dohu when they “stopped talking” or whatever you wanna call that shit. talk about dense. since you want me to quote it so badly, from chapter 64-65 this is what’s said: juheon says “so don’t mind me. go back to your old ways and live the rest of your life to the fullest” then says “going SOLO isn’t new to you, is it? i bet the prospects actually excite you” (ch. 64) then dohu says “while i knew our relationship didn’t last forever…” (ch. 65) he’s confirming they aren’t dating. keep reading picture book
i think i put it somewhere else but,
body language is also communication. you’re the type of person to only listen if someone is screaming stop at you. juheon was literally on the cusp of being fucking violent with dohu when they “stopped talking” or whatever you wanna call that shit. talk about dense. since you want me to quote it so badly, from chapter 64-65 this is what’s said: juheon says “so don’t mind me. go back to your old ways and live the rest of your life to the fullest” then says “going SOLO isn’t new to you, is it? i bet the prospects actually excite you” (ch. 64) then dohu says “while i knew our relationship didn’t last forever…” (ch. 65) he’s confirming they aren’t dating. keep reading your picture book

tired of the juheon hate for being upset and trying to be cordial with dohu at their place of work and in public when we all know how much dohu hurt his feelings in season 1. juheon doesn’t need to be nice to dohu at all considering how much it hurt juheons feelings. and since EVERYONE knows juheons past yall still try to say he’s being toxic and childish CAN WE BE FR RN did you all collectively decide to read this like it was a picture book??