I’m honestly tired of this trope where the person who “steps up” or plays protector inevitably catches romantic feelings for the person they’re protecting. It’s so overused that at this point it just feels like lazy writing. You can see it coming from a mile away.
The second the hyung was introduced, I was like… here we go. And as the story went on, I kept hoping it wouldn’t go there. I really wanted it not to.
Because honestly? It would’ve been way more interesting if their dynamic stayed non-romantic. Like…imagine if he saw him as a younger brother instead. He’s overprotective, maybe too overprotective, and there’s this internal conflict where he knows he has no business feeling that way because that’s not actually his brother. But given their history, and the Mc becoming openly vulnerable with him despite his nature, his brain categorizes him that way anyway. And that tension, knowing you’re crossing an emotional line you shouldn’t be crossing, even if it’s not romantic, that! is complex. That’s something you can actually build on. Instead, we get the predictable turn into romantic feelings, and it just flattens everything for me. It removes the nuance and replaces it with something we’ve all seen a hundred times already.
I don’t know, man. Maybe it’s just me. But I really feel like there was a much more layered relationship sitting right there, and they took the easiest route instead
I’m honestly tired of this trope where the person who “steps up” or plays protector inevitably catches romantic feelings for the person they’re protecting. It’s so overused that at this point it just feels like lazy writing. You can see it coming from a mile away.
The second the hyung was introduced, I was like… here we go. And as the story went on, I kept hoping it wouldn’t go there. I really wanted it not to.
Because honestly? It would’ve been way more interesting if their dynamic stayed non-romantic. Like…imagine if he saw him as a younger brother instead. He’s overprotective, maybe too overprotective, and there’s this internal conflict where he knows he has no business feeling that way because that’s not actually his brother. But given their history, and the Mc becoming openly vulnerable with him despite his nature, his brain categorizes him that way anyway. And that tension, knowing you’re crossing an emotional line you shouldn’t be crossing, even if it’s not romantic, that! is complex. That’s something you can actually build on.
Instead, we get the predictable turn into romantic feelings, and it just flattens everything for me. It removes the nuance and replaces it with something we’ve all seen a hundred times already.
I don’t know, man. Maybe it’s just me. But I really feel like there was a much more layered relationship sitting right there, and they took the easiest route instead