Where’s the TL;DR version?
Anyway yes, he’s fucking selfish and greedy, and how is that a bad thing? He’s the most realistic and relatable character in this webtoon. Imagine you have a really good friend who accepts you, who admits your existence, who follows you everywhere, you like being with him but they like you sexually, but this guy doesn’t even confess so you can’t reject him, I’d do the same as Chanyoung. You don’t want to lose your best friend, he’s already became an important part of your life, but you can’t just force your feelings and be with him. So what would l do? Hell yeah go find him a lover.
And I like him this faaaaar better than the usual “you don't know what you've got until it's gone” trope like “uh oh no, don’t take my best friend, I actually like him too” bullshit. BUT sadly somehow I think the author will take this way later
No. You tell them that you aren't attracted to men... It's a bad thing because he is willing to throw aside Heesu's feelings even after witnessing first hand how strong they are. It's a bad thing because, instead of thinking about his "best friend's" happiness, his thoughts were only about himself and how HE wants to stay friends and had no problems with hurting his friend and even traumatizing him just because he isn't willing to let him go(not that rejecting him even WOULD mean they can't be friends, that's all on Heesu), even though he pushed Heesu away himself PLENTY of times for his girlfriends... I've been in this situation with a girl that was coming on to me, i'm gay and we were talking when the topic switched to "what if i had a girlfriend" and her reply was "well, i'd ask why it isn't me". You know what i did? As soon as i realized she was interested in me, right then and there i said "if i were straight i'd definitely date you, i think you're really attractive, but i'm gay and can't look at you that way". Now we're just friends and she can move on. THAT is the proper way to handle things, NOT to try and flaunt my boyfriends to her and hurt her by telling her i can't spend all my time with her... If i had heard her talking about being interested in me or if, like in this case, i'd SEEN it VERY clearly i'd have done the same.
No, he's wrong that wasn't the best option. Heesu hasn't confessed to him but if he noticed and was sure that in no way he was going to reciprocated his feelings, he should just reject him. Now it seems he only want heesu friendship because is convenient and is in not way doing in for heesu as person because he is taking his feelings lightly.
Yeah, it COULD have been a refreshing change, IF they hadn't made Chanyoung so selfish. The way he thinks is VERY clear, it's about what HE wants and how he can get it. If it had portrayed him as "just straight and not wanting a relationship, but valuing his friendship" i'd have been fine, it's the lack of the last part that pisses me off. He doesn't value their friendship, if he did he'd tell Heesu he knows and reject him and allow them both to move on. I find it likely that Heesu wouldn't have left and cut ties anyways. Even if he did, that should be Heesu's choice anyways, if being around Chanyoung is going to hurt him he should be given the choice to leave, even if it sucks for Chanyoung. The fact that Chanyoung was okay with Heesu hurting and was even actively trying to hurt him shows he doesn't value their friendship. Or maybe a better way to put it would be that he doesn't value Heesu. You say "it's realistic" like that's a good thing, but i don't see how. Sure, he's realistic, a realistic asshole. A realistic decent person would tell them they know and reject them, that's realistic too and that would've been the good thing to do.
I know, trust me. Read my responses to him.
Thank you for this! I couldn't agree more to something.
Instead of thinking "how nice of you" I ended thinking "woah such a jerk"
His intention was good bit that doesn't matter if he did it by this method, it feels like he doesn't even care for Heesu as he claims because he is toying with his feelings.
Yeah, well no matter how you look at it that is not a good thing to do... Why drag it out and hurt him as much as possible rather than just tell him you know and reject him while explaining you just want to be friends? He literally says he went out of his way to hurt him too, so its not like he JUST kept quiet about it either, he went out of his way to hurt Heesu by flaunting his girlfriends and ignoring Heesu as well as saying mean things... Honestly, i wouldn't say that his intentions being good is even a factor here, whether you're trying to be an asshole or not, if what you're doing is scummy it's scummy. Also, it's not like he didn't realize that what he was doing was bad, hence him admitting to being "mean" at times, he realizes that what he is doing isn't okay to some degree, but rather than take the logical step and come clean and reject Heesu he's just trying to find someone to take Heesu's feelings so he doesn't have to deal with them because they get in the way of the friendship HE wants. Nevermind what Heesu wants, not even a thought on that, nevermind that Heesu has been unhappy for YEARS because, as Chanyoung acknowledges, Chanyoung has been being an asshole(he says "mean", but thats an understatement) to him for years... It's all about what Chanyoung wants and he'll hurt Heesu as much as it takes to get what he wants. I love the "but hes playing cupid!" comments, it's hilarious that people even bring it up as some sort of "counter" or "good point", he literally SAYS that he is only doing it because "my gay friend likes me, but i'm not gay and want to stay friends. I decided to try to hurt him multiple times over the years and to flaunt my girlfriends to him to get him to stop, but that hasn't worked. Something is finally changing, maybe this new guy will work". He isn't doing it for Heesu, he doesn't mention feeling bad about "being mean" or even "playing cupid" to give Heesu happiness, he literally TELLS US that the reason he's "playing cupid" is because he wants to stay friends, but doesn't want to actually confront Heesu's feelings. I can't wait for Heesu to find out that Chanyoung knew all along and that all those times Chanyoung ignored Heesu for his girlfriend or said mean things were on purpose... I really don't want to see Heesu hurt, but i want Chanyoung to pay for what he's done and i want all these Chanyoung sympathizers to see Heesu hurt at what Chanyoung did and realize that, no, it wasn't okay and sure as hell wasn't "good".
Chanyoung is so selfish! He realized that Heesu is in love with him this entire time?! He's been purposely hurting Heesu to try to get him not to like him because... What? HE didn't want to lose a friend? That is SO sad, i feel SO sorry for Heesu and while i don't want him to hurt i DO hope he finds out and stops talking to that asshole. Idc if he's playing cupid for them, its AFTER the fact and he's only doing it for himself, because Heesu's feelings are an inconvenience for him getting in the way of the friendship he wants! He literally just said "i don't like guys, but I like being friends with Heesu. I tried to get him to stop liking me by being mean occasionally(shows parts that we've seen from Heesu's PoV that really hurt and even scarred him, the part where he realizes Chanyoung doesn't like how aggressive he is about his feelings and this causes Heesu to literally change his ENTIRE way of interacting with Chanyoung and forces him to be more docile about his feelings). I found someone who might finally do". Nowhere in there does he mention wanting Heesu to be happy or even feeling bad about "being mean"! Go back and read that, all he talks about is what HE wants from Heesu and how he might have finally found a way to KILL HEESU'S FEELINGS... Because he wants to be friends he has been looking for ways to hurt him and is now even looking to set him up with another guy, not because he wants his friend(whom he has tortured) to be happy, but because he wants someone who he can use to deflect Heesu's feelings so they can be "normal" friends. What a cunt!