Nakyum snapped. Seungho snapped back. I'd be so disappointed if the author broke a character's arc with a behavior that wouldn't fit. We can see Nakyum snapped out of emotional response so why Seungho snapping is taken as if he was completely above emotional reactions? That Seungho response will always be stronger is a given. He kills people for the slightest mistake, he knifed a man because of gossip. He is the master, the older one and the most violent. ... that slap was packed the minute Nakyum forgot who he was talking to. He came in to check on Nakyum, he was concerned and, entitled as he is, he wants to know why NK is crying. Nakyum took his frustration out on him, Seungho slapped him back. All this shit makes sense, not only because it would be completely out of nowhere if Seungho had suddenly became that sweet, understanding BFF who hugs you with patience when you are taking out on them your problems. How fucking weird would be if Seungho had suddenly just became all the good things he never learnt to be in a second of Nakyum's outburst? Lost in this is the good flow of the scene because, if you are writing a story and you want a certain development to happen, you need to give in the sequence that makes sense.... if Nakyum and Seungho will ever have sex initiated by NK, how the hell it would start? It mostly would be not in a romantic way but in an unexpected clumsy manner. We know from Seungho's words that NK spent the whole day in that zombie state, not eating and just painting, dwelling alone in his pain. Seungho just happened to be the unfortunate soul who went to check on him. It could be the servant and NK would have snapped just the same because he was bottled up. He probably would be left alone by anyone else though. So it had to be Seungho to trigger something and only Seungho could have delivered that slap. It wouldn't fit if NK had suddenly opened up calmly so he had to snap for the reaction to start and only Seungho could have delivered a 'snap out of it' moment ... we see the slap in the face got Nakyum out of trance, he suddenly knew what he wanted and needed at that moment: he needed a drug of choice to forget and, while most of the time Nakyum turns to booze, this time he wanted sex as escape.... the fact is that he is blatantly begging for it and don't let Seungho get away with refusing him ( you had me when I hated and rejected you and now that I'm asking you gonna deny me?) . So, yeah, although I would melt seeing Seungho all cozy and sweet and all grown up in his born again good husband personality, I would actually feel a let down if the author loses her touch and write things that doesn't fit in the sequence of character development.
Nakyum snapped. Seungho snapped back.
I'd be so disappointed if the author broke a character's arc with a behavior that wouldn't fit. We can see Nakyum snapped out of emotional response so why Seungho snapping is taken as if he was completely above emotional reactions?
That Seungho response will always be stronger is a given. He kills people for the slightest mistake, he knifed a man because of gossip. He is the master, the older one and the most violent. ... that slap was packed the minute Nakyum forgot who he was talking to. He came in to check on Nakyum, he was concerned and, entitled as he is, he wants to know why NK is crying. Nakyum took his frustration out on him, Seungho slapped him back. All this shit makes sense, not only because it would be completely out of nowhere if Seungho had suddenly became that sweet, understanding BFF who hugs you with patience when you are taking out on them your problems. How fucking weird would be if Seungho had suddenly just became all the good things he never learnt to be in a second of Nakyum's outburst?
Lost in this is the good flow of the scene because, if you are writing a story and you want a certain development to happen, you need to give in the sequence that makes sense.... if Nakyum and Seungho will ever have sex initiated by NK, how the hell it would start? It mostly would be not in a romantic way but in an unexpected clumsy manner.
We know from Seungho's words that NK spent the whole day in that zombie state, not eating and just painting, dwelling alone in his pain. Seungho just happened to be the unfortunate soul who went to check on him. It could be the servant and NK would have snapped just the same because he was bottled up. He probably would be left alone by anyone else though. So it had to be Seungho to trigger something and only Seungho could have delivered that slap.
It wouldn't fit if NK had suddenly opened up calmly so he had to snap for the reaction to start and only Seungho could have delivered a 'snap out of it' moment ... we see the slap in the face got Nakyum out of trance, he suddenly knew what he wanted and needed at that moment: he needed a drug of choice to forget and, while most of the time Nakyum turns to booze, this time he wanted sex as escape.... the fact is that he is blatantly begging for it and don't let Seungho get away with refusing him ( you had me when I hated and rejected you and now that I'm asking you gonna deny me?) .
So, yeah, although I would melt seeing Seungho all cozy and sweet and all grown up in his born again good husband personality, I would actually feel a let down if the author loses her touch and write things that doesn't fit in the sequence of character development.