that's the author's call. it's not like they sprung it on us out of the blue. ever since the character was introduced, you could tell the dude was having it rough, and though he likes to engage in sex he'd rather not do it with mean, condescending assholes. that's why he called out the man for having a sucky penis bc the man was being cheap as hell, and sex service (& apparently espionage lol) is how he survives.
Actually no, nothing in the story was showing that he was having it tough. But it's really not the problem.
And my point is just that it's getting annoying that all authors are always trying to justify the main character's (that are usually antagonists) bad actions with a sad backstory.
I think it would look much better if the backstory was shown with the character's introduction (that way it would feel like we just got to know his life rather than the story being a tool to make him look okay) or just no backstory and give him.the mentality of -when you take something, someone else will starve. And i dont want to be the one starving-. Thats what he said and it was enough to explain how he came to do that job.
Hmm the author did drop a few hints to his past here and there. But you know, I also have criticism for this story (it doesn’t sit well with me either - this season went off the rails). I mention this because I feel like we are both looking at the same thing but with slightly different but ultimately quite similar perspective.
My biggest hang up with evil hen is that if Noah had such a tragic past why tf would the author show it to the reader like this - in three panels and as a joke?! like, knowing this chara is a victim of trafficking and is still subjected to abuse of high powered families is not funny to me at all.
so in essence for me, the trope doesn’t bother me, but the EXECUTION of it drives me up a wall (╯°Д °)╯╧╧

The author giving a sad backstory to the guy is really annoying. You dont need a fucking sad backstory to justify your bad actions. Why are the authors so desperate to justify all the bad actions.
It would have been better if he just had a debt and took the easy way out or even better, he just wanted money for a more comfortable life.
Instead we got the usual cliché: he is just like that because his life was shit and it made him like that.