honestly with the way the story is written, its def encouraging the reader to empathize with Both guys and want to see them work their shit out. otherwise it the framing woulda played out differently imo. also its pretty noteworthy that dohyun goes out of his way to chase after the guy who confined him for (who tf knows how long), burn evidence, save his life and then fight with him to stay together like...i mean how believable that is imo debatable. even i was like "hmmm can they rly be a normal couple tho" but on the other hand its like...they clearly are never gonna move past each other so maybe this is for the best so they dont drag their baggage onto other people lol. idk im always intrigued by twisted or messed up relationships in my fiction. esp when there's a strong sexual component. and alot of the sex scenes actually furthered their characters and revealed more about their relationship dynamic. its worth noting that even when dohyun was at sungho's mercy, he was never rly cowed by him. like he got scared and intimidated but his spirit was never broken or damaged. he was pretty fierce from start to finish (now is that how a person in real life wwould've acted? lol unlikely) and meanwhile sungho is the one who gets increasingly more pained and troubled by the events. i really felt the weight of his guilt and shame for what he'd done by the end. which helps. and the fact that dohyun was like "UR SICK FUCK RAPIST GO DIE" on uh several occasions but esp that final time before sungho finally snaps and attempts suicide actually helps make it work for me better than if dohyun had made excuses for him the whole time or tried to heal sungho's wounds with kindness or smth. like dohyun doesnt get away cuz he falls in love with sungho again. but because sungho can no longer bear to hurt him but cant bring himself to let him go either. likewise Dohyun has every chance after that, to let sungho die or go to prison or just fuck off and he doesnt let him so....yeah, fucked up or not these are two people who need each other. but no it shouldnt be applauded as smth to strive for in real life but this is a comic for adults and the hope is actual adults alrdy know that kidnapping ur childhood crush and then raping them for weeks is not the way to get a Happy Ending.
You had quite a point Their relationship hopefully in the Christmas special has improved greatly in They're not hurting each other but I know off of the last time we seen them that They stepped off on an good foot By moving hand and learning to love each other again
I feel so conflicted right now. When I started reading this, I promised myself “I won’t hope for them to be together at the end of this story”, because - it’s ethically, morally, humanly wrong. But then again the rape in the plot was just the tip of the whole fucking mess, I enjoyed the story like few and in the end, I truly found myself again being satisfied with their happiness. It’s a strange feeling. I do not excuse rape in any way, fictional or whatever, but this relationship? I don’t know how to feel about it. I guess it’s all what a good story is about.