One of the sadder things about this story is how like... the omega MC kinda forgives everyone? Is friends with them still? After all of the boys very very deliberately went through a ton of effort to trick him into playing a game with his eyes covered so they could make precise molds of the key to his collar to have a competition on who gets to rape and mark him. Like. That is a fucking insane thing that the story sort of glosses over way too quickly?
This comment saved me a bunch of misery.
Won't be reading this one.
Thanks fam
YW
I absolutely ADORED this one, but I felt like the sex worker part just kinda fell flat/popped in and disappeared. Like I feel like there should've been a bit more follow-up on that.
I hate it here goddamn You could even just save the life of your abusive rapist stepbro without loving him still! Poor boy's head is all fucked.
Okay so like. It’s a tragic, uncomfortable, psychological work. We’re not supposed to be happy or endeared by their relationship. At least, that’s the vibe I got. Especially with the ending reveal that even everything “good” he experienced in the last two chapters was just more manipulation by ML. To me, we’re very clearly supposed to read this as a shocking and horrifying revelation that even MC’s recovery, him reclaiming his life, was controlled and created by the ML.
I have some additional thoughts that I gotta work through but I think chalking it all down to, “it’s bad,” because of the MC’s suffering like, misses the point entirely. Since the epilogue takes place in an alternate universe, the ending is completely open as to how the relationship with MC and ML goes after reuniting.
It’s definitely more clumsily done than some other psychological works depicting abusive relationships (Harada my beloved), but… yeah, idk, I don’t wanna fault it for doing what it actually wants to do (make the reader uncomfortable by portraying an extremely abusive relationship).
Basically, it’s a sad story with a sad ending.
On ch13 and there’s been… so much dubcon and rape. Like. that’s most of the story thus far. Jesus.
lol real. i couldnt bring myself to finish reading this
Ironically, that’s actually the last chapter until the story gets better
good to know! tysm
I hate that his ASPD is being used to try to make the reader feel pity for this asshole. I know people with ASPD. It isn’t like this - this just adds to what is already a very stigmatized disorder.
this is such a strange story. i feel like i need to reread it once it’s finished to really get a grasp on it. i feel like heesung changed too quickly/suddenly but maybe i’d feel differently on a reread? idk.
I really think there needed to be more time devoted to their relationship coming back together. They both carry such wounds on their heart that will take a long time to heal… I want to see them dedicating more time to building their relationship back up before committing so seriously.
I’m actually really proud of Taeju. I can’t say I’m happy for the pain he’s going through, but this is the exact character development I was hoping for (that you basically never see) - not only being willing to let their object of affection go, but feeling the need to due to the severity of the harm he inflicted. The explanation that he believes that Euihyun is only feeling love due to omega pregnancy pheromones isn’t unreasonable. It doesn’t feel forced or added for the sake of conflict.
I just really continue to be impressed by this story. I just haven’t seen these sort of matters tackled so well by any author. When this story started I assumed it would be another guilty pleasure at best, but it has surpassed my expectations in every way.
NOOO I MEANT TO THUMBS UP
truee when this story started, i thought this will be just another typical omegaverse manhwa but the character development ???? it's really good and didn't feel forced at all. now we just need euihyun to confirm his feelings for taeju and PLEASE let them have their happy life tgt
I agree I never understood why people were mad at Taegu because he is only trying to do what was best for his lover.
holy shit i’ve never seen this many upvotes hi ty
“don’t smile in front of anyone but me” is. is this supposed to be romantic.
right?? SOO many manhwa have similar views from the ML and it always baffles me how a lot of people must actually be into that shit. It instantly makes any romance no matter how cute and wholesome become trash tier for me the moment they start saying shit like that.
Honestly yall take this too seriously, it's just a play thing between them. It's not like Mc smiling will causa a fucking fight
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Fr, the moral policing is annoying. It really ain’t that serious
That's a very Korean & Japanese thing. They see jealousy and possessiveness as romantic. But Karlyle and Ash are supposedly to be British and the author didn't realise or not knows that kind of behaviour is not seen as cute in the West.
moral policing?? we aren't being that serious either, it's just an instant turn off/ick.
TY yeah
i mean like admittedly i do hate the way so many stories portray abusive tendencies or sexual assault as cute romantic things completely genuinely.
moral policing would be me saying “you aren’t allowed to like this” “anyone who likes this is a bad person” “the author shouldn’t be allowed to write this” etc.
if you think any criticism of this nature is moral policing you really need to take a step back.
ty for this info!
honestly like it was a jokey-joke… they even show lyle smiling and acting normal and ash having no problem with it
? where do they show that? lyle doesn't smile a single time in this chapter after he's told not to smile around anyone but ash?
oh lol sorry, i read the raws before this but i digress, i understand that if done seriously/consistently, being possessive is not cute (unless someone’s into that which hey, i don’t judge) but i think it was fairly obvious that this was just lighthearted.
I appreciate the clarification! That’s good to know.
I have a lot of problems with Ash’s behavior throughout the story tbh.
The main story culminating in a scene where Lyle is begging him to stop while Ash brutally forces him (and reveals he was actually in his right mind during his rut/was in control and knowingly forcing lyle) kind of ruined it for me, so I was hoping the side chapters were better, and this rubbed me the wrong way.
But I’m glad this is not, uh, the case here/just supposed to be lighthearted!
oh when did that happen? i only remember ash’s rut scene in the end when lyle was looking for a house (when ash went into rut and was gonna isolate himself until lyle came looking for him)
that is the scene. lyle spends most of it either asking ash to wait or stop, ash fucking him unconscious multiple times, and then knots him while lyle screams that it hurts (and then lyle faints shortly afterward). afterwards ash clarified that he not only meant everything he said (which would, unfortunately, most certainly include lyle begging to stop) but also that he had no regrets knotting lyle/fully intended to.