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I just saw this phrase, and I have to agree. I tried to disregard it before, but it's become crystal clear that Hyesung is the comic relief - the fool, the underdog, the misfit. No one seems to take him seriously. He is loved, yes - but he's also overlooked: his pain, his trauma, even his existence as a person. How can anyone just disregard his feelings?

Now that the conflict has been settled, is this what you'd call a healthy family? Was it ever a healthy family to begin with? Lying, supporting someone your partner cut out of his life - how is that okay? Was it because it is Hyesung? Minimizing Hyesung's importance has been the go-to, right?

How long can Hyesung keep letting this slide? When will he finally have the power to navigate his own feelings without being swayed by his family? How long must Hyesung stans wait before our boy is taken seriously? It’s exhausting. It’s infuriating.

Until then, fellow Hyesung stans, I'm fully dropping this manhwa. It's not like I'm here for Byul's story anyway. It's always been Hyesung.

I was deluding myself into thinking that Byul would not use Hyesung's past actions as something to equate with his grandmother's neglect and betrayal. I understand that he is a teen—a hormonal one at that—and wasn’t really thinking properly. I don't want to dwell on why he tries to understand his grandmother's side of the story and not Hyesung's.

He was hurt, keeping to himself the discovery that Hyesung had once abandoned him—I understand that, I truly do. Hyesung did raise him well, pampered him, spoiled him, and maybe was even willing to give all the galaxies to his child if he could. Byul knows that Hyesung loved him dearly. However, I could not find in myself any sympathy. I understand him, but I also disliked the situation he had created. Curious, he was. But I hope he understood that his curiosity had a reason it was hidden from him.

I do not want this situation to be the reason for Hyesung to forgive his mother. I want him to be strong and stick with his decision. Not everything can be solved with forgiveness. It pains me that he is still in his postpartum state—we don't know what he'll do, what he could do, or ultimately, what thoughts could swirl inside his mind—of his husband and his child. The trust he had had crumpled in a single text message. I wish they would treat Hyesung’s traumas and his very self as something valuable. Just because he is funny, a little screwy, doesn't mean anyone can just disrespect him.

Hyesung is a complex character—layers upon layers of suffering, guilt, and trauma buried beneath the happy life he could hold in his hands. But slowly, those layers are starting to surface. I want Hyesung to crash out, to leave, and do whatever he must to make those people understand the severity of what they did to him.