I'd be soo fkn salty if I got hired as a celebrity body guard and was then expected to reenact the full christopher nolan dark knight special. Didn't know we needed a whole fkn armada out here.
This story is so wack, there's NO CONTEXT provided ever lol.
Context is probably in the novel?
Well it's definetly over the top, but many things are left random bcz it's from a novel (but I don't much as I haven't read it)
Hm, so generally when making a body of work you'd likely want to explicitly direct your reader to the original text if it's required. Or, just translate the story more effectively, so the context is uh, on the pages.
A bit rogue of me, I've literally just started this story. But I've noticed that when stories like these are written by Korean authors they seem to struggle with conceptualising multiculturalism or like the diaspora experience because of they've never experienced a non homogenous context. Also SK doesn't allow dual nationality lol.
This isn't even about this story in particular haha, just something I've noticed. Just someone being born and raised in Canada is also Canadian, not just a Korean who's now chosen to move 'home'. I just feel like there's an undercurrent of assumed nationalism, that I think people who've experienced otherwise may not inherently develop. And not just SK, but I notice it with loads of countries particularly those which require mandatory military service e.g., Singapore (the propaganda is crazzzy in singapore), Israel, SK etc.
frr like isnt canada also his home
The author struggles with developing meaningful endings, they're so weirdly timed and the mc's feelings and behaviours never match the context.
You know, these stories make a lot of sense when you frame them around the concept of 'what would someone with the emotional capacity of a toddler do?'
Toddlers don't try to create codependency, tie you down, and threaten to lock you up.
I honestly love any scene involving their families. Like it has such unhinged energy.
Yes homosexuality is criminalised in many places, mostly within western and north Africa countries and some places within Asia irl. It usually occurs in countries that are culturally conservative and have an enmeshment of religion and government. Is that the setting of this story? I find it fkn weird this author would implement it like it's a funny plot point for mc to move out and not a depiction of legitimate systemic hardcore discrimination. Oh but its ~fiction~, fkn please.
My point exactly lol Not to mention the completely stupid interactions, the blackmail scene was laughable.
I like this story but I find the dialogue a bit stilted, so the characters kind of come off as somewhat inconsistent. I guess there isn't a whole lot of internal dialogue either, except a few thought bubbles, probs adds to the issue.
Also lol @ them having to climb up a ladder to a hovering helicopter.