There's just something severely undiagnosed about Doha
this took me out
one hell of a sentence my guy
Not exactly the shade of daddy issues I signed up for man gahdamn.
A story that relies too much on the characters ignoring the obvious is NOT a good story. And wooju here is being so oblivious to everything, which is probably the author trying to drive the plot into a specific route, (that is probably the route where wooju ends up with the apeshit blondie.) And that makes it a nonsensical plot.
I agree, it's okay to not know the professor's intention but your best friend? That's weird and makes the character too dumb, especially for Wooju who's part of social circles and smart enough to work for a renowned architect.
My therapist said this is concerning behaviour but... Yeah.. slay
Why he always getting his ass beat is that why he's unconscious on the cover picture gahdamn
LMAOOO Bro's a victim
help I just noticed
It's like the author wants this story to go into a specific route, which is probably the route where the bottom ends up with the blondie. I think that's why the author is making the bottom this much painfully naive and oblivious. Because if they did write the bottom as someone who have some awareness and half a braincell, theres no way he's gonna end up with the blondie's manipulative ass
I agree but some ppl do be like that (dense and down to earth).
Also, there's no denying the affection Wooju has for Jiheon which usually leads ppl to forgive easily (why so many ppl stay in toxic relationships).
And in Korea the dating culture is different (having a tracker app is normal), whereas this would clearly be seen as stalkerish in other countries.
So judging Wooju so harshly like he's just dumb is rather easy from a 3P view. It's never easy to know when ppl are manipulative that why they're *manipulative*
It isn't easy to know when PPL are being manipulative, I agree with that. But if someone holds you down and force themselves onto you... Well, at that point it is easy to realise that the person is not so good. And what pisses me off is that the rape and assault was so underlooked, they're just ignoring it like it never happened. I'm saying the author is purposefully ignoring certain things, dumbing down certain characters, so that the story can reach the specific end they have in mind. Which is just unfair to the characters. Or maybe that's just me.
Oh yeah no that I agree! Like I don't think it's unreal for someone like Wooju to forgive what happened but it was done very quickly and superficially. And it feels like he undergoes the story...
(But what you're getting at is a really interesting debate in literature: is the story the result of the characters or are the characters following the story, both mindset have pros and cons tho)
Maybe it’s just me but knowing when someone is manipulative should be basic knowledge, not to sound like an asshat. I’m tired of some stories where MCs are like a child that doesn’t know any signs at all, just me? I’d expect a grown adult to know a bit at least. Wooju is apparently 25.
It would be more, I guess, nicer and appealing if Wooju wasn’t dumbed down.
They got over the rape faster than blondie's mama left