
the Main, Woojin, I`ve been in a similar situation it's not as easy to get away from a gaslighter and manipulator like Minho. They control on such a deeper level. It`s scary.
They play you. 1st they act so sweet than become so cruel in their feelings and actions that it leaves you in a very broken mindset. it destroys yourself confidence, it makes you believe that they`re the only ones there and will ever love the screwed-up mess they made you. Until they get bored and leave you. Finding a good person who is actually genuine won`t change how effed up you are. Sadly, you wanna do right by them but you fall back into the same patterns when hurt and run back to the very person that broke you, thinking they`re are the only ones that can heal you. When really you need to heal yourself. Yeah, I definitely feel this manga on a deep level and relate to it.

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After reading the novel, ngl this kind of ruined the whole story for me but, the General never loved Yoo-Young. He cared about him and felt sorry for him, that`s about it. So, anyone who was wooting for him, I`m sorry, me too. Honestly the ML and 2nd ML both suck. This poor kid was wrecked mentally and went through hell physically. The Emperor does change eventually but never really redeemed himself in my opinion. I feel like Yoo-Young was never truly loved, just used and unlucky. Very toxic stockholm syndrome.

I don't think you realize how badly the General bought on Yoo-Young`s suffering with the Emperor. All because the ML was extremely possessive and jealous. The General wasn`t helping by causing more and more misunderstands between them. And to find out it wasn`t even out of love was absolutely ridiculous.
Again, these were just my thoughts, you don`t have to agree. I was letting off steam. I regret wasting my time with this one.

Everyone's opinion is valid (you say your piece, I say mine). I guess you percieve it differently than I (the end result) which is fine, but we both agree it may have seem like the general was making advances (sort of) - at least showed an interest? However, I don't think he was purposfully making these misunderstandings. Majority of the time it was the wrong place, wrong time (in addition to the "needed" drama because misunderstandings are always the n.1 trope). Last few chapters is a prime example of this.
It is hard to blame the general for resonses and actions made by another due to their obsessive feelings. I don't believe he was doing it to trigger or piss off the CP.
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