I'm invested--like, I need to know where the author is taking this because him getting Sooyoung drunk and raping him was not the path I expected, because how is that supposed to get Sooyoug back? I wonder if the author will treat the rape seriously, and where the story will go from here...
THERE'S NO TAEHAN ON THE MANHWA COVER ONLY THE HAIRSTYLIST JERK AHHHHHHHHHH
the bad vibeSSSSS
im down
like just gotta add a psychological tag and wtv's happening is wtv's happening
the plot has embraced its toxicity what can i do
i've come around to this season 2 storyline. i don't like it but i get it.
First: MC tried to kill ML. He realized he couldn't because he'd caught feels.
- in a delusional world (i want this world), ML and MC would have had a happy ever after. Which i would have loved cos i wanted a lovey dovey healing arc but...
- in reality, ML has killed anyone whose ever attempted to take his life. He's a ruthless psycho who easily kills. MC is the first one he let live. So in a sense, all his goodwill was expended entirely on holding back from killing MC. It was one thing to suspect MC had it out for him--ML probably found it funny--but it's another that MC actually tried to kill him (and ML would have actually let MC go through with it). Especially with the context, where the two had gotten close and emotionally intimate.
So MC trying to choke him was now a betrayal. And ML is pissed that he even let himself grow so soft. And obviously they can't go back to how they were before so here we are in purgatory. Rape rape rape.
Plus ML killed MC's whole family (and i rmbr the reasoning being that his father wasn't even a criminal. he was a good man who supported the wrong faction)... and it's really hard to get around that (i don't like this fact anymore than you i swear).
so i'm sending thoughts and prayers to the plot i'll let this marinate and come back when it all ends
"just shoot me if i hurt u again"
bich and end up in jail?? tf??
bro's so sick in the head it's insane. and the art isn't helping HAHA it's like he's speaking lines to a theatre audience
WTF
IM SORRY
WOT
WTF WAS THAT DOMINIC JUMPSCARE MY GOD WHAT???????
EWWWWWWWWW
we get our first frame of dominic and its like
ewww why does dominic look like that
dude's unpleasant to look attt
teach kinda weird himself
has the nagging feeling guwon is reluctant to kiss but goes ahead and does it multiple times (before ch15) anyways
but it seems that the emperor only becomes a tyrant AFTER jae-ryun dies... like bro was perfectly acceptable before. They're acting like he was killing ppl left and right his ENTIRE reign. But that doesn't seem to be the case. So like... why not try keeping jae-ryun alive???
Like all this bullshit about making the emperor a "sage emperor" yada yada like bro it ain't that deep... just ensure jae-ryun stays alive. It really isn't that deep. Make the emperor a sage or whatever... tf is that gonna do if jae-ryun dies anyways??
this should honestly be tagged horror
and if it's viewed from a mild psychological-horror view... it's actually pretty good. like, bro faked it til the end so like props to that. and it seems at least ML will treat MC well this life and in the next and so forth--like he learned his lesson. That to get what he wants... he has to be good to MC. And the final chapter indicates that he's changed, at least a little bit. He did shady ass sht on the side and manipulated MC but at least MC is happy? in what's basically a false reality but still, like, MC is genuinely fulfilled and happy... let him be happy
pretty dark but probs the best possible outcome in a way i really enjoyed, and the author doesn't try to twist it otherwise
like at least the rape wasn't played off, the MC's depression and downward spiral and everything in his past life was totally legit. his present life fear wasn't downplayed either. he was just outplayed (unfortunately (??))
idgaf that the redhead and crown prince keep hangin around
we know cutie patootie noah is endgameeee AND THAT'S ALL I NEED.
LOVE A MC WHO DOESN'T LET HERSELF GET EMOTIONALLY MANIPULATED cos i swear sometimes these main characters be letting themselves be too easily blackmailed like it was NEVER that serious
Was there really a need for the plot to go in this direction????
Like, damn—if you're so "immeasurably pleased" that he couldn't bear to kill you, isn't this the perfect setup for a redemption arc without rape???? This could have been the start of a slow healing process (since the "good times" were what made the bottom develop feelings and give up killing him).
I know the top is his family's killer and the bottom's inability to go through with the revenge deed led him to wanting to die but instead of "hey, let's continue treating him well and try the difficult process of fixing this," the author went "nah that's too hard to write" and dove straight into "let's rape him into submission."
Bro, he had already submitted before all this—was this really necessary???
Dying really is better off for the bottom at this point like... he gave up his life's revenge mission in exchange for the sentimental times, but instead he got endless rape wtf.
dis bich
she hasn't given you a single look over the years how did she ever belong to you??? like how do you acknowledge she's been always indifferent to you but then be like "nah she'll know she belongs with me"
what kinda delulu world r you living in shawty
ALSO "i tried to win her over with kindness" i'm sorry but dude your actions led to her getting more bullied--ain't no way you didn't notice