Seriously what is the mother doing why won’t she put her son in therapy. I simply don’t understand the refusal to write this as an option. Realistically if someone takes their own life statistically those close to them have a higher risk of self harm or worse! If you ever think someone you know or love is in trouble please reach out to them don’t simply ignore or avoid the situation. This plot is seriously stressing me out. I don’t think I could accept this plot ending with the power of romantic love conquers all especially with a realistic depiction of the various forms of unaddressed mental health. It would undermine the entire plot. For those living in the US dial 988 should you or someone ever need to. <3
Mr. Kang’s reaction is actually realistic. I’m surprised by how readers are this upset by how things proceeded because the author chose to ground the story in even a little bit of reality. I’m actually more surprised the author went this route because Mr Kang is entirely right. This is such a cute story I had expected the author to go the “cute route” and have a saccharine romanticized response of ignoring how both Mr Kang and Yiyoung’s age gap and life experiences is the elephant in the room. I made this comment before that while I love this story truthfully these two wouldn’t end up together if not for the powers of BL and a die hard audience who loves pretty boys getting dicked down by a steaming hot Daddy. But I’m fine with that irrational combo lol.
I really love this but I also don’t love the ideas of putting your life on hold for someone for that long a time. I mean that’s a long time.
What’s frustrating about the plot is while it’s amazing for properly showing the ebbs and flows of mental health and depression there has never been a mention of actual therapy.
I like this plot like I really do. But realistically they just wouldn’t work with this much of an age difference and extreme life experience and that’s reinforced by this latest chapter 19. Yiyoung would be extremely insecure having never been with anyone prior and his need to meet the standards of his much older partner would mean growing up faster than he needs to grow into himself and make the messy mistakes that actually come with his age and the growing pains of your twenties. Literally look at what’s happening with Sophie turner and Joe Jonas* for this very reason, I kind of wish we had a time skip with Yiyoung in his actual 30s before the two of them had become a thing but it is what it is. I still love this plot given how “healthy” compared anything else that’s come out lately, but it certainly isn’t realistic.
Edit: I believe Yiyoung has “dated” before but I don’t think he’s been physical with anyone before Daehyung likely
This is very cliche. Playboy is taught love. Virgin is taught sex.
I don’t even find this sexy it’s kind of terrifying. And with the translation being confusing it doesn’t help in establishing what’s actually happening. All I see is a down on his luck guy falsely informed on a either a “easy robbery/ beat down” only to be brutally raped by some monster and later fall in love with this monstrosity because reasons….
The whole plot is garbage. From the dumb young master allowing his piece of shit crush to crawl his way back into his life after how poorly he treated and abused him. To an older brother who deeply wronged his younger brother and now suffers being raped and blackmailed by a half brother who is the spawn of human waste. The plot is utter garbage.
I really don’t understand what the author has the Ulysses and Randolph side story. You know it’s fan service at its peak for its straight cis female readers when Ulysses’s harem of men who we learned he acquired out of sport through your standard manipulation and underhanded methods that when a stereotypical masculine presenting dominate characters displays readers call foul but when a femme character does it- further playing into the very real stereotypes of “dangerous predatory” gay language surrounding men unable to hide their more obvious sexual inclination- it’s seen as a great achievement to be celebrated. Worse Ulysses has actually physically and sexually assaulted Randolph an act that got a previous shitty blond king assassinated for his harem of sexually dominated playthings subjected to regularly. It’s ironic that Ulysses is a direct juxtaposition to the Demonic king but he gets his own side story and is celebrated for it. It’s gross but ultimately is so expected why am I even bothering myself, but I do want to point out to readers that this subplot is just as problematic as the main story we so angrily sided with in hope for a predator’s demise, but here is celebrated.