Tbh the first chapters gave me the ick, but now I can see that the author is starting to cook. I'll trust the process, my bad
Starting to cook
Let them cook fr Ian was just stupid lmaooo got me worried for nothing
yeah this is really good, at the end, they revealed their real PERSONAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA -----
It's not crazy to imagine a scenario where the victim becomes the victimizer, especially if their target is someone whom they either have a big feeling of grudge against or have something that could make them feel stronger. In this case, Seunghyun is BOTH of them. Nobody can ever deny that Yuta indeed drugged, kidnapped, and r4pe Seunghyun in the first chapters. Yuta did it to feel empowered, to humiliate him so deeply that he would never be able to forget him. Hell, Yuta has made very clear that it's his main goal. Was it fucking disgusting? Yes, of course it was. It doesn't matter if Seunghyun didn't keep up his word (we still don't know anything about what happened), because as I said, his main goal was nothing but to humiliate him.
With that being said, Seunghyun is just as much an abussive scumbag as Yuta and ALL the clients he was talking about. He also did it out of anger, to dehumanize him and to show dominance. Did he do it out of retaliation? Obviously. Does that excuse him? Of fucking course not. It just shows he is just as violent as an animal, he even compares himself to one. They are both violent, and it's pretty clear they are more than willing to use sex as punishment. At this point, this story is anything but love between two normal people. Both of them are terrible people trapped in a terrible situation where they torture each other until someone is down. That's it.
Personally, despite my tastes, I really like how Jo and Ian's relationship is evolving. Jo is oblivious of everything, literally everything. He is constantly exposed to a reality he doesn't know or understand. As much as Ian tries, he cannot escape who he used to be, despite wanting a second chance to be happy and to discover what he has been deprived of. Jo may say he's willing to give up everything for Ian to be by his side, but the anger and rage of not fully understanding him is what leads Jo to twist the way he sees not only Ian, but their relationship as a whole. The fact that TJ is no longer present does not mean that he is not relevant in Ian's life, because as long as he is constantly dragged into that violent world, he would still be connected to TJ since he is violence itself. Like -- omfg this can't get anymore poetic.
My only complaint is that Jo is acting like this for a man he quite literally just met like-- geez. chill tf That's why I prefer TJ (in essence, cause he is a concept at this point, barely appears lmao). But again, that's just my personal taste. Still, I LOVE this story
tj being a concept is so real lmaooooo
went from calling him the best character to basically a flashback lmaoooo i hate it here
he's still the best character for me
we just get him
UGH U PUT HOW I FEEL INTO WORDS! LIKE THIS MANHWA IS SO POETIC ON SO MANY LEVELS LIKE I WAS JUST RANTING TO MY FRIEND ABOUT HOW CRAZY IT IS HOW THEIR SEXUAL DYNAMIC PLAYS INTO TO WTF IS HAPPENING W THEM RN AND THEIR SPECIFIC PORTRAY OF D/S DYNAMICS ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS IS JUST SO INTERESTING!!!!!
SPEAK YOUR MIND OMFG YOU ARE SO RIGHT!!!
I didn't have the guts, but I finally read the whole story up to the last update. The result? My eyes are puffy, my face is red and I no longer have tissues at home. My therapist will know about this.
I just wanted to comment on how much trouble I had with the latest chapter but... I need to read the whole thing again, because the current discourse is making me realize that it was never as healthy as I remember.
Somebody needs to call Chris Hansen, I'm being so serious