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Okay, so I really loved this. I was SO happy when I realized the "irredeemable asshole" he was in love with actually turned out to be that and not the love interest. I was nervous for awhile but it turned into my favorite trope of MC is in love with Jerk and ML shows up and slowly wins his heart. I love that sort of shift and this made me really happy. I love not reading descriptions so I can be surprised by things like this.
NOW. For my gripes (only a few).
1) Kwonlim's so pale it sometimes makes him look like a zombie. Like the previous person said it's really giving sickly victorian child.
2) the sex scenes have the wrong kind of begging and I hate the "it's too late to stop" shit. It felt out of character and didn't even fit what the author was going for. Kwonlim not stopping or letting Haekyeong take a break just felt wrong :/ and the begging being "no, stop, nooo" rather than "yes, please, yesss" was unfortunate. It was nice when Haekyeong was actively saying he enjoyed it but I didn't like the way those scenes were depicted which is unfortunate.
3) I wanted to see more of the drama they filmed lol but that's not really a problem.
But overall I really liked it and the art is so pretty. So many times I giggled from their dynamic. Kwonlim is genuinely such a pretty sweetheart and there were so many scenes that got me so good. Haekyeong is a cutie pie, too, and deserves all the good things. His empowerment arc was lovely.
It was a genuinely really sweet romance and one that developed very well in my opinion. Watching them fall in love was adorable. I appreciate that there's not any bullshit that causes a separation. Things are resolved neatly and as a couple which I think is so important and good. I hate partner vs partner and I love couple vs outside issue <3 and again, the excitement of Kwonlim being the male lead was so fun.
Also the drama was fun it really got the dramatic scenes right without being too aggravating. Like that shit was messyyyy. I love that the creator said about Kwonyeong, "I really love him, if I need a problem in the story he's always there to cause it." That's so fucking funny.