below will be the spoilers from the novel if any are worried about the dog, but i'd also like to say i HATE the lack of trigger warning for animal abuse in an abundance of works. i've been reading mangas & manhwas for over a decade now, & only RECENTLY did i find ONE (1) manhwa that included a trigger warning for animal abuse. i'm someone who's extremely sensitive to animal abuse (genuine tw is necessary, i usually end up having continuous anxiety attacks for days & have very severe physical reactions to j the THOUGHT of animal abuse), so maybe i'm a minority & many don't consider it as a big issue, but i believe this story pushes this narrative of force raping the family pet too often. i always skimmed through the parts where they talk about this, & i was glad to find out the ending so i don't have as bad of a reaction now, but yeah.
the spoiler: chase DIDN'T have sex with the dog. cmiiw, but based on the novel he had sex with joshua but alphas' memories during their ruts are practically non-existent, similar to the first story of the kiss me series, kiss me, liar where the ml had no memories of "having sex" with the mc during his rut where he impregnated the mc. grayson & his other sibling for some reason kept pushing this narrative that he fucked their family dog for YEARS. idk if it'll be shown here, but they even talked about how the family dog gave birth to pups & implied the pups are chase's. it's extremely fucking disgusting. i'm glad the ending showed that nothing happened to the dog, but again, grayson brings this up quite a bit & it's genuinely j so DISGUSTING even if grayson's j fucked in the head & genuinely believes he's doing chase a favour
[SPOILER CLARIFICATION]
"he fucked their family dog for YEARS" as in, the narrative kept being pushed for years by chase's siblings, not that he did so for years
I completely agree with you, as I am an animal lover(and my dogs and cats are all rescues, and some came from an abusive environment). I don't like to read or watch anything with animal abuse. There should be a warning, or the whole animal abuse section should be removed. There is no need for it.
Wait but it looked like he said he shot the dog did it live ? Im really upset
uhh, i'm genuinely unsure of this as i haven't read the novel in a long time, so i've forgotten this part... iirc, the dog is fine & dandy... i hope... now i'm upset for a different reason mayhaps ;; if it came from the mouth of grayson though, almost everything is likely to be false. he's an extremely fucking genuinely weird character despite his intentions supposedly being Okay...
right!! most of the animal abuse scenes are j downright unnecessary too. like there's absolutely no
plot addition to it, & idg why it was ever included like...?
Chase said i should have killed you instead of alex and there was an empty collar i hope josh took him
i've tortured myself with enough shit & rushed endings with recent manhwas that i'm j glad this is over cuz the angst was killing me
i swear joshua's the only one who thinks they look alike... that pouty & sulky side of chase maybe, but i remember him saying pete looks like chase prior/in the novel & i'm like...? pete's a carbon copy of you sir
Ikr. The hair colour, facial features, eyes. It all resembles Josh.
istg, they gotta stop letting people off way too easily for devastatingly hurting such an important person in their lives. their AUDACITY to be like "oh she looks like you & birthed you" ??? & SHE BASICALLY LEFT HIM TO DIE???
+ maybe it's cuz fargo wants to cater to those who read byul's story as a standalone considering how mad some people were at hyesung/dojin's background becoming important in the last chapter, but the discrepancy is too glaring & nth makes sense. them trynna say it's cuz the grandmother looks like hyesung = they're weak to hyesung, but they do the 1 thing that hurt hyesung. byul saying he doesn't mind about hyesung not wanting him cuz he only remembers hyesung loving him, yet hyesung only remembers his mother abandoning him AND blaming him for it... yet they imply (dojin)/explicitly (byul) say they want hyesung to meet the grandmother...? oh bitch, i will fuck you up
ntm the inclusion of him freaking out over that kiss like bro... i know i previously gave a lot of leeway to the fact that he's being a teen, but literally too much is happening in tandem. it would've been sm better if things are taken step-by-step
it's clear those who read this as a standalone dgaf & don't WANT to have to gaf, so they let this off v easily, but like... even then, you can still acknowledge the way this was dealt with so half-assedly? maybe i'm j sensitive cuz i love hyesung sm & i find this so unnecessary to be included in the beginning if they wanted this story to be a standalone so bad, but it was included, & i feel like it should've been ventilated properly at least. ughhh
I agree, I think that's the author's intention, not to hate Dojin. However, Byul has the right to make mistakes; he's a child who's curious about a part of his life that has been hidden from him, and that for a long time he kept secret that he knew he had not been loved or "abandoned" even so, he loved his mother, and it truly tormented him that he had hurt him with his words.
not anywhere did i say he couldn't make that mistake. not j byul - everyone has the right to make mistakes, esp. children, but when you make a mistake, you should be scolded/set right. j because he felt remorseful, it doesn't negate what he said was wrong & imo, it seems like he doesn't even fully grasp why it was wrong if he still wants hyesung to see the grandmother, esp. because dojin has been silently validating him & communicating w/ the grandmother as well
also, imo, byul wasn't curious about it. byul said it in the heat of the moment as a retaliation. it's similar to how even adults do it. you bring shit up in a fight j to say shit that hurts or j to point the finger back so that you'd be off the hook cuz "i'm not the only jerk here", not because you meant it, but what's different here is that j as you said - byul is a child, he can make mistakes BUT children should be set right by their parents & explained to, moreso if they don't really know what's going on
if you need even more clarity, while my post is frustration towards byul's actions because he is the mc & this story is told from his perspective, what i'm really upset with is the half-assed approach to this by fargo, dojin & the consistent pattern in many works where the mc gets let off too lightly for mistakes that should be ventilated more
Omg I hadn't realized that Byul was a criminal offender, of course he should be punished. Are u for real? If I were his mother, it would hurt me when he hid it from me, but I would understand his need to know. Besides, I would be grateful that my son loved me despite what I kept from him my intention to abandon him. Furthermore, as his mother would understand, he thinks my relationship with his grandmother still has a chance, since ours did work out. What Byul needs is not punishment, but a long talk about how I feel, how hurt I am, and why it's impossible for me to think about reconciliation.
are you j purposely being obtuse because that's exactly what i said - that byul needs a long talking to, that i'm upset it was j handled TOO EASILY, not that he has to be criminally punished for it. if you want to be gung-ho & want to direct your exaggerated anger, do it to someone else who's actually disproportionately upset with byul instead of being delusional about my post
Mmm? my comment was ironic, I was never angry or anything, and to make it clearer regardless of whether you are angry about the situation solving quickly or about Byul. I made a comment about the part of your comment that talked about scolding Byul, because you think he was so "wrong", that there has to be a disciplinary measure, but Personally, the worst thing he did was keep a secret and that's something we all have. And well, he also yelled at his mom, for which he apologized. which reminds me that many children, now adults, have trouble resolving these types of situations because they don't know how to communicate without losing their temper because they probably learned from other adults to solve things without talking and with authoritarianism. And I agree with you that it was resolved a little fast . I feel the author could have elaborated a bit more so it wouldn't feel so superficial. But please talk to the children, Don't make them feel like a mistake is something horrible unless it truly is.
buff ass dom alpha who needed his omega to take off a god damn tie? girl, we know damn well chase could've j ripped it off & that he likes being put on a leash by joshua
He likes it, yes, but this is Chase. Chase is decribed as having less muscle mass than Josh in the novel, and he isn't trained. That guy actually needs bodyguards.
Of the male dominant alpha Miller's he is the weakest. I don't think that he could be as strong as Grayson, since Grayson is a special case, but Chase could be much stronger than he is now if he would put some efford in it. But as he is in the current chapter, it's really possible that Josh needs to free him.^^
unfortunately, as an anxious attachment style due to trauma as well, i get it. i haven't been in a relationship in 4 years as i fr realised i was being v toxic & j generally mentally unwell in my last relationship, so i decided to focus on myself. it's going well now, but whenever any hint of a relationship appears again, i get really screwed over
anyways, this read was frustrating, but all i could do was scratch my head because it'd be hypocritical of me since i knew exactly where & how these thoughts come from. they're irrational, unhealthy, terrible, & that's j what anxiety does to you, esp. if it's linked so closely to a specific type of relationship (i have a lot of trauma around romance from seeing the horrible relationships around me)
in that sense, i believe this read was actually v realistic. it's not j some misunderstanding/miscommunication trope or a shallow package of mentally unwell relationships. both minor & major details in the story point to quite a clear direction of the anxious attachment style, & i think it was executed very well, though the ending felt a little sudden... though anxiety can work like that too sometimes. outside of relationships, sometimes it takes j a burst to clear it all up, & suddenly breathing is easier again
again, i do find this to be a frustrating & at some points, irritating read, but i do resonate with a lot of it. i hope the author is doing well though. to be able to write something that feels like this... as a former fanfic author myself, i can say it's a horrible experience to pour in emotions like these into stories, esp. when you're trying to catch all the perspectives too
those crazy eyes brah... even without his memories, he's still the same psychotic freak over kiyool
i actually felt like this story was peak & one of the best reads i've had this year. maybe because i finished it in one-go & i didn't have to wait as the chapters went by, so my perspective & feelings may differ from those consistently being hung on a cliff with each update
plot-wise, i do believe it can feel more dragged on than it's supposed to be with the persistent assaults & perverse & criminal behaviour towards yeonoh by multiple characters + i think if jaehyuk wasn't so out-of-touch with his actual feelings, the story could've lost 40 of its current chapters, but i do feel the flow makes up for it, no?
regarding the assaults & disgusting behaviour - tbf, there's nothing unusual about those types of people, both the loan sharks & the jealous actor. they exist irl, & the portrayal of their behaviour aligns from
the beginning to the end of how the author made them out to be. maybe we're j angry cuz this is fictional so there may be some feelings of "it doesn't have to be written" or likewise, but it doesn't feel out-of-place or completely unnecessary purely to drag a story out. i think it was included nicely in the story
meanwhile, jaehyuk being so stupid about his feelings checks out too, at least i feel like so. his single, straight line vision has always been avenging his mother for the longest time. he set out clearly that they're a purely transactional relationship from the start, & his unraveling of feelings happened progressively. the confession might seem sudden, but it was shown that he's been stewing on this for the longest time. ntm, he's the grandson of a giant conglomerate. being nice/caring to your connections to ensure favour is practically second nature to these people, so even moreso he'd feel confused on distinguishing his behaviour/feelings for yeonoh vs everything else, especially with so many things happening that he has to take care on the side too - sponsoring yeonoh, avenging his mum, tip toeing a fine line with his grandfather, etc. i think his character was fleshed out very nicely, especially considering it's mostly shown through yeonoh's pov
other than that, what REALLY sealed this story for me was how good the story-telling is. the panels chosen, the flow, intersecting one tragedy & showing the parallel of another (i.e the scene of his father dying vs yeonoh spending time with jaehyuk... cmiiw!), the little details left here & there to foreshadow a future item (i.e how the first time yeonoh gave jaehyuk a blowjob, he mentioned yeonoh can't kiss well but can give good head, then it was revealed it's cuz yeonoh was raped by the loan shark), the past blending with the future & j so much more. i genuinely feel like this story was produced & crafted so beautifully & it invoked a lot of emotions, both good & bad, but that's exactly why i appreciate it so much more. this was like a whole artistic masterpiece, & i love it so much
also, finally - i love yeonoh & i was CHEERING for the times whenever he wanted to set boundaries. i cheered even when he followed jaehyuk in too to ensure jaehyuk calmed down. yeonoh's character was portrayed SO well. he was a complex character from the very beginning, & this story showed exactly how it is to unravel a mature character that didn't need "character development". it showed beautifully how some people are j in shitty circumstances, & how their shaped personalities are in these situations. we're human, & we're moved - we can be stubborn, yet easily bend to the whims of the people we love. we have our breaking points, & we can still pick ourselves back up alone. yeonoh is a character with so much independence & self-confidence despite having such a complex & shitty underlying background, & i love him so much for it all. he isn't a purely innocent/naive character either, with how he was almost unflinching when the loan shark was being beaten to half death right beside him either. god, that was sooo peak
i rambled a lot, but i genuinely REALLY like this story. maybe it's different cuz i don't have resentment for the author to dangle me over a cliff each time (which is also why i've chosen to pause & marinate some of my current reads too, cuz reading updates do drive you insane man), but i personally find this to be such an insanely beautiful read
oh, ALSO. the ending tied it all nicely i believe, & the extras made up for it. if the extras didn't exist, i do think i'd be left kicking my feet, cuz i always need to see the happily ever after, & not j the beginning of the happiness
Thank you so much for this!
I hate it when people say this is only popular because of jaehyuk‘s facecard when (from the art to the plot) everything is so well made!
i didn't even know people thought it was JAEHYUKs face card cuz yeonoh is so more my type & he was why i decided to read in the first place. he's so beautiful & pretty ;;
thank you so much for this!! you really worded all my thoughts about this manhwa really well and why it’s so special to me! it’s been a while since it ended but jaehyuk and yeonoh still remain as one of my favorite bl manhwa couples AAAAAAA i love them so much TT