Also, is Karel hiding his identity from Julian too, cause WTF. I would be PISSED if one of my brothers pretended to be dead (for reasons we don't know right now, but why do I feel like it's a new name, new me situation). They better not get caught because if it was me, I would have whooped their butt (How DARE you make me worry like that)
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See my issue is from day 1 their relationship was never on equal standing. Karel had money, connections, social standing and work skills. Whereas, Sasha was traumatized, and desperate and could barely speak the language (and he only knew how to dance). Their relationship was Sasha entirely relying on Karel for EVERYTHING and Karel encouraged it and liked to pretend nothing was wrong (the man had some hardcore rose-coloured glasses). I love that Karel is a romantic but Sasha has serious PTSD and substance abuse problems, you can't just ignore those things and hope it goes away. Also, Sasha was in fight or flight mode the entire time, he wouldn't have the privilege to 'fall in love' or even acknowledge his emotions, because his entire livelihood depended on Karel and his mood. If Karel decided one day to just randomly up and leave or decided he was bored of Sasha, Sasha would literally be starving on the street.☠ Heck Julian even told Sasha to remember his place and only stay around until Karel eventually got bored. That's why his character seems hypocritical now, it's not that he didn't appreciate what he had or he wants him now because of his money. Sasha for once in his life has a somewhat stable position, and therefore a chance to actually reflect and participate in emotions that aren't directly tied to survival.
But also here's my question HOW COULD SASHA WAIT FOR KAREL WHILE HE WAS IN JAIL? LIKE LITERALLY HOW?
He has ZERO life-sustaining skills EVERYONE who has helped him wants his body in return and tries to take advantage of him and abuses him in some manner. And Julian sure as hell would not help Sasha once he knew Karel took the fall for him (and Sasha is smart and knows that). So other than leaving and becoming a dancer again, how did people think he would be able to feed himself and shit??
You literally said everything I was thinking so perfectly.
Wait that make’s perfect sense, my perspective of Sasha changed
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I literally commented something like this. People don’t understand how Sasya has literally been take advantaged of his body and that he knows people only want him for it. His family was murdered, he was cast away from his career, he didn’t spoke the same language as Karel so I assume he only knew based on body language and hand gestures to communicate with him. Also we was showed of Sasya getting drunk all day when Julian visited. I just know ppl who are quick to blame and hate Sasya don’t read or watch a lot of psychological drama. Like it ain’t just black and white here, its gray. So it’s gonna be complicated and complex story.
Fr that's why I don't get the hate train on Sasya
FINALLY, he is talking to his sister, helping her and DEFENDING HER. I've been banging my head against a wall for the last 47 chapters why couldn't he have said/done something before, he's her big brother
Honestly, does this even need romance?? tbh I would prefer more cute family and friend scenes than some forced romance plot
You are right... I will prefer like what you said.
Ugh, why do the espers always have to be such jerks
Yeahhhh, I'm going to need to see WHO cut off our MC's wing because I have a sneaky suspicion that it was Yahyul (he says SO many sus things) and it's making me an emotional wreck. I'm just trying to appreciate the slow burn and then more evidence keeps coming out pointing to Yahyul as the culprit it's giving Yandere
I like that theory but then Yahyul was kinda indifferent with Hyeon at the beginning. You'd think Godo & Hyeon would recognize him esp since they now saw his true form unless they all had ptsd amnesia XD
See my theory is Yahyul performed something similar to what we saw in the mock battle. Yahyul probably blended into the crowd and waited for the opportune time to attack the enemy commander. Battlefields are often hectic and messy, so it's not too much of a stretch to say the ppl wouldn't recognize someone they've only seen once (also he has already shown how he's good at masking his personality/general vibe). Furthermore, since the MC got injured protecting Godo, he probably didn't see who attacked him and just the attack in general (we see MC was facing Godo when he was injured, so we know he got attacked from behind). Godo caring for the MC and feeling guilty/responsible for what happened probably would have focused on the MC's well-being over the battle at hand. It was even stated that Godo's hatred for snakes stemmed from that incident and he never got his revenge. If he didn't know who stabbed the MC and just that it was a snake, it would also make more sense why he hates them all so much (the idea that every snake he meets could have been the one who severely injured his friend but he doesn't know who and they might do it again, would make a person tense/paranoid (this also makes sense why he makes comments to the MC about getting stabbed in the back)). I also can't help but be fixated on the secretary's comment on Yahyul's performance in war and how he was extremely terrifying (I interpret that as a brutal killer). So we know from that alone, he showed extreme skill and battle prowess during the war. Finally Yahyul low key a psychopath (don't get me wrong I love him), but 1- he values logic over everything and actually has a hard time understanding why others would let emotions cloud their judgement (we see this in the group cadet discussion over the tale of the snake who manipulated the rain for their lover). So his thought process was probably, it's war -> war has consequences and casualties-> there's no actual bad will/intentions because he was a soldier and it's a soldier's job to kill -> no a big deal/problem (pretty much: it is what it is, no hard feelings). and 2- he's lied to the MC from the beginning and when confronted still lied/gaslit him until he couldn't, soooooo I think this man has very much the opinion that he's smarter than everyone else and him getting caught isn't even a possibility. (If he did do it, it will probably come out via betrayal by the secretary/father who has an issue with the relationship and is trying to push the MC away kind of thing - at least that's how these things usually go)
Jesus that would be so fuckedddddd up but does make so much sense also it would explain his hesitation to reveal his snake form in front of godo since he would’ve technically seen the MC’s attacker and it would make this story 1000x better angst wise (≧∀≦)
I like what you're thinking, tho I don't think I can take that much angst ╥﹏╥ haha. I can def see Yahyul having the logic of the soldiers at war since yeah it's war. Tho it would make sense that Godo would assume that it's a snake since they were against the serpents (still doesn't excuse him being speciesist/racist btw). The amount of angst if it's true, though I wouldn't really blame him since he was going for the enemy commander & Hyeon got in the way. The amount of much needed conversation after the revelation tho XD
I completely agree with the Godo statement, man needs to shut up and chill with that sh*t. It's his low-key sh*tty personality that makes me think he didn't see the person who attacked them on the battlefield though (or hasn't seen the snake since). Whether the war was over or not, I can't see him with his hateful personality letting the snake live (but we know he didn't get his revenge). He's 110% the type to do some shady sh*t where he would give himself the opportunity to k*ll the person and then very fakely claim it was a training accident or something.
Why do I kinda agree with that last statement lmao. Like the audacity to say "what a complete disaster" to the hostile environment in training, like Godo please do some self reflection pls
I think the only way this plotline makes sense is if Godo was purposely riling them up to test how they would react once outside of their controlled training environment. And they failed big time. They are working on bringing peace and they let just one person come in and influence their attitudes towards each other. Two things lead me to this theory. 1.) Hyeon also harshly scolds them all for failing. 2.) Godo is never seen being this nasty afterwards.
Am I the only one who likes the uke? I think it's refreshing that there's a story where the uke isn't the first to catch feelings for once and is relatively level-headed. Also, he just got out of a serious long-term relationship and had his whole life flipped around, it's mature to not throw yourself into a relationship before you got yourself and your feelings sorted out. The seme isn't exactly innocent either, I do like him but you can't start a relationship with hiding secrets. He's also not giving the uke enough time to process his emotions (the man's career, relationship, and social life just went up in flames, let him at least put out the fire first). (〜￣△￣)〜
I'd like the uke too if only he didn't use the seme for sex. I understand it's smth under his control but even when seme was in rut he still decided to stay even tho he had no feeling for him + the seme himself told him to get out. Uke is just annoying and I can't like him
Fair. Tbh, it's kind of 1 of the reasons why I do like him because he's pretty straightforward and honest about it, unlike SO many characters I've read before who lie, manipulate and love bomb the other person into sex.
Beta X Happiness. I feel like both the omega and alpha are red flags. Let them get 5 years of therapy and then come back ┑(￣Д ￣)┍