How could someone as in love as Ian have survived all those years pining for Eunsan? Now we get the answer: It's the TATTOO. Ian has symbolically inscribed Eunsan's name on his pelvis as if to say, "You will always be a part of me, inseparable from me, no matter what. With you on my side, by my side (which is quite literally- coz Ian had the tattoo placed just above his pelvic bone), I have no fear 'coz I'm never alone. And for the same reason, I will never let this body be hurt or be harmed in anyway. I'll stay safe (and this is why he touches the tattoo before each game). I won't let any injury scar that part of me that is you and only yours. Nothing will or can erase you... for as long as I live."
I hope these words translate Ian's feelings well... coz he's the kind of guy who overthinks everything about Eunsan so even when it seems he's saying a LOT, he's actually holding in even more, paranoid that Eunsan might "freak out" if he knew the full extent of those thoughts and feelings he's bottled up for so long.
Unlike the typical seme in other manhwas, Ian is so sincere, so vulnerable, and naive when it comes to his one and only. And that's the thing- Ian's tattoo speaks whole volumes: Eunsan has ALWAYS been his one and only ALL those years. Just like the northern lights, Eunsan was his beacon of light up there, stretched across an unreachable, endless sky. And no matter how unreachable and impossibly far he seemed, Ian was able to survive the loneliness and the heartbreak by painting Eunsan where he needs to be- just there right on his most vulnerable spot- as if to remind himself, he's never alone.
And if Eunsan can EVER love him back, for Ian, THAT will be nothing short of a miracle... just like the northern lights that magically light up the sky, illuminating a beauty you'll never find anywhere else.
How could someone as in love as Ian have survived all those years pining for Eunsan? Now we get the answer: It's the TATTOO. Ian has symbolically inscribed Eunsan's name on his pelvis as if to say, "You will always be a part of me, inseparable from me, no matter what. With you on my side, by my side (which is quite literally- coz Ian had the tattoo placed just above his pelvic bone), I have no fear 'coz I'm never alone. And for the same reason, I will never let this body be hurt or be harmed in anyway. I'll stay safe (and this is why he touches the tattoo before each game). I won't let any injury scar that part of me that is you and only yours. Nothing will or can erase you... for as long as I live."
I hope these words translate Ian's feelings well... coz he's the kind of guy who overthinks everything about Eunsan so even when it seems he's saying a LOT, he's actually holding in even more, paranoid that Eunsan might "freak out" if he knew the full extent of those thoughts and feelings he's bottled up for so long.
Unlike the typical seme in other manhwas, Ian is so sincere, so vulnerable, and naive when it comes to his one and only. And that's the thing- Ian's tattoo speaks whole volumes: Eunsan has ALWAYS been his one and only ALL those years. Just like the northern lights, Eunsan was his beacon of light up there, stretched across an unreachable, endless sky. And no matter how unreachable and impossibly far he seemed, Ian was able to survive the loneliness and the heartbreak by painting Eunsan where he needs to be- just there right on his most vulnerable spot- as if to remind himself, he's never alone.
And if Eunsan can EVER love him back, for Ian, THAT will be nothing short of a miracle... just like the northern lights that magically light up the sky, illuminating a beauty you'll never find anywhere else.