if ur looking for some normal yaoi and stumble across a psychological yaoi,and start reading it, then you're not actually looking for a normal yaoi. hope this helps.
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I’d use smaller words, but I don’t think they’d help xD
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hey some rando here! (welcome to a whole ass essay)
i don't mind if you ignore this or just comment "i don't read allat" I just wanna back up the commenter papi papi pu, they must've meant to say is that if you're reading a Psychological Literature you might wanna look at the whole image first and expect that "They wrote the character like that for the PLOT"
I kinda understand what you meant about Sungho being the "at fault" here (I agree ), and mind you I think everyone gets that part? But I wanna list down some of what I think is why he was written that way, it must be because 1) That was their written background/personality (he needed therapy but didn't get to) 2) The author must've wanted to portray how even a "normal high school romance" can fuck a persons life. 3) of course its a Psychological story.
I do kinda agree about what you said about them kinda going forward to reconciliation and bringing this wholesome ending,, yeahhh that was FUCKED UP the whole story is FUCKED UP!! but not the Storytelling NO the PLOT is GOLD! (i might be fucked for saying that)
That ending route is FUCKED i get it but the authors made us try to understand how they got to that point in the story. How both of them reflected of what they felt about the whole situation, the whole battle of the minds and of course each other, If you actually read the story they kept pushing and pulling with each other as well as themselves. and came to the conclusion that they need each other more than to cars about that FUCKED UP Assault that happened.
Anyways, what I meant to say is there is always NO "Normal" when it comes to Psychological Literature. SUNGHO's actions is absolutely not justified in this story. But that doesn't mean its poor writing, I want to applaud the authors actually for writing about this interesting plot, that made some of us feel frustrated, traumatized, and intoxicated while reading that it felt basically wrong,, THATS HOW GOOD THE WRITING IS!!
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I appreciate your essay.
Tbh, I was fairly high and depressed when I wrote the original post so I can tell some of the frustration was coming from that. Lol.
I think your points are valid and I def agree with most of it. To clarify, I think the "poor storytelling" bit was about my disappointment with the ending, not the characters themselves. For stories like these, I really appreciate reflections on the consequences of characters' actions (good and bad) so it felt like such a letdown to end all of that emotional entanglement with a fairly generic/safe ending. I had also read a string of stories up to this one that shared that same flaw--deep character analysis, shocking twists, then flopped on the landing--and all of them were characterized as "psychological". So, that's also why I was coming for the genre at the time. For me, when you end on such an unrealisticly positive note it feels like the intention of the writing changes into something more sadisticly voyeuristic. Like, it heavily cheapens the reasoning for why we were told all this trauma and violence to end with them living "happily ever after". I want justice served or lost, not wholly forgiven. If you've been feeding me tragedy upon tragedy, I expect a tragic end to give me the full catharsis I've been looking for.
As for Sungho, believe it or not, there were a lot of comments further down the thread that were saying they deserved each other. I guess that was a trigger for me too. I don't think the story put him in a good light generally, but, again, the ending did and that annoyed me. It's like how all of Shakespeare's comedies end with a happy wedding, including fucked ones like Taming of the Shrew or Merchant of Venice. He did that because it sold better for tickets and it set an easy formula for how to quickly write new comedic plays. That's a trend I've noticed more manwha and webtoons taking these days, where they feel it's better for the brand if characters end their stories on a neat bow. So, to papi's point, that's not what the psychological genre is supposed to be. It's supposed to push against normalcy and ethics in order to give us something challenging that has us grappling bigger moral questions. Which this story mostly delivered on, except for the cookie cutter ending.
wow thanks for the back up! (●'◡'●)ﾉ
changed my username btw
Idgaf. This was fucked. Just because you call it "psychological" that doesn't justify poor storytelling. They should've parted ways for good or died. Forcing a rekindled relationship is downright ridiculous.
Also, all these comments saying "they both were wrong". Stfu. No tf they weren't. Dohyun was selfish and cold in their relationship, but that was it. Sungho was the one that was repressed. He was the one who was obsessed. He was the one that turned to rape, violence, and kidnapping. He destabilized Dohyun's life so bad, and for what? A bad relationship in high school. Fucking high school?! Are you kidding? How many people are perfect, considerate, and rational people while literally in the midst of childhood development. Give some fucking grace. At the very least, accept that he was a shitty partner and move on like every other spurned high school romance. Ugh! There's really no excusing Sungho's actions--they weren't justifiable or fair, he was just crazy. The writers tortured their character endlessly, then backed off in the end for something "wholesome". Ridiculous.
I don't normally make sweeping judgements, but anyone who believes this was an error of equals is terrifying. If you sincerely believe this was justice or fair or fitting in any way you need to 1) read more, 2) seek professional help, and 3) never seek positions of power. Gah! So frustrating! (╬￣皿￣)凸