All the dislikes are from people who haven’t read the Indomitable Champion side story. It’s like if Park Chan-wook made a BL manhwa, and it’s just as fucked up as it sounds.
exactly like the main story is insane but the side story is better then wet sand as a work like the writing is good and hongjoong and ricky have better chemistry and depth then tj and ian could ever! jo is safe cuz he fine asf
The reason I can’t take Wet Sand’s story is that the stakes are laughably low and there’s no real consequence or tradeoffs for the characters’ actions. The Indomitable Champion side story though really blew me away not just because Hojoong and Ricky had amazing chemistry, but because all that senseless violence from the main story traumatized everybody, and the author fully portrayed the cause and effects of the characters making the worst decisions of their lives.
If Bakjjeundeuk wrote Wet Sand, who knows what kind of hell they would’ve put TJ and Ian through for fucking with the mafia. It’s actually annoying how little Doyak did with her story.
Omg, I love your comment. This makes me wanna (kinda?) read IC, but I'm afraid I can't handle the violence in that story.
Yeah, the violence and assault in it really is no joke and I perfectly understand why people would be turned off. But I also think that the side story is incredible and can be read on its own without the main story. It’s still violent but it’s much more relevant to the plot and drives the point home that the characters are in incredibly dangerous situations and there’s real stakes for their choices.
I think that if you can handle classic Korean noir movies like Oldboy or the Vengeance films, then you can handle the Indomitable Champion side story.
Thanks for the reference, I think I can handle the side story -- gonna check that out bc I'm seriously interested in noir-influenced BL stories with real stakes.
I think Bakjjindeuk could write Wet Sand, easy, but Doyak could never write Indomitable Champion.