i could’ve never express how much i feel you
this one is not the official synopsis so it means nothing tbh... it's not even a translation for the korean version sorry
thats fair but even then, the story starts with jo and so a lot of readers are going to associate Jo as the protagonist or main character. I’m not mad that Ian and TJ got together! (okay maybe i am but that’s just cuz Jo is my favorite character, it has nothing to do with the story itself). I was just saying why I can understand why people were upset when Jo didn’t end up with Ian. Even people who read through the official website with the official synopsis were upset proves that it’s a common thought that Jo was the main character.
i’m crying like a motherfucker rn….
The story was absolutely amazing and although I can see why people are mad that Jo and Ian weren’t end game since Jo was literally in the synopsis, I kinda saw it coming for a long time. Jo was a full fleshed out character in his own right, but so much of what he said felt like it was helping Ian and TJ. One thing that stuck with me was that when Ian and TJ had their fight, Jo said afterwards that no matter what happens, you should try to talk it out. And when Ian started thinking of TJ with that sentence, I knew they were endgame.
Jo’s relationship with Ian did feel necessary for me and for Ian’s character. He needed an outside way of thinking and Jo’s influence was exactly that. I don’t think Ian would’ve had his growth if he never met Jo. But even when Ian was with Jo, he kept on thinking about TJ and left Jo for TJ time and time again. That’s why although I usually fucking hate love triangles, I didn’t hate that much with this one even as Ian kept on going back to TJ. Not only that, but Ian always thought of Jo as someone who is not permanent while Ian felt so much hesitation when he thought of leaving TJ.
I am just crying so hard because 1) The feeling of this bl is when someone has a complicated past with someone else and you’re trying to start something new with them and they actually start growing out of their old habits and into their good new habits but when that person who they had a complicated past with starts to do the same, they go back to them and leave you behind. I’m not saying that Ian and TJ shouldn’t have gotten together, it’s just that we were told everything from Jo’s perspective and so we feel it from his perspective. and 2) JO WAS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER like yes I kinda expected it but fuck, it just makes me so sad thinking about this from Jo’s perspective. I was reading the epilogue with furious tears down my face because I just still couldn’t believe that Jo didn’t get with Ian. He even almost shot someone for him (ikik i shouldn’t be mad but i’m just complaining bc i love jo so much). I know that ppl were saying that Jo looks happy in the epilogue doing what he loves, but I just can’t forget how happy he looked when he was in love. There is satisfaction from reaching your own personal goals and you don’t need a romantic partner, but I really do think that the way Jo’s character is set up is one where I think that Jo is the type of character who feels truly happy when he has a significant other. I mean he even was in a 5 year relationship before, I just feel like he thrives and craves that type of connection. So to see him with no one in the end is making me so pisseddddd (not at the author, i’m just mad and complaining).
Anyways I rate this story a 10/10 but good fucking lord I’m never reading this again. I cried again three times while writing this just thinking about the ending. This is why I don’t do love triangles because I get too emotionally invested and hate the outcome no matter how it goes, but that’s my fault for not checking beforehand that it’s a love triangle. Anyways don’t take my complaining to heart, it’s just not my type of story but it really was a phenomenal read.
FUCKKKK JUST THINKING ABOUT THE EPILOGUE PISSES ME OFF MORE AND MORE. The fact that I was reading about Ian being happy with TJ UGHHHHHH