I think I like the chasing arc because in most stories after reuniting and some sex, the air is cleared between them as if nothing ever happened! They don't flesh out the emotions the characters have dealt with or that after reuniting again everything is different from before. In this story we can see that Juheon and Dohu have their own problems they need to overcome and address. The past haunts them just as much as it did before. Juheon is behaving this way due to the way he was raised! He had never dealt with intimacy before Dohu and didn't know what to do even after Dohu betrayed him. How has he dealt with trauma in the past? By running away, he ran outside his home to avoid seeing his parents fight. He tried to cut off his aunt when she revealed her true colours and he also avoided Dohu when Dohu betrayed him. All these years he has had to manage everything alone, his emotions, his career and the shit with his aunt and family. So what else can he do except lash out and avoid Dohu. That saying I'm not saying Juheon is not wrong or anything. He should take help when it's being offered and stop being so damn suspicious of everything but I think his behaviour is valid because all these years, Juheon hasn't had a safe space where he could safely develop emotionally. And honestly, that's why the "chasing arc" can be satisfying when it's written well. It's not just about Dohu proving his love. It's about showing that reconciliation requires more than attraction or longing. Both characters have to deal with the unresolved parts of themselves. The relationship can't return to what it was before because they're not the same people they were before.Thank you for reading this if you have loll.
I think I like the chasing arc because in most stories after reuniting and some sex, the air is cleared between them as if nothing ever happened! They don't flesh out the emotions the characters have dealt with or that after reuniting again everything is different from before. In this story we can see that Juheon and Dohu have their own problems they need to overcome and address. The past haunts them just as much as it did before. Juheon is behaving this way due to the way he was raised! He had never dealt with intimacy before Dohu and didn't know what to do even after Dohu betrayed him. How has he dealt with trauma in the past? By running away, he ran outside his home to avoid seeing his parents fight. He tried to cut off his aunt when she revealed her true colours and he also avoided Dohu when Dohu betrayed him. All these years he has had to manage everything alone, his emotions, his career and the shit with his aunt and family. So what else can he do except lash out and avoid Dohu. That saying I'm not saying Juheon is not wrong or anything. He should take help when it's being offered and stop being so damn suspicious of everything but I think his behaviour is valid because all these years, Juheon hasn't had a safe space where he could safely develop emotionally.
And honestly, that's why the "chasing arc" can be satisfying when it's written well. It's not just about Dohu proving his love. It's about showing that reconciliation requires more than attraction or longing. Both characters have to deal with the unresolved parts of themselves. The relationship can't return to what it was before because they're not the same people they were before.Thank you for reading this if you have loll.