You wrote and explained it very well
That's what I'm think too ╥﹏╥
thank you!!! I was so worried I got smth major super wrong like if the blue hair told him abt the butt tattoo 8 chapters ago or smth </3
Nope
Mc still doesn't know about the name
That's what angers me even more
Ml wants mc to date him but he's not even telling him about the name
Well the only thing that kind of manages my temper ia that they both are doing what they want and what they think is right and are pulling each others tongue cuz
In most of the times mc just doesn't get back to ml for the things ml do
You wrote it so well and I feel the same way I hope the author writes their future interactions well and like you said at the end not make it "cheesed out for some cliche trope" since it feels like if they use those tropes the stiry's quality would decline drastically
Tho my hopes isnt high since again its a popular drama trope for korean authors
i agree! i think the characters individually are pretty deep [(?) though, to go on a tangent, just remembering mc's backstory, i truly don't understand why he's so emotionally dense. i haven't reread so i could have a gap in my memory] but when you analyze the relationship, it seems more like a stale ping pong match. when the ball is in their court, they hit it in the most lackluster, socially acceptable way that i'm afraid the only way to add level to their relationship is to make it somewhat dubious / morally gray.
i also want to point out that the mc is so emotionally constipated that he doesn't even understand that his bf, at this moment, is trying to take him out on a date and it should inherently be just the two of them. this leads me to believe that this manhwa could go and nosedive into the misunderstanding trope to the extreme. whatever the case, i'm interested to see how the story turns out albeit i am worried about how the author is going to handle the final project arc.
More like for the korean audience
Cuz authors write tropes that will sell well
And people idk how like this things
I'm so bored and annoyed by these things and endings
Kind of??? Spoilers
I personally don’t dislike either the MC or the ML. I think that they’re both making somewhat rational choices compared to what I would’ve expected (a little less rational for the ml ngl) and they’re both being like respectful to each other. But I think my big issue with their relationship is that I’m really struggling to understand how they’re gonna come back from this weird awkward relationship they have. As I understand it, mc WILL end up with the ml but I can’t see that happening like honestly.
I think they both social checkmated each other by following the other’s requests, which irl is a very normal and decent thing to do, but by doing so (at least in terms of the storytelling) it feels like they’ve limited their character interactions and now there’s no real stakes at play. They’ve both distanced themselves, at least in the others POV, and I don’t think ml is the type to beg for affection given what he’s experienced and (likely?????) thinks about the mc (but we don’t know anything because he doesn’t even change his facial expression).
But I don’t think mc will beg for his affection either, given that he’s done the opposite for like the entire series. Unless it gets cheesed with some stupid arc like “I’m moving away and u need to tell me u love me so I don’t” or smth.
Idk, I wanna know what u guys think of their relationship. I think they’re both decent people, it’s just that right now it really feels like they don’t click the way I thought they would. At the beginning of the series, I could definitely see their chemistry and stuff like I think they would’ve been fine then, but since those past 30 chapters, putting them in a relationship seems so like… forced. Like if I was in either ml or mc’s shoes, I would think the other guy lwk hated me like idk. I think that their interactions have really only worsened over time because mc is stubborn and needs answers while ml is stubborn and too fucking quiet all the time. I do need to add I do like both of the characters it’s just… they’re frustrating me these days….
This isn’t meant to be hate or anything, I’m still interested in the story and stuff and I really do wanna see how the authors gonna make them fall in love. Cause if the ml reveals that he saw the guys butt tattoo, that doesn’t erase how he treated the mc and didn’t tell him anything. Same with the mc, if mc discovers the butt tattoo, it doesn’t undo all the distancing (because he felt uncomfortable???? iirc) and walls he put up either.
I think I js wanna see what’s gonna happen that could possibly change the current situation. I do hope it isn’t cheesed out by like a memory loss arc or a “saved my life in an accident” arc or “I’m drunk and confessing everything to u and ur gonna pretend u heard nothing” arc or smth. Like idk reading it now js feels like im getting embrassment cucked idk. I wanna hear smn else’s thoughts though cause it’s been a while since I’ve read the beginning and I might’ve totally misunderstood their characters in the storytelling pls don’t attack me I swear I’m trying my best to understand the storytelling and authors mind ╥﹏╥