i never comment, but i rly want to sing my praises cuz dammit this story is just exceptional. btw this is after my 3rd time reading all the way thru, all at different times in my life which is rly interesting to look back on.
it’s not short but it doesnt FEEL long. the characters are all hot as fuck.
there was real drama with real stakes and real consequences and granted all of it was quite extreme but that just upped the emotions imo.
in the special ep when their “actors” say they were each told to consider themselves the main character, that shit was executed flawlessly. none of the main characters are faultless angels nor are any despicable villains. i was truly rooting for jungkwon, kangjin, chisoo, and roah all at the same time.
im a sucker for a slight bending of realism in order to accommodate a happy ending where the mc ends up together, but i think this was the happiest ending possible. jungkwon finally put his pride aside and used the money HE earned to build the foundation for a beautiful and safe life for his family. kangjin gets to start over somewhere new and literally learn how to stand on his own two feet. ofc my love chisoo… again wouldve loved an unrealistic ending where he and kangjin couldve quietly settled down somewhere, but it rly wasnt possible. if even the past boss couldnt get away safely, there was just no world in which chisoo could escape his world, and there was also no way kangjin could be happy inside that suffocating world. it’s awful and gut wrenching, but i think that’s all we can really get from his story due to his circumstances. it’s not fair, but it’s not supposed to be; chisoo’s life is just unfair. it wouldve been nice to see roah get to a better place, but i think we can fill that in for ourselves. i like to think his promise w jungkwon was meaningful and will give him strength to keep fighting for the love he deserves.
also, the “off the record” special eps were GENIUS. it’s such a heavy story with a lot of triggering topics (also HUGE kudos for actually having appropriate tws and including summaries for ppl who had to skip those chapters) so constructing a 4th wall in order to shatter it rly helped cushion the intense emotions stirred from reading. i remember esp during my first read, those chapters were an amazing cope. ugh ts is just a fucking masterpiece.
i never comment, but i rly want to sing my praises cuz dammit this story is just exceptional. btw this is after my 3rd time reading all the way thru, all at different times in my life which is rly interesting to look back on.
it’s not short but it doesnt FEEL long. the characters are all hot as fuck.
there was real drama with real stakes and real consequences and granted all of it was quite extreme but that just upped the emotions imo.
in the special ep when their “actors” say they were each told to consider themselves the main character, that shit was executed flawlessly. none of the main characters are faultless angels nor are any despicable villains. i was truly rooting for jungkwon, kangjin, chisoo, and roah all at the same time.
im a sucker for a slight bending of realism in order to accommodate a happy ending where the mc ends up together, but i think this was the happiest ending possible. jungkwon finally put his pride aside and used the money HE earned to build the foundation for a beautiful and safe life for his family. kangjin gets to start over somewhere new and literally learn how to stand on his own two feet. ofc my love chisoo… again wouldve loved an unrealistic ending where he and kangjin couldve quietly settled down somewhere, but it rly wasnt possible. if even the past boss couldnt get away safely, there was just no world in which chisoo could escape his world, and there was also no way kangjin could be happy inside that suffocating world. it’s awful and gut wrenching, but i think that’s all we can really get from his story due to his circumstances. it’s not fair, but it’s not supposed to be; chisoo’s life is just unfair. it wouldve been nice to see roah get to a better place, but i think we can fill that in for ourselves. i like to think his promise w jungkwon was meaningful and will give him strength to keep fighting for the love he deserves.
also, the “off the record” special eps were GENIUS. it’s such a heavy story with a lot of triggering topics (also HUGE kudos for actually having appropriate tws and including summaries for ppl who had to skip those chapters) so constructing a 4th wall in order to shatter it rly helped cushion the intense emotions stirred from reading. i remember esp during my first read, those chapters were an amazing cope. ugh ts is just a fucking masterpiece.