it’s nice to see someone with actual media literacy commenting for once
I dont think this revenge even seems sweet , it is more like the victim getting somehow obsessed with their abuser and tanking their own life in favor to live with them (even tho with torture). Juyeon is in a way tangling himself to the same man that destroyed him. It is not even the satisfying kind of revenge, I would say.
Also in a way I think for juyeon he lost his humanity with his violation, so these moral codes of what classify as a "humane action" dont matter in his mind
Probably the only comment in this whole comment section that is soo accurate
You articulated how I feel about juyeon exactlyyy
Yes, very valid view also.
The victim was in love with his abuser while he was still a minor who was in the process of growing up and developing. He experienced repeated humiliation and abuse in many different forms and through various methods. Your perspective fits the situation very well. It could even be that the victim feels that if his abuser goes through the same kind of suffering, then, in a way, they're even now, and they can piece together a shared future from each other's broken fragments.
+ I looked up how is the novel ends after this comment of mine and I got it right with the “It could even be that the victim feels that if his abuser goes through the same kind of suffering, then, in a way, they're even now, and they can piece together a shared future from each other's broken fragments.”
The ending is after all not a real bad and sad ending, but def. not a happy one.
And it is also somehow a bound. Jiwook bounded him to himself using violence, he got obssesed, in juyeon's mind he wants jiwook to experience the same. Not only the hurt, but above it the mental dependence.
The last part of your comment is very certain about the situation. He wants them to be broken together just like your pointed.
The amount of people that actually find comfort in their abuser (speacially people that have been abused really young) is bigger than people think. You can absolutely tie a person to you using violence and that is why juyeon is not doing that for revenge, but from the need he has of having his abuser to himself.
Some people say that he neglects visiting his mom for jiwook, but it is so clear why. Jiwook brings him a sense of being the one in control now, he satisfies his obssession, he is the epitome
Of him having the upper hand over the person that he tied himself so tight. Meanwhile his mother is a reminder of his shame and lose of self. Actually if I was him I would probably not ever be able to face my mother, I would just pay her hospital bills.
Exactly, you summed it well.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I’m glad you joined.
The story is representing something awful but the truth is, this is the harsh reality in real life and happens with so many people, perfectly showing how twisted and different everybody’s mind and actions, etc.
As I said, I was a victim myself back then as a minor, experienced something like this and I had to endure many things and make hard decisions. I have my own view and I can feel the tension how hard to move on and be “healthy” accepting the fact, they robbed something important from your soul.
I hope everything is gonna be in the manhwa, If not, I might really read the novel.
The mind is such a troll it acts so freaking weird and different from person to person. I think it would do good for people to be exposed to more reactions and different types of victims to see there is no perfect victim, there is no victim model.
It horrible what happened to you and what happens to so many minors and cause people dont receive education about that, they often think less of themselves if they dont act in the "standard" way society wants a victim to act. I hope you are in a better place now, really.
And also thank you too for sharing your thoughts and something so personal about yourself ♡♡♡
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I read a few things about the backstory that actually support the idea that Jiwook doesn't deserve sympathy, and he DO deserve what he get’s… Even so, on some level, it's hard not to feel pity and a bit of sorrow when you see those emotions and fears slowly consuming someone day after day, until in the end they greet even a less painful slap with a smile and a sense of relief.
When you're afraid of tomorrow, not knowing what it will bring, not knowing whether to trust that things might get better or to hope you simply never wake up again. Completely losing yourself. Your mind and senses constantly on edge, terrified of every sound and every touch...
As someone who has survived something somewhat similar (not exactly the same, of course, along with other experiences), I can say that revenge may feel sweet, but it's also poisonous.
Revenge satisfying you a little, but never gonna heal you. Becoming the very person who did this to you doesn't undo what happened. Take your revenge—anyone like that deserves it—but if you lose the last of your humanity along the way, you ultimately only prove that the person who did this to you has won.