After reading the novel, I observed something about the main characters
Kang Jun has inferiority complex. Even though he thinks strategically, he needlessly obsess over other people's opinions and excessively worries about how he's preceived thinking that he's weak and feeble minded and is obsessive over reputation.
When he met with that american returnee student and talked about how other people perceive Go Yohan as weird and how he seems to pay attention towards Jun, he immediately worries about how others would talk and denounce him. Many people say that Jun is book smart, not street smart, I agree that. When Go Rosah points out that hoe Jun's observation of Yohan being able to take care of himself (basic things like serving food, loading laundry) is ridiculous and says that it simply makes Jun appear as spoiled and lacking basic living skills, I agree. Its not that hard to serve food to eat even if you are rich.
However the most important thing is he seems to seek out someone who can fill the void of his inferiorness. Someone who can command presence, someone who oozes presence and charisma, Someone who's sharp and witty and can outmanuver their way. Thats why he initially fell for Han Junwoo, but when he realizes that Han Junwoo is not sharp and doesnt have much beyond his size, He sides with Go Yohan, not just because he thinks he's a safe bet for his school peace, but rather he sees the ideal version of someone he wants to be (or so I believe). So much so that he's willing to excuse any fault that Go Yohan posesses. This somehow develops into feelings of care and possessiveness, calling him my go yohan, as if go yohan is his thing, his facade of strength.
I do think that Jun is genuinely is shocked and betrayed when Yohan attacked him and is angry (he delibrately cut off contact with Yohan, threw coffee at Yohan after college exams and cursed at him, even not telling where he enrolled) but still he somewhat came to terms with his feelings for Yohan (he mainly ran away in hurry from home to his parents in US just to get off his thoughts of Yohan, but he still thought of him)
But as for Yohan, the more I read he came off more enigmatic. He claims that people in his home hate him, he ignores his family going so far as to dine alone and shuts off in his room and the reason he claims is because he came out as gay in devout catholic home, but his sister says that Yohan is actually spoiled rotten and that their parents actually cherish him and its Yohan who delibrately came out as gay in christmas family celebration (with his extended family) simply because he loves attention (is it like middle child syndrome??) and says that he has ADHD and in one of family portraits where Jun says he wasnt present, was actually Yohan present just behind the camera taking pics with mirror present projecting him holding victory symbol like a cheeky brat
The american returnee guy also said that Yohan does not like someone who seems to surpass him but also hates someone who's beneath him. He likes someone who can augment him like a perfect little chess piece. Yohan hates being played and prefers to be in control. Its still confusing as to why Yohan acted shy in front of family when Jun brought him purposefully when he mistakenly realized his family is mistreating him but acted out so violently like he betrayed. However one thing is clear, Yohan likes Jun, more specifically his attention. Like a child throwing tantrum. Yohan is willing to go any lengths to capture Jun's attention but more than that he's sharp and have good instincts.
The claim of his father hating him is debunked by Yohan's father himself as he claims he loves Yohan but not so much as his "ring finger" (he analogues loving his children as finger and theres only one finger that can wear ring and so theres only one child he holds special) but he beat up Yohan every day to the point of hospitalization throughtout his middle school and still considered him as the successor for the company (perhaps Yohan really is that ring finger and the father simply said to to dump the responsibilities of handling Yohan's eccentricities to Jun)
When Jun avoided him, Yohan threw tantrum and begged and prayed to god to see Jun. He practically threw himself at floor towards Jun, kissing his feet and renouncing god for Jun as his savior, literally throwing himself to prevent acid from burning Jun when Kim Minho tried to attack Jun (Minho planned to take down Yohan with Jun by staging fake proposal to make him out as gay, but sensing that'll ruin Jun himself, he agreed to play along up untill last moment revealed to Yohan about it and Yohan pummeled Minho, causing him to drop out) but still harboring hate towards Jun for lying, abandoning and staging that stunt with family, but his obsessiveness is far greater than his anger. He wants to completely own Jun.
He's like a gleeful child playing with his cherished toy. He hates whenever anyone tries to approach Jun. Yohan has lot of friends but he rarely seems to hang out or even talk or even pay much attention or interest, prefering to playfully torment Jun and hanging out with him instead. So much so when Jun got jealous about Yohan having friends, Yohan said he'll cut ties with anyone in heartbeat, but the thing is its not him willing to cut ties, but rather not wanting Jun to get close, he's projecting that desire which Jun correctly identifies. Yohan actually got into college via early admission but delibrately lowered his requirement to get into humanities degree just to get a chance to meet with Jun. There's this thing, Yohan is just as academically smart like Jun but also street smart. When the Jun's project partner sent this message "Go Yohan r=1−sinθ Kang Jun" as a teasing, Yohan figured out it makes heart on graph (which Jun failed to do) and 128ve980, Jun tried to solve this as a equation, Yohan immediately figured its a viral math puzzle
In college, When Jun's assigment teammate used Jun as his muse for a assigment topic for "Gender and sex" presentation for humanities, Yohan went and confronted him. Yohan is like a ticking timebomb, you dont know what he'll do and you seem to walk around him on eggshells and yet he's charismatic enough that it feels trivial. He's not violent or aggressive, but he carries an aura of danger that tempts anyone to dare play with him (like a devil) and yet throws you off if you make a mistake
Yohan on paper is your typical high spec guy, well built, well endowed, handsome face and rich. More than enough for anyone to put up with some eccentricites. But being with him would pull you deeper into thoughts that it feels like sinking. All in all, it feels difficult to figure out Yohab easily. And as for adult stuff? Yohan is down bad and Jun goes along with flow (though puts on a show of protest) and overall the vibe feels twisted and bit toxic but very interesting. I assumed Jun would hold the leash and walk Yohan like a pet dog, but it feels like its Yohan pulling puppet strings with Jun (but Jun seems alright with letting Yohan to do so and I'm sure he'll cut the string if push comes to shove, but he seems content)
After reading the novel, I observed something about the main characters
Kang Jun has inferiority complex. Even though he thinks strategically, he needlessly obsess over other people's opinions and excessively worries about how he's preceived thinking that he's weak and feeble minded and is obsessive over reputation.
When he met with that american returnee student and talked about how other people perceive Go Yohan as weird and how he seems to pay attention towards Jun, he immediately worries about how others would talk and denounce him. Many people say that Jun is book smart, not street smart, I agree that. When Go Rosah points out that hoe Jun's observation of Yohan being able to take care of himself (basic things like serving food, loading laundry) is ridiculous and says that it simply makes Jun appear as spoiled and lacking basic living skills, I agree. Its not that hard to serve food to eat even if you are rich.
However the most important thing is he seems to seek out someone who can fill the void of his inferiorness. Someone who can command presence, someone who oozes presence and charisma, Someone who's sharp and witty and can outmanuver their way. Thats why he initially fell for Han Junwoo, but when he realizes that Han Junwoo is not sharp and doesnt have much beyond his size, He sides with Go Yohan, not just because he thinks he's a safe bet for his school peace, but rather he sees the ideal version of someone he wants to be (or so I believe). So much so that he's willing to excuse any fault that Go Yohan posesses. This somehow develops into feelings of care and possessiveness, calling him my go yohan, as if go yohan is his thing, his facade of strength.
I do think that Jun is genuinely is shocked and betrayed when Yohan attacked him and is angry (he delibrately cut off contact with Yohan, threw coffee at Yohan after college exams and cursed at him, even not telling where he enrolled) but still he somewhat came to terms with his feelings for Yohan (he mainly ran away in hurry from home to his parents in US just to get off his thoughts of Yohan, but he still thought of him)
But as for Yohan, the more I read he came off more enigmatic. He claims that people in his home hate him, he ignores his family going so far as to dine alone and shuts off in his room and the reason he claims is because he came out as gay in devout catholic home, but his sister says that Yohan is actually spoiled rotten and that their parents actually cherish him and its Yohan who delibrately came out as gay in christmas family celebration (with his extended family) simply because he loves attention (is it like middle child syndrome??) and says that he has ADHD and in one of family portraits where Jun says he wasnt present, was actually Yohan present just behind the camera taking pics with mirror present projecting him holding victory symbol like a cheeky brat
The american returnee guy also said that Yohan does not like someone who seems to surpass him but also hates someone who's beneath him. He likes someone who can augment him like a perfect little chess piece. Yohan hates being played and prefers to be in control. Its still confusing as to why Yohan acted shy in front of family when Jun brought him purposefully when he mistakenly realized his family is mistreating him but acted out so violently like he betrayed. However one thing is clear, Yohan likes Jun, more specifically his attention. Like a child throwing tantrum. Yohan is willing to go any lengths to capture Jun's attention but more than that he's sharp and have good instincts.
The claim of his father hating him is debunked by Yohan's father himself as he claims he loves Yohan but not so much as his "ring finger" (he analogues loving his children as finger and theres only one finger that can wear ring and so theres only one child he holds special) but he beat up Yohan every day to the point of hospitalization throughtout his middle school and still considered him as the successor for the company (perhaps Yohan really is that ring finger and the father simply said to to dump the responsibilities of handling Yohan's eccentricities to Jun)
When Jun avoided him, Yohan threw tantrum and begged and prayed to god to see Jun. He practically threw himself at floor towards Jun, kissing his feet and renouncing god for Jun as his savior, literally throwing himself to prevent acid from burning Jun when Kim Minho tried to attack Jun (Minho planned to take down Yohan with Jun by staging fake proposal to make him out as gay, but sensing that'll ruin Jun himself, he agreed to play along up untill last moment revealed to Yohan about it and Yohan pummeled Minho, causing him to drop out) but still harboring hate towards Jun for lying, abandoning and staging that stunt with family, but his obsessiveness is far greater than his anger. He wants to completely own Jun.
He's like a gleeful child playing with his cherished toy. He hates whenever anyone tries to approach Jun. Yohan has lot of friends but he rarely seems to hang out or even talk or even pay much attention or interest, prefering to playfully torment Jun and hanging out with him instead. So much so when Jun got jealous about Yohan having friends, Yohan said he'll cut ties with anyone in heartbeat, but the thing is its not him willing to cut ties, but rather not wanting Jun to get close, he's projecting that desire which Jun correctly identifies. Yohan actually got into college via early admission but delibrately lowered his requirement to get into humanities degree just to get a chance to meet with Jun. There's this thing, Yohan is just as academically smart like Jun but also street smart. When the Jun's project partner sent this message "Go Yohan r=1−sinθ Kang Jun" as a teasing, Yohan figured out it makes heart on graph (which Jun failed to do) and 128ve980, Jun tried to solve this as a equation, Yohan immediately figured its a viral math puzzle
In college, When Jun's assigment teammate used Jun as his muse for a assigment topic for "Gender and sex" presentation for humanities, Yohan went and confronted him. Yohan is like a ticking timebomb, you dont know what he'll do and you seem to walk around him on eggshells and yet he's charismatic enough that it feels trivial. He's not violent or aggressive, but he carries an aura of danger that tempts anyone to dare play with him (like a devil) and yet throws you off if you make a mistake
Yohan on paper is your typical high spec guy, well built, well endowed, handsome face and rich. More than enough for anyone to put up with some eccentricites. But being with him would pull you deeper into thoughts that it feels like sinking. All in all, it feels difficult to figure out Yohab easily. And as for adult stuff? Yohan is down bad and Jun goes along with flow (though puts on a show of protest) and overall the vibe feels twisted and bit toxic but very interesting. I assumed Jun would hold the leash and walk Yohan like a pet dog, but it feels like its Yohan pulling puppet strings with Jun (but Jun seems alright with letting Yohan to do so and I'm sure he'll cut the string if push comes to shove, but he seems content)