Everyone's crying about how sweet and emotional this was so maybe I'm just heartless, but everything moved too quickly for me to get invested. I feel like Yiyeong fell in love out of nowhere. I also feel like him crying at being asked to hurt Taerim came out of nowhere—to me, that scene read like a man who was pushed to his limits and did more than he was comfortable with for too long . . . But like . . . That was the first time Taerim asked to get choked, wasn't it? They fucked rough but it didn't really push any boundaries. And unless I missed a scene, I don't think Yiyeong found out that Taerim was getting abused by his brother either and yet he's able to somehow just inherently know the functions of Taerim's mind. There's no reason for him not to think Taerim ain't just kinky. The whole "But you don't love yourself" breakdown felt kinda unearned, narratively speaking
Everyone's crying about how sweet and emotional this was so maybe I'm just heartless, but everything moved too quickly for me to get invested. I feel like Yiyeong fell in love out of nowhere. I also feel like him crying at being asked to hurt Taerim came out of nowhere—to me, that scene read like a man who was pushed to his limits and did more than he was comfortable with for too long . . . But like . . . That was the first time Taerim asked to get choked, wasn't it? They fucked rough but it didn't really push any boundaries. And unless I missed a scene, I don't think Yiyeong found out that Taerim was getting abused by his brother either and yet he's able to somehow just inherently know the functions of Taerim's mind. There's no reason for him not to think Taerim ain't just kinky. The whole "But you don't love yourself" breakdown felt kinda unearned, narratively speaking