hmmmm so as a story i enjoyed it but i do not like a lot of whats going on IN the story if that makes sense. i cant get past the fact that the ml yooseong is a cruel and abusive sociopath. not to say all sociopaths are inherently cruel and abusive but this dude, coupled with his vast wealth and toxic ass family, really is a fuckin trip. and at first i liked how green flag the mc hojin was bc he seemed like a nice and considerate partner, but then you realise he’s just severely emotionally wounded and all of his green flags are a result of his obsessive response towards his youthhood traumas. and he pretty much got caught in wooseongs web of selfish exploitation of power and wealth and then got stockholm syndrome bc his life was literally the pits prior to his kidnapping and social isolation. so in the end they suited each other well but thats only because their traumas and toxicity interlocked and forged a codependency. it was painful to watch hojin end up in a relationship just like the one his mom had with her husband, except hojins partner has no intention of improving, and hojin has no intention to leaving him for his own wellbeing. so even tho his hatred of abusive people meant he wouldnt reach out to his own father for help despite his dire situation with debt collectors, he commits heart and soul to a dude who beats the shit out of him on a whim while emotionally and financially manipulating him. the only word for this is tragic i like that in the side stories they’re like “we end up happy in every universe uwu” like girl, which one??? i need everyone to go to therapy NEOW!!
i did like how it ended up with grandfather assuming blame bc he really was the source of his family’s collective mental unwellness. and im glad that hojin’s natural cleverness was what saved them all in the end bc wooseong was truly only full of bad and inconsiderate ideas from the jump and his ego made him double down instead of at any point consider hojin as a human being, and a capable one at that. agg that he couldnt even say “thank you, im glad it worked out” at the end. but that would be out of character lol (rolls eyes).
the side stories got on my nerves too like why are we acting like everythings fine? he never apologized for hurting hojin over and over again in that omegaverse one but theyre all acting like its all hunky dory just cuz he’s pregnant?? we’re just gonna get married? since when?? bitch you’re literally still engaged as we speak. EW. im not a fan of that. i hate rude ass people so wooseong is not my cup of tea as a character. this whole thing was a wild read lmao. i actually am liking the guideverse one better, likely because wooseongs personality comes across differently when he earned his money by being op instead of inheriting it along with a superiority complex based on nothing by eugenics. but im not done with it yet so theres still room for me to become a hater
anyway, these chaebol stories are fascinating psychologically. this one was well written and the characterization was solid. i still enjoyed reading it despite my beef with the characters which means that it was pretty good lol and i think i could be ok with the way the characters ended in the main story but then got pissed off again in the side stories lmao
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so as a story i enjoyed it but i do not like a lot of whats going on IN the story if that makes sense. i cant get past the fact that the ml yooseong is a cruel and abusive sociopath. not to say all sociopaths are inherently cruel and abusive but this dude, coupled with his vast wealth and toxic ass family, really is a fuckin trip. and at first i liked how green flag the mc hojin was bc he seemed like a nice and considerate partner, but then you realise he’s just severely emotionally wounded and all of his green flags are a result of his obsessive response towards his youthhood traumas. and he pretty much got caught in wooseongs web of selfish exploitation of power and wealth and then got stockholm syndrome bc his life was literally the pits prior to his kidnapping and social isolation. so in the end they suited each other well but thats only because their traumas and toxicity interlocked and forged a codependency. it was painful to watch hojin end up in a relationship just like the one his mom had with her husband, except hojins partner has no intention of improving, and hojin has no intention to leaving him for his own wellbeing. so even tho his hatred of abusive people meant he wouldnt reach out to his own father for help despite his dire situation with debt collectors, he commits heart and soul to a dude who beats the shit out of him on a whim while emotionally and financially manipulating him. the only word for this is tragic i like that in the side stories they’re like “we end up happy in every universe uwu” like girl, which one??? i need everyone to go to therapy NEOW!!
i did like how it ended up with grandfather assuming blame bc he really was the source of his family’s collective mental unwellness. and im glad that hojin’s natural cleverness was what saved them all in the end bc wooseong was truly only full of bad and inconsiderate ideas from the jump and his ego made him double down instead of at any point consider hojin as a human being, and a capable one at that. agg that he couldnt even say “thank you, im glad it worked out” at the end. but that would be out of character lol (rolls eyes).
the side stories got on my nerves too like why are we acting like everythings fine? he never apologized for hurting hojin over and over again in that omegaverse one but theyre all acting like its all hunky dory just cuz he’s pregnant?? we’re just gonna get married? since when?? bitch you’re literally still engaged as we speak. EW. im not a fan of that. i hate rude ass people so wooseong is not my cup of tea as a character. this whole thing was a wild read lmao. i actually am liking the guideverse one better, likely because wooseongs personality comes across differently when he earned his money by being op instead of inheriting it along with a superiority complex based on nothing by eugenics. but im not done with it yet so theres still room for me to become a hater
anyway, these chaebol stories are fascinating psychologically. this one was well written and the characterization was solid. i still enjoyed reading it despite my beef with the characters which means that it was pretty good lol and i think i could be ok with the way the characters ended in the main story but then got pissed off again in the side stories lmao