I don’t mind toxic stories or flawed red/black flag characters. In fact, I’d go as far as to say I like them. I find conflict makes for a richer story for my personal enjoyment.
But what I do not like is a story that invents conflict for no reason. They were both lying pretty innocently when they first met. Inhwee said he had a lot of experience and Jeongwon said he had very little.
Big deal. It was cute and even innocent enough and Jeongwon even protected Inhwee’s pride. If Jeongwon had called him out, Inhwee would have left the entire school, he even admits something similar at one point.
Jeongwon was obviously very into Inhwee and had very hot and cold reactions when responding to Inhwee.
When it was him becoming cold because Inhwee confessed and then basically retracted it, I understood it. But then he’d start pulling that shit for everything. It’s giving BPD tendencies or manipulation except he did it when Inhwee reacted the way he wanted too??? You could argue that he was trying to hold back so he wouldn’t scare him off, but I never felt like I fully understood the character. Just boiling to icy in .02 seconds
I appreciated that Jeongwon was aggressive in pursuing Inhwee but was always willing to stop (until the park bench scene.)
Actually, sometimes he asked Inhwee if he wanted him to stop SO MUCH, that it would have felt from Inhwee’s pov like Jeongwon didn’t want to be there and he wanted Inhwee to be the one to draw the line. (The motel scene)
Actually, it felt like Jeongwon was completely rewritten during season 2, like he was already weird and obviously an asshole, but the boy fell off sanity ridge and landed in unstable canyon.
Once they started dating, Inhwee was self conscious and concerned about Jeongwon being popular so much that he spent a large portion of the manhwa pouting regardless of how much Jeongwon proved that he only looked at Inhwee. Like my dude. He could not reassure his ass anymore.
I look at them and all I see is two characters who affect each other in such a negative way… their actions only pull out bad/sad reactions from the other. Even when it’s meant to comfort. the toxic cycle just makes me hate them together.
It started out so cute. I thought it would be fluffy with a touch of plot but this just feels like a gross, hot mess.
I actually feel a bit jealous of anyone who could enjoy it genuinely without hating them by then end.
I don’t mind toxic stories or flawed red/black flag characters. In fact, I’d go as far as to say I like them. I find conflict makes for a richer story for my personal enjoyment.
But what I do not like is a story that invents conflict for no reason. They were both lying pretty innocently when they first met. Inhwee said he had a lot of experience and Jeongwon said he had very little.
Big deal. It was cute and even innocent enough and Jeongwon even protected Inhwee’s pride. If Jeongwon had called him out, Inhwee would have left the entire school, he even admits something similar at one point.
Jeongwon was obviously very into Inhwee and had very hot and cold reactions when responding to Inhwee.
When it was him becoming cold because Inhwee confessed and then basically retracted it, I understood it. But then he’d start pulling that shit for everything. It’s giving BPD tendencies or manipulation except he did it when Inhwee reacted the way he wanted too??? You could argue that he was trying to hold back so he wouldn’t scare him off, but I never felt like I fully understood the character. Just boiling to icy in .02 seconds
I appreciated that Jeongwon was aggressive in pursuing Inhwee but was always willing to stop (until the park bench scene.)
Actually, sometimes he asked Inhwee if he wanted him to stop SO MUCH, that it would have felt from Inhwee’s pov like Jeongwon didn’t want to be there and he wanted Inhwee to be the one to draw the line. (The motel scene)
Actually, it felt like Jeongwon was completely rewritten during season 2, like he was already weird and obviously an asshole, but the boy fell off sanity ridge and landed in unstable canyon.
Once they started dating, Inhwee was self conscious and concerned about Jeongwon being popular so much that he spent a large portion of the manhwa pouting regardless of how much Jeongwon proved that he only looked at Inhwee. Like my dude. He could not reassure his ass anymore.
I look at them and all I see is two characters who affect each other in such a negative way… their actions only pull out bad/sad reactions from the other. Even when it’s meant to comfort. the toxic cycle just makes me hate them together.
It started out so cute. I thought it would be fluffy with a touch of plot but this just feels like a gross, hot mess.
I actually feel a bit jealous of anyone who could enjoy it genuinely without hating them by then end.