something that surprised me beside the obvious that being how good the writing & visuals are, how realistic the male lead aka Il-woo is. I've read many bls and *some* of them really just make mls feel like 'the love interest' and nothing more. Nothing wrong with writing your characters however you want, yet I found myself bored and connected more with the main character.....and the author didnt use that 'Im straight but you're the exception' or have the ml be in denial/homophobic for like 90% of the story. Just straight to the point 'I'm gay and I have feelings for you' (he didnt say it like that but gotta summarize and he even told the pretty girl who was trying to get a date w him that he likes guys, he isnt ashamed nor afraid of his sexuality) he has his own flaws & strengths and perhaps his feelings might seem too quick for someone who has given up on life but in his own words 'I like people who are warm' basically his entire confession in 26 on why he likes Baekhee. Once you connect with someone and start to really *look* at them (not to mention the physical attraction he developed) it's easy for love to come fourth. Though feelings itself are a strange thing....not that I can understand it either
I love how strong our main character, Jang Baekhee is too, even with all his suffering from his abusers (that coercive waste of sperm and piece of shit father) he still extends kindness even if he owns little to nothing and just tries to survive...even feeling sorry for Kim Jintae (side character) telling him to quit commiting crimes, in his own inner thoughts in chapter 15 'pitiful idiot,he's going to live like that his whole life'. He's not a saint but he's certainly trying his best. A teenager with a soft heart who just wants a normal life...even if it means sacrificing his happiness and autonomy. Anyone who wants to live will hold onto a rope even if its a rope filled with thorns, if that's all he's known and manipulated to believe thats all he'll have who would blame him for not trusting a fragile but thornless rope?
something that surprised me beside the obvious that being how good the writing & visuals are, how realistic the male lead aka Il-woo is. I've read many bls and *some* of them really just make mls feel like 'the love interest' and nothing more. Nothing wrong with writing your characters however you want, yet I found myself bored and connected more with the main character.....and the author didnt use that 'Im straight but you're the exception' or have the ml be in denial/homophobic for like 90% of the story. Just straight to the point 'I'm gay and I have feelings for you' (he didnt say it like that but gotta summarize and he even told the pretty girl who was trying to get a date w him that he likes guys, he isnt ashamed nor afraid of his sexuality) he has his own flaws & strengths and perhaps his feelings might seem too quick for someone who has given up on life but in his own words 'I like people who are warm' basically his entire confession in 26 on why he likes Baekhee. Once you connect with someone and start to really *look* at them (not to mention the physical attraction he developed) it's easy for love to come fourth. Though feelings itself are a strange thing....not that I can understand it either
I love how strong our main character, Jang Baekhee is too, even with all his suffering from his abusers (that coercive waste of sperm and piece of shit father) he still extends kindness even if he owns little to nothing and just tries to survive...even feeling sorry for Kim Jintae (side character) telling him to quit commiting crimes, in his own inner thoughts in chapter 15 'pitiful idiot,he's going to live like that his whole life'. He's not a saint but he's certainly trying his best. A teenager with a soft heart who just wants a normal life...even if it means sacrificing his happiness and autonomy. Anyone who wants to live will hold onto a rope even if its a rope filled with thorns, if that's all he's known and manipulated to believe thats all he'll have who would blame him for not trusting a fragile but thornless rope?