Oh, thank you! Finally, someone who sees Nanjo the way I do! I was starting to wonder if I was reading him wrong this whole time lmao ╥﹏╥
I also think this reunion has been a mutual discovery for both of them. Of course Nanjo is working through what Mokyeon put him through, but their whole power dynamic has changed, and they seem to have found a dynamic that actually works for them as a couple. Mokyeon is now the vulnerable, submissive one, while Nanjo has fully embraced taking charge. It's almost funny when you remember how they used to clash like two semes fighting for dominance.
But I have to disagree with you a little about Mokyeon. I don't think his pathetic side is necessarily bad character development. He was absolutely devastated after losing Nanjo, and I think we're seeing the consequences of that emotional wreckage. How could he possibly go through something like that and come out exactly the same? I honestly don't expect him to return to his old self, at least not around Nanjo. He's experienced something that has fundamentally changed him.
I just... I feel frustrated with the character development. I like Mokyeon having a pathetic side to him. He was genuinely crushed after losing Nanjo so I think that all that yearning and self punishment really broke something in him but he's really, really not like who we knew him to be. Perhaps this is just a short moment in time but just dragged out to us over the last several chapters during this arc but I hope they rein it in a bit and showmore of Mokyeon and how we know him to be. I'd like to see him more grounded and stable soon. But I know that will also come from the security that Nanjo will be giving him now that he's let Mokyeon back in. Nanjo was always stern and sharp, a bit cold yet soft. So I don't think he's changed much but he sure has embraced liking Mokyeon and this world of pleasure as a bottom. Did not expect him to be such a brat tamer and take this much pleasure from punishing but, I think this is also how he is getting over and through what Mokyeon did to him..... That's all for my rant, thank you XD.