Why does the lead end up with the one who treated them like hot garbage?? Is it good?? Doe...

I mean it happens a lot IRL where someone will fall for the toxic people. They tend to never realize it because love is blinding and tend to ignore those who say that person is good for them. Idk if I need to say it but most manwha/manga is banking on the girls who read these things and don't think about the relationship complexly and think about how attractive they are and how dom they are.

Stockholm syndrome is a blessing. Only reason why the girl in my basement isn’t moving or saying anything.

Yeah, I agree with you, it's definitely not a good trope but I think I've read it so many times by now I'm kind of conditioned to it? Like, now when I come by it, it honestly barely faces me and I just keep on reading. Sometimes though, I get pleasantly surprised when I see character development or when it turns out there was some reason behind his actions. Although, of course, that all depends on the reason. If the reason is BS I get seriously disappointed. If the story is poorly written then of course the character development or whatever doesn't matter in the end. Though, I guess the reason I keep on reading these stories, even though I know the ML is a jerk, is because I truly hope for that sweet character development and love to read stories with characters starting from the bottom and crawling their way to the top and learning something.