I AGREE WITH ALL OF THAT. But the contract man... that's what got him into all this abusive forced prostitution shit, because it's what made him 'belong' to the club. Hyungdo's kind dumb ngl.
And Charlie, too. I felt sorry for him up until he went batshit crazy. He chose to stay, while Gyung made next-to-nothing in efforst to keep him there.
Signing a contract for a relationship is never a good thing zzz
Hyungdo was beaten, raped and tortured for months. He was starved and treated just absolutely inhumanly. For him to still be able to move on despite all the trauma and pain it caused him from being stuck in that hell hole for nearly 2 years requires unbelievable strength on his end. Though, I guess since he’s struggled all his life, he might be a bit numb to it by now as well.
I’m assuming Gyung also seduced Charlie and made him sign a contract, but then proceeded to sell him off to men. But the thing is, Charlie was well paid, taken care of and attended to. It was a fucked up situation, but not as bad as the situation Hyungdo was in. He even decided to stay in the end, although due to his obsession with Gyung, loving him but also hating him to death. It would be totally reasonable if he directed his anger at Gyung, but I don’t think Charlie could be redeemed from what he did to Hyungdo, nor are his actions well justified. I wanted Charlie to run away with the secretary or something, or maybe have his own story away from Gyung. But now I’m hoping Karma comes back to hit him in some way.
I felt really bad for Charlie because he was manipulated, but after the end of the firsts season I kinda lost my empathy for him. He’s kind of a jealous shit for dragging Hyungdo into that hell hole. If he wanted to get revenge on Gyung that was a different situation, but he just couldn’t accept that Hyungdo got what he couldn’t. I feel like Hyungdo had every right to be aggressive towards Charlie when he was the first to threaten Hyungdo lol. Charlie stayed by choice and was relatively taken care of other than his own self harming. Hyungdo was basically tortured for months.
Also Hyungdo is a big idiot for falling so quickly for Gyung despite all the red flags, but I’m pretty sure all of us have been there at some point LOL
Especially people who lacked affection and warmth their whole life, its easy to be attracted to someone who cozies up to you when they typically seem distant and cold to others. This is basically a “I can fix him” bad boy type of situation. And it’s been stated that Hyungdo obviously isn’t the brightest when it comes to his emotions. He’s pretty naive and to an extent innocent enough to believe in Gyung and sign that dumb ass contract. Plus, the mans is hot and got money FYI this would never happen irl so don’t settle for no one and never sign any contracts lmfao