I need more I love them all except for Julian. I gotta slime you out you know what you did.
There isn't even one good person in this whole manhwa, just gotta weigh lesser evils against greater ones. And don't tell me about Sam myeong, he used Chang-geon for his own gratification when they were younger, to affirm his own ideals about himself— knowing Chang-geon would have no one else but him. He created this corrosive dependance, and then left when it was convient because he knew this, felt bad, and was a coward to face that fact, which is why he always phrases it as "I left got your own good." He knew he fucked up, but running away was not the solution here, clearly.
So yeah everyone is messed up. It depends on you to weigh which evil is lesser. Monsters are not born, they are created, just like the general said, everyone had a hand in this madness.
I agree that everyone is morally messed up in this story, but I just want to remind you that Sam didn't simply decide to leave Chang-geon whenever it was convenient for him. The emperor (CG's father) explicitly kicked him out of the palace. He made it clear that he knew Sam had been visiting CG in secret and indulging him, and since Sam had reached the appropriate age, he was expected to leave and get married. Sam didn't really have a choice in that situation. I think that context matters when we talk about his decision to leave, even if we can still criticize how he handled things afterward.
You do have a point here. He was put in a tough spot there, even though I think there was a way he wouldn't have to sever ties so completely— but it was fortified by how he became an acupuncturist instead of a government official (nothing wrong with that).
I'm curious, what do you think Sam could've done to avoid cutting ties with Geon so completely?
Run away together
I would've helped them... spiritually ┗( T﹏T )┛
Be so for real, ain’t no way you’re comparing Sam myeong and the king. What was his crime besides showing him some kindness which no one else had done in his life? Y’all act as if Sam myeong was the king’s father the way you expected him to take care of him for the rest of their lives. Blame his neglectful family, who by the way got off easily compared with the hell he’s been putting Sam myeong through.
Do you have any comprehension skills? What do you think I mean by comparing lesser and greater evils?
And Sam myeong groomed Chang-geon into being completely dependant on him, and he did so knowingly, because it made him feel good to have someone depend on him like that, while Chang-geon was in such a vulnerable mental state.
Right? Ahaha cos running away with the emperor's son is famously a low-risk life choice. Even if the emperor hates his own son, we're talking about a man who could still become a political threat, but why not? let's just hope the empire doesn't come knocking, and start a cute little life in the countryside. What could possibly go wrong?
STFS save-them-from-suffering club we ride together let's hold hands ┗( T﹏T )┛
Listen it's better than Chang-geon becoming king in the first place I'm trying okay?
He didn’t groom him. Chang-geon simply had no one else to depend on so he poured all his affection into Sam myeong. You talk as if he isolated him from the entire world to make him dependent on him. The truth is he was already isolated and neglected and Sam myeong cared for him when no one else did. The way things turned out, he would’ve been better off leaving him alone like everyone else. The victim blaming is insane.
What makes it grooming is intent/motive, not necessarily the actions. The intent was to make Chang-geon dependant on him, so that Chang-geon's world revolved around Sam. Sam was motivated by feeling like he'd forever be needed by someone to quell his own insecurities. The perfect person to do this to would be someone who has no one else and is vulnerable.
I'm going to shank that mf with a piece of his own sh*tty ahh pottery you jealous ahh h0e
The cat was in heat 24/7. This is the first time I've never seen THE RABBIT not go I to heat. We are ending demi-human stereotypes, yes ╮(￣▽￣)╭
I'm so stressed.