The organization is mentioned in earlier chapters, but between now and then when they pop back up, we're moreso focused on the family dynamic and the couple's past. That's not bad, but it's insane to not get into the WHOLE PURPOSE their son was born until the season 2 finale when we didn't really discuss it much beforehand. It was very limited.
Someone told me they suspect Wyatt came up with the excuse of being afraid of DeMarcus being on the opposite team as him in the future to hide his feelings. Maybe he is, but altogether it does make Wyatt feel kinda annoying. He's too afraid to explore this, but doesn't want to lose him (if that's the right read)?
This backstory is exploring Diego and Shane's relationship and the source of Shane's obsession, but that doesn't really validate his actions. I hope that when we get back to the present, it isn't just "wow, knowing all this, I can overlook Shane's controlling nature and manipulation." Diego was already guilting himself into feeling bad for pushing Shane away after Shane SA'd HIM, so that is a concern on mine.
Granted, this one's rather unique--ML's mom left the family, ML's dad threw himself into his work, ML tried to copy his dad to get his affections and ended up surpassing him and making him resentful, and his dad passed away. I know communication isn't the strongest thing for parenting style in a lot of cultures, but this is rather sad for no reason. IDK why we had to have a "your dad despised you until he died" storyline instead of something happy. Why is it so rare to have a BL with non-toxic dads?
Someone remind me; have they had sex before? I remember the BJ of last chapter, but if not, this is INSANE moving. But I do love their chemistry.
The series started off as an episodic cute story, but then they hint at pieces of things here and there and take a while to actually get to it (why the omega tries to be strong despite liking cute things, the alpha's issues with his moms, etc.) I like this, but some storylines feel like they were pushed aside when they should've came up sooner.
I hope Jin-woo gets back into swimming competitively; it's very common for ukes to be fired, demoted, or quit from their profession, so I'm hoping he doesn't give it all up.
It's bad enough if a couple brings up swapping and never do it (or shut it down; why have the author mention it then?), but it's even worse when the bottom used to be a top and gets with another top and enjoys bottoming so much isn't satisfied anymore.
If Clifford was bullying him as kids and acts like nothing happened when they get older, it'd be irritating. Plus Lawrence calling his brother "hyung" despite them both being white was so confusing. I get that this is a Korean work, but I'd think the translator would've done something about that.
I'm glad they don't blame eah other--but yes, in the future, please be more open about having an identical twin.
Imagine saying something sweet like "I don't just want a sexual relationship" but also like "I'm so excited to have an affair with a married man"!"
Maybe it's just the hairstyle. I feel like this is gonna be a hard read, seeing Salvo's past and his personality. There may be some grey areas here. I just hope Ben isn't just gonna be on his side all the time because they're MC and ML.
ML threatens to break MC's arms and legs, but then says getting MC angry and bashing him was to distract him and make him feel better. I'd love to believe he had good intentions, but this all does feel like MC is isolated and kept out of something important. Interesting that he has a sadistic side. I'd say I was happy that he had self-control, but I imagine that ML is gonna break him--which is fine in the bedroom; just not as a person.
The stalking, harassing, and manipulating can't be overlooked in favor of the fear of loneliness. I hope he doesn't come back to you!
I would've been more surprised if we didn't do a gangster story with a new follower without betrayal. But I'm hoping it doesn't fall into THAT trope; the leader is probably the uke, and BLs like this have a weird habit of making the uke seem powerful, only to be weaker than the seme. A typical BL pattern would mean the new recruit manages to outsmart the other gangsters, get dirt on the leader, protect him, etc while the gangster has his moments but usually gets kidnapped and/or violated. Hopefully they don't go that route. (And why's the artist look familiar?)
It's been a LONG time since S2 so I'm probably forgetting stuff, but Kim Seoho's soul being placed in Minchan's body feels like reincarnation, right? How is that different? Didn't Bihwan check to see if the situation was like this to begin with or something?
And I am kinda annoyed; it was very obvious that Bihwan/Minchan was endgame. Why bother including Seoho in that storyline since he's barely present and Bihwan seems to have moved on, which feels frustrating? I don't get the point of making a bittersweet romance like that, especially if Kim Seoho's soul is still inside Minchan. This could've easily been a dokkaebi/human relationship without having the lost lover trope.
Also Bihwan and his brother felt like it needs more attention, particularly since Gwonryeom was hinted at being a bad guy from the start, so we never get to enjoy his relationship with others much.
I don't think it'll be long, but I'm still salty that the author insisted on doing a "childhood friends/lovers" trope when the present-day relationship could've functioned without it.
I love that Taebeom called him out for not stopping when he asked to, though it's more cute-sy pouting than anything when it's very common in BLs for dubcon/noncon. And it looks bad since Hoyeon has been the victim of harassment from others that I'd think he'd be more empathetic.
Well, kinda. The whole situation is mostly dubcon, but at least Seol-ho didn't put it inside when asked not to.
I appreciate them being real about their careers instead of it being like "hey, no matter what, let's be together. Screw the dreams we worked hard for!" And they're being put on the same group, so that's good, right? I mean duh, it's hard to hide your feelings, but it feels like this should've been because they're working with a third person, not because dating isn't allowed; if they were together, people could easily attribute it to fanservice and them being together makes sense since they work together. They could actually market that.
And I hate to say it, but I prefer the Jung Oh's design over Young-Jun's; if we're just having a duo, I prefer he be the love interest. I'm sorry!