Sadhyr

Honestly, I think the reaction of all three of them is very coherent. I don't see any of them as truly to blame. It was all a complicated game that got out of hand.
Mok should have kept quiet. He didn't have to say those things right after doing that. Nanjo was hesitating; he wasn't sure what he wanted anymore. It was the moment to strengthen their bond, not to mess things up like that.

Hitting him doesn't seem as drastic as some people are saying, considering they're men. Nanjo just wanted to go apologize to Suah. He didn't yell at Mok, he didn't confront him about what he did; he just wanted to leave, calm down, and reflect. Perhaps alone and quiet, he would have understood better what to do about Mok and Suah. But for Mok to say those things to him, as if controlling what he should feel and what he should do, after everything he'd given up for Mok, and just when he was full of doubts and starting to consider Mok... Considering that he doesn't know, nor does he believe, that Suah is a gold-digging slut, for Mok to say that to him, as if manipulating him and telling him what he should feel or do... He must have thought that he'd lied to him the whole time for him own benefit, and he reached his limit. His anger at such shamelessness is understandable. For Nanjo, things were very confusing, and Mok let himself be carried away by jealousy.

But Mok didn't act maliciously either; he's in love and has that need for attachment, that fear of being abandoned. That's why at the beginning he was seen avoiding falling in love, because it's clear that it's a great need that destroys him, and with Nanjo, he fell completely, as we saw episode by episode. He has no dignity; it's part of his upbringing trauma. He doesn't want to lose the people he's grown to love, and that led him to act desperately. And given Nanjo's confusion, telling him that instead of letting him go was a mistake. But an understandable mistake given his situation.

And Suah, from the beginning, it was clear he's promiscuous and libertine, a freeloader. But this time he's right. They had agreed to play with open relationships, not to commit to anyone. Nanjo was just the sugar daddy; he wasn't really interested in him, and Mok is his friend and sexual partner. He let him in and implied that it wasn't the first time Mok had done something like this in their threesomes. I don't think he really cares if Mok loves Nanjo; he's simply fed up with the situation and wants nothing to do with Nanjo. And for him to ask him to call Nanjo, when he's been avoiding him the whole time, is shameless.

This story is more mature than many BLs. And it shows in how readers grumble about the ending.

It seems they don't understand how messed up Ian's life was. And not really because of TJ, but because of himself, growing up in a gangster environment. And eventually, TJ too, by entering the same world. They were both hurting each other, but despite everything, they found a way to move forward, leaving part of the past behind. And even so, as I said in the last chapter, it takes time to adapt to such a different life. It took Ian years, and TJ is going through the same process.

Joseph was just a good kid who ended up in the wrong place. His life was already stable and beautiful. He didn't have to go through all that or suffer in such a toxic relationship with Ian. He could live his life happily and peacefully, doing what he loves. His future didn't depend on anyone else, unlike Ian and TJ, who, in the midst of all that, had a terrible dependency that they never managed to break.

Ian slept with countless men, and TJ probably with many women. Jo was the good guy who fell in love with someone unsuitable. And that's the way it goes; in adult life, stories rarely have perfect endings and moral lessons. Everything is a shade of gray all the time. People do what they can with who they are and what they have. And that's how they relate to others.

It's that simple. A story with a more mature touch than the others. I don't know why everyone's making such a big deal out of it.

I remind you that many BL stories seem more like heterosexual fantasies with homosexual characters. The reality within the LGBTQ+ community, for better or for worse, tends to work very differently. So, getting indignant about an author's vision doesn't make much sense.

I appreciate that many authors remain true to their works despite the fandom's criticism. It would be terrible if they changed their stories or just created fanservice to sell copies.

This horrible trend of harassing authors should end. If you don't like it, that's perfectly fine; just don't read it or buy it. There are stories for every kind of reader. Especially those who don't want to or can't buy the original material should at least respect that.