As much as I love Guwan in all of his fucked-upedness and wwnt to give them a happily(???) ever after...
I'd love tk see the hounds kill Jinwoo, and Guwan, still thinking that Jinwoo was his perfect other half, absolutely losing his mind and tearing his own village apart.
Deadass SO glad that he didn't stay golden and beautiful and meh. If you lure me in with tall, dark, and buff, you better keep him that way!
That was the shortest-lived blackmail arc in the history of yaoi. I wanted to give the guy a chance but he was SLIMEY. Go ahjussy.
THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T MAKE YOUR SAFEWORD A COMPLETELY PLAUSIBLE PHRASE - LET ALONE A CONFESSION IN A RELATIONSHIP YOU HAD ADVERTISED AS OPEN TO ROMANCE.
You could've just picked Nutmeg or something, fr. I can get behind the underlying emotional drama, but THAT kind of easily avoided misunderstanding drives me up the wall.
For the plot ig ╮(￣▽￣)╭
LITERALLY I WAS SCREAMING THIS FROM THE START
I feel kind of bad - like I should be dreading what comes next, right? Scared of the doctor and his unhinged spawn - but honestly, I'm kind of just over them and ready to see them dead. Like they're cartoonishly insane to the point where I can't be bothered to read what they say.
I'm going to go to bed tonight imagining a better ending: Aaron finds a new lover, far from these other two (maybe a nice big bear or something that adores him) and Benny & Carter's plan comes to light and their reputation is dragged through the gd mud. Is it overly simple? Yes. Is it better than the car accident I just witnessed? Also yes.
ON GOD. I FEEL THE SAME.
Look. LOOK. If this guy were slapped into another manhwa, if he were the ML in an alternate universe where ahjussi is not there and MC was being 'trained' by some uncaring dickhead, we'd be cheering him on. It'd be the chasing arc where he didn't appreciate MC until he'd tried to move on and he realized how much he loved MC.
But it's not another manhwa and I still want ahjussi over him every second. I just don't hate him... until he gives me a reason e_e
SPOLIERS:
it is mentioned multiple times that the the mc is under the impression that this guy is not only heterosexual, but is in a relationship (red flag1) and it’s revealed has been aware of mc’s feelings (which started their freshman year it think.) He’s only reached out to mc now because he thinks mc is getting over his feelings for him. (red flag 2). Even if he couldn’t be open abt his feelings bc he was worried abt the backlash of being a gay couple on campus, it would be selfish and manipulative to further interfere in the MC/ML relationship. Even more-so selfish to enter a homosexual relationship if you’re going to be ashamed of/hide your partner (ASSUMING he’s scared to come out). Even when giving this guy the benefit of the doubt, its incredibly hard to sympathize with his character thus far. I’m not saying he’s a filthy baby killer but i wouldn’t touch him with a 10 foot pole.
however i really do hope he doesn’t turn out to rlly be some baby killer asshole and has some redeeming qualities bc mc is stressed enough as it isss
I 1000% agree that in reality he'd be a walking red flag, but so are 2/3 of these MLs lmao. Compared to some, he's a saint, and I'm sure out there is a manhwa with a comparable set of circumstances that romanticizes the whole thing (once again, unhealthy as hell irl)
Very validating that Yoon was also thirsting over the older brother. Glad that I wasn't alone