First of all I don't care if dude's mother was murdered in cold blood, I won't forgive him - or /anyone/ - for treating Hardy this way in an attempt to keep him by Abel's side. Abel fell in love with Hardy for no good reason other than "love at first sight", forcefully took his hand in marriage, obsessed over him, then assaulted and/or emotionally abused Hardy whenever he did anything Abel didn't like, and everyone around him just enabled that behavior. I love Hardy, even if he is too forgiving at times, but freakin everyone around him is just manipulating him for their own satisfaction.
For real..
Kim Dan getting stabbed was not on my bingo card...
But I suppose that's better than the SA I was expecting..??
Anyway, fuck 'em all up, JK! (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
Oh... OH. I never knew I needed this side of Yu. The end of that last chapter almost gave me shivers.
I love Hardy. He is one of the few characters I really like. But I do wish he wouldn't allow himself to be emotionally (and physically for a moment there) abused. I know his optimism and kindness is part of his charm (and story plot), and I appreciate that, and I like seeing a character that is trying to understand his partner's point of view - which is really important and a lot of people fail to do in real life! - but understanding does not mean accepting behavior. Abel is still responsible for his actions, tragic back story or not. Trauma doesn't excuse his abuse Still, I do enjoy Hardy's dimwitted and unrelenting happiness. I just hope Abel can really regret and atone for his actions properly even if Hardy isn't the one to make him understand how toxic he is.
And Grey: (︶︿︶)＝凸
PSA to my ladies out there: Similarly to Kim Dan, I'd encourage y'all to also look for an opportunity to learn some kind of physical self defense like this. My county sheriff's office runs a RAD (r@pe and defense) course for free to women, and it was so enlightening. One day, they, too, taught us how to throw off someone who has you pinned on the ground, and we paired up to try. I thought, I've got at least 50 lbs of muscle on this other girl, and I'm renowned for my strength and aggressiveness as a Varsity soccer starting defender; there's no way this will work. Lo and behold, despite my best efforts, she threw me right off. The course taught me a lot, and even had us fight in real simulations against police officers, which was super empowering for everyone.
Tbh I didn't expect much from this story when I picked it up originally, but it's made me laugh so many times. "This guy's MY clown!" is hilarious
Hot damn, the "pretty" version of Seonwoo has always been fine, but this chapter he's even more ლ(´ڡ`ლ)
"If so... Abel will lose his family once again!" says Oscar in fearful desperation.
Oh BOOHOO, literally all of you are manipulators, hypocrites, and toxic people to Hardy. This is just another instance of someone using Hardy for their own personal agenda. Despite Oscar and Abel being painted with some tragic backstory that shows they supposedly have good intentions (and are therefore redeemable), I don't care. Normally I don't hate red flag ml's as much as I probably should, and normally I don't want mc's to end up single outside of psychological genres, but I actually hate everyone in this story besides Hardy. I just want him to be free and happy and start his life over somewhere away from all these assholes. But I know he'll end up "happily ever after" with his husband and childhood friend like none of this happened, and that's what I'm upset about.
Oscar doesn't even have trauma to justify using Hardy as a kid for his own gain. "Ah, but he was a kid who didn't know anu better"
He knew what he was doing. He was very intentional about it. And Hardy felt abandoned back then too.
But I don't like using Abel's trauma as an excuse either. I kinda know i'll be desapointed with the groveling... It's probably not going to be enough to compensate Hardy at all by the looks of the story so far...