Hongyeon just gets more and more obnoxious with each chapter. It’s clear that he really doesn’t trust or respect his partner. Everything he’s done to interfere has created more obstruction and drama between Mun and Hayun. He brushes off Taejun’s desire to help them get together because their auras are the same so they’ll obviously end up together no matter what, but somehow also gets insanely jealous of any interactions Taejun has with Hayun and Mun, who is his COUSIN. So which is it? He acts like they’re destined soulmates, but also like they’ll somehow have an affair with Taejun. Taejun could have gotten everything sorted out in just a couple meetings, but Hongyeon interrupted 3 times, said he would do it instead (which Taejon trusted him to do), then half assed it, caused a stupid misunderstanding, and is still prioritizing petty jealousy. He’s so needlessly jealous that he kept indirectly preventing the people he considers “threats” from getting together, and if they had started dating (which would already be happening if Taejoon had been able to do his thing) and focus on each other. Hayun is now heartbroken, and leaning on Taejoon more, while Mun is frustrated, so also leaning on Taejoon for more advice. He’s just a selfish, distrustful partner and he just keeps going downhill. I just feel like even though he is affection, he treats Taejoon more like his property than an independent person who happens to be dating him.
You can't be secure in a relationship with a partner who doesn't spend any time with you, express any verbal affection, or show any signs of liking you outside of letting you fuck him. If I had a partner who brought a work colleague or friend to our first date after I had told him I was feeling insecure I would dump him. You can't have a partner who trusts you and is secure if you are constantly putting them last. In this last chapter Taejoon holds the pink haired guy who just confessed to him close and protects him after already bringing the same dude on their first date. Even if Taejoon doesn't love pink haired dude, he sure doesn't respect or take care of his own relationship at all. I get that he's a good person who cares about his friends. But ifTaejoon had urged the other two to talk to each other instead of bringing all their honesty to him to confiding in him in the first place, the second couple wouldn't be suffering this much. If they keep relying on and confiding in Taejoon they aren't going to learn to rely on and confide in each other.
I understand your points, and Taejoon was definitely in the wrong for bringing pink hair along on the date, but that was the third or fourth attempt at giving him advice. Hongyeon kept interrupting every time before that. He knows that Taejoon regularly gives romantic advice to his friends and coworkers so it doesn’t make sense for him to assume he would stop just because he’s in a relationship. If Hongyeon hadn’t interrupted, it would have been finished with one work lunch meeting. It was the same with Mun. Hongyeon kept interrupting, then inserted himself instead, and put barely any thought into it and inadvertently created a misunderstanding.
I get that he wants to spend more time with Taejoon, but he’s the one creating more work that gets in the way of that. This is the eighth meeting to try to get this couple together. Hongyeon interrupted, abruptly ended, or took over every single one without actually helping sincerely. It’s not like Taejoon is perfect, but it’s Hongyeon’s jealous and controlling tendencies that keep preventing the situation from improving.
His mentality doesn’t even make sense. So Mun and pink hair have the same aura which means that they will get together easily without any help, therefore Taejoon’s help isn’t necessary. They’re obviously going to start dating and be smitten with each other according to him, but he also acts like they might try to get with Taejoon at any moment.
He and Taejoon also have the same aura and yet there are problems. It’s almost like they’re all complex individual who aren’t mindlessly drawn solely to an aura. And his jealousy is ridiculous. Never trust an SO who gets jealous of family members.
Hongyeon has no respect for Taejoon as an autonomous person. It’s understandable to be upset that your so isn’t spending enough time with you, but Hongyeon’s solution is to basically throw a tantrum and ruin all the meetings, even after Taejoon explained what he was trying to do, why it was important to him, and that it probably wouldn’t take up much of his time (it literally would have taken 2, maybe 4 short meetings to get them on track, but thanks to Hongyeon, we’re at twice that count and an even worse position when they started). If not for Hongyeon’s interference, it’s very likely that those two would already be happily dating thanks to Taejoon’s advice.
Ok but why does every female lead name their pets, contracted spirits, animal buddies such awful and unoriginal names?! This is at least the third black animal named Blackie that I’ve seen. It’s not charming, it’s like they sawdust for imagination
I've seen Blackie and/or kuro even shiro being given as a name so many times I think this is the 60th Blackie I've seen
He proposed at 6 years old. It’s not like there was a legally binding contract or agreement. Also he literally forgot she existed, so it shouldn’t be that surprising that she didn’t take the proposal seriously
I was expecting Julia to be a “tragically taken too soon saint among humans” type, but she’s such a bitch. So she knows about werewolves, but went into the woods at a full moon regardless to cry about an arranged marriage (which is a valid problem, but timing for fuck’s sake). Then she guilts/convinces Damien to use an untried suppressant leading to a shitty situation all around.
Is it just me or did the story just gloss over all of the terrible things the characters did? Almost all of them participated in dangerous experimentation on an unwilling subject who was held against their will with no justification. Kata abandoned child Teo in the woods because humans were about to attack their pack… but didn’t think to mention that detail to him. Just ridiculous. Chei deliberately and systematically poisoned Kata because he believed he had killed his brother (when it was actually Raymond’s father and Kata was the one who reported him for it), but arranged it so Raymond would die too because (this is the most clear motive I could derive from his words and actions) he was jealous that Teo had a crush on Raymond instead of him at first. They are just barely able to synthesize a drug to keep Kata alive, and the only consequence for Chei is leaving his research job and a dubiously genuine apology, and they all still associate with each other!? He literally tried to murder two of them in cold blood!!!
Seme gives major nice guy vibes, and not in a good way. He’s so loyal and helpful that he stepped in to protect his friend when his family is unjustly accused of treason…only to use the vulnerable situation to pressure the uke into having sex within days. He even told him “that’s how you’ll be able to stay here”, knowing full well he has no other options. There are other ways to hide. It’s wild how they somehow have sensitive secret conversations in the same structure which apparently has so little soundproofing that the servants can tell they’re not having sex. Seme offered his help out of supposed affection and loyalty as friends, but suddenly there are strings attached. It seems like he’s had a crush on uke for a while, but I just hate how he approached this.
Holy shit, his dad is stone cold, just left him to die of brain injuries or hypothermia.
“He could have hurt you worse” (╬￣皿￣)凸. Seme wasn’t hitting him to injure him, but to overpower him. By making the victim feel physically powerless and vulnerable, the abuser ensures their obedience. Many abusers deliberately avoid anything which can leave lasting marks or hit their victims in places that aren’t usually visible to others. It’s not about reducing harm, but reducing the likelihood of other people noticing, or recordable evidence.
The SA was for a similar purpose of establishing dominance. He wants to start pimping Sihyeon out, so he’s likely trying to desensitize him to sa towards that end. And let’s be honest, most so called redemption arcs for characters like this are
1. Tragic backstory to explain/justify abusive and toxic behavior
2. Them suddenly catching feelings, leading to an abrupt stop of the anbuse/violence
3. The victim also catching feelings and magically forgiving everything to be with them
I’ve barely ever seen a character arc where an abusive character legitimately realizes that they were wrong, repents in any way, takes responsibility for their previous actions, or respects the wishes of the victim after the fact. Authors think that if the victim forgives everything (no matter how little sense it makes objectively, or inline with their personality), so will the readers.
Low tide in twilight has a good redemption arc
and i think Limited Run has a nice redemption arc too! But its rare to see something like this these days
I agree with you
I don’t really think the ml in Limited Run is in the same league as the other two though. Yeah he was callous and hurtful, but the mc agreed to the terms of their contract, and he didn’t deliberately hurt or abuse him. It would be waydifferent if the harm he caused was deliberate
He still raped uke to stay in his house
I know, what I meant was that the Redemption Arc is good compared to other ones.
What the hell is going on with that weird troll thing in panel 26 of chapter 8!!! (⊙…⊙ )