It’s genuinely exhausting watching ppl lack such a fundamental understanding of media literacy & human relationships. Good grief, there’s such a thing as implied consent & not every interaction needs to be scrutinized by strangers who know absolutely nothing about the ppl involved.
It’s what allows friends to hurl the most atrocious insults at each other & remain best friends, or couples/ fwbs to be unabashedly inappropriate bcos their intimacy allows for things that would otherwise be unacceptable/inappropriate coming from anyone else. Bcos, believe it or not, context matters. Dynamics matter. Trust matters. The same words & actions can mean entirely different things depending on the relationship.
Not everything you find inappropriate is inherently inappropriate. Sometimes, you’re simply an outsider who lacks the context to understand what you’re witnessing. Not everything that makes you uncomfortable is a violation of someone else’s boundaries. Not every joke is abuse. Not every sexual advances is inappropriate. And not every display of intimacy warrants your internet-induced moral panic.
For the love of God, log off & experience real life. Human relationships are far more nuanced than the black-and-white morality some of you perform online. Media literacy is one thing. Basic social awareness is another. Somehow, some of you are struggling with both.
I hate that I am so nitpicky. This new art style is throwing me off my groove. It’s so bad that I can’t even enjoy it.
The tattoo was hilarious, ngl , but honestly, I’m getting really bored with the pacing. Them getting together felt so abrupt that it almost felt like the story just skipped all the development that was supposed to make me care about their relationship. I would’ve much rather seen the tension, buildup, and emotional progression actually play out instead of having them suddenly become a couple and expecting the chemistry to carry it.
And honestly, I don’t feel the same chemistry anymore. The earlier chapters had so much more tension and emotional weight, but ever since after the hiatus, the pacing has been all over the place. It feels like the story keeps rushing through moments that should’ve been given time to breathe, while dragging out things that don’t really add much.
Maybe it’s just me, but I’m getting very little of what was promised, and at this point, I’m starting to wonder where the actual payoff is. I’ll still see it through to the end because I want to know where the story goes, but it seriously needs to pick up bcos right now, the potential is there, but the execution is not giving.
BWHAHAHA I AM LOVING THIS. Contrary to popular opinion, I love evil 2nd leads. Haha, I’m so done with the angels who make it so obvious they’re the better choice. Love me some angst.
With better writing, this could’ve been soooo much more. The potential was right there, begging to be used. But anyway, who am I kidding? It’s not like I’m dropping it. I’ve clearly committed to seeing this mess through.
Also, I love how practically no one here is rooting for the hyung as endgame. The collective lack of enthusiasm is sending me, and honestly, SAME. Taeha would’ve been the obvious, textbook ending, and I wouldn’t exactly hate it… but the Kyungtae route? Now that has my attention. At least give me a little chaos with my romance.
I appreciate how the author lets us see so clearly each of their perspectives on the conflict they’re dealing with in their relationship. Usually stories like this lean heavily towards one interpretation, where person X is being selfish or inconsiderate towards person Y. But seeing Jaeyoung and Sangwoo’s perspectives back to back makes it hard to say that either of them was really wrong for feeling the way they did… they were just experiencing and interpreting the same relationship in vastly different ways.
Jaeyoung feels unappreciated, and it makes sense when we’ve seen how much he has adjusted for Sangwoo. But what gets me is that Sangwoo has been doing the exact same thing too, just in his own way. And to Sangwoo it seems genuinely shocking to realize that the compromises he thought he was making weren’t as obvious to Jaeyoung as he believed. Neither of them were necessarily withholding love or being selfish… they just weren’t always recognizing the way the other person was giving it.
In the end though, both of them showed a willingness to compromise because making the relationship work mattered more than being proven right. I was especially a bit teary-eyed when Sangwoo started taking down his rule sheets. Because these were things that in his mind were relatively small and reasonable requests, but once he realized that Jaeyoung experienced them as overbearing he was willing to reconsider them.
I don’t know if Sangwoo being on the spectrum is ever explicitly canon so I don’t wanna state it as fact, but he does seem to be written with traits that can be read that way. Especially his rigidity, his reliance on structure and routine and how he sometimes struggles with social and emotional cues. And if you read him through that lens… idk, that scene becomes even more affecting to me. For some people on the spectrum routines and rules aren’t just preferences, they can be what gives them predictability and a sense of security in a world that can sometimes be difficult to interpret.
That’s why watching Sangwoo take those rules down felt both heartwarming but also strangely sad to me. It’s beautiful because he’s choosing to be vulnerable and willing to loosen his grip on things that make him feel secure because he loves Jaeyoung enough to meet him somewhere in the middle. But there’s also something kinda bittersweet about watching someone realize that the way they naturally navigate the world might feel restrictive to the person they love…
Social cues and those unspoken emotional expectations might come more naturally to Jaeyoung, while Sangwoo often has to consciously learn and figure them out. So for him compromise isn’t necessarily just changing a habit. Sometimes it means stepping away from structures that make him feel safe and just trusting that the person he loves will meet him there too. And idk… when you think about it that way, it makes something as simple as him taking down those rule sheets feel so much heavier.
I am an emotional mess right now. I’m genuinely going to miss these two chaotic lovebirds. Ugly crying rn T_T
Those are some good dialogue exchanges… man I have never seen such a good banter in a very long time. Kaaaaaaaaah!!!
Haha, I hate to say it but this is why Jinx is always ranking 1st. The redemption arc we all anticipated is looking so good and showing us that waiting for it was worth it. lol
Haha, I hate to say it but this is why Jinx is always ranking 1st. The redemption arc we all anticipated was looking so good and it’s showing that it was worth waiting for. lol