not me getting giddy over this recent chapter then realizing taekjoo is prolly suffering from stockholm syndrome
I get why it looks like that at first glance, but no Taekjoo never had Stockholm towards Zhenya. Taekjoo isnât just passively âfallingâ for Zhenya because of captivityâheâs consistently shown as someone whoâs fully aware of the power imbalance and is actively making calculated decisions to survive and eventually regain control of his situation. During the whole island arc, he never romanticizes whatâs happening and what Zhenya does to him, he adapts, but thatâs not the same as emotional submissionâthatâs survival strategy. He bargains, he tests boundaries, he plans escape routesâthatâs not someone mentally collapsing into attachment, thatâs someone staying rational under pressure.
And even after he gets out, the dynamic doesnât suddenly turn into âoh I love him now.â It literally shifts into a situationship built on conditions and mutual use, where Taekjoo is still in control of his choices and is very ready to walk away if Zhenya crosses a line, thatâs the part people tend to skip. If it was really Stockholm syndrome, youâd expect emotional dependency 'during' captivity and blind attachment afterâbut Taekjoo never did. His feelings donât even start forming until much later, and thatâs after repeated compromising actions from Zhenya that he evaluates over time, not because he was psychologically broken into it.








they could have pulled easy another 10 chapters why rush it like that