I’ve seen a lot of ppl complain about how Woo-won has been using sex as a means to cope, but literally the whole event surrounding the accident is still unfolding so his current coping mechanism isn’t the end of the world. Also, if you read the recent chapters thoroughly you’ll realize that it’s not just sex that’s being displayed but a turning point in their relationship. The recent chapters shows Seo-an relinquishing control, and sure it’s not ideal that it took woo-won getting traumatized before it happened but essentially that’s what these chapters highlight. Even during sex seo-an couldn’t let go of being in control ( we see this the very first few times they had sex where even the position had to be on seo-an’s term) now with recent turn of events, woo-won’s relentlessness has pushed him to give up some of that control and we now see him giving in. And I think it’s a little silly that you guys want Woo-won to be in therapy already when things (the madness as Seo-an puts it) have just started unfolding after the accident. I’m sure woo-won will start seeing a therapist just as Seo-an did/do.
yesss you explained this so well! i noticed that too about seoan. also that woowon is emotionally relying on seoan wayy more than he was before his accident. it kind of seemed like a big issue for him beforehand. on the surface it seems messy, but i like the underlying development happening in their relationship rn
Hey,
So I’m looking for this manga I read many years ago.
Don’t remember much of it but I think it’s about two brother one with an all black esthetic and the other all white, like hair and the likes.
I believe they both could turn into dog like creature.
I remember the art style being quite fluid, or wavy if that makes sense.
Please helppppp!
I’m honestly tired of this trope where the person who “steps up” or plays protector inevitably catches romantic feelings for the person they’re protecting. It’s so overused that at this point it just feels like lazy writing. You can see it coming from a mile away.
The second the hyung was introduced, I was like… here we go. And as the story went on, I kept hoping it wouldn’t go there. I really wanted it not to.
Because honestly? It would’ve been way more interesting if their dynamic stayed non-romantic. Like…imagine if he saw him as a younger brother instead. He’s overprotective, maybe too overprotective, and there’s this internal conflict where he knows he has no business feeling that way because that’s not actually his brother. But given their history, and the Mc becoming openly vulnerable with him despite his nature, his brain categorizes him that way anyway. And that tension, knowing you’re crossing an emotional line you shouldn’t be crossing, even if it’s not romantic, that! is complex. That’s something you can actually build on.
Instead, we get the predictable turn into romantic feelings, and it just flattens everything for me. It removes the nuance and replaces it with something we’ve all seen a hundred times already.
I don’t know, man. Maybe it’s just me. But I really feel like there was a much more layered relationship sitting right there, and they took the easiest route instead
Agreed. I'm not a fan of everyone falling in love with the MC trope either cz most times it's for dramatic effect but in this context there is so much going on with seoin and yw that this truly does feel unnecessary. I too would have enjoyed if he was non romantic figure trying to protect someone he's stepped up for. Adding to that it would've been great if the desire to protect yw came from guilt of his failure to protect yw when he was a kid and how he by proxy contributed to yw being abused in the first place. Guess we are asking for too much
Yes, I completely agree. The guilt-by-proxy narrative fits seamlessly within the heavy layers their relationship already carries. Given the history, all the author had to do was lean into what we, as readers, already know. Instead, it feels like they sold themselves short on this one.
no i completely agree at first I liked unc but now with how things turned out myeehh
I think bl manhwa creators are just never confident in a non romantic subplot in an overall romance narrative. At this point it's why so many BLS just lose flavour and become monotonous. Also the creators will just make the secondary love interest for fan service even when it contributes nothing to the narrative.