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Is this a love triangle?

Jaekyung was so much worse than Jiwon, so tell me why Jiwon ended up with the much better redemption arc?

It's genuinely frustrating because I was so curious to see how the author was going to turn Jaekyung from this arrogant, toxic piece of shit into a hopeless fool in love.

To be fair, there was some redemption. My issue is that it wasn't long enough. It felt very rushed. After everything Jaekyung put Dan through, I wanted a lot more groveling, self-reflection, and effort before they got back together. The payoff just didn't feel earned.

The author definitely stopped caring about the redemption arc when Dan said "I love you" first. It always gives me the ick when the bottom confesses first. After everything that happened, I wanted Jaekyung to be the one putting himself out there emotionally first.

At this point, I think I have to accept that I'll probably never read a redemption arc as satisfying as the second couple from Banana Scandal again.

Sorry, this story just pisses me off. This is my last comment for now.

When he says, "There's no way in hell you're leaving me for another guy" in Chapter 4, it annoyed me so much. Whenever characters say things like that, it immediately makes me root against them. The arrogance, possessiveness, and cockiness are incredibly off-putting.

And then she takes him back in the end? He treated her like crap for three whole years, and somehow that's resolved in less than six months. Absolutely ridiculous. At that point, it doesn't feel like a redemption arc. It feels like the story desperately wants the couple together regardless of whether they've actually earned it.

That's one of my biggest issues with stories like this. Authors use terrible tropes and then bend over backwards trying to justify them instead of letting them be what they are.

The ML is cheating? Well, the wife is cheating too, so apparently that makes it okay. A love triangle gets thrown in purely as a plot device, and suddenly we're expected to sympathize with the homewrecker pick me. The mental gymnastics are honestly hilarious.

And don't even get me started on how some stories handle consent. I genuinely want to know what goes through an author's mind when they excuse a character's behavior because they're the ML, but treat the exact same behavior as unforgivable when it's someone else.

I've seen readers do the same thing. In one manhwa, the MC explicitly tells the ML not to finish inside them, and the ML does it anyway. The amount of people defending it with, "That's just their dynamic," was unreal. What made it even funnier was seeing some of those same people in another comment section condemning a different character for doing essentially the same thing, simply because they didn't like them.

At that point, it's not about principles. It's about whether people find the character attractive. The standards change depending on who's doing it, and the hypocrisy is genuinely out of this world.

I love a good spicy scene, but I hate when authors use sex as the main reason the MC falls in love. It ends up feeling like the FL is completely dickmatized. I just don't believe she would realistically fall for this type of man if it weren't for the sex or the money.

At that point, I start wondering whether the author is a man or just a pick me, because the MC is giving major pick me energy.

My favorite thing to do is watch cheaters get called out and then immediately get defensive. Pure comedy gold.

Can someone reccomend me a story similar to this but where she actually rejects the asshole and moves on.

Since theres cheating in this manhwa I wanted ask you guys:

1. What would you do if you found out someone you are dating is married?

2. What would you do if you found out your current partner cheated on their previous partner.

3. Would you be friends with a cheater

4. If you found out your friend was cheating would you tell their partner? Would you still stay friends with the cheater?

I was going through my old comments and came across one I left on this manhwa, and it reminded me why I dropped it. I just needed to vent a little.

I really don't like the ML. I find him incredibly annoying, and I do not see him as a green flag at all. I also hate their dynamic. The whole bet storyline felt ridiculous to me, and his possessive behavior was a major turnoff. They are not even dating or married, they are just friends with benefits, so the possessiveness felt especially irritating.

I am also not a big fan of the friends-to-lovers trope in general. One of the things that annoyed me from the very beginning was when the ML made a comment about it being their baby. It instantly got on my nerves.

Another thing I cannot stand is when the ML is overly confident that the MC likes him back and is just refusing to admit it. That kind of attitude always makes me root against the couple, even when I know they are obviously going to end up together.

I also dislike romances where the couple already has an established relationship, whether they are exes, friends, dating ect. For me, it makes the story less interesting. I have noticed that a lot of Korean romance authors seem to prefer writing couples who already know each other, but I will always prefer stories where two strangers meet for the first time and we get to watch the relationship develop from scratch. I enjoy seeing a relationship built rather than simply evolve from something that already exists.

That is ultimately why I stopped reading this one.

Is it just me or does the author note feel like they are saying this is a love story. I dunno but it just felt weird and who is cheering the author on

I haven't read the novel, but based on the spoilers, she ends up choosing the creep. I'm not surprised, just annoyed. From the manhwa alone, and from how Korean authors often write love triangles, it felt obvious from the start that she would pick the rapist.

I'm still 50% delusional and hoping the author changes the ending for the manhwa since it's pretty clear a lot of readers hate him. Wishful thinking, but still.

My biggest issue is the age gap. I don't usually like age gaps, but this one feels especially uncomfortable. She was 18, clearly naive, lacked confidence, and was easily influenced. Yes, 18 is legally an adult, but at 28, pursuing a teenager is creepy to me, especially when there's such an obvious imbalance in maturity and life experience. I love a good redemption arc, but this guy went far beyond being a flawed ML. He insulted her, stalked her, and raped her. Some things shouldn't be forgiven.

It's also laughable how furious he was about her being assaulted by another man when he literally raped her himself. The hypocrisy is insane. I really wish she had laughed in his face and called him out on it. What right does he have to feel outraged? "You raped me. Did you forget?" That would have been far more satisfying than watching him act possessive and protective after everything he did.

I've seen people say Blondie is even worse, and honestly, I struggle to imagine what could be worse than rape. If that's true, it just makes the writing feel even weaker because it comes across as an attempt to make the creep look better by comparison. Using another love interest purely as a plot device like that feels lazy.

I genuinely don't understand why she fell for him in the first place. Even if she didn't forgive him immediately in the novel, she still took him back. To me, that doesn't show growth. It shows someone who still doesn't recognize her own worth.

What frustrates me most is that Korean love triangles so often end with the worst option winning. It feels like 90% of the time the author chooses the guy who has treated the heroine the worst, and I honestly don't get the appeal.

I NEED Truck-kun to isekai me into this manhwa so I can kill all ot them