Thalia is that friend you love dearly, but somehow always ends up in the worst situations ever and reacting impulsively in every single one of them
BEST REVEAL EVER
GODDAAAAMN
I love how Tia doesn't pull her punches
I can't wait to see the empress' face crack next chapter
Tia really doesn’t wait for clapbacks, she slaps them back lightning fast
Ah yes
The classic "literally lunatic in love" and "sunshine who loves said lunatic no matter what"
It's always fun seeing what kinds of crazy things the sunshine will put up for the lunatic
Hmmmm
Why do I have a terrible feeling something bad is gonna happen to aillete?
you, my friend, have good instincts.
You... Know something right?
You... what do you know fellas??
(⊙…⊙ )
Dark terry wants her so he drags her best friend
even worse, but make sure to mark spoilers
!SPOILER!!!
terry n aillette confess, but the restriction is still on, with a giant max level snow boss "killing" them both in one shot.
they're separated for a long time after that
It's my guessing
Holy cow
Can I be completely honest?
I thought it had taken him worse to become this piece of shit
I know that owning money, being beaten up and betrayed by someone he had a lot of trust is bad and could potentially change how a person views the world in a fundamental level
But I guess from the way I work, it doesn't make any sense why he would take out his frustrations on Haesu
The only reasons to do that are related to being toxic (refusing to accept he had a dumb moment, got screwed over and has to blame someone for the mistakes in life)
He couls have discussed with Haesu putting her name in the debt first.
He could've researched more about the "investment"
I don't know, I feel like every time we see things from Mincheol's pov, the way he sees himself is very distorted
He's always hearing he's smart and handsome
But is he really?
Realistically he hasn't shown to be too smart, he's actually somewhat hot headed and makes impulsive decisions and doesn't think long term. He's also not good at being communicating his emotions in tough moments
When she lost the baby, he lied for her sake, which she understood and pretended to believe the lie
But is that really a good way to deal with it?
In the end it only tore them apart, because it became a game of interpretation to Haesu that with time, turned into her justifying for helself his abusive behavior
Anyways
Mincheol managed to disappoint me even when the chapter was supposed to be this grand moment that justifies why he became a piece of garbage
The chapter wasnt his "grand moment that justifies why he became an a**ho*"..
This chapter explain where the debt cycle started from.
Long rant;;;;;
I'm in no way a professional, but as someone who had experienced several people like him, my thoughts were that Mincheol has something going on that wasn't diagnosed.
His problems started around mid-late high school, he started getting pushy, narcissistic, and impulsive. Most commonly in men ((((statistically)))), at that age and with those signs it's a big sign of mental illness. He doesn't quite live in reality.
The way he sees and handles money is another give at my idea, he believed it was easy money, but also realized it would likely come back to get him, so he made himself believe it was for someone else and therefore their responsibility. It's not uncommon for them to cling onto someone who's personality makes them feel obligated to take care of them ((((Coming from my personal observations, experiences, and light research, NOT a professional opinion). )))
You're not wrong that when it's his Mincheol's POV, things feel distorted.
Other people see this, when the individual does not. When they say things like that, it's mostly to make them feel "better" or out of pity - but from his POV, it's genuine and those people mean what they say. So they believe they're smart and attractive and will "act like it" (((Which is why you see those compliments when it's his POV, but not when it's a neutral POV... e.g. what we see from his colleagues.))).
He's bad at communicating because he doesn't actually understand his situation and the people around him, and expects them to instead because it's what they've always done around him. When people don't, or he doesn't hear what he expects to hear, he lashes out because he is impulsive.
His actions are by no means excusable, but with the patterns I'm seeing, whether the creator meant them or not, they are understandable. I'm certain he's now too prideful/ashamed to get help or even be able to admit something is wrong, but if he did this would be an entirely different story.
Despite their roles in the story, Taehee and Mincheol are my favorite characters. Unlike the others, they feel so complex and have so much depth.
Yes! I feel the same
People often misunderstand finding a character interesting because of their development with liking and supporting them as if we're in a parasocial dynamic with a fictional character
I feel like this is a complex story with characters that have bit more depth than the usual "dark romance manhwa" you find everywhere
I agree that he's AT LEAST delusional and at most an undiagnosed narcissist
I can also see the pattern and it's like watching a car crash in slow motion lol
Mincheol is such a unique character compared to what we see. Dark romance or even just the dark genre isn't just how violent you can get, how victimized a character can be, or how deluded one can be... it's about the what ifs. It's about the slow decline. It's being able to see a piece of yourself in every character without ignoring that the character is, indeed, a bad person. Stories that truly have that subtle gothic touch always catch me right on the hook (≧∀≦)
People are getting pissed because characters aren't 100% evil and have a reason to have become shit
I don't think there's anything that justifies abuse, but it's interesting seeing how Mincheol became a terrible person
If a story only has one dimensional characters, it's a boring one
Complex characters are great for angsty, bitter storylines
Imagine defending this shit with this bad writing and rinse repeat chapters. Like even this story is trash. Author is milking and you clowns are falling hard for reality shit bye
He didn't simply "become" a terrible person; you could tell early signs that he's always been a reckless, impulsive, & self-centered dude who prioritize his own feelings over FL's will. He quite aggressively pursued her into a relationship (despite her rejections) and helped her out partly out of his hero complex (ie, to make himself feel good). I can't get over that he did not stop or hold back during their first night even when FL was crying & hurting (meanwhile, see how taeha is good at holding back).
Tomato tomato all the same Minshit trash team
Wow
When people say r*pe is normalized for men, they mean exactly what happened here
That dude was drugged, that letizia lady objectively r*aped and trapped him in a marriage
That was such an unnecessary part of the plot
It could've been a potion to clear his mind from other influences or something. But no, it was straight up sex*al assau!t
Sir
That's bad touch
Put the kid down
This is kidnapping
When the dude looks funny, but it's a fact that's kidnapping...
People are gonna hate this, but I've been reading here for way too long (10 years +) and I always like to comment and interact
But lately, specially the last two years, people have become so impatient
The attention span joke is a reality
You can't have more than two chapters where the author is clearly building up the plot that people start yapping in the comments that they're bored already
Then you can't have too many chapters of conflict because people complain too
Too much plot, too much smut, focusing too much on X, nothing happened in this chapter, yadda yadda
So many complaints
This story is so good, I'm probably biased, because it's one of my favourites, but the pacing is not bad, the plot is flowing, shit has been happening and developing for the last 20 chapters in a pretty interesting way
But somehow there are still people bored
Have you considered that the issue is with you and not the manga/manhwa/webtoons you're reading?
It's not normal to be this disconnected from the story just because the same thing has been happening for 2+ chapters
Anyways, I just needed to get his off my chest
It's been that long????
They’ve been on the platform (website) for more than/around 10yrs… the story itself has been released a little under that.
For me, it's been 7-8 years and there was only one season to read in English
First I thought it seemed unrealistic
Like, why tf are they expecting a child to answer perfectly to a question regarding a company scandal?
He's a kid, he isn't supposed to even know how to answer that
But then I remembered this is asian culture, specifically korean media culture is wildly different from western
They are relentless when they want to turn the public and the public in itself also has so many weird takes
I wouldn't doubt they would bully and hate a kid
Looking back, they were probably expecting Gongja to apologize and bow his head in the name of his family's scandal
I'm pretty sure that's how they would coach a kid to answer