This is actually so good. Yooju really, truly, is living in a nightmare. But I'm intrigued by all the characters and their complexity. The way the madam switches between loving and being a stone cold bitch, only to show a bit of heart when no one is looking, and the way Seunghan pulls a similar act but genuinely is interested in Yooju. And that's probably because of the world they've been living in, but they're shooting themselves in the foot by making Yooju so distrustful of them.
I think my favourite character so far is the brother, mainly because he genuinely seems like a good guy so far, he genuinely seems concerned about what Yooju despite not knowing much about her. I don't know if thay will change in the future, but I want to see more of him.
The premise is so fucking funny (tragic, but funny), imagine your family doing all of that when in reality it just screams fragile masculinity rather than alpha lmao
Love love love the couple, good for them <3
I'm very happy to see Jaehyuk finally realising that his idea of making Garam happy might not actually make Garam happy.
However, he's also still at it slamming doors and acting all aggro. And then leaving off on that ominous note. So unfortunately I have the feeling he has just done a full 180 from "I'm gonna bother Garam all the time" to "nothing I do will work so I'll just remove myself from the picture entirely", instead of realising he maybe should just ask. Either that or he'll get too in his head about making sure he pleases Garam. But I hope I'm wrong.
Anyway looks like it's time for Garam to be the proactive one soon. So Jaehyuk can feel that he is loved too.
Nothing this comic has done can convince me it isn't for the bisexuals (positive)
I have a suggestion but, I need everyone to be open minded
go on, we're all open mindeu here
Jaehyuk is actually unhinged tbh, not just for being an absolute menace when they're at school and potentially putting Garam in danger of being outed, but also for becoming Garam's neighbour when Garam specifically moved out to have space away from Jaehyuk to think.
I'm not saying Garam hasn't also fucked up, but man. Genuinely wtf. I know this is probably the turning point for them because now Jaehyuk is going to see just how stressed Garam is, but this is so uncomfy to watch.
Ngl if I was Garam and my ex lover did this to me, I’d probably never go back to them, realistically. If we’re speaking in objective terms, like you said, a lot of what he’s doing is harassment, public disturbance (annoying and raising a fuss for other students in the class aka a public setting), and stalking (following him to his new home location and staying there too). Since we know his intentions/thoughts we can understand his frustration, but irl this would scare and frustrate me if I was in Garam’s position
Right, that's exactly it! The only redeeming thing about this is we know Jaehyuk doesn't have sinister intentions for the most part, but he shows such a fundamental lack of respect for Garam's boundaries that it honestly wouldn't matter to me too much. He even admits to himself he's not even doing it because he's angry anymore but because it's funny, and I'm not sure what's worse.
I know Garam still likes him, but for me this would be the nail in the coffin.
They needed to talk, but tbh during roleplay was not the time for that. It ended well enough, so I guess that's okay, but it felt icky to me. It blurs the lines between between fantasy and reality, and I really don't think mixing degrading insults and accusations from rp with a real and serious topic is an okay thing to do.
With that said, Jungwon is generally a very healthy example of a dom. But maybe that's what made this ick me out more, because I kinda expected better of him.
meant to upvote, sorry!
Literally i was like why are you bringing this up in a rp if it's something you're both genuinely upset about and haven't talked about yet
While normally I agree it could've been his way to provide a more open space. Sometimes it's hard to have that communication and when we "remove" our selves it can be easier to act as ourselves. As far as play go, beyond the costumes, Jungwon didn't actually do a lot. It was a lot of talking from him. It might e been his way to provide a safe place given their relationship.
People roleplay all the time to better understand each other. In therapy role play is often used to help open up or challenge situations that would otherwise be difficult. Even if it may not be in costume or with a whip.
So I think this was still healthy for them. Even if it's something you or I may not do.
These were exactly my thoughts! I was confused why he would try to enter that type of conversation while they were in play mode
while using roleplay is ok to talk sometimes if it's hard to do as yourself, I got the ick too from jungwon even though he's a good dom otherwise. that convo was not right to have when doing a d/s dynamic especially seeing how stressed out hoseob got, especially when he started accusing him of just needing any dom...got the ick bad and poor hoseob got stressed af.
I appreciate your reply. I mean that.
I'm not arguing that it didn't work out for them. But if this is something you're going to do, just like with play, there should be prior discussion about the possibility of it happening. In hindsight, I didn't express that in my first comment, which is my bad.
But I will say from your perspective Jungwon didn't do a lot, but from my own experience, talking and words may cause a lot more distress than physical pain. I'm not sure I'd even remember the safeword in a situation like that. I'm sure it does work for a lot of people, but personally the way this happened would do a lot more to damage trust than fix issues.
Idk why I keep coming back to read the comment section when it's been raising my blood pressure for a month straight. I have never seen one as much at war as this one, lmao
I'm glad more people are seeing Jaehyuk's bad behaviour though
Welp I have a feeling someone is about to get himself killed in the ring, and it is not Jaekyung
It's wild to me that the response to his (very sick) partner's alcoholisn is... physical abuse. Hair grabbing, sex as violence, etc. Mind you, I don't condone the lying and smuggling in drinks at all. It's incredibly fucking rough having someone close to you act that way. But this is worse. Seongjae physically punishing his partner, especially when he knows full well Seungwon is fragile, is not an act of love or concern in the slightest and shows that he genuinely is an unsafe person to be around. The reason I'm so baffled by this response is though is because it's so counterproductive to what Seongjae wants, which is to keep Seungwon healthy. It'd make a lot more sense if he gave him a different punishment than a physical one.
On Seungwon's side, I suppose he has technically known Seongjae is unsafe all this time anyway and maybe that in combination with doing numbing himself so he doesn't get stressed and have an episode is why he's convinced himself it doesn't phase him that much. Glossing over it all is wild, but fawning is also a survival mechanism, just like fight or flight.
I'm really interested in how they're going to detangle this mess of Seongjae being abusive and Seungwon being crazy traumatised.
Honestly though I'm also so glad seeing an isekai going all in on the trauma angle. I've always felt it's unrealistic to not have the protagonist be messed up in such a scenario.
The issue is they don’t really touch on it at all, not bc the ml didn’t want to, but bc the mc didn’t. One of the bottles were spiked with date rape drugs and the mc never knew until way later bc he just put off the issues which ended up hurting both of them. Not to blame mc for anything, this was just genuinely an unfortunate turn of events
Can I ask you to please give a warning if you're planning to go into spoiler territory in the future? A lot of folks, myself included, prefer to find out details as we read ourselves.
I also do not understand your response in context to what I just said, to be entirely honest.
Sorry about that, replies don’t have the option to include spoiler warning so I completely forgot about it, that’s my fault. To avoid spoiling things more I’ll just keep my explanation vague then. Mc wishes for the ML’s love and the stability that comes with it so much that’s he’s ignoring the other’s flaws, which in turns hurts himself and the people who love him (including ml). Willful ignorance and blank forgiveness isn’t good nor healthy for their relationship. That’s something they’ll have to learn to overcome.
That's fair.
Also I'm so sorry to say this, but what you're commenting, even if vague to you, is still considered spoiler territory. I'm not sure that's something you can get away from when you've read ahead tbh.