I feel something the author did really well is selling us the idea of Ian falling in love with Eunsan, and viceversa. I feel like sometimes the stories of "actor/celebrity/artist falls in love with the normal worker" have very flimsy or contrived explanations for their romance, or very unbalanced dynamics, but in this case none of them have any upper hand: Ian, despite being world famous, is innocent and energetic, while Eunsan is more mature but not to the point of being manipulative, and he turns into the rizzmaster whenever he proposes to, so they balance it out. I guess I just really like how they see eye to eye like equals, it makes their love seem very genuine and beautiful.
I'm sorry I might drop this, that backstory triggered me lmao and MC going about loyalty to GANGSTERS is such bs, he just thinks that way because his new boyfriend (who he met less than a month ago) is one of them. Like, seriously, what have those guys done for him that meant for him to stay? Realistically, they only care for him to stay so he doesn't snitch. Even if they catch him he may not stay alive for long. Both the MC and the ML are just spewing bs after bs and they're being either obtuse or naïve thinking they're going to have any type of normal romance.
So I love Melting Point (the hockey BL one) and I read Dash bc I read it was similar and Man that Is Not Similar, That's the Same, and it just bothers me a little bit. Like almost the same plot points, word for word. I can't complain bc everyone does it anyway and I read them all anyway but does it bother anyone else?
It feels like the type of story your friend with the complicated love history tells you over brunch: a bit tedious, almost repetitive, frustrating at times... but still, you hear until the end, because you care about that friend. I don't know, that's how I felt for them now that we're getting to the end.
"Do you love me? Or am I your pet?" "Dude you made me go into heat? What do you MEAN you think you're my pet..."
I just think the pacing was wild. Like we're supposed to believe a super famous actor fell for this guy AT FIRST SIGHT??? The he got punched bc he tried to HARASS him while drunk? But turns out he forgave him and then they became FRIENDS??? Which we only found out in a single panel of a memory??? Things advanced way too quickly and the most important parts (them actually interacting in a friendly manner and falling for each other) were skipped for the sake of what's important in BL (jealousy, misunderstandings and getting it on every third chapter). But I like it so far. In the words of Benoit Blanc: "It makes no sense! Compels me, though."
idk I feel the author is ragebaiting me and I allow myself to be ragebaited just by continuing reading this... not even complaining just an observation
Others have commented about how SukYun is abusive and obsessive and it's frankly a bit sad how this is framed as the better outcome when the only thing happening is them becoming more and more codependent to each other. Instead of putting a healthy boundary with Jun to save the last remaining bit of a resemblance of a family WooIn just went no contact, which is understandable but also further fed into his mentality of "I have only SukYun left", leaving a bad aftertaste to their romance. For me, their toxic traits instead of adding to their story just diminish the value of their relationship, making it seem frail and conditional. Like, what if Woo In finds other friends? What if he wants to go to college? What if he ever feels sad and needs distance? Their relationship as it is by the end of the story couldn't withstand any of those hardships... And yet we're supposed to believe this was the best outcome for them? Or to believe they will last long like that? Idk, maybe it's just not my cup of tea.
"Y'all be an abortionable amount of weeks arguing with the dad" ... He REALLY has no reason to be dealing with all of that
For me this works best as a psychological thriller, the protagonist stays in a dazed state most of the time and he looks almost dissociated in some scenes, the only times he ever looks like he's actually present and alert is when he's at work. ML working with him almost works as an analogy of letting the mask he puts on for work slip off, forgoing what little stability was left on his life.
I'm joking but also I would've blocked the guy IMMEDIATELY and asked for a cordial distance in a coworker relationship bc no way you just said that after barging in my house
I used to read this in a now defunct app and I miss it so dearly... I wish someone picked this up, the art is great