i know karhan brand of ml where the ml is actually not as the rumors had said and he's not that bad is basically a cliche atp BUT the way karhan is written genuinely didn't feel like a cliche.
maybe bcuz for most of the other misunderstood ml, they aren't rlly bothered by the misunderstanding that much? so to see ml that rlly care abt the misunderstanding and bothered by the rumors but somewhat resigned to it is just a little bit different than normal. and i genuinely love how obvious karhan is with his emotions and he's genuinely really sweet and not even in the sense of "only being nice and sweet to someone that he cared", he's just a nice guy that got a fierce face and horrible rumor surrounding him
oh god, i love taegun's character and i love the way the artist potrayed him. i know a lot of ppl would probably found him frustrating or a typical tsundere whatever character but the way we see how he have his own chibi little thoughts fighting each other is so perfect with representing how trauma can lead you to be paranoid and have some very irrational instinct and that, even tho you have logical thinking, it's hard to battle that instinct.
i love taegun and anyone who hurt him have to die
i will never not love this part, it's just so rare that we see the mc fully indulge in revenge that is not his own, torturing the abuser in such particular details. like the way cale never even reprimand raon desire for revenge, giving him full support. outwardly, he doesn't look that angry or emotional abt it but he stayed for the entire time of the torture for raon sake, i just love them so much
the detail on how lara pat her father when she 'scold' him because that's how her mother did it to her is sooooooo cute and endearing, it reminded me of how there's a time whenever my youngest sister cried and i hug her, i can feel her hand pat my back as she cried because she is used to people patting her back when she is crying, it's just so cute ╥﹏╥
he doesn't even last a day, mf heart already goes "badum" over seyeong sleeping face and he thought he could just up and leave once seyeong fall in love with him, he is on a whole another level of delusional pls