I don't understand Tj stans saying Jo is dumb for wanting to throw away his "comfortable life" for someone who he has know for some months, but still see as romantic 15 yo Tj leaving his adoptive family after getting noticed by Ian at the park lol
Younger Tj was hopelessy in love as much as is Jo right now
Unfortunately too many people are obsessed with picking side and tearing apart the MLs to fit their narrative.
I really like this story bcs all characters are real and I genuinely love how the author is handling very different issues like the homophobia, child abuse, hypersexuality as a response to sa & r*pe, drug addiction and the gang stuff too
So yea neutrality for the win!
Romanticizing a traumatized teenager leaving his only support system to join a gang bcs he has fallen in love with another kid isnt really something I'd do tbh. I dont know about you.
Beside, Jo would have been involved into this mess even if ian wasn't here. Remember, in early chaps those gangsters were threatening chris saying that he could prostitute his sister, mom and gf to pay his debts. Then they got wind of Ian connection to Jo and changed strategy.
Yes, Jo is doing all this mainly for Ian, but his family was already in danger bcs of dipshit Chris and he would have got involved in this mess regardless
The ML didn't search for his wife for 6 whole months so even if he lied for having his shot, i still feel thankful for not letting her know. She would have returned to that piece of shit in the blink of an eye. She needs to gain some self esteem first, gets her life togheter and actually live by herself and not with this other guy.







It makes me laugh so much how Bido views Mr. Shin as a safe and reliable figure she can finally lean on during that situation with the book.
She tells us how her sister (at the time she could have been 20-23 yo) didnt cleanly end the situation with those debt collectors when she had to handle fucking debt collector who could have killed and sold their organs to the black market
But still the worst part is both of them crying to Mr. Shin about how they've never been loved, completely ignoring that they were never actually alone. They had each other back-to-back this whole time! Yet, as soon as a guy shows up, they just toss each other aside. The ultimate bird queens