he ain’t no black flag
Hee-seo Black Flag Checklist *spoiler*
1. Kidnapped the uke and held him captive
2. Completely took away his freedom and ability to leave
3. Chained him up including a heavy chain around his neck
4. Prevented him from escaping
5. At times, wouldn’t even let him use the bathroom by himself
6. Lured him out under false pretenses, then intimidated and coerced him
7. Sexual assault
8. Forced sexual acts against his will / under coercion
9. Physical abuse
10. Attacked the uke with a knife when he was a teenager / attempted to kill him and things only got worse from there
11. Stabbed himself after Tae-kyung rejected him emotionally
12. Severe psychological manipulation
13. Emotional blackmail / threatening self-harm when Tae-kyung rejected or hurt him
14. Extreme possessiveness and obsession
15. Kept Tae-kyung under his control for years
16. Justified keeping him captive as “protecting” him, despite Tae-kyung wanting to be free
17. His obsession with Tae-kyung goes so far that he’s willing to use violence and even kill others because of him
And you’re telling me “he ain’t no black flag”??
Just imagine if everything that happened to the uke happened to you at the hands of a man you don’t even have a crush on, Someone who isn’t your type at all, someone you have zero romantic or sexual feelings for and then imagine being trapped with him and having your freedom taken away and him doing all the things that happened to the uke… He is literally the whole definition of black flag ╥﹏╥
apart from the kidnapping and stabbing that’s basically the average seme also i don’t have to imagine to understand that just because a character is flawed and mentally unstable doesn’t mean they’re a black flag just because the actions and intentions are more intense than what is generally known. he’s a red flag at best because the harm he did was to keep/protect the uke aka nothing to inflict with malice (the impulsive desperation that drove the stabbing was without bad intentions it was to keep him from abandoning him as he always fears and has only experienced, he’s basically the average danmei gong while we’re at it
People will love zheniya for beating raping taekjoo but will hate heeseo sure author did lot of bad shit in between for his character but he has valid crashout Cha hypocrisy is so strong hd wouldn't seek justice for heeseo mom just cuz his step mother turn out to be culprit behind it ... That's where I lost sympathy for Cha now heeseo has to take revenge himself
You are right and I think the kidnapping, taking away Tae-kyung’s freedom by locking him up and chaining him, and the whole stabbing incident are definitely Black Flag behavior in my eyes but the and the other things he did would definitely fall more into Red Flag territory for me after I’ve thinking more about it
Looking at everything as a whole I can definitely see why people see Hee-seo as more of a Red Flag overall and to me he has a lot more red flags plus those three "black flag" reasons I mentioned so I think it‘s also okay to view him as both Red Flag (rn) and a little Black Flag (past) and who knows maybe he’ll turn hopefully more into a yellow or green flag
I‘m sorry about my checklist about him I should have called it the Red- and Black-Flag-Checklist insteed
Yesss I totally agree with you girliee! Compared to Hee-seo both Zhenya and Ilay are on a completely different level of destruction. I find both of them insanely hot but they’re definitely so much worse than Hee-seo
And it’s not like I see Hee-seo as some completely evil monster either. I absolutely can’t justify what he did with the but compared to our lunatic Ilay and Zhenya where the two of them are worse in that regard he’s honestly much less extreme in that regard. Those two are on a whole other level
Same I agree with you and I mean Zhenya is insanely hot but I don't condone what he did to Taekjoo but still I have to say his reactions in the newer chapters are funny and that helicopter exit I was like "Girl?! what kind of cowardly move is that?" But then again thanks to that Taekjoo got his best shot at something else haha









i’m not going to give a reliable review honestly minus the cheating wtv this was endearing and good writing for characters especially for the chosen ages tho unconditionality doesn’t exist to me it’s still cute to see how one that’s angry and feeling left out still possesses and claims such love anyway reading this had me thinking about i love amy my bpd x aspd butchfemme yuri so
“take that as you will” was cut off