Haeyool IS being exploited.
Prostitution is rampant in the South Korean entertainment industry, which has resulted in actors and idols taking their own lives, as they can no longer cope with being raped, sexually exploited usually on the orders of their management. Work place bullying, nepotism and sex work is hardly unheard of in SK, but "sponsorships" are one of those open secrets where basically the wealthy influential men and women are untouchable, and if the actor or idol wants to secure work or pay of the massive debt that is occurred from them trying to debut or maintain their career from their management, then they have limited choice. A wealthy or influential person can provide, but on the grounds that there is a return, which is usually sex.
Never heard about metoo movement and Harvey Weinstein's "casting couch" practices? It all started from the rumours about soliciting sexual favors from a job applicant in exchange for employment that circulated in Hollywood for years.
The practice of soliciting sexual favors from a job applicant in exchange for employment in the entertainment industry, primarily acting roles. The practice is illegal in the States for example.
So saying he is no victim and not being exploited... Is at least questionable.
Every worker who is coerced into sex is automatically a victim and being exploited. It's illegal practice in many countries and it's shocking some people still don't understand it.
People who say that he doesn't act as if he wanted the man out of his life clearly don't understand the reality of SK's industry world. He would be finished in the industry. He would be showed as unreliable client and blacklisted automatically.
We saw ourselves in chapter 19 how the sMitTen uncle/sponsor treated him so well, he just assaulted him casually because he was jealous and would rape him if MC didn't intervene.
On the other hand Seo-in would be a perfect example of nepobaby.
Also can we stop with the shallow view that a victim has to be a perfect saint who doesn't do any wrong to be recognized as one? Cycle of abuse anyone? He was manipulating Yeongwoon to gain sympathy, to get him to like him... no one is pretending otherwise. Still it looks like he is being mistreated and abused too. These two things can coexist perfectly well alongside.
And no one is saying he should end up with MC too.
Or that he won't take a turn for the worse in the future.
The thing that irks me to no end is putting Haeyool and Seo-in - possessive, obsessive sexual offender and stalker (with strong family connections in the industry), someone who is sabotaging someone else's career because he knows that person likes Yeongwoon.... in the same bag. By no means, Haeyool is no saint and he was acting manipulative but to put these two together as if their misdeeds were on the same level is just unfair at least at this point in the story.
girlllll you fucking devoured with that essay
Not sure how the sponsor abusing Hae-yool is a lie. We literally saw the sponsor being abusive out of jealousy. It wasn't staged, he wasn't onto whatever plan. He was genuinely aggressive and forceful. It's not a lie and I doubt it was the first time. How did Hae-yool plan he was going to get assaulted (how could he plan that Seo-in would follow him and sponsor bump into them at perfect timing???) and how could he plan Yeongwoon to magically arrive in the middle of the assault, he didn't notify him in any way, he genuinely looked angry in that scene, we saw his thoughts ....?
He lied about the reason he was being assaulted but it's not a lie he was assaulted. He only used the assault part in his advantage but the assault was real.
Yeah fr I can't even make out what's happening anymore ╮(￣▽￣)╭ but what you said does make sense tbh
Yeah that def wasn't HY plan,and that sponsor is disgusting
ML was just saying that to try and get the MC to believe him.
Yeah that's my point, he is twisting the facts and lying to get his own way as always.
He definitely is...
I was also a little bit confused after briefly scanning through the chapter for the first time. Happy I could help a little bit!
ironically, hae yool used se in to make the mc jealous which backfired since both were infatuated w each other in hs i think. his sponsor didnt need to interfere in that case since hae yool thought that se in didnt care abt him that much to care (technically, yes) but then se in bought off the tabloids so hae yool would be managerless (the tabloids featured hae yool even tho se in’s gay ass would be a lot juicier) then he recruited the mc
Thanks for breaking it down so succinctly, I'm truly baffled by the logic ;;;
UM i replied to the wrong thread………. HAHAHAH spot on observation tho
Awww thank you so much!
Haha I was confused for a second ngl :D tho you were right in your observation too.
Thank you!
Dedication to all delulu users who believe that Seo Hae-yool's actions and behaviour are comparable or worse than these of waste of human being called Han Seo-in.
I see the old, famous theme for BL:
"Create dominant toxic predator seme and draw him so beautiful so that girls drool over him and forget that he's a toxic peice of sh1t seme" will neeeever get old.
Fr I feel bad for hae-yool cuz Seo-in is actually fucking disgusting he just gets his way yeongwoon is just enabling all this shitty behaviour cuz he’s in love (dumbass)
Spoilers
Seungho rushing into Jihwa's house without any plan, without reflecting on himself and his actions first is literally the same old Seungho who acts on his anger before thinking. He is as violent as always, he blames everyone around him instead of focusing on his own faults and himself. As always he can only hurt and punish everyone around him. Isn't it hilarious how Seunhgo hurts innocent people (servants, even killed one in ch1, now strangling Jihwa's servant) but no one can act like him? If they do, they deserve death. Why Nakyum's wellbeing should be more valuable than other lowborns? What's more: only he has the right to hurt Nakyum, thank you very much. Seriously at this point Seungho judging and punishing anyone when he is so stained himself, is the biggest joke.
Also Min... his actions are incoherent. Seungho without any problem could have founded him at Jihwa's. Of course thanks to magical convenience he didn't but rather risky, don't you think?
Right and all jihwa does is , that he shows suengho that he doesn't "love" NK just wants to own him by any means necessary. It has so much potential that's the only reason I am not dropping it. The only way suengho repent himself is by cutting his own d**k
It sad but at this point, i think everyone is tired (´△｀)
I mean yes he is at some fault, but he had every right to be mad at Jiwha. He tried to kill Nakyum. And you can see the regret on his face in chapter 66
At some fault? He was abusing the guy for a big part of the story.
Why do some of you hate on Anubis? Why do you hate on everyone beside Seth and Horus? This is such an interesting, deep story with complex characters and great plotline; please don't reduce it to: our BL couple is sweet and cute, we have to protect them at all costs and everyone else, especially characters who are against them, is evil and can drop dead for all you care. There are so many great, complicated and morally grey characters. There is no need to shit on them and wish them death just because they are not on the same side as Seth.
And we have to recognize that Seth is both a victim and a ruthless tyrant.
But I'm mostly taken aback by the hate towards Anubis. The Seth's son (being a father is more than genes) was through so much pain and misery. Try to understand other sides, not only Seth's because this story has other victims with their own insight and point of view.
And Seth would be devastated by Anubis's death.
But will anubis be devastated by seth's death. Nope... The way he switched fast after knowing osiris was his real father was what made me dislike anubis. After saying bullshit about how seth should receive the punishment and that they can go back to how they were in the past as a family, crying and all. Then switches when he knew seth wasn't his father. At the end, his selfish desires were stronger than his love for seth. Imagine he chose to forget him and hate him. When seth didn't even think twice about saving him even after knowing anubis wasn't his son. Like bruh....
As I said before he has wanted to betray Seth since chapter 19.
1. He doesn't know the whole picture. He doesn't know about Osiris's betrayal. He basically thinks his father is usurper and tyrant and Osiris is a good, rightful god who helped him when he tried to commit suicide.
2. But Seth should receive punishment?
3. Why are you always comparing their love or devastation. Anubis has understandable reasons to despise Seth (although he also loves him) and he didn't hurt Seth in the past. Seth doesn't have much reasons to hate him. For him, he is his beloved, little baby. In his eyes he is still a child.
4. He couldn't grow up because of Seth's wishes for centuries. He is dying in very painful way because of Seth although Seth didn't hurt him on purpose, Anubis is still dying.
1. I'm talking about the rape.
I can't with Seungho and his hypocrisy. It's sweet he can recognize Jihwa's wrongdoings and calling him shameless and vile, meanwhile what about himself? Does he have any self awareness?
Also why does he have to always act so reckless,why can't he put some thoughts into his actions?
Tbh this chapter is a disappointment as usual! Now the fans are all cheering for Seungho, the only man that raped NK, and hate Min, last episode's "hero"
I also feel that BD changed her plans about Jihwa and Nameless since the fans weren't happy to see them fucking, if not that request of being hugged was pointless
Unfortunately many fans of this lovely work are purposefully (or not) delusional in terms of Seungho. They can't comprehend that HE is the man who brought NK the most misery and pain. But who cares he is ML, we can't judge him by the same standards as other characters.
Yes I'm also a little bit confused about BD not showing the smut scene between Jihwa and Nameless. I thought it'd going to be typical fansercice smut.... But I have a feeling the ship will sail in the end with Nameless protecting Jihwa against Min's venom. But tbh nothing would surprise me. Even if their thread was completely pointless.
It's going to be typical fanservice*
But on the other hand I'm so bored with "uke" characters being so useless in this story? Jihwa not thinking on his own, being manipulated by everyone around him and has to be guided by criminal with magically noble heart.
Also if Jihwa falls again for Min's plans, his change of mind to not kill NK would be pointless too. This author really doens't care for coherent character development and subtlety
The sad thing is that I wouldn't be even surprised. Although yes, then the whole kidnapping, Jihwa reflecting on his actions would have been completely useless.
Seungho: raping, abusing, beating Nakyum for a good part of the story, having no self reflection and awareness, beside that hurting others and killing innocent guy
Fandom: but look he holds Nakyum's hand gently uwu, who cares, waiting for character development
Jihwa: abducted NK, felt guilty days before the whole action, in the end couldn't do that, had self reflection and charact development
Fandom: that disgusting bitch deserves death
THATS WHAT IM SAYINGGG you can’t fucking get mad at jihwa if your not gonna get mad at the muthafucker who put him in that damn situation in the first place! I swear I despise seungho
Exactly what's on my mind lol. He did commission it but did nothing more that rough him up a bit. And Seungho gets a leeway for being just....well SEME
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I hope jihwa doesn't get hurt too badly cause let's be honest, he was used as soil for these two's budding "romance"
Pfff I love BL readers. I love how they search for some replaceable victim to blame instead of the real source of misery.
Jihwa is just a perfect candidate.
Who cares SH was raping, abusing NK for the whole story? He has a free pass. Look he even holds NK's hand now gently.
On the other Jihwa that little bitch should be killed for his wrongdoings.
Like for real it's just sad how big double standards in this comment section are.
yep and let's also thank Min for spilling the tea and bringing SH and NK back together even though Min is the one who suggested to kill NK in the first place.
After reading this comment section I always start asking myself if people actually read the story or they only watch drawings and sex scenes.
Most BL readers share one brain cell. This is what reading the comment sections on this website has taught me.
I'm not going to shame anyone for their ships choices. Ship whatever you want.
I don't ship Nakyum and Seungho because for me it's the same boring and disturbing BL type of relationship we've seen many times before.
But it's my opinion, you don't have to share it. We can coexist.
But I'm not going to pretend the plot is good at the moment when imo it's clearly not.
Scratched to the maximum rape scenes.
Like there are so many characters, threads and instead of giving them some spotlight we are looking at nearly the same abuse or rape scenes....
And suddenly when the actual plotline finally appears... It's rushed and so many convenient people and actions happen at the same time...
What's more IMO,once again IMO, NK falling for SH at this point is unrealistic and unbelievable.
Or NK curing SH's issues with power of love.
Yes it's not my story, author can do whatever she wants with that.
It's just my opinion about it.
Lots and lots of ppl feel the “I can’t confess to my bf” “straight guy turning gay” “childhood friends turned fluffy love ending” that far outweigh the toxic stories - are super boring, too. So this is the story for readers like me and others. This is the ship we want. Idk how you can still be reading this, this far in, if you are so against the direction, like, do you love hating it so much that it gets you going every ch ?
And did I say you can't like them or something like that? No
I like to finish stories which I've started. And I'm a little bit curious about how it will end? And I'm interested in other characters and threads? But the plotline is going a little south (imo) unfortunately.
And at first I hoped it will stay dark? I thought: finally a really dark story without "from rape to love" trope.
Respect your opinion and i agree with you too. Can’t deny that i felt kinda disappointed that the conveniences happened in few chapters like min just pops up out of no where at the right time. But i like this trope tbh haha it’s my kink but in real life i don’t consider this type of story to be normal by modern standards. But it’s ok not to simp for it. Obviously any story isn’t for everyone
Not everyone has taste and enjoys this masterpiece, just don’t read it
ahaha a masterpiece. I can agree everyone has their taste, but this is a mediocre work, enjoying this doesn't mean you have taste, actually your bar is very low if you think this is a masterpiece lmao
I agree so hard! If the story was meant as a tragedy of unrequited love, it would have been still unoriginal (there are so many works with nobles falling for lowborn people) but ok. The main problem with that it's that is going towards the same old BL cliché of love through rape with them ending up together and happy.
Massive member and gorgeous, pretty face with big muscular body is perfect combination for readers to forgive anything.
Reminder: saying stop in the middle of sexual encounter (even if the consent had been given beforehand and there had been no agreement on some non con role-play) and other party continuing means sexual assault/rape.