As much as I love the smut this chapter, I’m trying to figure out if that stalker Ryu Jaehee that Jeong Cheol saved twice is the indirect reason Ji Min-young told his father that Cheol’s gay. Min-young is a tactician. He always has a plan. I thought at first he did it because he wanted to find a way to get Cheol to runaway to him, while getting him out of his toxic home situation, but then the author introduced this Jaehee.
Would you mind expanding more on this theory? I'm like genuinely so intrigued because that's never crossed my mind.
I’m going to read it again, but currently Minyeong and Cheol are 36 years old. They met when they were seventeen and dated until they were 22. That is when Minyeong told Choel’s father that he is gay. When confronted Choel ran away and didn’t speak to his family for approx four years until he got married, I say four years because Cheol said running away from Minyeong for fourteen years and Choel was married for ten. The reason why I’d say Minyeong is tactician is because instead of apologizing, he made a fifteen year plan and only introduced himself 14 years within that plan. He wants to hurt everyone that hurt Choel. Minyeong said he won’t make the same mistake again, hence why I think Minyeong made a mistake with one of his plans. In one of Choel’s memories, he says, “Minyeong wouldn’t lie about that” or something similar. Minyeong doesn’t change. He’s obsessed with Choel and wants to hurt anyone that hurts him except for himself. Jaehee knew or at least insinuated that he knew about Minyeong and Choel and he’s Choel’s stalker, I feel like there’s a connection, but I’m not sure,
Correction: He said, Minyeong’s lying. Not that he wouldn’t lie about that. Jaehee could have been the catalyst to make the obsessive power bottom, Minyeong do something drastic in hopes of trying to save Choel. That’s been one of his main objectives throughout this story. A true manipulative tactic is to isolate someone so they’re entirely yours and dependent on you,
Ooooo wait you're so big brained, I never thought of that! It does seem really weird and out of character for Minyoung to out Cheol to his father who he knows is abusive. I'm sure he also had to have known the Cheol wouldn't be okay with it. Like you said, Minyoung's whole mission is to keep Cheol on his side and solely depending on him.
I totally get what you're saying. Something must've went wrong and Jaehee seems like a total wildcard since we don't know his intentions or anything.
Thanks for indulging me and sharing your theory!
lol thank you. Yeah thanks for reading my thoughts!
Okay with that being said Choi Yi-tae eating ass…yeah that Woojin’s man frfr. Choi was probably always bi-curious and wanted Woojin’s cookie that whole time, but Woojin lives rent free in his own head to notice! Ughh I wish the uploaders were someone else.
Where do your read raws
I’m sorry to say this but it’s on ridi. The OG sites were shutdown recently and then you have these two sites that uploads on here charging ppl to read their unofficial translations.
Su-ah lost me two chapters ago. I’d wished Juhyeok hit him some more. Wtf was that? Juhyeok was right. Su-ah doesn’t think about him at all. He’s blinded by jealousy and lust. That was Juhyeok’s first time and he wasn’t considerate at it. Su-ah just kept going despite Yuhyeok asking him to stop and then he cum inside of him! Nahhhhh Juhyeok deserves so much better!
I’d dropped this a while ago because I’d wanted TJ and Ian to be endgame and didn’t want to waste my time. Idk from the beginning I’d just felt like Jo was a space holder, like someone that’s good for you, but is not for you. Now that I know TJ is endgame, I might read from where I left off. I could understand being annoyed if you were team Jo though.
i feel like it’s the same as « Love or Hate »
They both have trauma and we’re seeing the progression of Taegun working through his. Like Eun-seong I don’t think it will ever go away, but it will get easier. Although it doesn’t look like much, there is progress and I appreciate Eun-seong being patient. At least Taegun is taking the time to explain to Eun-seong how he’s feeling instead of bottling it in like he did before. This is just a character that is scared of falling in love. It didn’t come out of nowhere. It came from emotional and sexual abuse from the last person he loved. I think this is pretty realistic. Healing isn’t linear.
Does this has a novel or something?
The author needs to stick this genre bc the third short story is wild! I was not expecting that!
After the latest chapter, I’d went back and read the first four chapters. I don’t normally re-read early chapters of Jinx bc it’s disturbing. I think a lot of ppl was expecting the flashbacks to make them feel bad for Jaekyung and to justify his past behaviors. Right now, I think it was meant to for us to get a backstory as to why he’s a shitty person. There is no justification! He didn’t have a great relationship with neither of his parents, he didn’t have any friends, or any romantic relationships. He’s extremely underdeveloped fostering relationships. The closest people to him are his coaches and he does have a soft spot for grannies. He found a “jinx” that quiets out the final words of his father, he never dealt with his trauma. He didn’t experience warmth. So, essentially how do you expect for someone to be a good friend, a good partner, or a good boyfriend if that’s not something he never experienced and/or witnessed? Especially if they never put in the work to heal, just covered it up.
The second interaction with Dan was beyond horrific (ch 2-4), but you see Jaekyung drinking the milk and spraying cologne the morning after. The only thing is that Dan grew up feeling warmth. His grandma was his anchor. What his first coach said is something Jaekyung needed to hear, but I’m irritated that Dan had to suffer bc of Jaekyung’s unhealed trauma. This is a cliche example of “hurt people hurt people” wrapped up in a BL.
I had a feeling that Jaeha manipulated Taegun into sleeping with other men, but that was worst than I’d imagined. Nasty work! Then, he has the audacity to come back like Taegun owes him something! Throw him away! No wonder Taegun keeps fighting himself to not fall for anyone else.
Absolutely no shade to those who like the latest chapter. I just read that chapter twice and I don’t like it. I tried reading again after hearing some other perspectives. This chapter just made it clear that Jaekyung knew what Dan likes and chose not to do it this whole time! The only reason why he did it now is prove a point and at his big age, he can’t figure out he likes Dan? I don’t know I just want Dan to experience genuine, heartfelt sex. Maybe I don’t like it bc as far fetch as it is, I’d wanted Jaekyung to say no, this is not what he wants and not try to have sex with Dan right now.
I knew from previous chapters that Cheol’s dad’s inferiority complex is the reason why he treats Cheol like shit. Cheol and his uncle look alike and they’re both smart. At first, I’d thought Cheol has internalized homophobia, but I think the reason why he keeps denying he’s gay or maybe bi (personally I think he’s gay) is because he’s genuinely scared of his father and can’t come to terms with his sexuality. It’s like it would be another reason why his father doesn’t love him back. Throughout Cheol’s entire life, he tried to earn his father’s approval. He wants to be the top student to please his dad. The last thing most ppl in his situation wants to do is admit, “Oh yeah I’m gay.” He knew his father wasn’t going to react well. The first thing he did after his father found out is that is get into a relationship with a woman and marry her even though I don’t think he was in love with her.
It was bound to come out though because his brother was desperate to go study abroad and Minyoung wants him to himself. There was already some foreshadowing last chapter. Unpopular opinion but I’m liking the unpacking of the past. Cheol has every right to be angry. Every person he loved played in his face including Minyoung. If anything, I think Minyoung hurt Cheol the most because he was supposed to be his safe space.
Disclaimer: Just in case, being gay does not mean you should be loved less than everyone else. Cheol’s dad is a homophobic asshole with an inferiority complex towards his brother and unhealed trauma. The exact same with Cheol’s brother.
Cheol put so much effort into being a good son, getting good grades, never getting into trouble, always being obedient, etc. It's ironic that these qualities made his father hate him more. It seems that the more the younger son struggles, the more the father identifies with him and coddles him. I'm guessing we're going to see that the grandfather was overly strict with the sons and compared them cconstantly.
I suspected that Minyoung outing Cheol was just another manipulation tactic. I'm interested to see how it played out. Also, every time we see the uncle in the flashbacks I can't help but be disappointed. Cheol is so obvious about wanting to be with him as his son. It's really disappointing to see how much the uncle knew and didn't interfere.
I completely agree. The thing with the uncle is that he always assumes that his brother stops hitting Cheol, but even if he knows he’s not going to do anything about it. I’m assuming because of his own guilt and not wanting to hurt his brother. It reminds me of that conversation Minyoung and Cheol’s uncle had after Minyoung beat up Cheol’s father.
Also, I don’t think realistically he could just take Cheol in. He would need to report his brother and show evidence that Cheol is getting abused. Remember from the outside Cheol lives with two parents in a house. He looks clean, a good kid, and gets great grades.
I feel like it's going to turn out that the uncle didn't even try to get Cheol out of that house. I think this family values their reputation more than anything else and even such an accusation would shame the family. I think it's going to turn out that the grandfather blocked the uncle from doing anything and the uncle went along with it out of guilt towards his brother.