A few more chapters and we're getting the season finale LSMSODMSKENE I FEEL IT IN MY BONES I KNOW ITS COMING...
Stories like this where they make omegas so highly dependent to the point that it factors into their agency and health makes me incredibly sad, I know it's not the point of the story but MC having half of his agency on this story undermined because he's always affected by physiological shit just makes me feel awful for him like I don't really care if it's because there's hidden feelings or attraction to it because that's a cop out. MC since the story started has not done anything that he wanted, when he wants to actual set boundaries his body is magically acting up from some nightmare body scenario.
If I have to be so dependent and easily affected biologically by someone by their mere presence I'd honestly just kill myself and I'm being serious here that shit sounds so traumatic, having no control of your body's wants and needs, not being on your clear mind 24/7 at your own detriment both physically and mentally and always needing someone else's "pheromones" is such a shitty scenario to be in that I honestly can't even get mad at how this story is portraying him, I have nothing but pity for the way this character is being treated by the story.
PROTECT WUYEON ! GANG FIGHT GANG FIGHT GANG FIGHT JUN BETTER COME WITH THE BOYS AND RESCUE EMMMM
this was really so cute and fun and a chill read until we got to MC with the "I don't like guys just ML I'm actually disgusted thinking about me with other men trope" and I suddenly remember that they don't actually like gay people over there and that two attractive well-prospective men falling for each other is just a novelty to be enjoyed rather than an actual human experience
but at the same time, we have to acknowledge that there is some nuance to this—there’s actual people who don’t actually know their preferences, SOGIE, until later in life. and there’s nothing wrong with being uncomfortable thinking about yourself with others that you don’t like, it’s not that there’s anything wrong with that, it’s just biologically how it is. he also didn’t outwardly speak on it so it isn’t homophobic in that sense at all. just speaking from experience!
That's completely true, understandable and fine on a human lens but we know between the both of us that isn't the case in a manwha where this kind of trope has more nuance than just a character not knowing their identity fully.
Amakasu got out of the stairways faster than all of them, I do not understand why she's suddenly off the panel and back to where they started girl got left behind for the sake of getting titties out and be scary.. #JusticeForAmakasu
god this author is always so peak, I can't wait for their next series this and playtime with hakdo really are just the right flavor of actually hot and sexy smexy scenes, characters are charming and god I love it
> Happy Together
> Rating [5/5] ☆☆☆☆☆
There is something to appreciate about the way this genre has manufactured and capitalized on characters as labels. If you need a recommendation you can simplify it into two words, #AdjectiveBottom and #AdjectiveTop. I have for the longest time found series that I enjoyed and loved in this way and is by no means bad nor an indication of quality.. sorta until it borders into caricatures.
To simplify what I'm getting at if it isn't obvious yet. Happy Together breaks that ceiling, Will you label Jaeyoung as #QuietBottom or will you label Seungmin as #CoolTop? Many have added nuance to characters they've written throughout my time with this genre but none come close to feeling like real actual tangible people. Jaeyoung isn't defined by his role in the relationship and not does Seungmin. They're defined by the actions taken upon them and actions they're taking for the betterment of the other.
We see them joke around, function sexually like actual couples and most of all.. they are intimate in ways NO OTHER COUPLES I've seen have been. There's been dialogues yes, a showcase of profound change after being an asshole but no other series makes it explicitly clear that these people care about one another beyond their attraction.
Seungmin and Jaeyoung feels like they function OUTSIDE of their relationship as a couple, It's a huge plot glue don't get me wrong but they're not centered or defined by it like most other series are, Their relationship is a portion of the things that make who they are and the actions and decision they make. Jaeyoung isn't going into this because he's feeling things for Seungmin, He's doing it because he genuinely loves performing and Seungmin isn't working against Jaeyoung's autonomy with his wishes and plans.
This is only the surface, I can go on and on about how stellar the pacing has been for a weekly release, There's a rhythm to it that feels almost cinematic and not just panel-y and that takes incredible precision. The writing is phenomenal and each side characters feel just as alive as the leads. It's a small thing but when most of what you read here feels like the same thing in a different coat, Happy Together breaks boundaries and shows the quality we could get from serious artistic finesse.
You root for these characters not because the plot tells you to but because there's risks involved and there's a possibility of a setback that can come from an interaction with the overarching antagonist and you will not get that on any other series because most of the time.. what you read in BL? The ML is as much the villain until the story needs him to become the lover instead.
For clarification: When I say they function outside of the relationship I don't mean things like MC acts this way because of outside circumstances which is an understandable path for a character to take but when the writing applies that trait towards how MC treats the ML and makes decision within his relationship it's not "functioning" outside the relationship at all.
An example would be Jinx, We have our MC, the money and his grandma. These are traits that make up his decision making throughout the series along with his personal feelings for ML. You cannot say that these outside circumstances means MC functions outside the relationship when these specific traits are what kept him in it.
Which is why Happy Together is so precise in its relationship. Seungmin has nothing to do with the band, It's simply circumstances that the drug he's hunting down traces back to Jaeyoung's which a thing we call, Ladies and Gentlemen — an effective premise. Outside of their feelings for each other and affection, Jaeyoung has outside relationship that he can also focus on, the same with Seungmin. None of those outside relationships are consequential to their romance. That's what makes it different.
I'm tweaked, he lived ALONE in the mountains, was living off there enough by stealing from BANDITS and TRAVELLERS, was living alone UP AND DOWN a MOUNTAIN, but the moment the story starts he's a dimwitted fucktard who can't help but be clumsy, can't fucking run on the same mountain and forest he's known all his life, can't do proper chores he should have been doing LIVING ALONE IN A MOUNTAIN. Like are we serious? Is this worth reading? I'm actually genuinely asking because I can push through if it's just for the "character development" sake but I'm seriously tweaked by how idiotic of a writing choice it is to have a kid who lived alone UP the mountain in a home with his mom who passed early be written like he's a sheltered retard is fucking insane to me.
Personally I'm putting that aside because it's cute and the dog thing is adorable
Inn reading and I think it’s interesting ash idk about u tho considering u might not like it from what you’ve been saying
I need a body to just fall out from the sky idc whose it is just need a shock or a jolt so these people can get a grip cause y the fuck would you name this blue name pressure and not have the pressure even be on the blue haired character but on US I don't see a name on my damn skin LMAOOOOO I'm gonna need them to huddle up and get a grip I'm actually crying what the fuck are they doing