Honestly

Agree......I feel like the last part is like something everyone is ignoring(the author, the reader and the characters)....they are taking it sooo lightly like no one talks about it

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TLDR; it's bc of filial piety (out of duty) and this being bottom's trauma response + author wants to show how deep-rooted and poisonous parental trauma can be. Doesn't mean he isn't crazy about the top, just that being this way is how he copes and these r prolly a result of values he was raised with. Pls read entire response before coming at me :3

I get where you're coming from but speaking from personal experience as someone who has a trash relationship (still go to therapy bc of him) with their dad, I can tell you it's just not that simple. The top in this is my fave character but the way I understand how the bottom feels from my very core. You're seeing alien dude being beaten by the dad once in this book, but imagine having to live in fear of that happening every single day since you're pretty much an itty bitty child and not being able to do anything back (bc thats just not how u cope, maybe bc you're scared of being beat within an inch of your life every time you try, FILIAL PIETY , etc.).

There were times where I wouldn't come out of my room for DAYS bc I was scared of my dad's mood swings and the consequences of them (he has bpd and ppd). That was most of my childhood except for the time that he disappeared. But even with all that the filial piety burns thru my blood, so I legit can't abandon him or treat him awfully no matter how much I wish I could. It's never-ending. I have seen some of my friends beat so badly that they had marks all over their body but they're your parents so you gotta just put up with everything and defend them no matter what. Believe me, it's not out of love but duty and bs they feed you from birth. I get why the author showed this, it's like insight into how deep-rooted parental trauma can become and how differently people deal with it.

I'm not condoning the dad's actions (makes my blood boil) im just explaining why bottom is acting the way he is and why the author is dragging on the arc. I also am really hoping it's over bc it wrecked me. Thanks for coming to my lecture

Will not be reading any comments from this as this is a topic that still deeply triggers me bc I still have to face the consequences for it (anxiety, etc.) But I just wanted to give some insight into the (maybe) thought process of the author and for anyone who maybe copes in a different way (fighting back, etc.) or hasn't been in a situation like this yk. Also, no I'm not condoning Sihwa being beaten (it acc made me feel ill), just wanted to explain what Sohan might've been feeling :))

Will not be reading any replies* to my comment srry

Sorry I know you won't read replies but I just wanted to leave this here

I'm sorry for what you've been through, some humans really should never have had children.

It's true maybe it's hard for me to understand since in my bubble most people had loving parents, that at most would slap their kids but never go further.

I really appreciate the author making something more out of this, not just smut and romance, they probably worked really hard with research or have parents like this irl. I guess with storytelling you have to have negative altercations to get the story going, but sometimes we get overwhelmed with the yaoi genre because there is a lot of pain in these pieces, we have gay misogynistic characters (a lot), rape tropes, parentes that hate their kids, unaccepting society, jerk semes, misunderstandings that leads to hurt, etc.