I enjoyed reading green ML Jae but alas, he had to go and lose his brain. Some of the readers think brute force might help them and maybe this is fiction so it doesn't really matter how one achieves the goal but I don't think I like Jae anymore after this chapter. I was 50:50 before, but this chapter really made me lose interest. I don't want to argue with anyone who thinkg garam is stupid or anyone who fails to see jae has been forcing garam to come out, burdening garam by gicing up everything, and now reverting back to old i'm not gay self. He was a homophobe so he should've know MUCH better than to say that. Y'all think Garam deserves it, but all I'm seeing is Jae weaponizing Garam's insecurities and using it against him.
It's part of sexism & patriarchal mindset that 'bottom' is expected to give in first and easily. No matter how much these people deny it, it's a fact. Bottom = weaker = shouldn't be angry for long/is being too much/too dramatic. Those who don't see the problem, won't see it even after reading the T/N & my comment but it is what it is. Jae is the problem.
@starrystar Jaehyuk is not the problem. He tries to come up with solutions (no matter how silly they might look) to fix Garam's deep rooted fears and through it their relationship.
@starrystar I agree 100% with what you say and also the translator! strangeley I kinda find it entertaining that he's so unhinged in this chapter, reminds me of the good old times of the first season when everything was unhinged and over the top. I am glad we are over the "lovey dovey" but somehow off arc... however, you made me realize that I was too happy that Jaehyuk didn't choose to do meaner things, that I forgot how much it annoyed me in the last chapters that people think not wanting to be "out" is a crime and reason to fight. Especially you made me think how disappointing it is that he basically returned to his old garbage and superficial self... it's not only the not letting garam talk, but also the never trying to see it from his perspective. Little to no empathy. Garam should stop to say, that his choice to not come out is for jaekhyuk, though. It is for himself. That's the only big mistake I see him making.(well running away within talking was extremely stupid as well) As much as it should be his own choice to not come out, he can't decide for Jae to stay in the closet. They should just break up to be healthy. Sad that Jae chose to bring in toxic alpha male BS... using weaknesses and old scars to manipulate garam. I tend to think though, that Jae is really just super stupid and doesn't realise, that he's using psychological violence. (Doesn't make it better, I know). He probably thinks he had a brilliant idea how they can stay together, without Garam having to come out and Jae himself not having to stay in the closet, somewhere on the lines of: "I am not gay anymore= I'm not in the closet; garam is just a friend = so garam can stay in the closet."
@Kokoro I agree with you. It's a strong case of him being stupid more than anything else. I still believe Jae would never deliberately hurt Garam and would do anything for him, but he is going about it in his stupid ways. It's not the fact that he wants to love openly is the problem, it's the fact that he is so stubborn he fails to see anyone's perspective but his own. I feel annoyed cause he made all that progress in past episodes and season only to come undone like this.
I probably would read it again after 3-4 chapters have come out. I hope the author finds a better resolution than a forced make up s** with dubcon elements (classic way to make up in most BLs).
