Comment by Silver Gumiho on The Hounds of Sisyphus - Chapter 34

Comment on ChapterThe Hounds of Sisyphus - Chapter 34

trollface stickerNormally, when a character is a walking red flag or outright black flag, I either hate them or hope they get what’s coming to them. Sometimes a tragic backstory can make me root for a redemption arc. But this stupid Guwon... for some reason I can't explain, he makes me desperately want there to be an innocent explanation for everything. I want him to be a dumb puppy getting manipulated by the Hounds instead of being genuinely awful. WHY AM I LIKE THIS??? 😭🤡

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Nex
NexGeneral·1 week ago
@Silver Gumiho tbh for him i think it is just nature not nurture he is just like that
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Silver GumihoShonen Spirit·1 week ago
@Nex Yeah, you're probably right. I need to come to terms with that and stop trying to delude myself about this character. 😭🤡
@Silver Gumiho Guwon isnt a red/black flag on purpose it just that he doesnt understand he going is wrong
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Silver GumihoShonen Spirit·4 days ago
@Big Papa I've become attached to this idea that Guwon doesn't actually know what he's doing! The problem is that I remember an early chapter where he cried to manipulate the professor. Then, when the professor hugged him, his expression changed. I don't remember if he smiled or what exactly it was, but it really felt like he knew exactly what he was doing. Still, if this series isn't based on a novel, there's always the possibility that the author started with one idea and later changed direction. I've seen that happen in two different series. In one of them, it became pretty obvious that the author kept changing the story just to drag out the conflict, and eventually it turned into a nonsensical mess. The other one... the other one was weird. Intentionally weird. One of those stories where you have no idea why you're still reading because none of it seems to make any sense. But near the end of the first season, things suddenly started clicking into place and becoming coherent. I didn't even realize the author had changed their original plans because of reader feedback. The only reason I know is that they mentioned it in an author's note at the end of the season. 🤔😵‍💫