@Pink tulips realll, these fans act as though Mingwa invented this formula when it was already established and lucrative  - it the same setup that allows the ab*ser to do whatever they want to someone they are supposed to 'love', get praised for doing the minimum, and have their sad backstory absolve their behaviour. This system downplays the victim's trauma to prioritise the ab*ser's narrative

@Bunny Dan had nothing to do with his past, so how does that justify him r@pign / S*xully ab*sing him? You're all just using it as a way to absolve him of taking accountability without understanding the full extent of what he actually did to him. Why is it that the abuse inflicted on Jaekyung is prioritised more than the abuse he inflicted onto dan?. especially since these two truths can exist: he can be a product of his upbringing while still condemning his current action as its own thing. Trauma is an explanation, not an excuse - also, is him not being 'conscious' a way of infantilising him to remove a part he had in his own actions?. just asking

@Bl.lover this transaction didn't start with Jaekyung and Dan being in the same financial position (plus it's not really a transaction if you think any amount of money gives you the right to someone else's body). Jaekyung always had the uphand and he knew that in scenes like chapter 8, where he would reference the condition to emphasise the financial power he had that he would leverage to violate his boundaries for his own pleasure. Just cause he paid justifies him disregarding his autonomy. Also, Jaekyung recognises that he took advantage of him and his economic deprivation.

@Millibilli That is his only family member since he was young, which Mingwa established to highlight her significance to Dan and explain why he was willing to try anything, including treatment that wasn't guaranteed to work. Still, he wanted her alive because she is important to him; also, you talk like Dan is alive ( imma hold your hand when saying this),  everything that Dan does is a result of Mingwa writing, THAT'S WHY I POINT IT OUT.  Also, again supporting my arguement, the author chose to give Dan autonomy in situations that absolve Jk, like him working at another hospital in S2, devalues the economic pressure he had when he started to sell his body to JK, even when it was Mingwa who made it seem like he had no choice of working any other job - making it as though dan put himself in that situation which remove any fault on JK. Saying he could've done solo cam shows omg, making hypotheticals to victim-blame is crazy. It doesn't change the fact that the author chose this for Dan, so there is financial dependency between him and JK to set the story (not validating it, just stating). I only think this way cause I have a brain that can understand context clues and how to read ig . Breathe in and breathe out; it is okay, Dan won't hurt you, he is a fictional character made by Mingwa (nim.. sry)

@Millibilli girl you're like making me a Dan defender even though i couldn't care less about him lowkey; it's more of the fact that people choose the victim-blame to protect their fav yaoi for what tho; making excuses to put the victim at fault instead the abuser/ra2pist without excepting what it is for what it is; like this character got r2ped but look he was bottles in his room oh no he did it to himself ...like huh. I'm sorry, but 'Mingwa nim' (acting like y'all close). Anyways, you are acting like Jinx is groundbreaking; to give Mingwa the benefit of the doubt, she isn't making anything new but playing into an established genre - people focus on the SA because it isn't written with the trauma and gravity that it has so to not deter people from shipping them, thus making it romanticised and used as drama for the sake of a love story with the same r2ape victim and r2pist.  You preach about it in the main storyline (beyond the s** and SA) but fail to recognise how initial plot set-ups work. Plus, I don't blame Mingwa, but if you got all this from the same thing I read, then you can understand where I feel Mingwa plays a role

@Millibilli Not to be rude, but  I assume you are a child; if not, then you think like one. Cause this doesn't do anything but prove my point, plus it's ironic how you talk about the audience reacting stupidly, given whatever argument this was.  You literally do mental gymnastics to turn everything on Dan like did you really look past the entire of chapter 11 where it showes the significance of dan's grandma being his only family, or how he is so finicial depraved ( since he was a child i think) that he literally begged that he would do anything for the advanced pay  - all this is to set the story so idek why anyone has to spell it out for you. It is weird how you dehumanise Dan, like saying the reason he went through all that was because he's an alcoholic with mental issues, to justify him being SA for what ... JK? Also, comparing Dan getting r2ped to when Potato got r2ped, saying sh** like ' at least Potato didn't cry as much' like are you rlly comparing two r2pe victims; plus you understand that he was r2ped by JK, so why r you still victim blaming. Maybe take your own advice and get mental health treatment, or reread what I wrote initially, but with your finger so you understand better.

@Millibilli   Jinx fans have only two lines of defence, and that is 1) victim blaming and 2) being like " but there's worse". Saying that there is worse than Jinx doesn't make it any better, but brings up a problem with yaoi in general. The utilisation of SA and sexual violence and R2pe just for it to turn into a love story with that same R2pist and victim, using umbrella terms like red flag or 'black flag' (apparently) to shield that character from association to their acc crimes that they have done to the victim (I say umbrella term because I have seen y'all call Sangwoo a red flag, like he isn't a literal serial killer)

@Millibilli If jinx was chill there wouldnt be fans like this fr, but first of all there would be no jinx if the plot didnt start somewhere (not saying this as excuse just explaining how plot point in stories work) 
Second of all this bring up lots a points with mingwa writting choice with dan character, there is no doubt that dan is a victim in this situation but when the topic is what dan is a victim off in accordance to JK , fanns quickly turn to victim blaming to essential absolve JK of any accountability. Instances like the scene where he shouts for him to get off, chapt 44 where he takes avantage of the fact that JK is drunk,  and him getting jobs to pay for JK bday gift,  allow Dan to have enough atonomy in situations where JK could be at fault, like he was been SA'd uptil now like in chpt 36 but its only now that he has the choice to say no making all those scene prior where he was SA seem contridictory/meaningless as now it shows that he couldve always said no absolving JK ( and all the other time when the s** was 'consensual' was after the writer chose to make JK a saviour to Dan and make Dan fall in love with him depsite going through all this) . He got jobs to pay for JK bdy gift but at the start it made it seem like he only had the choice to sell his body (plus i dont think you understand how prostitution works like no one grows up thinking im gonna be a s** worker it almost always due to finicial deprevation) this makes it look like Dan willingly choice to sell if body to JK. The writer uses plot decoys like finicial dependency to make it seem like dan in trapped in the situation only to make him have antomy in situation that are conveniant.