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Tae was done wrong
I'm going to be honest; I wanted Tae and Jaeyeon to end up together & not just because Tae has literally no one else in his life. They had history. Jaeyeon and Geonwoo knew each other for a couple of days before they kissed & who really knows how long they were together before agreeing to date. Yes, I know attraction doesn't work like that & Tae was only ever seen as a friend, but I can't help feeling that Tae was honestly never given a chance. I also feared that he was just going to disappear from both of their lives once he learned they got together. It wouldn't have been so bad if they had just given Tae a boyfriend at the end to show us that he really did move on and found happiness.
We don't see Tae and Geonwoo rebuild any part of their relationship either. Jaeyeon seems to be the only thing making them talk to each other. Why couldn't we have gotten some resolution there? Tae said he's glad they are happy in the time-skip, but that isn't enough. They already were doing a lot in the little amount of time they had; they could have included a little brother heart-to-heart. Especially if Geonwoo was going to end up with Tae's crush of like 10+ years.
Also, what chance did the fortune teller give him? From what I saw, there was no chance for him, so that part just felt unnecessary.
What happened to the stalker who stabbed Geonwoo? What happened to their mother? The woman was apparently glued to Geonwoo as a child, so where is she now? And like I said above, did Tae move on? If he did, I don't believe it was easy at all since EVERYONE he's loved has chosen Geonwoo over him. It felt like the show was enforcing the saying "once second best, always second best" in the cruelest way possible.
This is far from the worst short BL I've ever watched, and I think that's why I got a bit upset with the way they handled the brothers' relationship & the romantic relationships. If they weren't going to actually do anything with the stalker other than use him to push Jaeyeon and Geonwoo closer, then they could have just cut him out completely. If they were going to end up together, they would be stabbing or no stabbing. Use that time instead to fix the brothers' relationship. Use it to make it believable that Jaeyeon and Geonwoo like each other. Use it to give Tae a decent ending! Give this abandoned boy some love from SOMEONE!
We don't see Tae and Geonwoo rebuild any part of their relationship either. Jaeyeon seems to be the only thing making them talk to each other. Why couldn't we have gotten some resolution there? Tae said he's glad they are happy in the time-skip, but that isn't enough. They already were doing a lot in the little amount of time they had; they could have included a little brother heart-to-heart. Especially if Geonwoo was going to end up with Tae's crush of like 10+ years.
Also, what chance did the fortune teller give him? From what I saw, there was no chance for him, so that part just felt unnecessary.
What happened to the stalker who stabbed Geonwoo? What happened to their mother? The woman was apparently glued to Geonwoo as a child, so where is she now? And like I said above, did Tae move on? If he did, I don't believe it was easy at all since EVERYONE he's loved has chosen Geonwoo over him. It felt like the show was enforcing the saying "once second best, always second best" in the cruelest way possible.
This is far from the worst short BL I've ever watched, and I think that's why I got a bit upset with the way they handled the brothers' relationship & the romantic relationships. If they weren't going to actually do anything with the stalker other than use him to push Jaeyeon and Geonwoo closer, then they could have just cut him out completely. If they were going to end up together, they would be stabbing or no stabbing. Use that time instead to fix the brothers' relationship. Use it to make it believable that Jaeyeon and Geonwoo like each other. Use it to give Tae a decent ending! Give this abandoned boy some love from SOMEONE!
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