Let’s debate it: Forced To Love you
So…The thing about Seungcheol is his inner thoughts aren’t quiet. Right now, they’re at war. For most of his life, he’s functioned in survival mode, numb, detached, composed on the outside but storming on the inside. He’s never cried, not because he’s strong, but because crying was never an option. Emotions were never safe. Vulnerability was never modeled for him.
So when Jisoo entered his life and stirred something inside him, something fragile, overwhelming, and real, it terrified him. And when you’ve spent your whole life building walls to protect yourself from feeling anything, love can feel like a threat.
Seungcheol doesn’t know what to do with these emotions. He doesn’t have the emotional vocabulary to name them, let alone process them. He’s still that boy who grew up without warmth, who never had a safe place to fall apart. His anger? His outbursts? They’re not just flaws. They’re symptoms. They’re cries for help from a part of him that was never given a voice.
And yes, he’s made mistakes. He carries regret like it’s stitched into his bones. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t want to change. It just means change isn’t simple. It’s messy. It takes time.
Some readers seem quick to dismiss him, to say he’s toxic, irredeemable, emotionally unavailable. But healing doesn’t look like a straight line. It’s not pretty or fast. And it certainly doesn’t happen just because someone comes into your life and loves you. Jisoo might have awakened something in him, but he has to do the inner work himself. He has to want to be better, not just for her, but for himself. And that realization alone is a huge step.
So no, Seungcheol isn’t innocent :) He’s deeply flawed. But he’s also deeply human. And that’s what this story is about, not perfection, but growth.
Let me know your opinions.
