#there yoojin sees him

[fallloverfic]

Yoojin seein Hyunje, sittin there across the way

<.<

>.>

-plays Disney's The Little Mermaid's Kiss the Girl-

SHAAALALALA MY OH MY LOOK LIKE THE BOY TOO SHY AIN'T GONNA

KISS THE GUY

WOAH WOAH

SHAAALLALALA AIN'T THAT SAD? AIN'T IT A SHAME? TOO BAD, HE GONNA MISS THE GUY...

[neominthe]

SPOILERS FOR SCTIR FOR +CH 200

CW: (possibly) Eating disorder ED, depression

Something that keeps me awake at night: at the beggining of the story, Yoohyun's death isn't so painful for the viewers, because we only see what is on the surface of the Han brothers' life. It's through memories and flashbacks that we get to learn 3 facts: Yoojin dedicated his entire life to Yoohyun, they parted ways and in the end they reunited, only for one of them die. That's the introduction of SCTIR for us. Moreover, Yoojin is desesperate to leave the past behind, so he doesn't linger on his traumatic memories for too long, hence why the pain of reading SCTIR isn't instant.

It is gradual.

Yoojin and we learn that the past was never erased. It still happened, and exists in the form of Yoohyun's body out in the cold. Gradually, it becomes more apparent how Yoojin is still so affected by his previous life, despite his fear resistance skill. It starts with small things like him avoiding eating unless someone tells him to do so, always occupying himself with tasks that could be handled by someone else, negative thoughts about himself for every single action he takes and so on. I love, with all my heart, the manhwa, but the novel makes it so much more apparent how Yoojin loathes himself, to the point he keeps wishing he wasn't a human being, rather an item for his brother to use. It's so messed up to want to abandon all your humanity, feelings and concept of self just so you can be of help.

SCTIR is fun to read, but even more so with the unreliable narrator that is Yoojin. He sees what he does as nothing impressive, considering the people he is surrounded with, despite running the kisengsu facility, negotiating with the hair loss company to develop a new product, managing Seok Hayan's research team, mantaining diplomatic ties with Japan, training and helping other hunters and, most importantly, caring for all the S classes. He worries for their well-being because it's only natural for him to do so, as the Perfect Caregiver.

And, in the middle of it all, the only thing Yoojin spares for himself is hate. He doesn't want to live long for himself, but rather for Yoohyun, even though Yoojin already has been through the pain of loss. When Yoojin died in chapter 241, the first thing that he thought was Yoohyun. He didn't even think about how much it hurted dying (with a freaking shot on the head)! He just wanted to reunite and soothe Yoohyun that he was okay.

Speaking of which, in Sigma's arc, as Yoojin was alone, he really stopped caring for his well-being, so Sung Hyunjae took that role and did everything he could to help Yoojin. But, for him to even have to create a quest just so Yoojin could eat is what sparked my lizard brain to write this post.

My point is, there isn't an arc dedicated for recovery (at least until the chapter I have read that is like, ~300) and that is beautiful, because Yoojin is still processing what he went through, and we get to see that. Yoojin has such an interesting character arc as he begins wanting to forget the past, as it is too painful, to start running after it. He can't let go of it, because letting it go means letting his little brother go too. Which is why he says he will never be okay again in chapter 278.

[freyadragonlord]

The thing about Han Yoojin is...

I don't think he would be more dangerous if he were an S-Class. He is dangerous specifically because he is F-Class.

That's because all of Yoojin's abilities, as well as his behaviours, are a direct consequence of him being a lower rank hunter in a world made to favour higher ranks. Yoojin's strenght comes from his determination, his knowledge, and his anger towards those who oppress the weak and vulnerable.

Lacking physical strenght and strong magical powers, he started studying hard everything there was to know about Dungeons, and he became an incredible strategist. Unable to protect himself from the criminals who took advantage of lower class hunters - and a society that did close to nothing to protect those lower classes -, he became a skilled liar, a manipulator, and he learned how to kill his enemies after tricking then into lowering their guards. He became ruthless, because if he wasn't, he wouldn't have survived, or he would have had to give up on his goal to try and protect his younger brother.

If Yoojin had been an S-Class, Yoohyun wouldn't have had as strong a reason to push him away in order to protect him. Yoojin wouldn't need to lie, manipulate, steal as much, because most things he could possibly want would simply be handed to him.

Even imagining a Yoojin that is both powerful AND as clever and ruthless as he is.... well, he'd be like Sung Hyunje. And even amazing Sung Hyunje is not as determined or imaginative as F-Class hunter Han Yoojin is.

[shjapologist]

i've been spiralling about this since april. what if dead little sibling

[sm1l3b0t]

getting queerbaited by an action webnovel is so embarrassing. but goddamn this dog is just too fucking good at chess

[mauveflowers]

Thinking about how Yoojin’s skills are all more or less best utilized in a combat setting. But obviously these skills can’t be properly exercised by Yoojin on his own. He needs the assistance of other stronger hunters to really make an impact. Without Grace Yoojin wouldn’t even be able to use these skills even with high class hunters. 

Which is interesting to think about, because even if Yoojin were to gain some power by the end of the series having these skills at this point wouldn’t serve any purpose.

It’s like the System is trying to give Yoojin tools to help entice other S classes to engage him, which further helps their ultimate goal of having Yoojin influence 50 S-rank hunters. Even the Fear Resistance skill seems to have that goal in mind, helping him to navigate the oppressive presences of S-rank hunters. Iirc in the series someone (Song Taewon?) even mentions his appeal as an object rather than a person: he isn’t powerful like a S-class hunter and thus provides no challenge to the hierarchy. In addition he has useful skills that are alluring to those same high rank hunters hungry for power. And these skills, even the Teacher skill which can be rejected, pose no threat to them. In fact they only have to gain by joining hands with him. 

When SHJ uses Yoojin’s skills for the first time, after savoring his own bloated power, the first thing he feels is desire. Not for Yoojin as a person, but for the covetous nature of his skills. He can tell by a glance and through the first hand experience his skills are truly valuable, at this moment and in the future, remarking he wished Yoojin was an item rather than a person. 

TLDR; the System made Yoojin into a juicy piece of meat for the S-classes to take a bite out of (on purpose) to further their hidden objectives through (and at the cost of) Yoojin himself. 

[kim-dokja-hate-blog]

ok but imagine you’re one of if not the most powerful person in your country and there’s this random ass guy who’s about as strong as an average person, if with some random useful traits, who, for a moment, isn’t resistant to your mental skill, and when you try and use it on him, it works for about 5 seconds before he suddenly throws it off with something that doesn’t even exist within the system you get your power from and then, when he throws you off, he looks at you and calls you insignificant and then can’t walk for a day

[bidokja]

THE LATEST S-CLASSES CHAPTER,,,UHM 😳

[ravs6709]

He's so silly 🥰🥰🥰

[tyrantwombat]

"After seeing the engraving, that smiling face will become ugly."

Should have thought of THAT before volunteering yourself for experimental pseudo-neurosurgery, probably.

Twice.

Yoojin hasn't yet seemed to grasp the bullet he dodged that Young Chaos fixed the MAJOR problem before Myeongwoo had a chance to find it instead, though. Like, could you imagine? Myeongwoo scribbling away on three days microsleep and it suddenly hits him exactly what this was doing to Yoojin's body??? Could you imagine?

Actually, no promises he won't realize what it should have been doing to Yoojin anyway and only isn't by some random ("random") ("surprise backalley surgery with a stranger but yeah sure random") miracle.

Appearing in looming sleep-deprived vengeance in Yoojin's door armed with the moral high ground and adult communication skills.

He's not mad, Yoojin. He's just disappointed.

[jankillbride]

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[fallloverfic]

We see what you're doing manhwa team

We see it

Also because people are potentially thinking I'm just focusing on the similar color schemes with the yarn and the flowers, no. Spoilers for later novel stuff (at least later than episode 122):

For Hyunje's first birthday post-regression, Yoojin gifts him pink dungeon yarn as a massive joke. It becomes a recurring gag between them (mostly Hyunje, who brings it back with a vengeance), with Hyunje knitting various items out of it - sometimes gifting them to Yoojin - and at one point even appearing as a sentient ball of pink yarn. He even decorates his private plane in pink specifically for Yoojin.

[butterfirefly]

Slightly tempted to make another poll about sclass after the other has expired

[lycoric3]

slight spoiler for sctir chp 242

"I believe you, Han Yoojin, raised Han Yoohyun well."

Could you imagine the absolute pride, sheer joy and relief that Yoojin felt hearing those words for what must've been the first time in his life, especially coming from Hyunjae?

Yoohyun is someone who, as a natural born s-class, is distant from people his entire life. He's cold and uncaring if they're unrelated to Yoojin, with everyone else unable to come to know Yoohyun as a result. Yoojin raised his brother without support, no one in the story really knows how he dedicated his life to his younger brother but with Yoohyun's apathetic exterior, it's easy to misinterpret.

Then you have Hyunjae, another natural born s-class, someone who knows what Han Yoohyun should've been. Someone who's almost perfect and fantastical, yet so much more human than you'd believe. Who achieves everything he desires, yet Yoojin recognises hard work and admires him all the more. Someone who Han Yoojin sees as a fellow adult that he doesn't have to take care of and genuinely trusts his opinions. Perhaps the only person that Yoojin may ever allow to see the parent that he is, that struggled to raise Yoohyun.

Hyunjae tells Yoojin that he raised his brother well; to Yoojin who was always alone as a parent and fears that he may have changed Yoohyun for the worst, it means everything.

"In fact, there's no perfect way to raise people. You simply need to try your best, and I think you certainly did that."

[lurasposts]

tsctir chapter novel where Hyeonje hugged Yoojin from the back before he turned Yoojin around to hide his face from Yoohyun and Yerim because Yoojin was clearly having a panic attack.

I remember Yoojin briefly mentioned that he doesn't know what Hyeonje saw in his (panic driven) face, but Hyeonje was "slightly uncharacteristically flustered" AND NOBODY EVER TALKED ABOUT THIS?

The way Hyeonje was clearly not used to people especially han Yoojin inadvertently showing vulnerability in front of him, or maybe it was because he was seeing Yoojin like that for the first time, that he wasn't used to it and flustered for a second because our might Hyeonje didn't know what to do in a situation for the first time. bro definitely was NOT used to comforting people during panic attacks episodes lol.

He didn't force Yoojin or anything. he knew Yoojin doesn't wang to look fragile in front of the kids, so he turned his face to do exactly that. covered his face, hiding him. and then made jokes to Yerim and Yoohyun to distract them for Yoojin so Yoojin could breathe for a second. all the while probably had never done this before.

and Yoojin's second panic attack after the Virtual Reality (Sigma arc) Dungeon, Hyeonje picked Yoojin up and "took wide strides" far enough from the others because Yoojin needed space, needed an out. he even used that soundproofing item so Yoojin could cry his heart out. he's just considerate like that. then he gave him space again, when Yoohyun is around, let this arms (that supported Yoojin) go to hug his brother.

and when they met again, Yoojin had many other things to think about that he pushed down the issue with panic attacks, but Hyeonje brought it up, still thinking about him (obviously) and– and you could SEE Hyeonje spent a few days after that thinking about it, considering what to do with Yoojin, how to get Yoojin talk about it.

[silversailormoan]

My favourite part is Hyunjae sees his Yoojin afraid of him and fucking kicks Taewon in the face for being the culprit, none of his usual grace or his elegance in sight