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As if that's not enough, he had to "give up" his art too, after his learned sir punished him for it, made him promise to never make such depictions again. His pure heart must've been suffering so much that he had to numb it with alcohol every chance he gets. +
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I think of Nakyum as a portrait of strength and kindness that perseveres in an environment designed to crush it. He's struggling even BEFORE he met Seungho: growing up in the margins of a society that's unkind to outcasts, selling his art to survive. +
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and even kept mum when labeled a "whore," accepting it as his role when being a painter was deemed not enough. Those things, he could take, as if they come hand-in-hand with being a lowborn.
But being an object of affection of a nobleman? +
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Almost in every chapter, Nakyum's social status is always shoved in his face: a nobody raised by the kisaeng, just a notch higher than thieves and beggars during the Joseon period. He's aware of this. He made no objections when compared to an "ill-bred cur" +
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In a hell-bent attempt to prove that this foreign feeling he harbors now is not love, he had to see Nakyum like this—held by arms that're not his, dazed & submissive like on their 1st night—before he snapped. He wanted to prove something, yes, but at what cost? #PainteroftheNight
Development is how Seungho's physicality—one of his character's stronger points, so to speak—is affected by his unacknowledged affection towards Na-Kyum. How he jumped to protect the boy despite his adamant denial of special treatment. The kiss in C.50. Na-kyum's embrace in C.53. https://t.co/rOLnRIkH4l
Quick doodle of my favorite idiots before I hit the sack tonight. ✨
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