#shepharagain analysis

He obsesses over women, and as soon as he gets what he wants he throws them away, treating them like objects to be used and abused. As soon as a woman doesn't submit to him, he uses all the tricks he can to get her in his bed.

The reason I used this line from what— Jeremy, I suppose I should mention, is his name— is thinking is because a few chapters earlier (as in, over 50, I don't know for sure) his thoughts about Flame were "i want to kill her", despite also saying he's in love (not outright, but i think he thinks he's in love, or is supposed to be).

That is to say, Jeremy, you are the men looking at her with an unfavorable gaze! And, he's a villain, everyone knows that in universe, which is why Flame, Baek Yuseol, Eisel, Hongbiyeon, Hwa Wonryang¹, they all avoid him!

They hate him for being weird about women.

He's also a good parallel to Ma Yuseung², but i want to get back to reading so I'm not explaining.

¹ I don't know if thats how you spell his name, but I'm not checking because I don't really care much for him.