you know what would be hilarious? doksoo e-dating.
they met in han sooyoung's comments. she honestly thought the nerd fervently defending her first novel's honor from her new one's incels fanboys was both sweet and cringe. listen, she's self-aware. she knows twsa was a steaming pile of shit, but she was 13 when she wrote it—the epitome of edgy, hurt, and lashing out.
If she was being completely honest, her protagonist yoo joonghyuk was her emotional punching bag. if she was hurting, so was he. angry at life and her no good sperm donors? her shitty protagonist was off to a brutal killing spree. feeling low and hollow from her empty house? boom, protagonist with regression depression.
all this to say, twsa was the farthest from a labor of love. it was born out of hurt loneliness anger teenage boredom. it was never popular, never finished—and just like her—abandoned by its so-called parent.
she had to give it to the fucker, he was a loser but he was determined. every chapter, every update, guwon was there fighting off haters like his life depended on it. "this is plagiarised," he'd comment, "if you really want to read something like this then go to the original, three ways to survive in a ruined world."
yeah, the nerd really typed out that mouthful of a title in the comments. readers would report him for spam, curse him out for trolling, and gang up on him—but guwon, the mad lad, always came back.
he was a dog with a bone. han sooyoung was fucking hooked.
writers post for attention. of fucking course guwon would eventually get to her, never mind that he was unknowingly flaming the actual literal author of his favorite novel. so han sooyoung did what any self-respecting modern woman would do.
she cussed him out in the comments.
and then she slid into his dms.