rereading passion and i live in fear of how many people seem to have missed that to taeui especially, indifference is the real opposite of love, not anger or hurt or annoyance or even fear. โhe only stays with ilay out of fearโ is such a shallow take bc itโs the complete opposite
Lately, Iโve often seen people complaining that, after the hotel scene, โTaeui will forgive Ilay so easily and go on living as if nothing happened.โ
But letโs not forget that after what happened, Taeui didnโt answer Ilay's question about whether he liked him. That night at the hotel actually widened the distance between them. During the phone call, Taeui was more open with Ilay than ever beforeโhe confessed his feelings and even asked Ilay about his own. But by the end of Passion, he had reverted to his original position.
The night in Johannesburg left a noticeable rift between them. Although Taeui accepted Ilay, whether he had forgiven him was another question. Because weโve seen more than once in Diaphonic Symphonia how Taeui recalled those two moments of him running away with bitterness. He didnโt forget the past, but he also didnโt regret that three years later, he ended up by Ilayโs side. Of course, we joke that IlTae are such fools that it took them so long to confess their feelings, but on the other hand, we saw just how long it took Taeui to open up to Ilay a second time.
The fact that Taeui accepted his fate with Ilay doesnโt mean he forgot or forgave Ilay easily.
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