@reinavanth Ian wanted to look back but Jo stopped him" lmao listen to yourself. If he actually wanted to turn around, he would have. Jo isn't a Jedi using mind control. Ian’s choice was to keep walking and never look back no matter how you spin your narrative. Move on.
List a hundred reasons why Jo is "perfect" just to dodge the one fact that actually matters: Ian still didn't love him and never will, no matter how "perfect" he is. #WetSand#웻샌드
What does Jo have and what has he done for him to be a better man? Glad you ask
1. Jo's hot (Ian's words not mine)
2. Jo made Ian notice the smallest things in life like a flower shop on his way home from work and the beauty of decorating his room with life
3. With Jo, Ian had the chance to enjoy things he had never done before or in a long time like star gazing, watching a movie, going on a shopping date, visiting the family, having his partner acknowledge their relationship publicly with no shame.
4. Jo didn't ask, but Ian went monogamous for Jo for a while
5. Jo had personality and characteristics outside of being connected to Ian: photography, travelling, a quarterback, a hunter, a great cook, etc.
6. Jo saved both Ian AND TJ's life, they would have been dead if not for him.
7. Ian felt better whenever he saw Jo
8. Jo is not all green, he has his own streak of yellow obsession and possessiveness, which makes him a complex character and even hotter
And most importantly, Jo was a bigger man and put Ian's wishes first above his own wants, letting him go when all Jo wanted to do was holding him back. That is the greatest expression of love anyone is capable of.
What Jo did with and for Ian without asking anything in return within a short few months was so much more than what TJ did for Ian for 20 years, so impactful that their time became eternal memories for Ian, something that he carried with and trying to replicate with TJ in their new life.
Jo is the youngest, yet the most mature and the best man in the #Wetsand universe.
honestly, now that we know what happened, i'd actually read that entire stretch
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In Wet Sand, there is absolutely nothing stopping YW from being with Jo other than the fact he doesn’t want to do it since he’s in love with TJ. Likewise Jo never wanted to actually understand YW on a deeper level. This isn’t Star Crossed Lovers this is Jo getting dumped ☠️ +
The Worst Crime: Fabricated Lines That Never Existed
The translator arbitrarily added "I loved you" — a line that does NOT exist in the Korean original. This single sentence completely distorts the character's feelings and the official pairing of the story.
The publisher acknowledged the fact, but still refused to make any corrections.
This is not translation. This is forgery and deception.
最惡劣的罪行:杜撰根本不存在的台詞
譯者楊慧瑜擅自添加「我愛過你」——這句話在韓文原文中根本不存在。
僅這一句,就徹底扭曲了角色情感與作品官方官配。
出版社承認了事實,卻依舊拒不修正。
這不是翻譯,這是偽造與欺騙。
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@VestigiaFlamae Right?? They made it sound like TJ was out there praying day and night for Ian’s entire family to die.😓 The way people twist the narrative to make him a monster is truly unhinged.
@wstjian Glad ur going to double check. The sound effect was later updated to a neutral 'shiver' because the sexualized version was inaccurate. Now it’s neither "tingly" nor "creepy"—just a physical jolt.
Even Joian stans seem stunned by how absurd this translator was, serving blatantly biased mistranslations. You can literally see them torn between concern and barely contained delight 💁🏻♀️ #WetSand
The Most Disgusting Tampering: Fear Translated Into Sexual Suggestion
Original text: A shudder of fear and creepiness. Wrong Chinese translation: A tingly, sexually suggestive feeling.
They twisted the character's fear into inappropriate hints. This is the most direct proof of malicious intent.
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最惡心的篡改:將恐懼翻譯成性暗示
韓文原文:因恐懼感到毛骨悚然、發抖。
錯誤中譯:愉悅的、帶性暗示的酥麻感。
他們把角色的恐懼,扭曲成低俗的不當暗示。 這是惡意最直接的證明。
The focus on Ian's hands isn't showing him reaching out, but letting go: from putting down the pen to forming a determined fist, capturing the moment his decision to leave solidified. #WetSand
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Unless my memory is failing me, wasn’t this the same translator who turned the beginning of S3 into a circus? 💀Hard to take any of their translations seriously after that mess🤷🏻♀️
Its purely a translation error. YW never said the word 'loved' in Kor; it was completely added out of thin air. I emailed them but the Taiwanese translation team insisted it 'flows better.' Yes, they literally add 'I loved u' for the sake of fluency n refuse to change.
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@suri931723 Ofc he couldn’t sustain it. What he had with Jo was built on him trying to convince himself it could work — and that kind of self-deception doesn’t last. In that context, being honest and ending it directly was actually the right and fair thing to do.
If I could = I've thought it through, I've tried, and my conclusion is NO.
Those words from Ian is actually a far more thorough shutdown than 'I don't love you.'
It bricked up the door, killing all of Jo’s possible excuses — 'I'll wait,' 'let's try again.' #WetSand
You're conflating 'remembering’ with 'missing.' They aren't the same. Missing is active. It lingers, it aches, it makes you want to go back or reach out. Remembering is passive, a mere flicker of a memory, no emotional weight, and then you move on with your day. #WetSand
That is why their love story is so beautiful and heart wrenching. They didn't let go of each other because there wasn't love, but because they both loved and treasured each other so much and knew it was best to let each other go. Selfless love like theirs is special and lasting, much like how Ian still sees Jo's eyes in the night sky, and Jo having lingering thoughts when visiting his aunt, wishing for Ian's happiness 😊
In this case, Ian falls clearly into the latter. As long as Ian's brain is functioning normally, he’s going to remember ppl from his past, but it changes nothing. He is incredibly grounded and happy with TJ, and that’s exactly where his heart is staying. 🥰