@givemersspls
You mean evidence other than Lila's highly pleased face when she causes pain and misfortune to others?
That's exactly the thing though, it doesn't happen with her. She 'gloats' for like 2 seconds when she first betrays Junu along and then snaps when he pokes at that not being her. Kim on the other hand is repeatedly shown to be not only be delighting in his pain but also in his plans to inflict further pain.
On Taewon being a loose cannon, that can easily be explained as being part of their group dynamic.
Only it can't, it was even said specifically about him and not the others.
Look back to when he was "friendly" with Joonwoo and Taeyang. He could be the loose cannon by just not being as contained as the others. It does not actually say that he beat other people up.
Not being as contained as others is exactly what a loose cannon is. Also it does, it says that about most of the group and even him especially.
The author does not make them both look bat shit crazy. He paints Lila in a much more positive light. Look at when Joonwoo talks to her about Hamin. She "jokes" about killing Hamin. The author portrays that as "jokes" and being so funny and charming when, in reality, it could easily be her being serious.
Her maybe being serious is touched upon right then and there, both in the atmosphere and Junu's reaction. Only she turns around and says she's joking and Junu shows no signs of truly believing her. The fact that she switches back only links back to her previous flip flopping behaviour.
Second, yes, again, I get why Joonwoo has a soft spot for her. That's what I'm criticizing considering his very clear statement (I don't care, etc. ruined the lives of three innocent people, etc.). Second, I am criticizing how the author goes along with Joonwoo (no surprise there since he is the main character). Joonwoo's thoughts are portrayed as being right, portrayed as such by the author.
If you think the author always goes along with Junu then you have missed a lot. All those cringe moments and down arcs are basically the author putting him and his opinions through the ringer. The same happened in the Lila arc. The author is following his journey but he's definitely not only on his side.
Again, this is your bias in favor of her. Taewon's motivation would be a major part of the plot. Look at how he affected the lives of all of the main characters. If he didn't have that motivation, then a lot of people wouldn't be affected the same way.
Your not only contradicting your earlier statements by basically saying he's very motivated in messing with the main characters but also that reasoning is very weak considering its so indirect. Lila's part was major because of its direct similarities to Junu as a character at the time, while for Kim his motivations don't matter, at least not yet, only his actions do. Using your logic you could say that about all characters, even minor ones, if they were ever covered or hinted at, even in the slightest.
"The only thing even close for Kim is that he doesn't want to go back to being on the victim side." That's you saying "the only thing". Where do you get that that's the only thing? That's your bias."
Its simply because its the only thing even hinted at for him as being his reason. The flashback was placed where it was for a reason.
How is his abuse reaffirming his beliefs? It's a belief that he's not the only victim in the world, as I had already explained above. That others will be beaten up for no good reason just like how he was beaten up for no good reason.
You said she, also it would be more that 'its a belief that he has the right to spread the unfairness because he experienced it'.
1) Does Joonwoo recognize those specific reasons as his motivating factor? Does he think of those reasons for why he treats them differently? The answer is a clear no. The very first thought Joonwoo had in his fight with Taewon was the I don't care what your motivations are. The very first thought he had when he was getting beaten up because of Lila was that he didn't think everything she said was a lie. Those are markedly different reactions. Nowhere does it say that his different treatment of them is because of your specific reasons. He disregards those reasons in favor of flimsy excuses.
He does recognise those as his reasons. Its even what's touched on in these more recent chapters. As for whether or not the author was on his side is easy to see because as usual he was portrayed as basically being overflowing with anger. By saying he doesn't care what his motivations are Junu is admitting its pretty much his personal reason for hating him and motivations won't change that. Also even back then he explained why he thought she was lying and why her betrayal wasn't enough to totally turn his back on her. The very reason I've been constantly putting in many of these comments, she helped him work through a difficult time and they were dating and also his want to 'save' her, similar to Sungah.
2) The author still does portray them very differently. I fundamentally disagree with what you said. Yes, Lila has moments where she is drawn bat shit crazy. Those are much fewer and farther between than Taewon, AND she is still portrayed as being funny and charming and beautiful.
The reason for that is simply because Lila was supposed to be a bait and switch character and was then dropped from the story after for a while. On the other hand Kim was always Junu's enemy from the time of Yuri's bullying and was brought in earlier as well. You're attributing additional motivations to something that's just due to screen time and situation.
