Because purity is boring. Perfection is unrelatable. We read dark yaoi not to endorse abuse, but to witness survival. Han-gyeol is disqualified from heaven, but he is still breathing. And there is a sick, beautiful poetry in watching a character who has lost everything—including their right to call their love "pure"—keep living anyway.
The judgment of disqualification is not merely aesthetic — it is ethical. Fans use “pure love” as a protective category. When a yaoi breaks that link, it is banned from the heart of the genre, becoming a cautionary example rather than a beloved romance. disqualified+from+being+pure+love+yaoi+link
– The Fanlore wiki archives fan terms and debates. Search “pure love yaoi” and “disqualified.” Because purity is boring
Within the yaoi community, this disqualification from pure love can manifest in various ways: Han-gyeol is disqualified from heaven, but he is
Often depicted as a character carrying emotional baggage or a cynical worldview, he views himself as "disqualified" from experiencing genuine, uncorrupted affection.