@mrinu_otaku I don't think helping someone should be considered being soft.
Past is past we can all agree on that. But as you said 'how they are doing in present' is what matters. If someone is not doing good, helping them shouldn't be considered being soft, whether it's because of their past or present.
I don't like Lila but I don't hate her either. Heck I even pity that guy who's like the right hand of geun pig, I don't remember his name, but he has picked fights with junwoo a lot of times.
I hated junu in the beginning as well, but he became my favourite character after he 'changed', but if everyone just kept hating him, how could he have ever changed? Hamin has always been my favourite, Yuri as well, that one is an inspiration.