it's a bit different, in svsss sqq was directly replaced. in this one he (or everyone) was reincarnated. basically death, but their soul are still the same. and they know that, so they can try to move on at least. meanwhile, with sqq, his senior brother (and also most people) didn't know that he had been replaced by entirely different person at all. i'd say sqq's situation is more tragic
oh i see sorry about that. i can see the connection now but it didn't connect before bc scum villain's world is after all a book. so for me it is really different. when SJ transmigrated in the middle of the plot, I dont think the original book universe already existed, i see it more as "what could happen" if sqq isn't replaced. however now i understand people see it differently because author did wrote that extra about the original plot line being an alternate universe instead (so they did exist). but even so it's still very different because SJ only connected to Bing Mei and he shouldn't have dealing with the Bing Ge except that one extra, it was really not his responsibility. sure Bing Ge is pitiful but it's the OG SQQ responsibility and it's a different person and a different story altogether. and anyway Bing Ge already did his revenge so what's else to do.
Yeah...that's the point? We feel bad for both og luo binghe and the og emperor in this story(forgot his name lol) because despite show much they suffered (the emperor especially) they don't get to have a happy ending and be with the one they love. That's the tragedy. Despite being the same person, they're both basically different people.
That's why shen jius analogy doesn't fit. He is a different person altogether
both here and svsss it kinda makes me sad when they separate the previous and the new versions of the mls bc like what abt the previous one I feel so bad lowkey