Ik ppl say she’s immature and selfish and they’re not wrong, but I really liked reading about a more selfish fl whose strongest instinct is self preservation over anything else. U could say she’s stringing people along but no one around her is unaware of what she’s like and what she wants from them, and maybe even taking advantage of that. They, like her, are also unable do what’s healthy for them and move on because they were so important to each other when they were young and vulnerable. The part where she says something like “I can’t go forward and I can’t go back so I’ll just stay where I am like I always have” like oof I actually felt that one so bad. It’s a more shallow comic but it’s moments of depth rlly punch a pack.
I honestly don't find her selfish, she's just not good with relationships, and its due to her past trauma that she hasn't had a proper chance to tell to anyone or really heal. She's so afraid of being abandonded, while struggling with an identity that she thinks she doesn't belong to, it just to me, feels like a really realistic take and I empathize with her a lot.
I feel very sad in this kind of discriminatory world where even if the main character achieve happiness, I know the world is still bad so it makes me upset.
Also, his backstory is so sad ;-;
Usually a very short inserted sad backstory doesn’t make me feel emotional (there has to be a longer build up) but the scene where he’s all beaten up and he sees his half sister so preciously taken care of and his mom chooses to ignore him is so saddd
I feel like because his mom abandoned him he also abandoned himself. he’s selfish and not very good but not that bad either, he’s not without empathy so I hope he can improve himself and find his own happiness
Very very good. Legitimately got creeped out. I like the banter so far and spooky boarding school vibes r great