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I was putting off reading this before because I wasn't exactly in the best place to encounter a homophobic narrative from Mi-Ok (especially in a piece of work that has so far been very healing for me), and as it turns out, she's much worse. I personally would much rather face outright homophobia than what she's bringing to the table. She empathized about being "different," yet offered nothing but opposition and hostility. Heck, there wasn't even an actual connection between their struggles. + No one was even asking for her approval and support in the first place. It's so infuriating lmao.
The two MCs are way better people than me because I swear I wouldn't have let her go that easily.