i like the pacing of the story. even though it's kinda slow, i like how it's realistic considering how skylar and cirrus's relationship started out. i also like how they portray trauma in this story. i think its done p well and both the main characters' backstories bring a lot of perspective into why they are the way they are. however, idrk how i feel abt skylar and cirrus eventually ending up together tho. esp w the recent uncovering of what happened to cirrus in his childhood and how he's kinda forming this one-sided codependency on skylar and wants him to stay miserable so he can't find happiness away from him. idk. i think them as friends would be so fire once they finally both have a mutual understanding of one another's trauma and life experiences, but as lovers... really not feelin it tbh. there's gotta be some INSANE bonding for me to fw the idea personally.
overall good story so far tho.
update - 91 chaps read
hmm okay im fine with them getting together bc skylar was the one who confessed and went for cirrus first. makes me feel better that it was on his own terms. i still am really hoping to see some sort of in-depth convo abt each others' respective trauma together. i'd deadass be completely sold on them as a pairing if that happened.
update - 101 chaps read
… these mfs NEED to break up tbh. their relationship is so… my god.
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nah i rly fw the ending actually. the way skylar finally processed and told cirrus abt his trauma and how it effected his reactions towards him was nice to see. also how we finally see cirrus unlearning this deep self hate that he’s kept within self for years. him realizing that he’s loved by his friends and that people care abt him was just really fire. chan-il and cirrus’s conversation abt what happened between them was so good. chan-il explicitly stating that it’s not cirrus’s reasoning that made him angry but the fact that he felt like he didn’t even see him as a friend even tho they’ve been best friends for years. literally so fucking good. and cirrus opening up abt his lying-as-a-coping mechanism… i fw this series sm. i love character growth, understanding one’s actions, and apologizing for what one did fuckk. cirrus saying that he finally found a home in skylar and his friends. I DIED. i love coming of age stories…
i do think that therapy would’ve been best for skyrus bc they both still have issues that haven’t fully been worked through that manifest as crazy toxic habits (i.e. cirrus’s jealousy, skylar’s anger issues, etc) but ig i can just imagine that they went in my mind or sumn. also understand that paskim has been struggling w their health so i get not wanting to have to create multiple therapist characters and keeping the conclusion within the ones alr established.
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cirrus bond with candy. i was moved. cirrus not wanting to hate himself anymore bc he would be hating candy’s favorite person. WHAT IF I KMS. that’s so sweet fuckk. i love this series bro.
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