This relationship is so unhealthy. I had hoped it would develop into something healthy, but it didn't. Although I still read it, I feel like this story romanticized unhealthy relationship dynamics.
I also had hoped to see Yohan's brother, because someone on the FYL topics said that this story "is about Yohan's brother, too".
FOS has a lot of story insights into what might happen in therapy, without the characters going through therapy, and I think that's what irks me the most. Their relationship began as an abusive one, and we don't receive closure that it's no longer abusive.
Regardless of attachment style (seems like anxious + avoidant, which will trigger each other and def something needing to be worked through), the relationship is still unhealthy. Nothing excuses it, and that entire aspect is glazed over as the teacher behaves as if he has Stockholm syndrome.
This relationship is so unhealthy. I had hoped it would develop into something healthy, but it didn't. Although I still read it, I feel like this story romanticized unhealthy relationship dynamics.
I also had hoped to see Yohan's brother, because someone on the FYL topics said that this story "is about Yohan's brother, too".
FOS has a lot of story insights into what might happen in therapy, without the characters going through therapy, and I think that's what irks me the most. Their relationship began as an abusive one, and we don't receive closure that it's no longer abusive.
Regardless of attachment style (seems like anxious + avoidant, which will trigger each other and def something needing to be worked through), the relationship is still unhealthy. Nothing excuses it, and that entire aspect is glazed over as the teacher behaves as if he has Stockholm syndrome.