Tbf

While I do agree with you, I will say that it can be as difficult to “properly rekindle” a relationship with a sibling in real life as it is to write a good, cohesive scenario about it.

I’ve had multiple falling outs with my sisters over the years and, while we are cordial and occasionally friendly through texts, I do still feel a kind of tension between us that I don’t think is possible to erase completely. (We’ve never apologized to each other either, but we’re all very stubborn.) I’m always walking on eggshells around my sisters and their families when we meet up for family gatherings, but I refuse to *be* the problem by bringing it up.

Am I doormat for that? No, I just don’t want to make things worse. (￣∇￣") Believe me, it was really bad for a long while.

Anyway, feel free to ignore me. I just wanted to share my take on the whole “sibling(s) falling out and eventual forgiveness” trope/concept.

as a novel reader, the sister is one of best character in this story
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I don’t disagree with that take since we have to consider their relationship up until that point and how Esella was basically the only person to love the FL all her life. But I also think that even though Esella and her only had one fight, and Esella only committed one wrong in comparison to the rest of her family, this was probably the most heartbreaking fight for the FL. To the point where she left her home, her relationship with her dad and brothers worsened when it was already horrible, and all the mental abuse she’s had to suffer since then because of that incident. I’m kinda split though whether cutting ties completely or rekindling her familial relationships is more in line with the FL’s characterization, since she’s spent her entire life trying to reconcile with them, and you can’t change a person easily.

I completely disagree with you. If you go to some random party and some random woman talks trash about your sister and you just believe her... You're trash and need to be thrown away. What's the point of keeping a sister that worthless?

What you just described is very different from the MC being a potential doormat to her family. The stories I'm referring to are the ones that have the MC get almost killed, beat, robbed, abused, and or actually killed in a previous life: then forgives her family and acts chill about it after.

Speaking of siblings I have a brother. He and I have done some crazy shit to eachother. Got into a fist fight and knocked his tooth out we apologized (he and I are a year apart), got over it, done some other crazy shit, flash forward and now we're in our twenties. He and I best friends after all the ups and downs. So as an older sibling I'm just gonna say it really is a case by case basis as to how a sibling relationship continues or ends. I've seen siblings hate eachother and go no contact doing a quarter of what we did to eachother so its honestly just gonna depend on the people and environment.

Lmao? Even considering the circumstances if that was all it took for you to hate a sibling you never loved them.

Ayyyye I love that for us

The lil sister is the only one I'm down for the MC forgiving, but I would also understand if the MC doesn't. I think both are acceptable to her character as well since she is finally putting her past behind her, and her family doesnt need to be in her life to be happy. But I also think she's kind and caring and would probably accept a real apology.

That goes both ways. Why are you giving this younger sister a pass? She is a monster.

All it took for her to hate her sibling was some random woman at a random party telling her a random rumor. She didn't talk to her sister about it, she didn't try to confirm it, she didn't do anything except immediate believe the random woman. She never loved the FL.

You have no obligation to love people who do not love you. If your sister treats you like trash and shows you that she never cared about you, not even once, why should you keep her in your life? Why should you forgive someone who cares about you so little?

Where can i read the novel? Pls pls pls

The younger sister still rubs me the wrong way like wdym your whole family hates your sister and you did not bother to try and find out why, then when some random idiot your not even close to tells you the reason you automatically believe her and throw your SISTER who you've loved for years under the bus like atp just say you never liked your sister

Nah, the lil sister reacting the way she did does not deserve the term "Monster". I would call that garbage of a father that.

The issue with the lil sister is that she is extremely naive to a fault, which is no wonder with how she got sheltered all her life. It's no wonder how she ended up believing someone spewing some stuff about her older sister. Especially with how the rest of the family treats said sister.

I wouldn't be surprised if she might have seen/heard some stuff, during her childhood without really understanding what was going on, that was done/said to the FL. Thing is just, that sort of stuff does something to a brain, even if subconsciously.

Was her behavior towards her older sis crappy? Oh, for sure.

But not to the point I would call her a "monster" nah. I'll use that term for the actual monsters in the story, the father. If it weren't for the dad, neither Jade, nor the oldest brother would have behaved to FL the way they did. It's cuz of this 'hate' that the dad be spreading why they ended up the way they did.

A kid wouldn't blame someone for their mother's death out of nowhere. If they do, most likely someone is saying that stuff to them, or they heard it from said source.

The little sister is naive, honest and grew up knowing that her older sister was hated, but never knew why. When she was told the MC murdered her mother the first thing she did was ask about it. She has no reason to believe anyone would lie to her about something like that. But she also trusted the MC enough to have a reason for doing so if she did, and dare I say she probably would have believed the MC if she straight up told she didn't do it. But I guess that last bit is speculation since that wasn't what happened.

Our MC was having a panic attack because she was met with a situation she dreaded above all us. Since her response was fear and she was unable to get an answer out she most definitely came across as guilty. Its valid for both of them to be in a state of high emotion, as the MC feels like she lost her support, and the lil sis just found out her sister was a "murderer" who won't defend herself.

This is also their first falling put and the little sister has not done anything else to abuse or treat the MC like shit. If anything she's been the only one to support her and didnt follow in her family's footsteps. She is by no means a monster and they had a fall out over a misunderstanding.

So yes I'm sticking by what I said if one negative incident is all it takes for you to stop loving a sibling. YOU never loved them. I'm also going to iterate that love does not = forgive. If the lil sis genuinely apologizes then I find it reasonable for them to reconcile, but if the MC chooses not to its fine because it's her right to leave that family as a whole behind even if I don't think the little sister is an unforgivable "monster".

We can agree to disagree because I'm not going to change my mind about this, and if you don't either than its not that deep and let's move on.

If you turn on your family because a random person told you a random rumor then you never loved them. I don't know why you hold me to a different standard than you hold these characters, lol.

I can't believe so many people think the dynamic between the little sister and the older sister is positive at all before this incident happened. I don't know why you think it's normal for the older sister to be treated like a subordinate. Her younger sister treated her like garbage her entire life, just not quite as garbage as everyone else. You need to go reread this story if you think the younger sister is somehow innocent here. She's still an abuser, it's just a lot more insidious.

Yeah so uh deadass the little sister hasn't done jack shit. I reread it dawg shes legit done nothing to warrant your response so I think youre the one who needs to reread it cause you're seeing shit thats not happening.

Where did you read the novel please