for all it's worth i truly do think that their relationship is a tragedy and a good depiction of how poverty can affect relationships. ts actually made me cry dawg, my throat hurts. like, omygod??? reading the backstory made me sad for haesoo. it made sympathise and understand why miss girl stayed with mincheol, because of the memory and hope that maybe the love they once had would return. mincheol still is a piece of shit, the flashback never excused or justifies his abuse towards haesoo, to me, it's more that it helps me understand not only his character, but haesoo's and their relationship too. the flashback doesn't come off as a reason for me to pity mincheol, the only emotion i felt towards him during this was rage and frustration, my pity went all to haesoo






"The bare minimum should disgust you", It does. It does disgust me-how love-deprived I am to put basic decency on a pedestal. But someone who's starving doesn't know what's edible and what's poison. A starving person will take anything. They'll mistake breadcrumbs for a banquet, a passing glance for affection, and silence for peace. Because when you've never known real love, even cruelty wrapped in attention feels like safety. And it's humiliating, how deep the hunger goes, how easily it fools you into gratitude for scraps.
but like instead of love, it's the things cesare provided her (food, house, clothes, etc) which is why i completely understood why she doesn't hate cesare at all.