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So basically Ri-in found out about Cirrus’s scheme from him, and apparently also Skylar’s borderline stalking Chan. Cirrus and Skylar are broken up now. Cirrus broke fatty’s arm and the teacher let his father know.
Crazy how those who beat him didn’t get “consequences” either. Yes Cirrus provoked them, but does it mean violence is justified? Did his lies change the trajectory of their life? Some LITC readers say characters aren’t rational, so you know that, why is this Cirrus’s consequence?
Characters made irrational choices. Honestly, I’m flabbergasted at how good the author puts angst after angst. Even the rapist MLs in other stories do not get the same treatment.
I have seen many LITC readers try to reason and justify what other characters did (beat) to Cirrus, “Oh they did it because they were upset and couldn’t think, they made a mistake, it was an irrational choice.”
When Cirrus fights back or is cold, tells his bff, he gets beat again. And the readers say he deserved it basically, doesn’t account in how he made an irrational choice in the past. People say his trauma doesn’t give him the right to hurt others, I promise you that he does have the right to hurt his parents who abused him all his childhood life and even today.
I won’t lie. I expected Ri-in, someone Cirrus considers family and has known her since probably kids, to sit down and talk it out with him—put some sense into him, tell him how much hurt he caused and ask him why did he do that at the time? Are you a changed person now? Are you still doing that? Or do you feel sorry and it was an irrational choice?
But none of that happened. Of course, Ri-in has a valid reaction and I won’t say she didn’t. She has every right to feel upset, I would be too if my own bff family lied to me and used me as a pawn in the scheme.
His scheme did not change the trajectory, did it hurt the other characters? Yes. But is he a villain? No.
Skylar would’ve seen Chan and his girlfriend anyways, the only difference is that he got to see it earlier because Cirrus schemed for the right timing to bump into them at the amusement park. Perhaps Sky knew this, it wasn’t a big deal since they didn’t get along at the time and Cirrus isn’t the same as he was before—that’s why he gave Cirrus a chance to come clear. Cirrus got scared and lied again.
I don’t condone what he did. But I believe he deserves a chance, and once Skylar is ready, I am set and ready to see them together. They’re struggling teens until it comes to Cirrus being beat for his past scheme.
Everyone forgets Cirrus didn’t even get along with Skylar at the time.
This is why I think the TIMING is WRONG and the “CONSEQUENCES” catching up is WRONG too. It doesn’t match up. I do think he should apologize to Ri-in and Skylar, but that’s it. He doesn’t need to go on his knees and beg for mercy.
Below this is a thread from X. I loved it so much I put some of my thoughts in there, and included most of the thread here: