i think chap 80 was the end of season 2...so we'll prob have to wait like 5 more months if the in-between season hiatus is as long as last time...js thought id give some closure to everyone here...
what a heartbreaking chapter. like everybody else here, i'm so proud of nora for being able to stand his ground, keep his steadiness, and cut to the chase. but it's so sad, however much deserved, to see that detachment, that distance he puts between him and his parents--ex: referring to his father as a diplomat, implying this as more of a business deal than a family dispute--and yet to see so many years of pain still shine through. in these moments, i think of nora's sketchbook filled with views of his father's back. the idolization and longing for a father turned to disillusionment.
and yet, as much as i feel disdain for albrecht and heidi for what they've done to nora, there's a part of me that understands them in this moment. i believe that nora's parents have always loved him. i think that's clear in this chapter, especially where albrecht becomes vulnerable to the point where he can admit that he's afraid of losing his only child. but heidi and albrecht are marred by their own complexes and traumas. albrecht, suffering under a clearly physically (if not also emotionally) abusive father in a rigid household, attempts to give his son a better upbringing, ultimately cannot escape the cycle. heidi, threatened by the oppressive patriarchy of the nuremberg house and steeped in shame over her own weakness, cannot bring herself to protect her son. i think they are aware and regret (at least some of) the pain they have caused him. it makes sense that they wouldn't want him to put his life on the line--out of both political rationality and care for him. to me, nora's parents are among the most interesting in this story for their immense complexity. obviously, none of this excuses their treatment and neglect of nora; it just adds another layer of tragedy to this impossible situation.
with shuri, we see the true sacrifice of a mother. i do think that it was the right choice to shield rachel from a fact that would be so life-altering, and likely damaging to such a young girl. but it doesn't erase the fact that shuri must yet again conceal the truth of what happened to her--must pretend as though all of her pain was nonexistent. her trauma, only just recalled, must be ridiculed as a horrible lie for the sake of innocent ears. i understand jeremy's tears when he listens to this. by now, he knows of the extent of shuri's suffering--maybe not the specifics, but he can see its presence. he is unbearably aware of what she gave up--her childhood and innocence--to be their mother. he is constantly confronted with the fact that as much as he and the children love her and as much as she loves them, she is chained to them, and will not be able to live freely until their familial tie is severed. he listens as shuri protects his sister's innocence when that of her own was not protected. he listens as her bittersweet tears start to fall as she forsakes her truth for love.
this is genuinely pmo so bad ur telling me i waited a week for literally nothing????!!!!! like this is not the time to be engaging in activity guys THIS IS NOT THE VIBE. like ughhh im trying to be understanding bc eungyo has gone thru a lot and it makes sense that she wouldnt have an easy time communicating in a relationship but like UGHHHHHH PLEASE HURRY UP OMFG. and the fact that jaeheon was given a big fat chance to tell the truth and didnt is genuinely pmo so bad holy shit. this is actually so unbelievably frustrating
is this on hiatus or something???????? please come backkkkkk (/TДT)/
THIS CHAPTER WAS WAY TOO SHORT HELLO. where tf is my groveling????!!!!!
the reactions to nora coming in were just heart-wrenching. the way that all three of the younger siblings were crying--together--the twins comforting elias, who was so relieved to see nora that he broke down. jeremy's nonchalant reception, a testament to his absolute faith in nora and that he really would come, even if it killed him. and shuri's figure--hand clutching her chest, head bowed, shoulders slumped...a stark difference to her stiff, stark postures and expressions when she felt as though she were fighting a battle for her family's lives on her own. with nora's arrival, that burden is lifted; her family is saved; she is given a second chance at life.
guys yk i love this worldbuilding thru religion but goddamn i have no idea what those bible verses were saying. like girl u gotta translate this for me bc im so lost
guys i have LITTERALLYYYY been waiting for this for so long. i need this crash out to CRASH OUT i tell u i need it to be DRIPPING with angst i NEED him to feel her wrath i need him to prostrate himself on the fucking floor in front of her before hes allowed to even look at her or breathe in the same air. YES i am rooting for him as the ml YES i hate the two other guys YES hes toxic and YES this is his penance for lying this is the beginning of his redemption i swear it. best case scenario eungyo makes a complete recovery from both dohyun and jaeheon and rises from the ashes a new woman. either way hes gonna build himself from the ground up a NEW MAN he better and if he doesnt if he doesnt SUFFER enough im genuinely going to TWEAK out
it's officially been five years--almost exactly to the day--since i finished reading this. ive never reread it once or engaged in any kind of community since then, but i still think about it a lot.
this is my love island my keeping up with the kardashians my summer i turned pretty. i live for the drama
omg guys the art in the last few chapters has been POPPING but even more so the progression of penny's and eclis' relationship has been so tragic..like in the beginning penny was so detached from the world and focused on her own escape (rightfully so) that she was willing to take advantage of the feelings of the easiest person to manipulate (whom, tbf, she DID believe to just be a video game character). she used and discarded him believing this. unfortunately, however, eclis WAS a real person and was also mentally unstable, leading to his obsession with her (which ofc was NOT WARRANTED but given the circumstances it makes sense). now penny has to pay the consequences for the sin she didn't fully know she committed. honestly ik some ppl are saying that either his character fell off or that he's one-sided, and i get that if uve been a big fan of his. but i think that this has been coming for a long time--he and penny were NEVER going to work out (i mean like master/slave dynamic hello what). the signs were always there. all he needed was something to formally push him off the deep end...
Wait wait wait so here's the timeline:
- dohyun and eungyo are together for a while
- dohyun is a serial cheater
- haeda doesn't say anything to eungyo (presuming he knew given that jaeheon knew and haeda and jaeheon are friends)
- for some reason haeda gets dohyun blackout drunk and leaves him in yeonju's house
- jaeheon spreads the rumor to haeda that yeonju is having dohyun's kid (?)
- haeda does something (??? maybe confront dohyun??)
- dohyun goes to live w yeonju overseas
i think this is correct?? we still have no idea rlly what yeonju's perspective/motive is. also im pretty sure eungyo knows about him having a baby at this moment in time but bc of her js being ghosted and being super confused im assuming haeda didn't break the news to her when he found out from jaeheon---at least not immediately.
Honestly guys this makes me dislike haeda more and like the ML more...like tell me why u knew the bf of the girl u liked was cheating on her constantly and u didnt tell her??? like bro cmon. that's just not cool at all. honestly yea the ML's a little crazy but yk what????? i have some respect for the fact that he actually did something. and yk what???? he makes her smile and makes her happy. he's got chances to redeem that crazy part of himself but even so he'd never hurt her unlike haeda (who hurt her indirectly by not saying anything) and the bitchass ex. idgaf if his "life was ruined" haeda bro hes gonna be JUST fine and work in some finance job before retiring early like LETS BE SO FRRRRR
guys im lowkey confused like why did it say "to be continued" after the last chapter if there wasn't going to be any more episodes. like
every single adult in this story has failed their children. she was just a baby. she was hurt and was looking for the only other person who had given her warmth, and she was rejected. just like nora, just like theo, and the many other children who have suffered in this story. i do think that this chapter brought a complexity to shuri's mother that was not there before in the same way that we got complex views of nora's, theo's and even the neuschwanstein's parents. clearly, her mother has been in shuri's shoes. her mother has felt abuse. her mother, likely, had nobody to turn to. it's a sick, ugly understanding, but it's there, and you see it in her face: i don't think we've ever seen her mother look so motherly (for lack of a better word), even in the previous chapter. her mother almost treats this like a coming-of-age, like shuri has now learned the truth of womanhood, of being married to a man. she's learned about the sacrifices it demands of her. and i think that in her mother's own twisted understanding, she tries to comfort shuri by telling her what she was likely told before, that this is the truth, and that shuri just needs to handle it; to live by the good days and struggle through the bad ones, just as the mother herself has done. it's survival. it's disgusting, and it absolutely does NOT excuse her mother for the awful, despicable things she's done to shuri. it only adds another tragedy to the whole situation: that shuri was not the first, nor will she be the last. she was just a baby who got caught in the crossfire.
it's so lovely seeing so much yearning finally coming to fruition after so so long of waiting..like wow i love slow burns guys.
also side note does anyone know where the last image for akumakira credits comes from??? the one with the guy holding the sparkler???
rip to all the ppl who haven't read the novel.........lock in guys its abt to get real