matsuri_wins You're unlikely to be Yoonie as you seem to understand objectivity, where as they did not when i made a similar argument against them.
In saying that we could apply that very argument against your interpretation of the narrative structure and what you think is "genius" writing. It's still based of how you interpret the story structure, narrative and "mis-en-scene" and that comes from both your experiences in life and biases for and against characters.
That part is not interpretation, it’s basic knowledge of how to write stories and evaluating their quality.
If Team GJ is writing the story type A (“Sumin escapes from toxic relationship into arms of lovable new girl”) they are writing a BAD story, by putting excessive attention to all things Seju: all these backscenes throughout the main story, Seju and all her family problems hijacking the 2nd half of the story (there was a point I literally found myself surprised Sungji was still part of it lol), then Paradise, and when they finally show Sungji-centric chapter it’s just rehash of Seju scenes. What the actual f?
As a comparison, a good type A story in the world of Yuri manga is Pulse. Gave plenty of backstory to the toxic “villain”, even made her somewhat redeemable/relatable, but in no point of the story do you doubt, for a nanosecond, that the new girl is right for the “healing girl”, and you cheer for them intensely all along. The new girl is developed really well and is highly memorable from a storywriting standpoint. Also: in no moment the “healing girl” tells the ex she is leaving with the new girl but still loves her so much that in order to stay with new girl they need to part (what a bucket of cold water that would be, putting in question the entire love story!)
Now if Team GJ is writing story B (“fated couple has a lot of problems, date other ppl who are also important characters, find way back”) then there might be a light at the end of the quality tunnel here, because then they are justified in writing things the way they have been.
Hey, I know I haven’t been part of the conversation but I have to disagree. Sumin legitimately fell in love with Sungji imo. At first Sumin just thought Sungji was just one of those girls blindly attracted to her and want sexual favors, but the moment they shared moments together (like Sungji hugging her and being there for her when she needed consolation instead of something sexual, conversations, incidents where Sumin had to butt in to save her, etc.), Sumin progressively got attached to her. Sumin was attracted to her bc of her honesty and untainted nature. Sungji is definitely not a replacement because Sumin didn’t fall in love with her in a way she compared her to somebody else. She fell in love because Sungji was Sungji.
I think the moments that she thinks about Seju are there because she also feels a bit guilty about what she and Seju have become now. There is no indication that she still thinks of her as a romantic interest. She’s just worried about Seju because of the crap she had to go through bc of her family, and the abuse Seju has to deal with, etc.
Sungji was an effective healer because Sumin learns her mistakes through Sungji forgiving her, telling her things that give her insight, etc.
As I mentioned before, this is a healing drama where “gray” people (not black or white or bad or good), ie, realistic people, learn to forget and forgive past issues.
No one is really in the wrong or right.