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currently-not-studying · 1 day ago

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and another reason yoo sangah going from idealized heroine to just a person over the course of the novel is one of my favourite character arcs ever is that it refutes the idea that yoo sangha's kindness is somehow unique or unexpected - out of the reach of mere mortals like you and me. the initial world of orv is bleak to say the least. without the rules of society, and with the dokkaebi encouraging violence, we see the worst of the every day man. in this apocalypse we get the shining ray of hope of yoo sangah, whose good seems almost superhuman in the face of such grimness. only a heroine could always be so kind, dokja sighs to himself, watching her. but the rug gets pulled out from under us as the pepper incident is revealed, and we learn that yoo sangah isn't always kind, and it isn't certainly isn't effortless. her goodness isn't something only a protagonist could pull off - rather offering food to people who is hungry, trying to protect a child, even simply offering a kind word to a coworker - are all things done by just a person. it's something kim dokja doesn't need to keep separated in it's own box, but can recognize in himself as well. kindness is something we can expect from anyone, and something we can expect from ourselves. if yoo sangah can do it, so can anyone.

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currently-not-studying · 3 days ago

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