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honest to god this is the most obvious allegory i ever read. sayeon honey you live in a fascist dictatorship
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Sayeon Lee: A Tragedy of Her Own Making
"Am I a bad person? Or just a weak one?"
It would've been easy for Sayeon to be drowned out by the more colorful members of her supporting cast.
The main three, for example, have their own main character-level backstories. Ryujin's adoptive family was massacred by the Aberrant Corps, the organization she is then forced to join; she seeks to avenge them by killing the Level 9 officer behind her family (and maybe crush's) death. Iseul's father was an apparent beacon of goodness within the shady Aberrant Corps and died before Iseul came of age; Iseul strives to succeed him, even though the Corps is a darker organization than he could ever imagine. Min was stripped of his essence at a young age, the trauma forming his stoic, mute personality. He joins a gang of criminals led by a woman he probably loves- even though she will never love him back- at least not in the way she loves her real sister, Sayeon Lee.
And who is Sayeon Lee? She's a hard worker. She… goes to school. She had maids? Her day-to-day existence is pretty cushy. It's explicitly stated that Sayeon has never worried about money, and probably food. Samin provides her with everything should ever need. As Officer Cha drives her to the Corps, Sayeon worries about her salary.
And despite how sheltered Sayeon is, and how "normal" her goals are compared to everyone else's ("Make the world a better place"…. ok, gurl) Sayeon still manages to be a devastatingly tragic character. To me, the reason is simple: Her tragedy is largely of her own making.
After Samin killed her best friend's dad, Sayeon could have reacted in so many ways. She could've tried leaving the home, or she could've not. She could've accepted Samin (and her family's) criminal history by acknowledging many of their actions as necessary, or she could've not. She could've lived her life and tried embracing the things that bring her happiness- or she could've not.
She doesn't, she doesn't, she doesn't. Sayeon chooses, inexplicably, to become a prosecutor. She studies until her nose bleeds so that she can get into a top school and put people like her sister in jail. She rejects having friends, hobbies, comfort, or any leisure throughout her teens just so that she can fulfill the purpose. She, essentially, rejects happiness itself.
And she didn't NEED to. From the start, no one has forced Sayeon to do anything. In fact, she has something that no other member of Cell 4 has: the backing of an ultra-powerful, ultra-rich family member who would do literally anything for her, no strings attached. Sayeon is the single most privileged member of Cell 4.
Ryujin didn't choose to be captured by the Corps. She didn't choose to sit in jail for years. Iseul is happy to be at the Corps, but he didn't have a choice in that either- unlike Sayeon, he isn't conveniently related to a family of supercriminals that would bail him out if he wanted something different. Min has had so little choice in his life that his character is basically defined by it. Even now, he is watching Sayeon on another person's orders. Does he even know he has a choice?
By contrast, Sayeon is FREE. She's still bound by society in some ways, so no, she won't become a prosecutor. But she had a choice between the Corps and a priviliged underground life as the untouchable sister of a superpowered heiress, who built an entire criminal empire just to protect her, and loves Sayeon with her whole heart and more.
And Sayeon still chose the Corps.
Sayeon is so mad with guilt and grief, so stuck on the idea of becoming society's Perfect Angel, the embodiment of her country and culture's ideals in some twisted form of repentance for something that she didn't even do- the actions of her family, which she did not choose and could not control- that she rejects happiness every time.
THIS is her fatal flaw. THIS is Sayeon's tragedy.
Not that she doesn't have a choice. But that she's always had one.
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Sayeon you can't use time powers every time you fuck up a conversation Sayeon take some personal responsibility for your words SAYEON
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adult jeckole as the butch pizza delivery girl and lipstick lesbian with no money for the pizza
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urapi meme
"The Nue (鵺, 鵼, 恠鳥, or 奴延鳥) is a legend of two lesbians having reality breaking…"…"
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seeing my posts on here is so weird sometimes because of how different my style looks in each drawing but whatevs man. enjoy my sona (in blonde)
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it might just be because im sleep deprived from jetlag rn but this r/relationship_advice post is making me cry actual tears of laughter. i read the post at first and was like yeah pretty standard whatever but im nosey so i clicked on the drawing op linked and i was not mentally prepared for it. putting it under a read more so you can get the same experience as i did
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As much as I love skirt jaeil they sadly do wear pants
Dude a love bullet AU with Jaeil is so appealing rn.
Imagine: Him dying and turning into cupid, he has to choose a lover for Sayeon (Ryujin) AND Jungwoo (Taeho).
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this shit took me too long and it WAS NOT worth it 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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/ref I tried to write it word for word from memory
Hey Aberrant corps! Ryujin Kang is NOT a monster!
So stop chaining her like she is one!
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Hey Aberrant corps! Ryujin Kang is NOT a monster!
So stop chaining her like she is one!
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old trend, never posted this here for some reason
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