Chapter 55 hits differently when you look at it from Sejuโs side.
I donโt think Sejuโs actions in this chapter should be reduced to โshe was trying to steal Sumin from Sungji.โ To me, Seju was acting from a mixture of love, fear, jealousy, and the knowledge that she understood Sumin better than anyone else. She knew Suminโs patterns, her emotional avoidance, and the parts of their history that Sungji didnโt fully know.
Was Seju manipulating the situation? Yes. I wonโt pretend she wasnโt. She deliberately pushed at Sungjiโs insecurities, and she wasnโt a completely selfless person in that conversation. She still loved Sumin, so of course there was a selfish desire underneath it.
But thatโs exactly what makes Seju interesting to me.
She wasnโt some heartless villain plotting everything from the beginning. She was a woman who genuinely wanted Sumin to be happy while simultaneously being unable to stop loving her. Those two feelings existed together.
And then Chapter 55 gives us the painful reversal.
For years, Sumin was the one who carried the wound of being betrayed by Seju. But now Sumin becomes the person who betrays someone who genuinely trusts and loves her.
Iโm not saying โSumin betrayed Sungji, therefore Sejuโs betrayal was okay.โ Thatโs not my point at all.
My point is that the chapter destroys the simple morality of โSeju = betrayer, Sumin = victim.โ
Seju hurt Sumin.
Sumin hurt Sungji.
Both of them were capable of loving someone deeply and still making choices that wounded that person.
And what really gets me is that Sumin finally begins to understand what it feels like to be terrified of losing someone you genuinely love. That is the emotional place Seju has been living in for years.
So for me, Chapter 55 isnโt Seju getting revenge on Sumin.
Itโs Sumin finally standing on the other side of the wound.
And thatโs why I think Seju deserves more empathy than she usually gets. Not because she was always right, but because she was never just โthe bad person who ruined Suminโs life.โ
She was messy, selfish, loving, scared, manipulative, vulnerable, and deeply attached to Sumin all at once.
Thatโs Seju.
And honestly, thatโs what makes her one of the most painfully human characters in WDTFS๐ญ
Unapologetically,
Seju Apologist ๐ฆ
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