I like how he conversation about the man who turned into a tiger was foreshadowing, cause the MC was never warned about it until the mother gave the warning. She wanted to watch the MC succeed but be shackled by that scholarship, and even potentially end up like the man did. She didn’t push for it or against it though. Offering help but never enough to fix things or change things. Just to prolong them. Create false hope.
I also like how the beach scene is recontextualized. The mom was worried the MC would get drowned lol. At first it seemed like the mother wanted to live through her daughter, and was just possessive of her and a helicopter parent, but then it turned out she was just trying to make sure her daughter didn’t do anything bad. She’s not perfect but damn, I wasn’t expecting that twist. It kind of foreshadowed the daughter was off though quite a bit. Even just looking at the interactions. She never interjected to either’s benefit, like during the argument.
I like how he conversation about the man who turned into a tiger was foreshadowing, cause the MC was never warned about it until the mother gave the warning. She wanted to watch the MC succeed but be shackled by that scholarship, and even potentially end up like the man did. She didn’t push for it or against it though. Offering help but never enough to fix things or change things. Just to prolong them. Create false hope.
I also like how the beach scene is recontextualized. The mom was worried the MC would get drowned lol. At first it seemed like the mother wanted to live through her daughter, and was just possessive of her and a helicopter parent, but then it turned out she was just trying to make sure her daughter didn’t do anything bad. She’s not perfect but damn, I wasn’t expecting that twist. It kind of foreshadowed the daughter was off though quite a bit. Even just looking at the interactions. She never interjected to either’s benefit, like during the argument.
Really well done character interactions.