Like, why WQS committed suicide? Or LZW's life as WQS?
they gave a direct answer - it was implied it was bc of his sexual orientation and WQS was overwhelmed and hurt (scenes of him also getting bullied for being gay)
Episode 13 is a filler ?? really ??? why didn't they start the main leads tragic past
Narratively the screenwriters needed to show the horrors of war towards women (as something that didn't just end in the Joseon period either) to contextualize what happens to Koo Ryeon in ep 14.
It's not a "filler" unless you think vignettes of the past are the only way to do character development. The screenwriters likely didn't want to show Koo Ryeon going through such extreme violence with only 2 episodes remaining so they used characters we don't know to imply the horrible abuses she suffered without diminishing the gravity of them. This allowed them to focus on her past life holistically, good and the bad, without undermining the trauma of sexual assault victims (in and outside of war).
It's not a "filler" unless you think vignettes of the past are the only way to do character development. The screenwriters likely didn't want to show Koo Ryeon going through such extreme violence with only 2 episodes remaining so they used characters we don't know to imply the horrible abuses she suffered without diminishing the gravity of them. This allowed them to focus on her past life holistically, good and the bad, without undermining the trauma of sexual assault victims (in and outside of war).
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