#when i discuss characters paralleling kim dokja in some way it is always fully independent of my considering of hsys authorship btw

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its interesting to me that the common sentiment appears to be that han sooyoung intended for jang hayoung to be trans. I think there's room for multiple interpretations, but I view being trans in orv as being inherently tied to the themes of self-actualization, as well as the idea that a narrative is unable to be fully defined by either author or reader. put more simply, jang hayoung is trans regardless of either kim dokja OR han sooyoung's intentions in creating her, or in how they each interpreted her. maybe the version of her in the novel was meant to be something else, but in the reality of this world, she is a trans girl. han sooyoung's intentions kind of don't matter there because the text has moved beyond its author

#narrates #orv #orv spoilers #i guess its like. its not Incorrect that kim dokja misinterprets her (this is a major part of their interactions obviously) #but the assumption seems to be that hes misinterpreted her all along and she was supposed to be trans. which. eh? #again i can see it but i like this reading a lot more #when i discuss characters paralleling kim dokja in some way it is always fully independent of my considering of hsys authorship btw #thats interesting for me to consider separately but i tend to just. enjoy parallels as parallels #as fun as it is to think about how hsys writing choices characterize her. i really like how deeply orv is influenced by death of the author #again it just feels more thematically appropriate to consider orv as a work created in a specific real world context #then to speculate on how writing comes from an author. as interesting as orv's in-text author legitimately is