May 9
If I had a nickel for every time a Bambi-coded protagonist fell for a blue-eyed violent man who happens to be older than them and part of their family,
who disfigures the other romantic interest of the main character and gets arrested in front of them,
while their family tries to force the protagonist to testify on behalf of the man, but then at last minute the mc decides to support the victim and the man feels betrayed and the family ties get broken because of that.
And years later, the mc decides to marry the victim even if it's obvious they're still not over the man,
and they reunite decades later.
I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
