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croatian ppl and families move to germany for better lives and higher salaries, so i’m immediately pondering vanessa and juraj relating to each other based on their economic status, but j’s family then moving to germany… likely losing what brought v and him together.

vanessa will likely break away from the very real and understandable belief that a lot of romani people themselves hold which is to never trust a white croat. but ig an interracial relationship that’s full of compassion and understanding is clearly inconceivable to you guys too.

one part of sana’s storyline (yousef being non-muslim vs him still having a similiar cultural background to her) was always gonna be sacrificed in vanessa’s romani iteration of it for the purpose of the other part working out and making a grander statement.

vanessa ending up with a romani boy is expected of her. her ending up with a romani boy who is different than her would still be “better” and “more acceptable” than her ending up with a white croat. the broader societal / national commentary and messaging would be lost.

there are 2000 romani people living in zagreb. the chances of vanessa meeting a romani guy whose approach and relationship to being romani is so drastically different to hers to the point where she can’t imagine herself being in a relationship with him are low and close to zero.

they ate with this