Tane and Harper were once together until they had a child, but Harper eventually gave up and asked for a divorce because she felt Tane still loved Flick, who had passed away. Truly, no one could compare to Flick,right
It sounds like you’re reading the situation as a “no one can replace Flick” love triangle, but it’s a bit more complicated than that.
In stories like Tane and Harper’s, the core issue usually isn’t that one person is “better” or “can’t be compared.” It’s more about unresolved grief and emotional timing.
Tane’s connection to Flick (especially after her death) represents unfinished emotional business—guilt, memory, and loyalty to someone he lost. When someone hasn’t fully processed that kind of loss, they can unintentionally make their current partner feel like they’re living in the shadow of a ghost. That doesn’t mean Tane necessarily loves Harper less; it means part of him may not be fully emotionally available yet.
From Harper’s perspective, that kind of emotional split can feel exhausting and isolating, especially after having a child together. When she chooses divorce, it’s less about competing with Flick and more about protecting herself and her child from a relationship where she feels emotionally second place. That’s often what drives those decisions in these storylines—self-preservation, not comparison.
And about the idea that “no one could compare to Flick”—that’s emotionally understandable but not entirely accurate in how relationships actually work. People don’t replace the dead or compete with them. What happens instead is that the living partner has to decide whether the emotional space in the relationship is shared with the past in a healthy way—or dominated by it.
If Tane never fully processes Flick’s death, then yes, Harper will always feel like she’s standing next to something she can’t reach. But that says more about unresolved grief than about Flick being “unmatchable.”
So the real tragedy here isn’t comparison—it’s emotional overlap that was never fully healed before a new family was built.