#ah kdj. he typically narrates himself as a pragmatic and self-serving little cockroach

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kdj is so seemingly unfazed by shit most of the time (thank u 4th wall) that it's really awesome to see him get upset over 41st shin yoosung and beat the shit out of a dokkaebi in righteous anger. on a lot of levels it makes sense (shin yoosung is a character he loves in a novel he loves, and it's his passion for that novel that makes the whole damn story work, so of course he cares about how unfair her death is) but to me it's also a sign that he's getting more involved. sure, he's been living in the world of the scenarios, but since he still thinks of it as the world of a novel, its tragedies don't touch him in the same way.

but shin yoosung is different. not only is she a character he likes, but he's been teaching this round's shin yoosung as his protege for several days now. he's started to get attached to her on a personal level. without even noticing, he's started to take the relationships he's built in this world more seriously. there's a child depending on him! it doesn't matter quite so much whether that child is a "character" or not.