#korn will behave like gun and mostly ignore macau

[kissporsche]

hi! this is very out of nowhere but i just rewatched ep 14 and i am still wondering, why do you think vegas didn't kill korn? he clearly didn't care about dying at that point, and korn sent the guards away before reminding vegas that macau exists, so i am a tiny bit lost in my headcanons and you're my fandom senpai when it comes to these things.

An excuse to rewatch the office scene? Anon, you spoil me!

My own headcanon entirely comes down to Macau. As soon as Vegas sees Gun's body he knows he has lost. He even got to tell Pete he loves him beforehand, which is probably more than he ever thought he would get.

Vegas raises his gun to Korn because he has nothing left to lose, he doesn't care if he dies so he might as well take Korn out with him, finally achieving his father's goal. Until, as you say, Korn brings up Macau.

This is a threat. Basically, that he'll spare them if Vegas doesn't kill him, and if Vegas does kill him they're both in immediate danger. And if it was just about Vegas then he'd spit in the face of this so-called mercy and shoot him anyway, but if there's one thing he won't do it is risk Macau.

If he shoots Korn then they'll both die, and Macau will be left completely vulnerable. If he lets Korn live, then maybe he will at least show mercy. Macau will have some protection from the main family that he would not be afforded otherwise, and although these are two shitty options, Vegas chooses the one with the least implied risk to Macau. He would be leaving him under Korn's control, yes, but not at the whims of a completely destabilised family potentially looking for revenge. He's well aware he's being manipulated, but isn't left with much choice.

While from an outsider perspective it makes more sense for him to stay alive and continue protecting his brother... being suicidal is not logical. He has lost everything, failed at his mission, and now feels like he would only be a burden to those he loves. And he cannot face that life, under Korn's control no less, cannot continue to face his own inferiority now the failed coup has robbed him of the chance of ever escaping it.

Vegas has nothing left to give, except one final attempt to protect Macau