#well … samuel is at the airport to meet gitae … so hopefully we get to see them interact tomorrow …

[melljam]

gitae is everything samuel thought he was, everything he wishes he were

the illegitimate son of the strongest gangster, gapryong kim? must be strong through that genetic link despite his absence in his life? adapts a brutal fighting style that relies on raw strength rather than any martial art because his status as a bastard child meant that no one was around to mentor him unlike jake, the ‘wanted’ son? a leader who can control his gang through viciousness? someone who does whatever it takes to get what he wants? committed patricide???

their circumstances, their methods, and the way they turned out is all so chillingly similar

there’s just the simple distinction of one actually being gapryong kim’s son and the other … is not

and that small little distinction makes all of the difference because samuel is bound to hate gitae for it, no matter how similar they are or how much they can relate to each other

and gitae, like jake, might be unable to understand samuel’s idolization of gapryong

and so samuel is probably going to be doomed to have another intense inferiority complex dynamic with him, especially because gitae doesnt just hate or resent gapryong, he killed gapryong

maybe there’s a part of him that can sympathize because he can see himself in gitae and relate to him a little more than jake could. jake got the privilege of being the legitimate son, but gitae and samuel didnt. samuel resents jake for being ungrateful for his status, but can he fully resent gitae for being in the same position that he thought he was in when he was younger???

samuel killed his dad too, so maybe they could relate to each other in that regard (if samuel somehow ever lets that slip lol)

but gitae didnt just kill his dad, he also killed samuel’s lifelong idol

and i dont think samuel could ignore that, even if gitae was another abandoned child like him

samuel might be able to see himself in gitae, which might create even more resentment towards him

i wonder if gitae could see himself in samuel, especially if he also idolized gapryong kim