I agree with you! I have such a love-hate relationship with Soowon, recently I've been feeling so bad for him but then I'm constantly reminded of how he was ready to kill Yona off without any second thought. And also how Yona clocked him during that arc where there was a possible war with a neighboring country, and we saw how Soowon had scarily similar ideologies to his father. I feel like after he reunited with Yona, he's becoming less like his father. I sometimes do feel like Soowon might not die, because they're definitely saving the dragons and getting rid of the curse, so Soowon's curse may also vanish. Also, I can not see Hak sitting on the throne for the life of me, but maybe that's just me. But then just when I start giving myself hope, I realise that recently the author has constantly been showing us how Yona is a perfect fit to be the ruler. She is the middle ground between her father and Soowon, who are both leaning towards opposite extremes. Idkkkkkk I do hope Soowon lives, but at the same time I don't want the trio to reconcile in anyway. I feel like the damage that Soowon did was really severe, no matter what his intentions were. I'm derailing haha, Idk but I'm sure the mangaka wont disappoint us. Even if Soowon ends up dying I think it's a good ending to end the bloodshed that started with their fathers, but it's really sad at the same time too.
Like I want to hate him because the series obviously wants you to feel more conflicted about him than any other character however, when I tend to think of characters, I think of their old story and not just their present as the fact that he was suffering since he was a child fated to die young will always get me especially since it’s so easy to read the crimson blood condition as comparable to real life chronic diseases. I feel like they make it so clear that even as a child, she just said on this in a way the others never saw and that even though he was being nice and cordial, he kept them at our arm’s length which is so sad. And I hate that his father was so quick to act, but the fact that when they found out that his wife had a chronic condition they started celebrating, will always make me side eye them but even that has me conflicted because they did end up feeling bad, but could they really do anything about the condition? I still don’t like Kashi however because she ended up having a personal connection to soowon mother and was still like “you need to have faith” like she’s dying.why would having faith in the gods who want her to die be a good thing?
Like you were saying I also can’t see Hak on the throne like I can’t imagine this guy army also listening to Yona like I feel like the elemental tribes are all going to listen but the sky and they might dissolve or something but I can definitely see Yona on the throne + her gang by her side look at the same time I cannot imagine soowon there at all. I feel like the cycle of hate is going to break but soowon is going to die regardless
Honestly I just want him to be happy
I’m so conflicted honestly because he’s genuinely one of my favorite characters in this entire story because he’s definitely one of the most tragic and I feel like death would complete his story perfectly however I don’t want him to die. Like the fact that his family had to die is so unfair. His whole story is so unfair the fact that he had to make all these sacrifices because of his bum uncle. The fact that even if his father wasn’t the way he was, he would’ve still died young because of the curse. Yona makes a good case for the chosen one aka Harry Potter, he makes a good case for not unchosen one aka Katniss like please someone save him because while I like the relationship, those three share it’s very clear that while he’s important to them, he’s only playing second fiddle and I feel like after everything he went through he deserves to feel like he’s number one to someone even if it’s temporarily because I feel like they’re still gonna kill him off