Avid readers always understood him. It's the negative nancies that pretend not to notice.
A lot of us quiet ones do understand where he's coming from. The ones who understand that we react differently to trauma. Jaekyung is trying to better himself by wanting to stay at the top but that's it, that's all he knows about. It wasn't until he saw his old coach again, the one who saw him grow up and understood his pain, that he learnt that there's more to life than winning. He's so emotionally stunted, he needs someone who understands him to teach and guide him. What he does after this is up to him and hopefully there's a lot of growing up he has to do
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Am I the only one that somewhat understands him? Don‘t get me wrong, he‘s a little bitch and deserves to rot for what he did, but as someone who also grew up with a violent father … I lowkey get why he‘s so anxious about remaining at the top and doing literally everything to prove his hateful voices wrong. Every ambitious thing I did after growing up like this has been out of spite :/ his backstory may not seem like much but I do find it hella realistic