I'm starting to understand his family situation. Mom and Dad pushed them to their extreme, that's why the older looks like a walking zombie. They made the two believed that theh have to be a "busy person" to have a place in the family, that nose bleeds were normal and just a sign of hardwork.
Now the older, being brainier and the one who carried the direct force of this abuse, decided to mold a specific path for his younger brother. He will work so hard until he can support the MC, move him away from their parents and let him continue his "blissful" life.
But what he didn't understand was, MC's life was never blissful. Not knowing what's happening doesn't shield him from the abuse. The path that the older brother was trying to create for him was isolating him in the process. So MC ran away the moment his taekwondo dreams crashed, because that's became his whole personality and his reason to stay in the family, without that, he doesn't feel like he belongs in that place.
They are both just kids who made adult choices. The difference was the older brother thought that he was helping his brother by doing the exact opposite of his parent's ways not knowing that he's becoming just like them, forcing MC to follow his plans and not telling him any shit. And MC was right to run away, but he didn't do it because he wants to save himself, he did it because he didn't fit in anymore. Older brother - right reason, wrong execution Him taking care of his brother does seem like the most logical solution to their problem, but because of how poorly he executed it, he just created another trauma to his brother. MC - right execution, wrong reason I tied this specific theory to the fact that MC actually doesn't care about his own study, he just wanted it done + that one time his former taekwondo student recognised him, he look so happy but discarded the emotion immediately. It was ingrained in him that his dream was now gone and he's not good enough to any other fields.
Older brother personally experienced the pain and suffering a genius child would go through in that family, but he still stayed, he makes himself shine brighter and brighter so that his parents would only focus on him, would only torture him.
I'm starting to understand his family situation.
Mom and Dad pushed them to their extreme, that's why the older looks like a walking zombie. They made the two believed that theh have to be a "busy person" to have a place in the family, that nose bleeds were normal and just a sign of hardwork.
Now the older, being brainier and the one who carried the direct force of this abuse, decided to mold a specific path for his younger brother. He will work so hard until he can support the MC, move him away from their parents and let him continue his "blissful" life.
But what he didn't understand was, MC's life was never blissful. Not knowing what's happening doesn't shield him from the abuse. The path that the older brother was trying to create for him was isolating him in the process.
So MC ran away the moment his taekwondo dreams crashed, because that's became his whole personality and his reason to stay in the family, without that, he doesn't feel like he belongs in that place.
They are both just kids who made adult choices.
The difference was the older brother thought that he was helping his brother by doing the exact opposite of his parent's ways not knowing that he's becoming just like them, forcing MC to follow his plans and not telling him any shit.
And MC was right to run away, but he didn't do it because he wants to save himself, he did it because he didn't fit in anymore.
Older brother - right reason, wrong execution
Him taking care of his brother does seem like the most logical solution to their problem, but because of how poorly he executed it, he just created another trauma to his brother.
MC - right execution, wrong reason
I tied this specific theory to the fact that MC actually doesn't care about his own study, he just wanted it done + that one time his former taekwondo student recognised him, he look so happy but discarded the emotion immediately. It was ingrained in him that his dream was now gone and he's not good enough to any other fields.
Older brother personally experienced the pain and suffering a genius child would go through in that family, but he still stayed, he makes himself shine brighter and brighter so that his parents would only focus on him, would only torture him.