The amount of trauma Sangwoo has gone through is insane... it hurts my heart. It doesn't excuse his behavior by any means but it does explain it. When your primary caregiver acts like they love you but is trying to kill you at the same time.... when your desire to protect your mom makes you kill your dad and Sangwoo needs to process that trauma but he still has to emotionally take care of his mother first in order to survive, quite literally. Trauma like that fucks up your mental and emotional development so much. He never was allowed any glimpse of the world that was remotely physically or emotionally safe.
The amount of trauma Sangwoo has gone through is insane... it hurts my heart. It doesn't excuse his behavior by any means but it does explain it. When your primary caregiver acts like they love you but is trying to kill you at the same time.... when your desire to protect your mom makes you kill your dad and Sangwoo needs to process that trauma but he still has to emotionally take care of his mother first in order to survive, quite literally. Trauma like that fucks up your mental and emotional development so much. He never was allowed any glimpse of the world that was remotely physically or emotionally safe.