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I’m ngl, Guwon feels like a… beginner human? Like I’m not sure if he’s supernatural or whatever, but he lacks any sort of education, his emotions are sort of pure (like what you see you get), and beyond his brute strength, he’s INCREDIBLY receptive to the way the MC treats him like… a person?
He didn’t know what sex was and only seemed interested because of Teach’s responses, but when he found out, it was like the neurons in his brain connected. So I have two theories. One, what the Vet and all they’re saying is true, and Guwon was basically behaving the way he thought he should and everyone was too scared to go against him, BUT he could be swayed to be different if led the right way.
HOWEVERRR, I like my second theory more. There’s some huge shitty shit going on in this town and everyone is manipulating the FUCK out of Guwon. His strength in the apocalypse basically forced him into a leadership role but because he lacks knowledge of pretty much everything, people in the town were able to make it seem like what they wanted was actually what he wanted. Even going into town and only bringing back people he “needs” was their doing. Even with how fucked up it was, he was smiling through the murder WHILE CRYING as if it was like brainwashed into him that HE particularly had to carry out executions voted on by the town despite the fact that it crushed him.
The dude sits on a hill and watches a rock so that he can make sure it won’t fall on the town. He’s such a stickler for the rules (to the point of murder?) but he was okay with teach doing less work because he was injured (the townsfolk convinced him otherwise), the one rule is to never cross him because he’s murderous and powerful but Teach was able to stab him on his first night there with no issue? Guwon was so shattered from the murder and then getting slapped by Teach that he PASSED OUT! And why were they all just waiting there ready when it happened? Not to give a toxic top any grace, but a lot isn’t adding up.