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I think comparing jjk to Dan is so disingenuous cz if jae has to be kind cz of similar backgrounds then why is Dan poor with nothing to show for his 30 years of life?? Dan too should have risen above the poverty and general adversity and make something great of himself that he can be proud of. But what is Dan, a coward, drunkard and habitual chainsmoker. And it's not hidden that he is ashamed of his life. It's why he admires jjk in the first place.His grandmother can't even die in peace, she raised him and tried to give him some semblance of stability but yet here we are. By y'all's logic that should be enough to make him a great man but really it's not. It's an unfair comparison really, I didn't even like writing that out loud. Y'alls binary way of thinking dismisses so many factors about how they got to be where they are. I don't think Dan is kind especially if he is so unkind to himself.
I see people say jjk had people but it seems like he left for Seoul quite early to pursue boxing seriously. We are not assured he was given emotional and mental support by the granny and ahjussi. What are the chances that he had to raise himself still even if he had boxing?? We have to wait and see. I get people hate jjk and that's why being dismissive of his upbringing is just an assured thing. I won't be doing that though cz I know trauma affects people differently. I have a soft spot for all traumatized people (doesn't mean they shouldn't be held accountable though).
Y'all act like Dan is peak human when he's been trying to off himself unconsciously. I would even say he hates himself that the so called kindness y'all admire is a mask to hide how broken he is. It's an unfortunate characteristic of people with suicidal ideation. He is tired of his life and I don't blame him when you can't ever truly express yourself when you've locked yourself in a cage where you are good to others but never to yourself. Jaekyungs shit treatment of him and rejection just asserted all those feelings of worthlessness he's carried around for as long as he can remember. It broke him to be discarded by the one person he has emotionally invested in beyond his grandma.
Any I might have went off track but I think the comparison thing oversimplifies the hard life both this people have lived through.