Short but direct. I love how Taeyang did not give up on him in the end. But I just wanna emphasize how difficult it was for Jihwan. Yes, it was a bad move to run away and left a bad taste to some. However, I do understand why he did that. People have different defense mechanisms towards stress, pain, embarrassment or whatsoever. Jihwan had the habit of avoiding confrontations, in literal or abstract. He would always cry silently, and/or walk away. Did it twice with his parents and with Taeyang.
He then realized he can't do it anymore, especially with his son. Again with a hint of trauma, prolly recalled how much impact his father caused him. He wanted to differ. In addition to that, he wanted to have someone to call a family or to love someone whereas he doesn't need to run away.
When he experienced genuine love from Taeyang, Jihwan began questioning his worth and by the time he decided to face it, you can see that he was silently asking for assurance from Taeyang.
As someone who got this defense mechanism to stress, it made me happy that Jihwan was able to overcome his trauma. Mine's not as severe as I'm not traumatized. The hints of his father's influence diminished and disappeared as the story progressed. The story gradually became light and fluffy. Yes, the flashback was definitely heavy and gave me anxiety.
People really should talk more about psychological aspects of stories like this. It's sad yet fascinating in a learning basis.
Short but direct. I love how Taeyang did not give up on him in the end. But I just wanna emphasize how difficult it was for Jihwan. Yes, it was a bad move to run away and left a bad taste to some. However, I do understand why he did that. People have different defense mechanisms towards stress, pain, embarrassment or whatsoever. Jihwan had the habit of avoiding confrontations, in literal or abstract. He would always cry silently, and/or walk away. Did it twice with his parents and with Taeyang.
He then realized he can't do it anymore, especially with his son. Again with a hint of trauma, prolly recalled how much impact his father caused him. He wanted to differ. In addition to that, he wanted to have someone to call a family or to love someone whereas he doesn't need to run away.
When he experienced genuine love from Taeyang, Jihwan began questioning his worth and by the time he decided to face it, you can see that he was silently asking for assurance from Taeyang.
As someone who got this defense mechanism to stress, it made me happy that Jihwan was able to overcome his trauma. Mine's not as severe as I'm not traumatized. The hints of his father's influence diminished and disappeared as the story progressed. The story gradually became light and fluffy. Yes, the flashback was definitely heavy and gave me anxiety.
People really should talk more about psychological aspects of stories like this. It's sad yet fascinating in a learning basis.