Its Okay Faust Youre The Goodest Of Girls In Our Hearts

It’s okay faust you’re the goodest of girls in our hearts

So true and I wholeheartedly agree with this.

Every conversation that they had had a potential for violence. It was almost like a physical weight bearing down. Han Gihwan did everything to break Joowon on a psychological level.

And if I could, I would beat that man to a pulp. But I think the realization that he had when he saw Joowon side with Dongsik was enough to send him spiraling.

While I'm on the topic of the effects of abuse, there is a popular headcanon that Han Gihwan might have raised a hand on Han Joowon as a child. Which is fair enough, there are signs, it could have indeed happened. But personally, I like that the show never explicitly tells us that.

Because whatever the hell Han Gihwan is doing on-screen is enough to call him an abusive father. Abuse doesn't have to show itself in physical violence directed towards a victim. Even if it turns out that Han Gihwan has never ever raised a finger at his son, what he canonically does to him is enough to give Joowon the trauma that he has. We really don't need more violence to explain what is going on with Joowon.

There is also something to be said about the media and pop culture diminishing the abuse of children who don't get directly hit. "It wasn't that bad, some people have it worse," I hate sentiments like that. Which is why I love that we have Joowon—a good representation of abuse that isn't hitting and that is still devastatingly damaging.

Make it stop

MAKE IT STOP FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING GOOD

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As the discoverer of the species, the privilege of naming the creatures falls to me.

sum up Prodigal Son (2019) in one sentence

this is it, that's the entire plot