The Uncanny Counter (2020 - 21) The "Orphan" Motif
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Until recently the exact nature of Ji Cheong-sin's relationship with Bae Sang-pil, the man he called "father" was unclear. I laboured under the impression that Cheong-sin might have been some kind of illegitimate son that he kept hidden while schooling him in the art of getting his hands dirty so that nasty rich people don't have to. That seemed particularly heartless but knowing now that Bae Sang-pil had adopted him for the sole purpose of training him to be a hitman doesn't make me feel any better about Bae Sang-pil. There's something very wrong even about thinking "at least he didn't use his own flesh and blood to carry out his dirty deeds" in this context especially. Ji Cheong-sin was an orphan that was adopted not because someone wanted to help a child and give him a home but because he was a potentially useful pawn in other people's sinister machinations. (Except that it has all come back to bite every single one of them with some measure of poetic justice)
The Uncanny Counter (2020 - 21) The "Orphan" Motif
The Uncanny Counter (2020 - 21) The "Orphan…
The Uncanny Counter (2020 - 21) The "Orphan" Motif
Until recently the exact nature of Ji Cheong-sin's relationship with Bae Sang-pil, the man he called "father" was unclear. I laboured under the impression that Cheong-sin might have been some kind of illegitimate son that he kept hidden while schooling him in the art of getting his hands dirty so that nasty rich people don't have to. That seemed particularly heartless but knowing now that Bae Sang-pil had adopted him for the sole purpose of training him to be a hitman doesn't make me feel any better about Bae Sang-pil. There's something very wrong even about thinking "at least he didn't use his own flesh and blood to carry out his dirty deeds" in this context especially. Ji Cheong-sin was an orphan that was adopted not because someone wanted to help a child and give him a home but because he was a potentially useful pawn in other people's sinister machinations. (Except that it has all come back to bite every single one of them with some measure of poetic justice)