i don’t think jiho is entirely wrong here. yes he should’ve communicated with inwoo first but i think it was always inevitable that inwoo needed to speak with his mother. not to forgive her, but for inwoo to forgive himself. it is very much clear that his trauma is rooted deeply not only from the abuse he suffered from his father, but from his mother abandoning him in that abusive household. his mother is selfish and unforgivable not only for leaving her child then but never even bothering to seek him out now, if not for jiho.
his illness started from his mother’s abandonment. even in his adulthood, inwoo is still filled with resentment and has never truly been able to move on. rightfully so. his mother’s indifference during this meeting only further confirms that. previously, everything was sort of unconfirmed about why his mother did what she did but now we know that really she’s just a pos. inwoo did nothing to deserve that and hopefully he can take that information and not be further entrapped by his past. and i think outsiders like jiho needed to see that too, that family is not the same for everyone and reconciliation is not always the answer.
i don’t think jiho is entirely wrong here. yes he should’ve communicated with inwoo first but i think it was always inevitable that inwoo needed to speak with his mother. not to forgive her, but for inwoo to forgive himself. it is very much clear that his trauma is rooted deeply not only from the abuse he suffered from his father, but from his mother abandoning him in that abusive household. his mother is selfish and unforgivable not only for leaving her child then but never even bothering to seek him out now, if not for jiho.
his illness started from his mother’s abandonment. even in his adulthood, inwoo is still filled with resentment and has never truly been able to move on. rightfully so. his mother’s indifference during this meeting only further confirms that. previously, everything was sort of unconfirmed about why his mother did what she did but now we know that really she’s just a pos. inwoo did nothing to deserve that and hopefully he can take that information and not be further entrapped by his past. and i think outsiders like jiho needed to see that too, that family is not the same for everyone and reconciliation is not always the answer.