controversial gren take

i get the gren hate and i am personally not a fan of him, but honestly? i kind of understand him, as much of a nuisance as he is. He grew up in the same fucked up system as shin, only he wasn't strong enough to get out. he turned to drugs like his foster siblings had and never found the strength to turn things around. he did shitty things partially as a result of his addiction and upbringing, though that doesn't excuse him from the choices he made. he never found it in himself to dig himself out of that hole. he just dug deeper.

i don't like him, but i don't hate him. i just think he's pathetic and sad. he's clinging to the one person he had to rely on as a child, not understanding how different things are. gren stayed trapped, but shin got out. he's not the same person, and gren is not the same helpless little kid. he idolizes shin because he sees him as a savior figure, the one from his childhood. he clings to that shin from the church. that older brother, that protector. but shin grew up, and honestly? i don't think gren ever really did. shin shouldn't have to act as that older brother anymore because gren is not a child. but i don't think gren gets that.

he thinks things can go back to how they were. but the fact is, THEY CANT. they aren't the same people. gren isn't that innocent little kid anymore. shin isn't that protective older brother. he clings to a future that is based off of the past. a future that can never be realized. shin grew and moved on from the past. gren stayed trapped, even if he recovered from his addiction, because he never broke through the cycle of bad decisions and painful mistakes.

at the end of the day, gren doesnt know shin, and shin doesnt know gren. i believe shin knows that, even as he does his best to help gren because he feels sorry for him and the kid he used to be. but gren doesnt know that he has no real idea of who shin is. he thinks he's the same because shin has helped him, but really, he's not. and it's just pathetic how gren has clung onto shin to the point he's only brought him down with him all because he cant distinguish past from present.

anyway, that's just my opinion. a SHUTLINE opinion.