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Thank you for this!
They don't know any better that is why and most are basing their dislike of jin off how he maneuvers to get things that he wants.
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Thank you for this!
They don't know any better that is why and most are basing their dislike of jin off how he maneuvers to get things that he wants.
Just clarifying since this seems to come up over and over again in discussions that everything Jin does is for power. It's come up multiple times in his conversations with Suu that he just wants to leave, but he can't.
When Suu was under the impression that Jin works for the crown prince and asks him what he'll do if the crown prince loses, Jin tells him he'll run away since he's always wanted to do it anyway. Also, when they talk about growing millet, selling millet cakes and making wine, it's clear that he's actually given it a lot of thought and would love nothing more than to just leave the palace and live a peaceful life being a farmer and running a business. But like we saw in the latest chapters, it's no longer just about him. If he blinks, not just him but everyone around him will pay the price. In olden day Korea, when a person becomes King, the first thing they do is kill off all possible competition and the families of people likely to support a competitor (every generation from the oldest to the youngest) or sell them as slaves. That's how Nadan ended up a slave (because he was the illegitimate child of a noble who was killed for treason along with his family when the current King came to power).
So yeah, just clarifying a point. No opinions.