Ikr? I was starting to think that heโs not that bad and then he started a sob story about his brother, how he…
I'm fully questioning the capacity of the screenwriter here. We're halfway done with the series, every character that's still alive is growing and evolving, except for him and he's the FML. 4 episodes of decent growth and evolution for the character just to slide him back to "woe is me"? Like dude, your comrades in arms have perished while you're still alive, that whole spiel is no longer valid. I'm a novelist, I have no idea why this is happening.
The emotional toll in 20 and 21 is very heavy. Though GYY is still in full grief mode, him standing up for both ZF and AX in the movie theater is admirable. I love Ah Xiu's quiet strength. My only confusion is why is it that every time GL doesn't get something, he goes with the sob story to make ppl feel sorry for him? He's already got half the commanders on his side. I really liked his character development these last 4 episodes and then we return to the same thing. Just as they evolve him a bit, he slides right back into that old habit. I'm curious what the writers were thinking at this point. Proper evolution of a character shouldn't be one step forward and two steps back.
Can understand why as XFN is the only son who can be equally cunning like XX eventually as he gets older.
He's already cunning, though he doesn't have crystal ball ๐ฎ to see the future in 80 different ways like dad does. We've got 8 episodes left; I hope it won't end on a cliffhanger just because waiting for seasons 2 and 3 may take half a decade.
Just watched the two episodes from today and for the first time, everyone's acting was on point. GYY's grief at losing his brother-in-arms and platoon leader was shudder-worthy. Just rip heart out of chest and shatter into a million pieces. That kind of raw grief that goes from hope to denial to disbelief to bone-crushing understanding but still with a sense of "this can't be" as he let out truly visceral, utterly primal screams is unmatched and indescribable. XZ has come leaps and bounds in his acting. That scene where they return and maybe 7are left in the company with the flashback of everyone else, you can sense the disorientation in their leader; like a waking nightmare that won't end. More pain upcoming and it's so much to realize that many of them were just 19 year old kids. To say these episodes were powerful, would be a massive understatement.