"Kim Dokja's breaths, his appearance, his laughter, and his manner of speech [...] And...
The glint in his eyes when he recalls the story he loves.
[...] 'I can just read from the beginning again'.
-CH. 438
(music cr: Train to Busan OST "Goodbye World" by Jang Young Gyu)
love that whenever kim dokja is away han sooyoung gets lonely and angry and bereft and starts killing people because it's her self-appointed task to dispose of problems nobody else wants to solve. she's an outsider from the way that everyone else who loves kdj grieves and it pisses her off because she's locked outside of viewing him the same way others do! she feels that only she knows the "truth" about kdj (the side of him that is annoying and self-important and knows about reading) and therefore can't feel as fondly towards him as everyone else. she is more "evil." their relationship is more "evil." and yet... he was the one who understood her. and so she misses him. and it PISSES HER OFF
UGH. I feel like I have to fight the fandom on a piece of Kim Dokja's characterization here.
KDJ DOES NOT HATE 'KIM NAMWOON'. HE ACTUALLY LIKES THE KID AFTER GETTING TO KNOW HIM AS A PERSON. He will protect KNW!!
He specifically DESPISES [999] Kim Namwoon. That KNW alone!! No other KNW! Really cannot stand the 999th turn KNW!
Why just 999th turn KNW?
KDJ judges people based on their actions not what their characterization is.
“I was taught to pay the price for my actions”
999th killed his favourite YJK turn.
999th got off for free for what KDJ believes is the worst thing ever. This is a parallel for KDJ believing that no punishment is enough for taking away the ■■ from YJK >>> subway thoughts
The hatred is less because “you're like me” but more like “I cannot forgive this. Not for myself, not for others, not for anyone.” Kim Dokja struggles a lot with the concept of forgiveness.
999th turn KNW was forgiven for something he believes he shouldn’t be forgiven for, so Kim Dokja just deals out the punishment himself.
He feels sooo bad about all the other KNWs. He will go out of his way to make the other KNWs safe/happy.
He gave 1863rd KNW his special coat to play with
When summoning 1864th KNW (the one in the gundam) he's all like!! Gotta make sure this KNW is safe! Can't let anything happen to him with Disconnected Film Theory, even though I did bring him here to help me deal with the 999th turn
There's a line somewhere, around the time Jang Hayoung messages ABFD for the first time, where Kim Dokja thinks "just like Kim Namwoon, ABFD might not be so bad after all".
Kim Namwoon is used to further reinforce that no one is born a villain.