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With the emphasis on the whole "loving the right person at the wrong time and having to wait until the right time comes" theme that was introduced with Wen's father and his mother and now the movie where the man still marries his fiance despite being in love with another woman. I feel like this is where this story will go.

At the moment, it has been made very apparent that in Jim's life, Kaipa represents convience, while Wen represents excitement and joy.

The nature of Jim and Kaipa's interactions have revolved around food or finances. In the first episode, their first interaction was Kaipa getting money from Jim for his mother, they later talked while Jim was picking up more food for his restaurant.

In the episodes following, Kaipa brings Jim food and handles his finances. One of the first times we see them having a conversation about something else, it's Kaipa inviting Jim to the festival, however Jim turned him down and eventually ended up going with Wen.

Kaipa's presence in Jim's life is obviously huge, but it's more of a routine. He spends his day worrying about his finances and around food, so when that is the only kind of interaction he has with Kaipa, he probably is bored of it.

In contrast, Wen has been a source of joy and excitement for Jim, something he didn't have before, it's something new which is why he feels so drawn to it.

He has fun with Wen, which probably feels like an escape from his normal routine.

It's also interesting that while we have seen multiple scenes between Wen and Jimbo and Li Ming, two important parts of Jim's life, we have yet to see that with Kaipa, who has known them longer. We also haven't seen Kaipa in Jim's home.

Overall, it just feels like Wen has integrated himself in not only Jim's life, but Jim's family's lives as well, while Kaipa has only done it with Jim.

Now back to the "right love, wrong time" theme. Seeing the difference in what he believes Kaipa and Wen provide, I feel like Jim will see Wen as the right love, but at the wrong time and will decide that nothing can happen between them.

I don't know if this means he'll be more open towards Kaipa's advances, but I can see him having an increased respect and admiration for Kaipa after realizing just how much he cares for him.

However, I do think that there will come a point in which Jim realizes that at no point is love wrong, whether it be the time or the place and that will be when he starts pursuing Wen. I think during this time he'll start to realize that Wen can provide what Kaipa does, maybe not to the same extent, but more of a balance with the same excitement and joy he brings. It has already been sprinkled in a couple scenes where Wen bought Jim food and paid the people Jim hit with his car, but nothing really significant yet.

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The contrast in Louis' favorite past times from when he was with Lestat to when he is with Armand is so interesting to me.

From what we have been shown, it appears that Louis' favorite past times include reading (the man always has a book in his hands) and being in nature.

When he was with Lestat, we saw him with a book in his hands, all the time

Heard him mention how many books he had read

Had Lestat reference the pleasure Louis recieved from reading

And we even learned that Louis had a favorite bookshop

For his other favorite past time, we always saw Louis surrounded by nature, mostly by trees in the park

But we did also see him go to the lake with Claudia

Fast-forward to 2022 and this is not the case anymore. The interior of the Penthouse seemingly clarifies that Louis has the same favorite past times, but it is far more controlled.

While he has a full library, all the books are suspended in the air and appear to only be accessible to someone who can fly, which we know Louis can not

Its been a while since I've watched all the epsiodes fully, but I'm pretty sure the only book we've seen Louis pick up is Daniel's book, which did not come from the library.

For his love of nature, the interior of the reading room is clearly meant to emulate nature, but is still artificial. The little nook has one tree, one source of light, a couple of stones, and gravel.

Since it has been over 80 years, it is fair to say that Louis' hobbies may have changed, but when Louis became distraught and started to breakdown, he didn't run to the "love of his life," he ran to the little corner of nature he has in the Penthouse and put is feet in the gravel to comfort himself and regain composure. I think this shows that Louis is still in touch with nature and is soothed by it, but is unable to truly reach it now.

Now, I don't want to assume Armand's and Louis' relationship, but from what I've seen, Louis is not in control here and does not appear to be free.

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"I think there is a story that has been told to Louis that Louis has told to himself that maybe Armand has told him, too."

With Rolin Jones saying this, it calls into question everything we have been told and I think that Louis isn't an unreliable narrator just to be one, he likely repressed and altered his memories from the trauma and those memories were then reinforced to control him or "protect him from himself" by Armand.

I think the only time Louis was intentionally unreliable was when he tore out Claudia's diary pages. The other moment Daniel called Louis out for being unreliable was when he didn't want to kill Lestat, but I'm so sure that he didn't intentionally lie, but he had repressed the real memory for so long, probably because it was traumatic and acted as a catalyst for the deterioration of his and Claudia's relationship, that he had started to believe that was the most accurate memory.

I mean, the breakdown he had over Daniel questioning that memory kind of made it obvious that it was memory that he hadn't thought about in a long time and didn't want to remember.

This also makes me think that the reason the two interviews, 1973 vs 2022, are so vastly different is because of the level of control Armand has over Louis. Since Louis is becoming older and more powerful, I assume the "real" memories are starting to re-emerge because he is less easily controlled. This may be why we see a more positive perspective of Lestat in the 2022 interview, but since Armand still has influence over him, some of his memories are still unreliable.

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I absolutely love the scene of Antoinette asking Lestat to travel with her to various cities.

Since these are the exact same cities Lesat proposed traveling to with Louis

But when Antoinette proposed these cities, ones that Lestat had already considered traveling to with Louis, he shut her down.

Obviously this was intentional to show Lestat's true feelings for Antoinette compared to Louis, so that when he says he loves her sentences later, the audience can understand the empty weight those words hold, especially in comparison to the way he says it to Louis scenes later.

This scene also had me wondering how Lestat views Antoinette. As someone who hasn't read the book, I've heard that Lestat does have a fondness for Antoinette's book counterpart Antoine, but he kind of just abandons him once all is said and done, so where does the fondness stem from in the TV series?

I guess this fondness stems from her talent, since he does have a soft spot for people involved in music. I can also see it stemming from her admiration and acceptance for him and vampires. As we know from the new episode and episode 3, Louis' way of living/viewing life as a vampire makes Lestat feel as though he's being looked down upon and that Louis is ashamed of being a vampire.

And now that we got a glimpse into Lestat's backstory, I have to imagine that after having to figure out how to be a vampire by yourself, since your maker killed himself before sharing any knowledge, and having to live with those 'rules' for centuries and the one person you finally decided to be your companion, after a century, appears to dismiss and shame the lifestyle you had to create yourself.

I can see why he may be hurt and may choose to latch on to the first person who knows about him being a vampire and not only accepts him for how he is, but seems to love and admire him for it.

Based on what I've seen in the series, it seems like Lestat keeps Antoinette around because she's easy. And not easy as in easy to sleep with, but because she literally does not fight back. She faked her death, cut off her finger, which easily could have just came from anyone else since Claudia tossed it into a fire immediately, quit her job, and is staying in a rundown hotel out of town, with very little complaints. Like this woman is the definition of down bad and I bet Lestat loves it because that form of worship definitely feeds his ego, but it isn't enough to excite him wholeheartedly like Louis' bickering and stubbornness does.

Louis' lets him get away with alot, but nothing like Antoinette. In fact, Louis goes out of his way to intentionally provoke Lestat and he enjoys it. He also know Lestat loves that he's not a doormat.

I can't even imagine the wrath that would befall Antoinette if she tried/said half of the stuff Lestat allows Louis to say and do to him. The woman questioned him about leaving the hotel and creating a new identity in episode 6 and Lestat immediately shut her down.

Just for the sake of it, I would love to see Antoinette take a stand against him to see his reaction, but that's just not how her character is written.

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Potentially Unpopular Opinion: I prefer VegasPete's emotional chemistry over their intimate/sexual chemistry.

Not trying to say that the actors don't have good chemistry, but I feel like I believe and am impacted by their emotionally intense scenes more than I believe and am affected by their intimate/sexual scenes. I don't know if this is unpopular since I have seen a lot more praise for their emotionally intense scenes than I have for their intimate scenes.

I made a post before where I stated how I felt about their sex scene and how I didn't really feel anything towards it. At first I thought it may be just because I didn't like how the scene was shot and edited since it was so different to the sex scenes we had gotten from Kinn and Porsche that it was kind of shocking that it was made by the same team. The loud and eerie background music and the large amount of cuts kind of made it feel less realistic than the scenes we got from KP, where the scenes were long shots, natural noises were incorporated, and realistic facial and body reactions were portrayed. I assumed this was all intentional and VP's scene was intentionally made to be atypical to help portray how jarring the relationship is.

I also didn't really "feel" the lust from both the characters. The first kiss they had was filled with desire, but the kisses after that felt kind of lackluster and for a scene that was incorporating rimming, ropes, and cuffs, I was expecting more passionate forms of kissing. Not that every kiss needs to have full on tongue, but for how emotionally intense these two characters are, I think it would have made more sense for them to be overtly passionate and lust driven. However, despite me feeling this way, I just chalked it up to me unintentionally comparing biblebuild's chemistry to mileapo's chemistry, which is unfair since mileapo has some of the best chemistry in the BL industry

Now that we got to see VP in a scene where they aren't as emotionally intense and are more intimate, I can safely say that I find their emotional scenes more impactful. It was nice to see them be cute, but the kiss kind of took me out of the scene. It makes sense that the kiss was softer, but I didn't feel the passion I would expect from VP. I think the way the show marketed VP kind of rose my expectations. I still remember the "I will consume you" trailer and from that it seemed like this relationship would be driven by passion, desire, and lust and I have yet to feel that and now that they are seemingly entering their "domestic era" I don't know if we'll ever see it.

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Korn sees Porsche as more of a threat then he sees Vegas.

So today during another rewatch of KinnPorsche episode 14, I noticed how different Korn's reaction towards Porsche holding a gun at him was to his reaction to Vegas holding a gun at him.

When Porsche held the gun at him, he was scared or at least nervous. Korn even jumps back from Porsche when he first pulls the gun on him. Then, even after Kinn steps in front of him, Korn is still watching Porsche with side eyes and he even audibly gulps and takes a moment to take a deep breath and look around. Now all these "signs" of nervousness could simply be the actors' way of acting, but seconds later when Vegas comes running in and eventually pulls a gun on him, he is a totally different person.

First, he doesn't even move or jump back when Vegas pulls a gun on him, the complete opposite to what he did with Porsche. To be fair, this could be because he was not expecting Porsche to pull a gun on him, but with Vegas it is far more predictable. Then, as Vegas is holding a gun to him, Korn just starts him down, he doesn't gulp, not once, and he is breathing perfectly normal. These are not the signs of a man who is nervous, which is crazy because you would think he would have more fear towards Vegas in this situation. With Porsche, Kinn stepped in front of him, so he at least had some protection. With Vegas, he had no protection and the person who was pointing the gun at him was someone who attacked his family with the sole mission of killing them. Also, Vegas has never hesitated to kill someone he wanted dead.

Another thing that was different in these two scenes was how Korn tried to "comfort" them. With Porsche, he went into a whole explanation and even sounded like he somewhat cared. With Vegas, he didn't even bother to explain himself. The intent behind his comfort for Porsche was "I'm sorry, please forgive me," but with Vegas, it was "it is what it is," no remorse whatsoever. Also, the fact that he let Vegas walk away, alive, while he offered Porsche the minor family ring, shows that he doesn't view Vegas as an asset or any kind of threat, if he did, he would have fought harder to keep him on his side. As everyone knows, you keep your friends close, but your enemies closer, which is exactly what Korn is doing. While he offered Vegas a stick, with the promise to take care of him and his brother, he offered Porsche an olive branch, in the form of the minor family ring, because he views him as a threat/asset and wants to keep him on his side to know exactly what he is doing. Also, if Korn saw Vegas as any kind of threat or someone he couldn't control, he would be dead.

Now, at first I thought I might be overthinking, but when paying attention to how these scenes were filmed, I think it's obvious that Korn's different reactions was intentional. In the scene with Porsche, Korn and Porsche are both shot in the same way, up close and from relatively the same angle,

which implies they are equal in this situation, they both have power. In the scene with Vegas, Korn is shot from below, while Vegas is shot from above,

which implies a clear difference in power. Korn is portrayed as above Vegas and therefore superior, which makes his reaction towards Vegas' threat make even more sense

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Here are some possible plot points for Season 2 I think could happen based solely on the hints and cliffhangers in episode 14.

1. Korn and his web of lies - I can see the main objective of season 2 being to take down Korn since he has been controlling everyone this whole series.

2. The truth about what happened with Porsche's mom - Since she was actually dead in the novels, her being alive is the biggest plot twist and will most likely be a big plot point.

3. Porsche's skepticism towards Korn - In episode 14, Porsche was ready to kill Korn twice, once in the beginning of the episode and once at the end. Him taking control over the minor family doesn't erase his suspicion of Korn because he only took the ring to be by Kinn's side and protect his family and not because he wanted to be loyal to Korn.

4. Porsche struggling as the head of the minor family - Throughout the series Porsche has been connected to Phoenix imagery. He has a Phoenix tattoo, his underground fighting alias is "The Phoenix", and one of the pieces of art he remembers from his childhood was a drawing of a Phoenix by his mom. One thing about a Phoenix is that they weaken in captivity because they lose their freedom. By taking control of the minor family, Porsche lost his freedom and is now being controlled by Korn. I don't see Porsche taking well to this and I wouldn't be surprised if he ends the season not being in control of the minor family.

5. Kinn struggling to balance his relationship with Porsche and his relationship with Korn - The two things Kinn cares about the most is his family and Porsche, so if there is a chance he can have both, he will take it. However, Porsche was ready to kill Korn for lying about his mom, so if he learns even more of the truth, Korn will be his main target. This will likely be a problem for Kinn since he loves his father dearly, which makes him blind to his manipulation. I also wouldn't be surprised to see Korn try to create conflict between Kinn and Porsche to keep Kinn on his side, especially if he starts losing control over Porsche.

6. Kim being Korn's "true" heir - In episode 13, there was a scene where Chan called Kim to have a meeting with his father, but we never saw the scene, which is odd. Also, I don't know if this was intentional, but the look Chan gave Kim when Korn was about to fake his death was awfully suspicious and I wouldn't be surprised if Korn has been developing a plan to have Kim head the main family since he sees Kinn's love for Porsche as a weakness. I can honestly see him trying to pit Kim against Kinn since it's exactly what his father did to him and Gun.

7. Porsche and Vegas working together - I don't if Porsche and Vegas are meant to be eternal partners in crime, but once again they will likely be the first ones to try and take down Korn. While Porsche still isn't completely sure who killed his father, I think the truth will be revealed and so will the truth about what really happened to his mother. Seeing as Porsche was ready to kill Korn once for thinking he killed his father, I wouldn't be surprised if he tries to do it again. In this episode, Vegas also tried to kill Korn in this episode and he has made it known that he hates the main family, so I wouldn't be surprised if he tried to tear it down. So, I definitely think we can see another team up between these two.

8. KimChay's relationship - Since KimChay didn't end up together, I think season 2 will likely explore more of their relationship since it's clear they both still care for one another.

I thought about including some plot points from the novel, but since the series has already changed so much, there's no telling if they will use the novel anymore.

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If there is a season 2, I would love for this to be explored

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Kinn as the KIng

Since this show was heavily influenced by chess, I think it is interesting to look at all the characters and see what role they play. Obviously Korn is just the player of this game. The very first scene set up that he was no longer a chess piece playing the game due to his health condition. He also has multiple scenes where he is playing his own game of chess and he is clearly doing this to the people around him as well. Throughout the show, Korn influenced the characters and their moves, but, as the player, he never took action himself. 

Next, is the King who is Kinn. In the official trailer of the series, Kinn is highlighted as the King with his line "Everyone wants me killed."

He is the most protected in the series because he is the most important. As the most important piece, the King is often called "lazy" because everyone around him does the work in order to protect him. He's limited in where he can go and what moves he can make. Now, the show has shown how Kinn is powerful, but it has also shown how limited he is and how little he does in comparison to others, up until the final stages of the game at least. 

Now, I've seen people say the King is the least powerful for the majority of the game and honestly Kinn also fits this. Despite being the most powerful person in the series as the head of the main family, Kinn is rarely the one who’s taking action because it's too dangerous to risk the King in that way. In episode 7, this is shown when Vegas and Kinn's bodyguards are the ones to handle the threat. Also, in episode 10, Kinn only showed up at the last moment for the final blow, but before that he didn't do much on his own. Although he had a plan, it didn't matter in the end because Vegas’ plan kind of fell apart on its own. However, Kinn producing his own plan and showing up to the conflict himself did show that they were entering the final stages of the game since Kings tend to start taking more of an offensive role in the endgame. For the final fight in episode 14, we see this play out. After Kinn loses his bodyguards, he is on offense and he shows how capable he is. To me, Kinn’s story has perfectly aligned with how Kings in chess act and are treated

In episode 1, Porsche had to save him in their first meeting. Then, in episode 2, Porsche had to save him again, although very poorly. In episode 3, the man was looking to kill Kinn and his bodyguards, Porsche, Pete, and Ken, protected him. Episode 6 then showed how as the King, Kinn is limited and can’t act and do what he wants freely because he has an image to maintain. During episode 7, he was the most limited he's been all season due to his injury. Then for episodes 9 and 10, Kinn was the one Tawan and Vegas were trying to get to one way or another. Now, even though Kinn has been limited throughout the series and hasn’t done a whole lot, there are moments where Kinn shows why he is one of the most powerful pieces. Like episode 1 when he threatens the Italians and then in episode 14 with the people who came to have a meeting with him.

As for his opponent, I've seen people say that Vegas is the opposing King, but I don't see that since he doesn’t really align with the characteristics of a King chess piece. He has far more freedom in comparison to Kinn, so he's more hands-on and has been actively involved in all the missions he's planned so far. In episode 4, when he drugged and kidnapped Porsche, he tried to mark him himself, putting himself at risk if anyone were to catch him. Then in episode 7, he saves the mission by coming to casion himself, he tortures the guy for information by himself, then he played a crucial part in the plan against the Italians. In episode 10, he is shown to be the mastermind in the plan against Kinn and he tries to kill Porsche and plant the fake evidence himself, which was a risk to his life when Kim and Big showed up. Also, throughout the series, he goes by himself almost everywhere without any protection. 

While people always try to say Kinn is an awful boss, he does care for the people working for him and he has shown this on multiple occasions. His reaction at seeing Big dead was one of sadness and although he did forget Pete, he later tried to check on him and even went as far as calling his grandma to know his whereabouts. Also, in the final fight when Pol got shot, Kinn made sure to move his body out of the way to protect him from getting shot again. 

Vegas' lack of concern for his own safety in these high risk situations shows that he wouldn't be a good King. He doesn't seem to have a lot of concern for his life, which is a terrible trait for a King in chess to have because if he dies the game is lost. Now, if Vegas had shown this lack of care for himself alongside a care for his people and their safety, it would look better, but from what I’ve seen, Vegas doesn’t seem to truly care about the people working for him. On more than one occasion now, we have seen Vegas pulling his bodyguard to him and using their body as a shield against bullets. Once, in episode 10, when Kim and Big are shooting at him, and in episode 14, we see him do this in the final fight twice. For someone who heavily tried to imply that his bodyguards are his friends and family, he really seems like he could care less about them, which is the difference between him and Kinn. While Vegas forces his bodyguards in front of bullets, Kinn’s bodyguards willingly choose to do so. Hell, Big even jumped in front of bullets to save Porsche because of how much he loved Kinn and wanted him to be happy.

Another difference between Kinn and Vegas when it comes to being the King is how they fight. Despite Kings being protected the entire game, a time may come where they need to take an offensive role and from what has been shown, Kinn is far more capable. We already know that Kinn is an amazing fighter since he was able to beat Porsche, who is one of the best fighters. Also, the way that he was fighting alongside Porsche in episode 14, showed how skilled he truly is. As for Vegas, we have yet to see him in a fair fight. So far, we’ve only seen Vegas interact with people he has drugged, tied up, tricked, or tortured. In episode 4, Porsche couldn’t fight back because he was drugged and tied up. In episode 7, we know that Vegas was working with the Italians, so him being there most likely kept the Italians from being on guard because they trusted him, which he used to trick and kill them. In episode 10, Porsche never got the chance to fight back against him since he was already tied up. Then, for almost the entirety of vegaspete’s storyline, Pete was tied up and tortured, leaving him unable to fight back. Lastly, in the final battle he only gets the upper hand on Kinn and Porsche after he kicks Porsche, who is already fighting multiple other people. There has been a clear theme in this series that Vegas only attacks people after they are not in a position to fairly fight back, which is a terrible quality for a leader or King to have because your opponent won’t always be weak. 

The series following the chess metaphor so heavily made it inevitable that Kinn would come out victorious. From what we’ve been shown in the series, he has no true opponent because the antagonists, Gun and Vegas, are poor excuses for Kings and don’t have all the pieces they need to win, mainly a Queen. By having a Queen at his side, the King is made more powerful. Currently, the only Queen in this story is Porsche, who is firmly on Kinn’s side. In chess, the Queen is often regarded as the most powerful piece and Porsche embodies that. During episode 14, it is clear that Porsche entering the battle is what changed the tide. Vegas was quickly closing in on Kinn, who had lost his bodyguards, but when Porsche came, they were easily able to take down almost all of the minor family’s men. 

If KinnPorsche does get another season, I can see a more suitable opponent rising, most likely Kim, but for right now, Kinn is alone at the top with no one to challenge him and if he continues to have Porsche by his side, he’ll likely stay there.

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The way that I've been joking about and laughing at Porsche's lack of clothes or his "one shirt" that he wears everywhere and never stopped to realize that he most likely has a small wardrobe because he probably sees it as an unnecessary expense for himself.

Everything Porsche has done in this series has been for others, mainly Porchay. Him not having many clothes was probably because he made sure to get Porchay everything he needed with the little money they did have. I mean, Porchay has had many outfits in this series, while Porsche has worn the same shirt for multiple episodes. Even after he became a bodyguard and started making more money, that money was most likely still being used for Porchay.

From what I've seen, Porsche really does live for others. He spent his life making sure Porchay was safe, taken care of, and comfortable enough to pursue his own dreams, while he put his life and future at risk to make it happen. Right now it looks like he may even be doing the same with Kinn.

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Is Porsche wearing the family ring?

Okay, so this theory has been floating around Twitter ever since we got a close up of Gun's ring. When the series was still being filmed, there was a video of Apo walking, on set, while dressed up. In this video, Apo has a gold ring on his left pointer finger. This ringer looks very similar to Gun's minor family ring.

Now, since this video was taken behind the scenes, it is possible that it is Apo wearing his own clothes and accessories, especially since we have never seen Porsche dressed up like this before. However, I don't think Apo would be casually walking around on set dressed up with his hair done since he tends to go for a more natural and casual look. Also, the hairstyle he has in the video is very similar to the one Porsche will be wearing in the big battle of episode 14.

With that in mind, I think it is possible that Porsche recieves a family ring, especially since it has been revealed that he is a member of the family. Now, I don't know if this means he will head the main or minor family, but since it is highly likely that Gun will die, I think it is possible for Porsche to head the minor family considering Vegas will most likely still be on the main family's bad side.

If he does recieve the family ring, I think it will be after the battle. I went back and watched the trailer and Porsche does not wear a ring on his left pointer finger during the battle, while Kinn and Vegas both wear there's. 

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Porsche's Decisions in Episode 13

I know people are mad about what Porsche did this episode, but this situation parallels exactly what he did in episode 1. In episode 1, he left a note to say goodbye as Porchay was sleeping and the note did not tell anything about what he was doing. Then, he went and did something he hated because he felt it was his only option. Porsche did the exact same thing to Kinn. He sees Kinn as family, and as family to Porsche, he is willing to put himself in harms way to keep him safe and oblivious.

I'm almost certain the last person Porsche would want to work with, excluding Korn, is Vegas, but he is his only option. Vegas already told Porsche exactly how he felt about the main family in episode 10, he hates them and doesn't view them as family. Also, Vegas is public enemy #1 to the main family right now, meaning he would probably do anything to take them down. Going to Vegas was probably the smartest desicion Porsche could have made because if he had went to Kinn, he would have never found out the truth.

If Porsche had told Kinn, Korn would have manipulated the situation before Porsche could find out any information. I think people don't realize the huge influence Korn has over Kinn. Kinn in episode 1-6 was basically Korn's lapdog and he had little agency. This starts to change when Kinn's feelings towards love don't reflect Korn's in episode 7, but since Korn seemingly becomes okay with and is even welcoming towards Kinn's and Porsche's relationship in episode 11, Kinn has no reason to think that what Korn says is wrong.

In episode 13, we can see that Korn is manipulating Kinn. He's postpoing Kinn's meetings so he can spend more time with Porsche and he even goes as far as suggesting they go traveling together. Korn understands that Porsche is important to Kinn, so he is using that to keep Kinn under his influence and Kinn is falling for it. You would think that Kinn would realize that the same man who is giving you date ideas is the same man who basically told you that love weakens you and wanted you to forget about your love for Porsche, but he doesn't because he loves his family and he loves Porsche, so if there is a situation where it looks like he can have both, he's gonna take it without any thought or suspicion.

So, I think it is perfectly understandable why Porsche didn't go to Kinn with his suspicions towards his father. Kinn would have just denied it because he fully believes that his father is a good person who has his best interests at heart. Kinn would have also probably told Korn, so he could try to get the truth for Porsche and Korn would have just lied to cover for himself like he did in episode 12 and then he would have killed the uncle before Porsche could go to him for information. So, Porsche would have never had an opportunity to get any more info, which would have forced him to accept any lie Korn told him as truth.

Another thing I've seen people not understand is Porsche using Pete to get information from Vegas. At first I was also put off by this, but when you think of the position Porsche was in, it makes more sense. Porsche felt like he couldn't trust anyone else but Vegas with this information and I think that made him desperate enough to do whatever he needed, morals aside, to get the information about Korn and his parents relationship. I also think that Porsche didn't think Vegas would hurt Pete and he obviously knows how much Pete cares for Vegas. Pete refusing to tell Porsche who put him in that state was an indicator that he cared for the person and wanted to protect them. So, while this was a dark decision for his character, I think it showed that Porsche truly believes "family above all else" and right now he is trying to uncover a secret which involved his parents. Also, the fact that Porsche is even willing to work with Vegas after everything he's done should show how desperate he is and a desperate person is willing to do things they would never do, which makes him using Pete far less shocking.

Interestingly enough, this is once again something he did in episode 1. When Kinn asked for his name, Porsche gave him his friend's name, Jom, instead, which of course put his friend at risk. This is the same situation with Pete, just more amplified. People have been dying to have episode 1 Porsche back and this episode brought him back. He protected Kinn the exact same way he protected Porchay because he views them both as family. He also was willing to use Jom in almost the same way he was willing to use Pete, which is of course bad, but not a single character on this show is perfect. No character is black or white, they are all grey.

The last decision Porsche made, to run off with Vegas when Kinn ran up, I think also makes sense with Porsche's character. I think that there are either 2 choices as to why Porsche ran. 1. He thinks that Kinn is the one who shot and killed his uncle since Kinn did run up with a gun immediately following his uncle being shot. 2. Porsche ran away because he was scared. Porsche knows how much Kinn hates Vegas, so if Kinn were to find out that Porsche trusted Vegas more with this secret then himself, he would be livid, understandably. He would also end up finding out the truth of Korn's relation to Porsche's parents, which I don't think Porsche wanted to involve Kinn in until he knew the absolute truth.

Overall, I just found Porsche to be such an interesting character this episode, so I wanted to analyze him and in doing so, I think I got a much better understanding of his perspective, which makes it difficult for me to be "team Kinn" or "team Porsche". Instead, I am going into episode 14 feeling like I know both of these characters and their motives and why they are doing and feeling the way they are.