Not really. She gives āmy family never showed me love when I was growing up so now I look for it wherever I canā.
Like, I can see where youāre coming from (to some extent), but Suyin feels more like she has little self esteem (sheās still convinced her mother isnāt proud of her, despite them supposedly making up)
Suyin : And in a way it was. But we both ended up fighting for momās attention. Lin followed in her footsteps and became a cop. I was ā¦ more of a rebel. Mom wasnāt too happy with how either of us turned out.
Itās also important to not that Suyin grew up fighting for her motherās affection and attention, somethings she may have never grew out of. Sheās a performer, a dancer. And she is more than willing to open her heart and home to people she wasnāt related to and easily asismilated them into her family (Aiwei and Kuvira are prime examples).
She also shows surprising compassion to people who are hurting, a trait a lot of people like to overlook. Which flies in the face of a potential narcissism diagnosis, due to most narcissists lacking empathy. She tries to relate to a young Kuvira and approaches her with kindness and patience.
She also is surprisingly calm in the face of Linās insults and passive aggressive remarks. She only pushes back when Linās verbal attacks concern other people, specifically Suyinās children.
Suyin : I know she has a problem with me, but she had no right to yell at Opal last night.
While Lin is not obligated to accept it, Suyin extended the olive branch many times. She tried to fix her relationship with Lin multiple times, apparently even before the events of the show. And she remained civil in the face of Linās animosity. If Suyin had an inflated or fragile ego, she wouldāve reacted much more harshly, earlier on.
Yet she allows Lin to talk down to her multiple times, during the dinner scene. She tries to get to the root of the problem and placate Lin multiple times, however this is ineffective due to Linās rightful anger.
Suyin only responds with a cheap shot of her own the next day, after Lin confronts her (while also damaging the garden and Suyinās colectable meteorite). Trust me, I wouldāve snapped much earlier.
Suyin sounds almost resigned after Lin throws the first punch, which makes me wonder if the sisters have ever thrown hands when they were kids.
Suyin: Okay, [Fighting stance.] I guess this is how itās going to be.
We donāt get to see much of Suyinās childhood from her perspective, only from Linās, so the view of her we are presented with is very biased.
This isnāt to say that Suyin is blameless, sheās a very flawed character. Or to say that Lin is in the wrong for harboring a lot of hurt towards Su. But I think this is a tad too far.
You have to be careful when analysing people who went through trauma, like Suyin. Sometimes trauma responses can resemble symptoms of certain conditions, so I wonāt say youāre completely mistaken. Suyin does appear to have the need for control that could be seen as a symptom of narcissism. However, I would argue this need stems more from a place of trauma.
Guys, sheās not the machiavellian villain you make her out to be.
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