Yoosung summarized (by Lolkat)
So… I’m talking Yoosung on facebook and I wrote out a semi thorough description of what a lot of the fandom sees and what’s actually going on with him. Of course it’s based on my own observations and ideas, but I hope this will help some people understand the wonderful character and function of Yoosung Kim a bit more.
“I think a lot of people get Yoosung’s character wrong. The Yoosung we meet in game is a temporary version of him as much as the past and the future.”
The fandom often gets these things wrong about him
He’s a natural born gamer.
He’s is in love with Rika
Can’t remember the rest right now… feel free to add something in the comments or reblog.
Yoosung had barely touched a video game prior to Seven forcing LOLOL on him in AS. He even refuses Seven when he tries to get him to join it dismissing it as a waste of time.
He is unmotivated and suffer from the loss of a dear family member that nobody else seems to mourn (his family even badmouths her to him). Remember Yoosung doesn’t know Rika’s “bad”.
He isn’t in love with Rika. She was just the closest thing to a mentor he had who gave him a direction in life. Before that he was suffering from the boredom of intelligent people without purpose.
- Yoosung was top of the class in High School. Class president and got into the most prestigious College in South Korea. (SKY is an acronym for the 3 biggest schools there). He’s also the fastest to get his Ph.D even though he was dealing with the loss of an eye as well as the slack his depressive state had left him with in college. Jumin keeps mentioning that he wants him to come work for him, that’s not because he wants to do the kid a favour. It’s literally because he knows Yoosung has incredible potential.
He’s not though. The thing that makes him angry at V is that he can feel he’s being lied to and the things I mentioned regarding the loss of Rika. Rika never showed her dark side to Yoosung, so he can’t understand that she was feeling that depressed and suicidal. It seems wrong to him. Which it also is, as it is a lie. Other than that Yoosung has a really well developed social intelligence. Even though he’s naive (youth and a safe/ordinary home environment is partially to blame for that). He is the only one who refuses to call Seven by his Catholic name. I’m pretty sure it’s because he knows it isn’t real on some level. V IS lying to him and as V was someone he clearly looked up to and trusted, this is a huge betrayal. Not unlike what 707 experiences in SE.
Yoosung is not meant to be multibillionaire CEO of a global conglomerate, Actor with Supernatural powers or secret hacker agent genius. He’s meant to be our guide into the universe of the RFA. Imagine if the group didn’t have an “ordinary” character we could relate to? Then we would feel so out of place. Having a character by our side that just like us are “ordinary” (though he clearly isn’t if you’ve read all the previous points) helps us ease into the universe. Jaehee kind of have the same purpose, though she’s more for the “overworked”/“career” crowd :) In the end he grows into being the most wholesome character (imho) as he’s everything you could wish a husband to be (at least from the snippets we see).
Besides aforementioned points
He cooks for you and protects you
He’s willing to risk his life for you. Even though he’s just this “ordinary” college boy.
When he gets older he teases you mercilessly with cringy stuff making sure you know just how much he loves you.
He freaking has his own clinic and Ph.D at age 24-25?! (Lisa is 4 in Afterend, you do the math) and you are freaking married to dream husbando! Who is succesful, attentive, loving and hot af. x_x
I could explain further about this wonderful character :)But I think I’ve made my points. ^^ I know that I’m not the only one who thinks this way about him and this is partially why I’m considering developing a Yoosung Zine
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