The delusions on that grandpa, yeah I'm sure the scheming chaebol family is so full of love and not backstabbing siblings all trying to poison each other and whatnot. Sir, have you paid attention to your own family or perhaps watched a Kdrama?
It was wild when the grandpa said he valued love! First off, when has he ever shown love to anyone that wasn't conditional! Second, his reaction to the women both his son and grandson fell madly in love with is to do everything in his power to tear them apart only because they are not from the same social status (aka wealthy) is literally the text book definition of valuing power over love.
I'm not sure if he's delulu or just naive. Cause he's getting played by his nephew and his grandson's "fiance", who are the most selfish, unloving, power hungry people in this drama which is saying something. Does he think fake flattery is love? 👀
Ou, that is very King Lear (king asks his 3 daughters who loves him best, two flatter him to high heaven, one gives a realistic answer. He disowns the 3rd and divides his kingdom between the flattering ones. They try to assassinate him and the 3rd one saves him)
He 100% thinks that fake flattery is love, and that (apparent) obedience to him is the highest form of expressing that love. As @fake-married-my-dead-fiance pointed out, this is a Lear narrative all over, with the interesting swerve that his bio grandson is in the Edgar role and Kang Dan-Shim is the one in the Cordelia position - especially pointed given what happened right at the end of ep 10.
