let’s talk about the deaths in Vincenzo, shall we? pt.4
this is the last one, i swear.
so we are all gutted by han-seo’s death. we’re even more devastated by the fact that we did not get any sort of a mourning scene. now one of two things could be happening here. let me explain with my clown hat on.
one option is that they’re setting up a season two. to not show the conclusion of his death scene, to not give us the time to mourn a beloved character seems too cruel. vincenzo when talking about his island says that its a place for healing. who’s gonna get healed there. we’ve established that both vincenzo and cha-young stand by their actions and that healing, if we can even call it that lies in them finding it in each other. so who is getting healed? obviously one of the most abused characters in the tv show. something about the next shot being vincenzo and cha-young in a hospital room as if nothing has happened doesn't sit well with me. this is wishful thinking but i’m manifesting that han-seo is safe and on an island off the coast of malta with his Vin hyung ready to make his comeback.
option two is a bittersweet. as i said before, the deaths and aftermaths of the characters reflect the life they’ve lived. yu-chan was the naïve good and he got an entire fucking in remembrance montage. mrs. oh was the i have goodness in my heart but life has beat me down and i have come to accept whatever it throws at me with open fucking arms good and so she got people mourning for her at her funeral. living all her life alone, she wasn’t alone in her death. also the only two good characters got the whole pay our respects at the grave scene but that could also be because they are the parents but bear with me. and subsequently, the evil and bad ones got nothing.
han-seo lived a life that was neither good nor bad, meaning realistically if we were to follow the trend that i have created, han-seo should get something that resembles both. and that according to writers is a flashback scene that shows how much he has learned, how much he has grown, the brotherly relationship that he has cultivated on his own. it also shows his final act of ‘fuck you’ to his brother. the dream like smiling face is early similar to something that shows up in ‘celebration of life’ videos.
i will not get into the discourse about how a victim died at the hands of his abuser. because i might explode. i am mad about that but then i think about the reality of it and i have to acknowledge that regardless of being a campy show, vincenzo gave us nothing but hard truths. so i am a conflicted mess.