Theory - Kentin’s arc & Stop harassment
We know he was bullied by Amber, Li and Charlotte at school, but apparently also in his old school too. It wasn’t easy for him at home, especially with his father. Maybe, with all that mess, he could really think, or even try, to kill himself. It would be really hard to discover that, but at the same way, suicide (tentative or thought) is a dramatic situation for so many teenagers all around the world.
It is quite a hard subject, but we already had the mistreatment, the blackmail, the car accident, so, it wouldn’t be a premiere. Plus, it would not be an actual situation, but something in the past. Easier to put in a scenario. When we ask him, as his girlfriend, what happened to the military school, he didn’t want to speak, “not now”, we already saw more than once it is difficult for him to speak about it. What secret does he keep?
And in a certain way, Kentin would be the character who brings the message that you can fight it. He is more confident now, he has some great friends, better relations with his family, if he is your crush he has a girlfriend who loves him, he’s in the basketball team, he can say no, students respect him, ... It could be a great message to say to players : “sometimes it is really difficult, but better days are coming. Just hold it, you deserve so much, you’re not this negative form of yourself you actually think you are”.
By the way, I’m so upset when I see people calling him “pathetic”. First, because Kentin is not pathetic, he is a teenager who grows up and learns to love himself, which is not easy at all, and he does it despite what others can say.
Secondly, because that kind of words should not be used to define others. There is so much people who are like Kentin or Ken in real life. Guys, we all know what school and adolescence are, I guess some of you are still at those steps right now. Even if we don’t live it in the bad way, we all know/knew someone who is/was. They don’t deserve to be seen as pathetic people. No one deserves that, people are all beautiful, and if it takes time to know themselves, why would it be a problem to others ? It’s not, by the way.
But there are a lot of teenagers who call them like that (or say/act in different ways, but arrive to the same result). In their backs or in front of them, there is no difference. That’s where the real problem is. They are still kids, for god’s sake. School can be so hard for a lot of people, we have an overview in the game, but in real life, it can be even worse than that. Be careful when you say that kind of words. It can hurt people.
I really, really hope that, when you read it, you are not concerned, in a position or in another. But if you are, there is always help, for everyone. Don’t let people judging you, the only one who can, is you. And if you say something like that about/to someone, yes, it can arrive. It shouldn’t, but it can. It’s ok, take time to think about it, to ask yourself if that kind of attitude defines who you are. If it’s to that you should be resumed. You are more than just the guy/girl who talked about others, right? Believe in yourself too, you deserve it as much as people who have problems at school.
Life is all about that ; try, make some mistakes, and learn. And if you see someone being bullied, act. It’s difficult, it can scare, but it is necessary. Don’t interpose yourself if you don’t feel it’s secure, but go find adults or other people to help you. We are all concerned, we all have a role to stop harassment.
I just spoke about school harassment, but sadly, it exists everywhere, at every age - which not means, if you are concerned, you will live it all your life, absolutely not, hold on and don’t keep the secret, go find help. We need to work to make the harassment stop, however it concerns/happens at your work, street, couple, school, ethnicity or skin color, religion, sexual orientation, social condition and so much more.
Some of you asked me if I had an idea of which real model could be Kentin in real life. So, I thought to Francisco Lachowski. Do you agree, or do you have someone else in mind ?
