Character Analysis: His Childhood (Part 1)
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xunknownxSPOILER ALERT!!
The gritty and heart-wrenching details of Saeran Choi's past and background are full of them. If you are interested in giving the game Mystic Messenger a try and don't want to be spoiled--don't read!
I'm doing this for reference, and to inspire myself to develop some well thought-out head canon to go along with what's already been mentioned from original canon. To anyone new to Saeran's character who's interested in reading onward to learn about him, go on ahead!
Since I know so much fitting music, I'm going to embed certain tracks to go along with the information - just to add my own thing and make it all the more interesting!
This certain song is one I've had to pick, to introduce and set the atmosphere of the dark and brutal past that's been the Choi twins' not so great childhood.
The first verse to this song really fits to what had been Saeran's early to mid-childhood for the majority of the time; the crazy and violent drunkard of a woman who birthed him and Saeyoung blackmailing the high-ranking, power hungry politician. (Saeyoung Choi is the real name of Seven/707/Luciel.)
The man didn't want the public to know of their illegitimate twin sons, so he paid her, to prevent her from going to tell the media about their existence. Saejoong Choi, the current prime minister of South Korea throughout each timeline of Mystic Messenger, always has an agenda of his own. He preferred to hire people to track the boys down, and handle it quietly in killing them off.
Yep, this is what they looked like as kids (Saeran on the left, Saeyoung on the right)! Those adorable boys had it so hard!
Saejoong must have treated their "mom" like shit to have her retaliate that way. He could have raped her. Nothing is revealed in canon as to how they met. I don't think they ever loved each other. So, I'm going with what just came to mind, about their "mom" getting raped. (Her actual name is never revealed in canon. And this drunk was never a mother to these kids, not ever. It's because of her desire to keep getting hush money from Saejoong was why she kept the Choi kids from starving to death. Yeah, she kept them alive, barely, but she also spent a good amount of that money to buy more booze. No doubt at all about that! This is why I'm always going to use quotations when referring to her!)
Both Saeyoung and Saeran were abused as children. Saeran had received the most of it, because he became ill more than his twin. He was often trapped inside that hellish environment of a home. One of his feet was constantly tied to a cot in the basement; a chilly and damp room that was dimly lit. (No freaking wonder he got sick more than Saeyoung!) He was often left lonely, dehydrated, and hungry whenever she got neglectful of him. He'd get so scared whenever she yelled or screamed, smacked him around, threatened to turn them over to Saejoong, or threw things in his and/or Saeyoung's direction.
One of the few of Saeran's happy childhood memories is when he snuck outside with Saeyoung, having ice cream with him and seeing the sky for the first time. There were also some nights when his brother read from a fantasy-themed story book to him, about a former dark sorcerer who fell in love and changed into a good person because of that.
Saeran was always curious whenever his brother had gone outside after their "mother" did. He'd ask questions about where Saeyoung went, and what he did since after he found someplace not too far from home. That's how Rika first came into both of their lives. She was the lady from the church Saeyoung attended, who gave him bread or something else to take home and share with Saeran.
It was his brother who kept him from developing a serious case of Stockholm Syndrome, or falling so deep into despair. Saeran was co-dependent on his older twin brother for many things. They shared a very close bond, and it seemed like nothing and no one was ever going to ever change that.
That was, until Rika and her boyfriend V (real name: Jihyun Kim) started to become more frequent people around Saeyoung, whenever he stepped outside...
To be continued! This is a good place to stop for now. Haha, a cliffhanger, I know! ^^; I have some other stuff I'd like to get done soon, so I have to split all this up into separate parts!
Part 2 will come though! There will be details about Rika from her own backstory that's important to explaining how and why Saeran came to be such a dark and hostile man. (You'll also get to read my ranting about this woman most likely! And a bit of ranting about V too, because he's not exactly good surrogate dad material.)
The gritty and heart-wrenching details of Saeran Choi's past and background are full of them. If you are interested in giving the game Mystic Messenger a try and don't want to be spoiled--don't read!
I'm doing this for reference, and to inspire myself to develop some well thought-out head canon to go along with what's already been mentioned from original canon. To anyone new to Saeran's character who's interested in reading onward to learn about him, go on ahead!
Since I know so much fitting music, I'm going to embed certain tracks to go along with the information - just to add my own thing and make it all the more interesting!
This certain song is one I've had to pick, to introduce and set the atmosphere of the dark and brutal past that's been the Choi twins' not so great childhood.
The first verse to this song really fits to what had been Saeran's early to mid-childhood for the majority of the time; the crazy and violent drunkard of a woman who birthed him and Saeyoung blackmailing the high-ranking, power hungry politician. (Saeyoung Choi is the real name of Seven/707/Luciel.)
The man didn't want the public to know of their illegitimate twin sons, so he paid her, to prevent her from going to tell the media about their existence. Saejoong Choi, the current prime minister of South Korea throughout each timeline of Mystic Messenger, always has an agenda of his own. He preferred to hire people to track the boys down, and handle it quietly in killing them off.
Yep, this is what they looked like as kids (Saeran on the left, Saeyoung on the right)! Those adorable boys had it so hard!
Saejoong must have treated their "mom" like shit to have her retaliate that way. He could have raped her. Nothing is revealed in canon as to how they met. I don't think they ever loved each other. So, I'm going with what just came to mind, about their "mom" getting raped. (Her actual name is never revealed in canon. And this drunk was never a mother to these kids, not ever. It's because of her desire to keep getting hush money from Saejoong was why she kept the Choi kids from starving to death. Yeah, she kept them alive, barely, but she also spent a good amount of that money to buy more booze. No doubt at all about that! This is why I'm always going to use quotations when referring to her!)
Both Saeyoung and Saeran were abused as children. Saeran had received the most of it, because he became ill more than his twin. He was often trapped inside that hellish environment of a home. One of his feet was constantly tied to a cot in the basement; a chilly and damp room that was dimly lit. (No freaking wonder he got sick more than Saeyoung!) He was often left lonely, dehydrated, and hungry whenever she got neglectful of him. He'd get so scared whenever she yelled or screamed, smacked him around, threatened to turn them over to Saejoong, or threw things in his and/or Saeyoung's direction.
One of the few of Saeran's happy childhood memories is when he snuck outside with Saeyoung, having ice cream with him and seeing the sky for the first time. There were also some nights when his brother read from a fantasy-themed story book to him, about a former dark sorcerer who fell in love and changed into a good person because of that.
Saeran was always curious whenever his brother had gone outside after their "mother" did. He'd ask questions about where Saeyoung went, and what he did since after he found someplace not too far from home. That's how Rika first came into both of their lives. She was the lady from the church Saeyoung attended, who gave him bread or something else to take home and share with Saeran.
It was his brother who kept him from developing a serious case of Stockholm Syndrome, or falling so deep into despair. Saeran was co-dependent on his older twin brother for many things. They shared a very close bond, and it seemed like nothing and no one was ever going to ever change that.
That was, until Rika and her boyfriend V (real name: Jihyun Kim) started to become more frequent people around Saeyoung, whenever he stepped outside...
To be continued! This is a good place to stop for now. Haha, a cliffhanger, I know! ^^; I have some other stuff I'd like to get done soon, so I have to split all this up into separate parts!
Part 2 will come though! There will be details about Rika from her own backstory that's important to explaining how and why Saeran came to be such a dark and hostile man. (You'll also get to read my ranting about this woman most likely! And a bit of ranting about V too, because he's not exactly good surrogate dad material.)
