The Breaker/Heartwarming

Fair Warning: Here be spoilers.

• It's recent^[when?], but in New Waves, Elder Kwon sitting in the helicopter next to Jinie, after a battle where she actually would have lost her life, had it not been for Shi Woon's intervention. Previously, he'd been a hardass to her for her entire life. As emergency personnel work on saving Shi Woon, Smiling Sword, and Jinie, he remembers her promising, as a child, not to ever disappoint him. It's one of her defining characteristics. Looking utterly broken, he thinks to himself that she can disappoint him as much as she wants, as long as she lives. Given he was a total Jerkass before Shi Woon's actions caused a Heel Face Turn, the moment is particularly powerful.
  • Even earlier, when Elder Kwon goes to try and kill Shi Woon, and sees Jinie lying on the ground. He had been presented up to this point as a total bastard, who stated several times that he didn't consider Jinie a member of his family and that he didn't care what happened to her as long as he could kill Shi Woon. Just as Kwon is about to get rid of Shi Woon, he spots Jinie bleeding out on the ground, promptly panics, forgets all about what he's doing and dashes to her side to see if she's all right. The old guy's really not as cold-hearted as he wants everyone to think.

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