There are three types of people involved in school bullying.
Victims, perpetrators and bystanders.
In general, the number of these three types of people increases proportionally in a relative range.
The least victims, followed by perpetrators, and the most bystanders.
The relationship between the three is not static, with the identity of the bystander being the most precarious, sometimes becoming a victim or perpetrator, and sometimes both.
The relationship between the perpetrator and the victim is also often reversed.
And when the victim is transformed into the perpetrator, his behavior is, revenge.
At the end of 2022, the Korean drama "Dark Glory" starring Song Hye Kyo will spread the word revenge all over the screen.
The screenwriter Jin Yinshu is skillful, knowing that no one in the world can escape the identity of the above three, and successfully grasped the pain points of the audience and aroused widespread resonance and sympathy.
victim
Some forbearance, some despair, some transformation, some escape;
Some choose to end, others choose to hibernate.
Song Hye Kyo plays Wen Dong-eun, a girl who dreams of becoming an architect, who was bullied in high school and forced to drop out.
The cause of the incident was that the last girl who had suffered violence chose to drop out of school, and Moon Don Eun became the substitute chosen by the perpetrators.
When the perpetrator looks for a target, he chooses people with weaker and cowardly personalities so that they can control them.
In the process, some people dodged and were lucky to become bystanders, while others unfortunately fell into the abyss.
Bullying is also divided into categories, including mental, physical, and sexual.
Several perpetrators took turns to put these kinds of bullying on Wen Dongen.
Her body is destroyed, her dreams are gone, and her soul is shattered.
She, ruined.
However, the abusers obviously chose the wrong person, and in the helpless crying again and again, the seeds of revenge in Wen Dongen's heart began to grow secretly.
A tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye, reminds people of that bank clerk on the east coast of the strait.
But fairness is not her pursuit, she also has to fight for a beating, and an injury for an injury.
Wen Dongen went from a bystander to a victim and then to a perpetrator.
The male protagonist Zhou Ruzheng, an indirect victim of his father's violent murder, has endured mental torture from the murderer's letter for many years.
The hatred had already fermented in his heart, just waiting for a way to vent the valve.
He and Wen Dongen met in the hospital, became acquainted through Go, and the unrequited love made him confused, and after learning about each other's life, he fell into madness again.
It wasn't so much that he was attracted to Wen Dongen's coldness, but rather that his intuition was making him look for the same kind.
The same is true of Jiang Xiannan, the nanny of the school president's family, a middle-aged woman who has suffered from domestic violence, whose daily life is dark, and eating a relaxing dinner has become her luxury.
The tribulation did not make her disappear, but more sensitive, and after secretly observing Wen Dongen for half a year, she also found an opportunity.
Three victims of different tortures form the "Avengers".
Perpetrators
Rich people, poor people, have the "potential" to become perpetrators.
Nature, fear, self-preservation, selfishness, release of stress, or pure pastime, etc., can be excuses for them.
Park Yeon-jin in "Dark Glory" doesn't have too many excuses, maybe she doesn't know it herself, or maybe she doesn't want to know at all.
In this regard, the audience can see some clues from her strong, fierce mother.
Park Yeon-jin regards "money can solve everything" as her life credo, acting arbitrarily when she was young, and although she has relented when she grows up, her nature has not changed.
And that Wen Dongen, who had been humiliated by her, had already changed his temperament and was fearless.
Sun Mingwu, a thug, a dogleg, has no principles.
Cui Huiting, who loves vanity, only has money in his eyes, and does not care about everything else.
These two identities have a "crossover", in addition to being Moon Dong-eun's perpetrators, they are also the victims of Park Yeon-jin's relief when they are bored.
Wen Dongen also started from this weakness to disperse, but it is a pity that Sun Mingwu lost the opportunity for revenge in the first season.
Another mastermind, Li Sarah, is a glamorous painter in front of her, but she is actually an addict with a rotten life.
Her twisted personality and obvious weaknesses made her the easiest enemy to deal with, and Wen Dongen didn't put her in his eyes at all, pinching her between his palms.
All handsome, moody, violent and perverse, inferiority complex and extremely possessive.
This character is extremely cold-blooded, and sometimes other people's bullying behavior he does not participate in, not because he still has a conscience, but because those behaviors are not in his interest.
The relationship between him and Park Yeon-jin cannot even be defined by the word emotion.
Wen Dongen's high school homeroom teacher originally chose to be a bystander who didn't care about himself.
The stubborn Wen Dongen inspired evil in his heart, and the school bullying was escalated, from what he called "fights between classmates" to violent violence by teachers against students.
In the end, he had evil retribution, and what he never expected was that because his son beat Wen Dongen, he died at the hands of his son.
After Wen Dongen launched his revenge operation, these perpetrators were not weakened, but fearful, and they all had weaknesses and handles.
Coupled with the weak ties that bind them, the relationship between the "Axis of Perpetrators" is not stable, far less united than the "Avengers".
onlooker
Wen Mu, a woman without motherhood, turns a blind eye to what happened to Wen Dongen, as if she were a bystander who had nothing to do with her.
The only thing she was involved in was that Qian signed Wen Dongen's withdrawal application with his name and wrote the reason for "unable to adapt."
When returning the rental house, Wen Mu did not even give Wen Dongen any notice.
Wen Dongen's last glimmer of hope was dashed, and he ruthlessly put his mother on the list of revenge.
As can be seen in the first season, Wen's mother is crazy, it is very likely that she is Wen Dongen's first object of revenge, and her daughter's revenge is also on point, and the purpose is achieved.
The school doctor saw that Wen Dongen was being bullied and wanted to help him, but he lost his job and turned from a bystander to a victim.
Years later, she provided evidence and became a supporter of Moon Don-eun.
Ha Do-young is a bystander who slowly discovers the truth of the matter, and then becomes the victim of Park Yeon-jin and Jeon Jae-joon.
In Wen Dongen's revenge plan, he is a tool man, and from the plot point of view, Ha Daoying in the second season is by no means a fuel-saving lamp, and should be a key character.
In addition to the above-mentioned people, Wen Dongen's story also has countless onlookers and audiences.
"Dark Glory" brings the audience the thrill of revenge, and director An Jiho restores the three things of school bullying, class antagonism and revenge with a slightly suspenseful technique.
Kim Eun-suk, the screenwriter who wrote "Descendants of the Sun", created it with strong compassion, and she named the entire revenge event "The Glory", glory.
Is revenge success a glorious thing?
The inspiration for the script came from several conversations between Kim Eun-sook and her daughter, who is in her second year of high school, and the topic is naturally school bullying.
The daughter threw her "hell question":
"I beat someone to death, and someone else beat me to death, which one will make your mother more heartache?"
Kim Eun-sook was shocked, several stories flashed in her mind instantly, and the script began to be created.
And the name "The Glory" came up with by the screenwriter after reading the text written by many victims.
She found that what victims really want is not compensation after being hurt, but a heartfelt apology from the perpetrator.
These apologies are not obtained, they are earned by fighting.
Victims like Wen Dongen, Zhou Ruzheng, and Jiang Xiannan who have suffered violence and lost their honor and dignity can only start their lives and gain glory if they win a sincere apology.
In front of the screen, no one can hide from the identity of one of the victims, perpetrators, and bystanders, either now, in the past, or in the future.
For the victims, Wen Dongen's revenge will have a deep resonance;
Onlookers wonder, why did I do that? What will I do in the future?
The perpetrator may have repentance, but whether this confession is true or false, false or true is unknown.
Looking forward to the second season of Qiao Mei, continue to kill crazy, and hope that there will be no bullying in the world.