(Note: Before the GI article, I read the old version of tv. After the remake, I started to read it directly from the Ant article. I haven't made up the comics. Therefore, this article is based on the analysis of the old version to the GI + the reset version of the Ant article and the election article, character behavior logic Based on.)
Xiaojie's Light
What kind of person is Xiaojie? Before reading the Ant article, I think most people will agree that Xiaojie is a "light" existence. In the Hunter and GI chapters, Xiaojie’s advantages are particularly prominent. The companions around him, the investigators (Hunter Association, Hakka Servant, GI Game Manager), and unidentified opponents (Hisuo, GI players) are all How many people have expressed their appreciation for Xiaojie directly from their mouths: self-confidence, determination, sense of purpose, super intuition, desire for battle, the ability to learn and grow quickly in battle, and do everything for your companions. Fighting and giving, as well as a unique way of thinking back to the original (big wisdom is foolish), a natural affection for people/animals, not easy to judge opponents, no anger and resentment due to the opponent's harm to yourself, strong empathy Heart, the ability to turn enemies into friends.
The latter points are beyond the settings of most passionate people, and these points have a lot to do with his worldview-there is no absolute good/evil/good/bad in his eyes, so he has the ability not to judge the other party, and empathize with the other party. , Especially when the opponent is his opponent, he can still substitute for the opponent's position (for example, in the process of beating the enemy family and want to meet the Qi Ya, Xiaojie apologizes for not being able to appreciate the position of the Jiebu world, and was rejected by Kanali. Ya unilaterally slapped him without any anger, but quickly noticed Qi Ya's skateboard and felt that the other party wanted to treat Qi Ya as a friend in his heart).
This single-handed way of thinking is very moving. It reflects the strength of his heart. He is not afraid of his opponents playing insidious tricks. Behind his unscrupulous is his super-intuitive insight into the human heart, and in the process of dealing with him, he firmly believes that he will not hang up-he may be seriously injured, but he will never die. Behind such a belief is twofold power: confidence in one's own natural abilities, and trust in people's hearts. The latter may be that he can judge the opposite person, no matter what position he is, whether he is an enemy or not, he is a human being and has a good side.
Contrary to the anger and injustice of many people in the barrage, I think Xiaojie’s behavior logic is more consistent from beginning to end, and there is no OOC in human settings. Because there is light and darkness.
The arrogance of the strong
The above-mentioned "light" just constitutes his arrogance as a strong man-to his best friend Qi Ya, his attitude is "I can pay for you, regardless of life and death, but you can't", a very important one. The reason is that he is sure of himself, he can have the consciousness to fight to death at all costs, but he is not sure whether Qi Ya can do it. This may be the reason why Qi Ya did not let Qi Ya help when killing Petuo by himself when he was killed for several decades (but not the main reason, which will be discussed later). In GI playing volleyball, he knew that Qi Ya was dying and firmly said, "It's not Qi Ya, it won't work." At that time, the two people had a tacit understanding and trust. At the same time, the challenge at the time did not face the risk of life and death.
Although this point may not be considered "dark" in the general sense, it will hurt those close to him. This kind of damage is probably the most difficult to overcome and repair, and this kind of psychological damage, um, can be tortured to the body.
Chaos, neutrality and "double standards"
The other dark side is that his chaotic and neutral values will no longer be able to empathize or even tolerate others when facing the damage (death, being toyed with) of close and trusting people. This has formed a superficial double standard: he can be unsuspectingly resistant to Qi Ya, who was born as a killer, and he has become a good friend when he comes up, and he can also consume precious cards after playing the bomb demon in GI. Take the initiative to heal the opponent. In the ants chapter, there is only hatred and immortality towards Peter.
If Qi Ya’s career as a killer before encountering Xiaojie was a last resort, Xiaojie felt the kindness in Qi Ya’s essence from the beginning (a long time later it was discovered that this was indeed the case, and the audience also fully understood being used by the big brother. Needle-controlled Qi Ya), is the chimeric ant also similar? The cold-bloodedness of Ant King to his mother when he was born can be said to be outrageous and beyond the scope of human understanding. It is no different from the newly-born Petuo who feels powerful and can’t wait to try the ability to hunt. However, as the plot develops, most viewers Empathize with Ant King. Even some viewers have the same reason for Petuo, because the three guards are not exactly killing machines, and everything they do is to protect the king. If not for the late confession and careless self-repair that came back to Kate’s body later, many people would think that since the beginning of the rescue of wheat, Petuo has become an absolute weak, and there is no way to fight back. On the other side, and a little sympathy will flash over it. And Xiaojie never happened for a moment.
So some people will be confused-if Xiaojie is willing to rescue the innocent blaster, and somehow reach a settlement, why doesn't he have any sympathy for Petuo?
The collapse of the ants
Several reasons: the breakdown of logic, the difference between relatives and estrangements, the self-confidence of the strong, and the sense of guilt.
Logical breakdown
First of all, Petuo's human side and the restrained weakness, these are only in the eyes of the audience, Xiaojie does not know.
In Xiaojie's eyes, everything revolves around a belief and a goal "Kate must be alive" and "I will save Kate". Xiaojie has always had excellent intuition, and he also trusts his intuition very much. It can be said that the previous N challenges and dangers were all through his intuition + belief + firmness. This time, Xiaojie's intuition was wrong. It was wrong very badly. For a person with a strong sense of conviction, things did not develop according to what he believed in. It was a huge impact. In addition, facing Petuo, the devil was actually saving people-this kind of picture, even if it was not Kate who died. , His logic will also face a huge tear. What would he think? ——
The catwoman in front of her killed Kate and played with him, transforming him into a puppet, letting his body kill against his will. Such a monster, such a powerful and cruel monster, is saving people at this moment? What's the meaning? You killed Kate easily for fun, and you told me you had to save this human being in front of you? What's the meaning? Are you really saving people or want to delay time? I'm here to kill you, and fight me right away. What does it mean to beg me to wait a few more hours? Why should I wait for you again? Why should I listen to you? I don't understand.
During this period of time, his perception has also risen several levels, extremely focused, and after being persuaded by Qi Ya to calm down, he is forcing himself to think and understand everything in front of him. Combined with rational judgment, he put a little bit of hope on Peter, but his instinct and intuition told him that Peter was lying to himself. Because of fear of the latter (Kate really can't save him, he will face the idea of killing Kate) and the expectation of the former (in case Peter is really saved), so he tried his best to fight his instincts in 50 minutes . He is forcing himself not to collapse.
However, while watching Catwoman calmly fix her hand and calmly say she wants to kill herself, his hope was crushed on the soles of her feet—"Kate can't come back. Then go to death." . By this time, his logic tearing is no longer important, or the logic is back to the original point. Catwoman is no longer the catwoman doing strange saving actions, but just the cat who killed Kate and played with him. Female. In this way, you can kill her without scruple. But the difference from the initial mentality of finding Peter for revenge is that after Xiaojie's toss and confirmation of Kate's death and Peter's deception, the hatred in his heart has undoubtedly reached a higher level.
Here is another sentence, I think that the action of Uncle Gang was planned by Xiaojie from the beginning. If Xiaojie finds Petuo, then he learns that Kate is helpless and the two are fighting. In that case, Xiaojie will still be Uncle Gang, because otherwise he will not be able to beat each other. In terms of the plot structure, this is also a necessary part of the big frame of force value upgrade. The operation of deleting files and retraining through Gang Shuhua is unique in itself, and it is also convenient to introduce other potential adventures in the future. In addition, it is convenient to introduce this kind of self-destructive operation rationally when encountering a sea of blood and deep enmity from a loved one. The setting of Fu Jian is really in line with the logic of the character.
Be close to each other
Many people have discussed the difference between relatives. Xiaojie is very close to an ordinary person and is very real. Ordinary people basically only want and only have the ability to care about those close to them. Only the protagonists of novels/comics and a very small number of people in real life can be compassionate to sentient beings, regardless of whether they are close to or close to each other. This is a bit of human helplessness. Empathy can only be exerted without hurting "me" and "people who have deep bonds with me". Therefore, the skin pain caused by the torture and killing of a loved one is far more profound than the experience of hearsayers. This point will not be discussed in detail.
The confident blow and guilt of the strong
These two points should be put together. As a strong man with invincible self-confidence, Xiaojie was completely hit by two things. One is that he firmly believes that "Kate is still alive, waiting for us to save him" is wrong, and the other is that he has always believed that Kate was trapped by Catwoman because of his weakness. The former caused his logic to be torn apart, and the latter caused him to endure an insurmountable sense of guilt——
I have faced a lot of dangers before, and I have caused a lot of trouble to others before, so I am very embarrassed. Many of them are my friends. We trusted each other and finally solved one problem after another. But it won't work this time. My weakness, my ignorance, and my self-righteousness put Kate in a difficult position. This time is different. Kate rescued me, I got there, but he didn't get there. he died. I thought it would be the same as before, I met many people, they took me, helped me, step by step closer to the place where Jin is. Kate is a student of King, is the strongest hunter around me, is a kind person to me, is a person like dad and brother. We must be able to tide over the difficulties this time, maybe we can see Kim with Kate next time. But Kate is dead. He will never come back. It was all because of my arrogance and my wrong estimation of the situation that dragged him down and killed him.
Because of this sense of guilt, Xiaojie has a firm determination to "I want to solve this matter by myself". And I think even if there is no conflict with Qi Ya where "It has nothing to do with you", Xiaojie will not let Qi Ya interfere. From the beginning, he felt that this matter was his own responsibility, or that he should bear most of the responsibility. In fact, there is also a kind of "enlightenment" and self-centered thinking as the protagonist. After all, I am looking for dad by myself. Qi Ya just followed me. If I didn't find Jin, he would not follow Kate, no Kate will be hurt.
(Ps: Many people may feel "too narcissistic" when changing to a normal role)
(Pps: This self-centered way of thinking also has light and dark. Needless to say, the dark is that he will actively seek a solution and never escape)
When he returned to Kate, the fight between the two voices in his head was also very classic. One voice said, "Didn't she promise to save Kate? Kate must still be saved", and the other said "Peter is lying to me, it was her who killed him." Peter’s deception caused him to be further on the verge of collapse—"If you didn't lie to me, Kate would be saved, and I can make up for my fault", and "But you are really lying to me. Well, you Must die. I can't save Kate, and I should die. Everything is over, so be it. Let me avenge Kate with my life."
"Slightly feel... redeemed."
Xiaojie and Qiya
After understanding Xiaojie's character, it is easy to understand the conflict and complicated fetters with Qi Ya.
"If you kill her, Kate won't be able to recover!"
"Qiya...it's great...to be so calm...because it has nothing to do with you"
In this heart-battering conversation, Xiaojie said that "it has nothing to do with you" for two reasons.
disappointment
On the bright side, it was a disappointment——
you are my best friend. But you still can't understand me. Qi Ya, you see this scene before you, can you figure it out? You probably figured it out. But I can't. It was Kate who was killed, who was like a brother and a father to me. Maybe Kate is just an ordinary friend to you. I know you care about me. However, you only care about me. You won't be like me, you won't suffer so much for Kate. So you are so calm.
There is nothing wrong with Xiaojie thinking this way, and it is indeed impossible for Qi Ya to hate Kate as much as he was tortured and killed. He was also very accurate. Compared with Xiaojie who cares about many people, Xiaojie is generally more excited about being hurt by his friends, and Qi Ya almost only sees Xiaojie in his eyes. Other people being hurt will also make Qi Ya want revenge, but I am afraid it is really difficult to cause severe mood swings. Such mood swings, impulsiveness, and lack of calm are only for Xiaojie.
And Xiaojie's words are really hurting, because he has no Qi Ya in his heart at this moment, even if he knows Qi Ya is to protect his goal (to save Kate in the end), Xiaojie only has hatred in his heart. A Xiaojie who only has hatred, and a Qi Ya who focuses on Xiaojie's safety and goals, the two goals can not be the same, how can they have a peaceful dialogue.
Judgement of Catwoman
In addition, I think there is another reason that the two have different judgments on Catwoman. Qi Ya is a logical flow, and he quickly guessed in his head to complete the previous situation, and speculated that Catwoman had to save the human in front of her, and she was really helping. On the surface, Qi Ya is much smarter than Xiao Jie. During the chanting, the audience quickly learned that Qi Ya's speculation was correct. Xiao Jie seemed to have only revenge and couldn't figure out what happened. But Qi Ya's speculation can only end here, he can't predict the actions and intentions of Catwoman behind. Thinking about it, Xiaojie was torn apart in logic, but with amazing intuition, he felt that Catwoman was hiding something.
Before and after Xiaojie heard Qi Ya's persuasion, it was possible that he had actually felt that Catwoman was not lying at this moment and was really saving people. But at the same time, he faintly realized that Catwoman had completely destroyed Kate, leaving no room for it. In other words, he already felt that Kate would never come to life again.
This is why Qi Ya angrily reminded him "Have you forgotten what you said? Let Kate recover it! Give me a little bit of clarity, bastard", his expression is not like "suddenly awakened, startled" under normal circumstances. "What is the most important thing" response. On the contrary, his expression continued to be cold, even more cold, and he spit out "Yeah. I'm fine." It's like—he had thought of this a long time ago, he didn't forget to save Kate, it was precisely when he saw the scene of Catwoman saving people, he already felt that Kate would not survive. So his anger and indifference coexist, staring at Catwoman, that expression-in the suspicion and intuition of Catwoman that Kate still has a chance to be the procrastination of Catwoman-has far exceeded Kate's life. Hope.
In fact, it is true. On the one hand, Catwoman is saving people. On the other hand, she wants to delay time and make plans. This was reflected in Xiaojie's keen suspicion after Xiao Yapuf and Catwoman crypted.
Therefore, when Xiaojie felt that "it's time to end", Qi Ya felt that "it's not over yet" and noticed wheat next to him, the possible innocent person. This difference opened up the two. And this is not a difference that can be discussed clearly, and what exactly Catwoman will do can only be known after the rescue of Mai. Therefore, while forbearing hatred and negative speculation, while judging the situation rationally, the two were destined to be unable to continue the conversation at this time.
When I saw it, I thought it made sense, but the reactions of Xiaojie and Qi Ya were actually quite typical. There will also be such helpless conversations in life, and a huge gap appears between the two close friends, as if it will never be filled. Fortunately, after the quarrel, you can still reconcile haha.
As long as you are still alive, "eat another apple."
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