TurkishRose

yes interesting, we will have to wait and see :)

The description of a Psychopath and Sociopath:

Psychopaths, on the other hand, are unable to form emotional attachments or feel real empathy with others, although they often have disarming or even charming personalities. Psychopaths are very manipulative and can easily gain people’s trust. They learn to mimic emotions, despite their inability to actually feel them, and will appear normal to unsuspecting people. Psychopaths are often well educated and hold steady jobs. Some are so good at manipulation and mimicry that they have families and other long-term relationships without those around them ever suspecting their true nature.

When committing crimes, psychopaths carefully plan out every detail in advance and often have contingency plans in place. Unlike their sociopathic counterparts, psychopathic criminals are cool, calm, and meticulous. Their crimes, whether violent or non-violent, will be highly organized and generally offer few clues for authorities to pursue. Intelligent psychopaths make excellent white-collar criminals and "con artists" due to their calm and charismatic natures.

The cause of psychopathy is different than the cause of sociopathy (1). It is believed that psychopathy is the largely the result of “nature” (genetics) while sociopathy is more likely the result of “nurture” (environment). Psychopathy is related to a physiological defect that results in the underdevelopment of the part of the brain responsible for impulse control and emotions. Sociopathy, on the other hand, is more likely the product of childhood trauma and physical/emotional abuse. Because sociopathy appears to be learned rather than innate, sociopaths are capable of empathy in certain limited circumstances but not in others, and with a few individuals but not others.

Psychopathy is the most dangerous of all antisocial personality disorders because of the way psychopaths dissociate emotionally from their actions, regardless of how terrible those actions may be.

[Source: Psychologytoday]

lol your rant was great :) but if we place Yoojung in the category of "normal" people than yes, he is a horrible human being. But, what if there was something actually wrong with him? what if we take an unstable person and place him in a home that lacks love, surround him with people who take advantage of him..how will he turn out?

I'm not justifying his actions, I'm only trying to understand this complex character like you too. :)

The plot won't be too cheesy, considering you have a male lead who lacks empathy to those around him getting beaten, or threatened. Yoojung is still a complicated character, so no worries there :)

I think Inho might have told the father about Yoojung going out (and Yoojung wanted to test it, since he heard his father saying that he wanted the inhos to report on yoojung) knowing that Inho would betray him, Yoojjung just allowed the pieces to fall into place (and this is consistent with his behavior thus far). He assumes danger, and just watches as a bystander. If this is what happened, he is still not a kind person, or misunderstood, so the plot isn't cheesy, right?

Dad had argued, “You know what kind of kid Jung is. I’m not seeing him strangely—if we don’t take care, he could develop interpersonal problems, you know Professor Baek said that. If he doesn’t have someone watching at his side, he can’t survive. That’s why he needs siblings. Ultimately, this decision is for Jung’s benefit.”

“That’s when it started,” Jung now tells Seol, confiding the whole story to her. He thinks he could have warmed to the idea of adoption, “But the thought that people I’d thought of as friends were monitoring me—that was hard to bear.”

He describes how it felt to have his father constantly watching, constantly telling him to stay quiet, to yield, like he’d done something wrong. “Did he really think I was so strange?” he wonders. He turns to Seol and asks her, “Am I… really that strange?”

-dramabeans

"Once you start to doubt your own child, they will doubt their own selves. Because maybe deep inside we all know that parents are the people in our lives that won't ever disappoint us because we are part of them, but once they doubt us... it changes us in so many ways."

-gdgom

I agree with both of you guys. His father should've tried to understand his son's emotions, rather than do things "behind the scenes" and this is what Yoojung has also been doing to deal with "problems" in his life, he doesn't confront it, but goes in the back and make it work.

perfectly imperfect, and resembles Yoojung in that way too. :)

Exactly, this is what makes Yoojung different that what we label as "normal". He lacks empathy to feel pain, sadness, hurt when others are going through such torture. I'm sure it will be revealed that he has an unstable mental state, or suffers from a mental disorder. Because, even with Seol (being confroted by Yeongon at night) didn't stir the emotion in Yoojung to go quickly and help her. The same thing happened in the earlier episodes when she was attacked by the drunk man, he listened patiently to the whole story, than went along. He is scary in that sense.

We might just find out the reason behind what made him this way, but it will not excuse it definitely.

I'll join the club for cursing the director, the end ultimately either makes it or breaks it for me when it comes to rating a drama. So they better not ruin it in the end like that.

yes exactly. And that's what we have learned about Yoojung since the beginning. He has always felt zero emotions knowing someone is getting hurt. Remember in the very beginning when Seol was attacked by the drunk, when he was told of the situation, he remained calm, and didn't rush to the scene like a normal person would.

When seol was being confronted by yoongon at night, Yoojung knew of this, yet did and felt nothing.

I think he does lack empathy, and this is how he is strange.

I have a feeling that Yoojung didn't orchestrate the whole situation, but Inho bullying the kid, and betraying Yoojung ultimately led to his own downfall.

I agree with both @bimba and @ppriscaa said, it takes time for this healing process, and it was a huge step for Yoojung to open up about his own emotions when no one ever cares to ask him how he really feels. I think Seol is getting to that realization that she needs to open up to him, and ask him also questions, to better their relationship. It was such a big boost in their relationship, and little by little they will be able to talk and understand one another more.

hmm, I agree with you, there is still more to be explored with the story here. But I don't feel a disappointment thus far from the writers, because I think they are adding more layers to his character than what we truly realize. Someone mentioned in the comments earlier, that "not everyone is truly good or truly bad" and I think it really sums up Yoojung's character. I'm sure he isn't pure evil, we still don't know if he orchestrated the whole thing, but Inho betraying him, (made yoojung feel nothing towards him being beat up) and inho bullying the piano student is what drove that student for revenge. I think we need to wait and see how the story progresses from here..:)

I second @paintedblues that was such a great line @Waitwhat, and it summs up Yoojung's character and everyone here so well. ❤

I'm wondering if he just displays anti-social tendencies, where he lacks empathy towards those around him. He doesn't "feel" the urge to go quickly and save someone, or when someone is hurt, he cannot "feel" what they are going through. He is "indifferent" like how he put it simply with InHo, he feels nothing towards people hurting him anymore...

I'm only assuming this, as his thoughts and actions have made it somewhat clear that he does have a psychological problem.

Beautifully explained @Waitwhat . This is what happens with bullying others, somehow it bites you in the end as well. And I think this is what happened with InHo. He kept pressuring and bullying the piano kid, until he wanted revenge when he also lost his dream. Who orchestrated the whole scene? we can't tell right now, but so far we are able to understand a little bit on how the characters became the way they are now.

Yes same here, she was so "human" her character was explained in such a short scene. Her on the doorstep, and her brother abandoning her. She simply learned to fend for herself, even if that meant she broke her own pride. This is also why she always told InHo "for me, you are worse than Yoojung"

perfectly said. And I think this is why Yoojung is "strange" to us, because unlike the rest of us in a "normal" society, we just go on with our lives, being betrayed, hurt, saddened, and not really do anything about it. He actually does something, which seems so bizarre to all of us, and those around him, but in his mind, this is what needs to be done in order to live his life normally.

I absolutely Loved the actor. Especially that scene between him and Seol at night, the way his eyes teared up, when she accused him of doing all these crazy things not because he truly loved her. I will definitely look out for him more...