Maggie Lynne answers “I don't get why Noa killed himself after...”

Shaily asked this question about Pachinko:

I don't get why Noa killed himself after his mother's visit. Did it remind him of his ancestry? Earlier we learn that he doesn't want his wife and kids to know he's Korean to keep them safe, so then why kill yourself and leave them without a father?

Maggie Lynne This felt particularly fucked up to me as basically THE ONLY THING we know about his wife is that her family was destroyed when her father committed s…moreThis felt particularly fucked up to me as basically THE ONLY THING we know about his wife is that her family was destroyed when her father committed suicide.(less)

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Charrlotte Risa's mother was able to look beyond Noa's ethnicity for he looked as sad as her husband - a brilliant foreshadowing for what is to come ...more
Mar 30, 2020 01:15AM · flag

Brigitta Also, unfortunately, that's probably why she chose Noa as a husband. When left to our own devices, we choose what we see to be familiar. Which is an a ...more
Feb 06, 2023 06:51AM · flag

Emerald Lavere Maggie Lynne, I agree. And then his family is narratively cast off like so much garbage, like none of them really mattered. Then again, most of the ch ...more
Dec 09, 2024 04:14PM · flag

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