Étiquette : daniel monroe

For a long time I really thought that Worick had betrayed Alex and Nicolas because he didn’t want to die in the chaos that Gina said would hit the town (since he’s a normal guy) but you’re probably right when you say it goes deeper than that. I hope so because I loved his character and I don’t want to start hating him.

Hey Anon 🙂 Ah, well, I think Worick is one of the most complex characters of Gangsta. to be very honest with you, so doubting him, especially after what he did, is natural (and probably what Sensei was going for).

However, there was only one real betrayal so far and it was Daniel Monroe’s. Uranos Corsica doesn’t count, at least not for me: we always could guess he was shady since it was said from the beginning that he hated the Twilights. 

But personally I could never doubt Worick (he’s my son and I will fight against everyone if I have to, just like Georgina said men and women used to fight over him), at least I didn’t till now because we’re talking about this man: 

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Like, I know we know nothing about Alex yet: we don’t know why she remembers Nicolas from obviously before ch1, why Worick wanted to save her in the first place (there is probably a reason) but still, he extended a hand towards her, he gave her shelter and even a way out, so no way is he a total asshole who betrayed her and Nico.

Besides, Nico obviously still believes in his partner

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so even less reason to think Worick did what he did to follow in Monroe’s footsteps. 

…Not to ramble, but to make a final point about why I don’t think Worick could ever become a full villain in the story: I remember checking the tags a while ago and I saw a post that said that Uranos Corsica’s and Daniel Monroe’s backstabbing was Sensei’s way to denounce white supremacy. 

As it is, I don’t entirely agree (gotta be careful with that kind of concept), because Loretta and Gina are white too, but I think the point the person was trying to make was overall valid: Sensei does add all kinds of representation as much as she can and that’s amazing.

So yeah, two powerful white guys stabbed everyone in the back for their own interests, destroying the fragile balance of Ergastulum and it’s indeed up to the lesbian leader of a mercenary guild 

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and a young girl trying to uphold her father’s legacy 

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to try and stabilize things as much as they can.

And to help them? The Benriya, composed of a disabled swordsman of mixed Asian-White origin, a black woman suffering from PTSD because of her days as a drugged prostitute and, since I don’t believe Worick betrayed them, a gigolo aka a man who prostitutes himself (and who has tons of issues to solve). 

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You see, Worick fits the same pattern as Loretta, Gina, Nico and Alex

(I didn’t mention slightly more minor characters like Delico, Chad, Nina and Theo, but you get the point): yes he’s white, but he’s not of the same brand as Uranos Corsica and Daniel Monroe, so he too will be used as a pawn to play against them and the rest of the government.

That’s a little simplifying things, since I’m not even sure I really trust Gina, but you get the idea. 

And honestly if Worick’s going to reach for the government through using the Corsica family, then he’d better act the hell out of everything and make even us readers doubt, eh? 🙂

Eventually though, I’m pretty sure that, just like how Worick decided to try and “get in the way” for the sake of others, he’ll need to be saved too, hopefully by Nico and Alex who will believe in him till the end.

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My son is a good man (or well, maybe not good, but not exactly an asshole to the people he cares about), so please don’t hate him. :))

Thanks for passing by Anon and have a nice weekend! 

What ARE the few things you noticed about Worick?

Hahahah, a curious Anon who reads tags appeared! xDD 

So about Worick, I personally linked stuff together only recently because the last time I read the whole manga was when the hiatus was just announced, so forgive me if this is not new for you.

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First, about the “storage” bit: I was confused as hell for a long time, thinking that maybe it had to do with the Arcangelo family but in fact, “storage” is the name given to Worick’s special ability:

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And Chad also said on the subject that…

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it was the reason the Handymen were better off as a neutral party, even if Daniel Monroe took them in for a while in the past and even recommended him to Uranos Corsica, precisely as Worick went to see Georgiana. 

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Secondly, about Worick’s goal and joining the Corsica family, after the violent killing of Miles: in the first place, there isn’t much doubt that Monroe probably knows about Worick’s ambivalence towards Twilights due to what Nicolas did to his family, hence why he warned Uranos just as Worick was going to Georgiana. 

However, the difference is that Worick never was as radical as Monroe in his alleged dislike of the Twilights and, as a result, he always chose to do what was necessary to make sure that a war would be avoided (for example, ch11):

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(…to which Nico ended up thinking that “no matter how determined the rest of you are, we Twilights won’t be able to survive”, which is frankly pretty depressing but fitting the currently crazy situation). 

So personally, I don’t think that Worick wants to join the Corsica family because he doesn’t want to die a dog’s death along with most Twilights. Rather, he knows that without what Daniel Monroe used to represent, this city will go back to being the hell it once was and that’s why…

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…he has to “get in the way”.

Considering how mysterious Uranos Corsica still is at this point, besides his hatred of the Twilights and the fact he’s the one who unleashed the third Destroyer on Ergastulum, right now it’s a bit hard to be sure of why Monroe stated that Worick could “immensely help him”.

However, I’m wondering if the reason might not be that both Worick and Uranos have issues regarding how the governement is taking care of the Twilight “problem”:

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…Uranos, because something apparently happened to his family and he holds the Twilights (as well as the government who doesn’t deal properly with them?) accountable, and Worick because of his own ambivalence towards the Twilights (ch28) and how he knows they’re unfairly treated. 

Worick once said to Delico that he hated his kind, which might not be a complete lie, but at the same time…

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So Worick might not be able to pretend that he is as compliant as Loretta towards all Twilights, but he’s definitely not like Daniel Monroe either:

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…meaning that “getting in the way” (ch39) of the Corsica family/the government is probably the same as doing it for the Twilights’ sake, now that Monroe betrayed them all. 

TL;DR he definitely did not become a bad guy (not that anyone believed that, I hope), but in Ergastulum, either you step up your game to save yourself and the few people you care about if you have the ability for it, or you die in the gutter. 

That’s my current conclusion for Worick. I hope it answers your question :3 

Have a nice day Anon!