The prototype of Dark Glory is the 2006 violent incident involving female middle school students in Cheongju.According to relevant public information, the -Dark Glory- electric baton torture is adapted from a true story. A 14-year-old female student of the Zheng family endured blackmail and violent abuse for nearly a month.
Later, the media revealed that this scene was based on a real-life bullying incident in a middle school in Cheongju in 2006: three perpetrators used electric rollers and hairpins to burn and scratch their 15-year-old classmate multiple times in the past month.The girl named Jin was only lightly punished because she was protected by the juvenile law, and she did not leave any criminal record.
Recently, the Korean YouTube channel "Our Community Btv" invited another girl who had a similar experience.(Editor: This kind of thing happened more than once! OMG) The 21-year-old "Park Xingmin" recalled her experiences in middle school. In a trembling voice, she said that her friends had watched "Dark Glory" and thought it was similar to her.She herself still dares not look at it.
When Xingmin was in the second and third grade of middle school, she was beaten, threatened, burned with a hair straightener and other bullying behaviors. The perpetrator not only smiled and showed no apology when he "apologized", but is now a sponsor of a charity group,She was getting a nurse qualification certificate and a social worker (social worker) qualification certificate, etc., and sharing her daily life through SNS as if nothing happened, which made her even more angry.
Xingmin said that the perpetrator first asked for change, but later threatened Xingmin's brother and took her home to torture her.The MCs could not understand the perpetrators’ thoughts, and Xingmin could only guess: “It seems like they are just in a bad mood and they just don’t like me."
In the TV series, Tongjun Wen suffered multiple burns on his arm with a hair curling iron, while Xing Min had her right arm held by a hair straightener and burned for 5 minutes, causing 2nd degree burns, which still have scars to this day.The perpetrator stabbed her all over her body with a fork when she was upset, and threw whatever he had in his hand at her, causing her iris to be torn at one point.
What's even more frightening is that the perpetrator also lied to both parents that Xingmin ran away from home and asked her to stay at his home for a few days to prevent suicide. As a result, Xingmin was taken to the perpetrator's home for three days each time and was forced toI went to and from school with the perpetrator, was beaten at any time, and didn't even have food to eat.Both parents were busy at work and did not realize the problem until the wound and pus penetrated the clothes. The teacher discovered it and notified the parents.
Because of these horrific experiences, Xingmin had constant nightmares for 6 months and could only rely on sleeping pills to fall asleep. At one point, she thought she was going to die from sleepiness. She was terrified when she saw hair straighteners in the barber's room. Even if someone wanted to be friends with her,, she also felt doubtful involuntarily, leaving behind sequelae that are difficult to heal.When Xingmin was in college, she happened to be in the same school as one of the perpetrators. The other person actually smiled and brought her friends to greet her, and Xingmin was so angry that she couldn't speak.
Later, Xingmin came out of the gloom with the company and encouragement of her true friends, but adults always thought that she had brought it on herself, which made her very aggrieved: "I really want to say that I am really not wrong." This is also the message that screenwriter Kim Eun-sook wants to convey. The title of the play - The Glory - is precisely the hope of providing support to victims of bullying.
The MCs believed that Xingmin's courage in disclosing her experience was commendable, as it would make the perpetrators worry about the exposure of their evil deeds, and they also suggested that she put aside thoughts of revenge. After all, dramas are dramas, and people in reality should focus on making themselves better off.good.Korean netizens also expressed their support for Xingmin: "I couldn't help crying", "Thank you for trying to survive", "The perpetrator turned out to be a nurse and a social welfare worker, and I hope his identity will be revealed", "The perpetrators should tremble, it will happen soon"Got doxxed", "I never want to see school bullies and drunk drivers on TV."
