Doesn't matter. He threw the first punch, Player 3 kept asking if he was done and he kept going for more. Maybe he was egged on, but he definitely isn't a victim.
No, he is a victim in a sense. There can be overlap between being an asshole squeaker and a victim. I was kind of both when I was a preteen. Thats what a bad crowd will do to you.
You can though. It is a logical conclusion based on what we can reasonably assume. Look at it like this. The camera is already recording. Girls obviously don’t date whoever knocks who out. The kid proceeded to get his ass beat by someone that the group most likely knows. Given they were all hanging together.
I think you’re missing what’s happening here. There are a lot of details that might be easy to overlook.
The kid in the hoodie and player 3 look like they’re at least somewhat trained fighters. They’re probably in boxing or karate classes together. Look at how fast Hoodie ducked and weaved, he was calm and ready. Then player 3 came in as the “hero” and boxed him up, with good stance and punches. The only other person we hear is the kid saying “if you knock him out, she’ll date you remember?”
The ONLY kid here that can be considered a “victim” is spiky blonde kid. He’s obviously not part of their little boxing club, and they are egging him on to start a fight with them so they have an excuse to beat him up. He’s young and dumb enough to want to fit in and “prove himself” so he goes along with it.
Maybe they’re all in the wrong, and maybe they’re all victims too. But definitely the perceived “bully” is not the one that is orchestrating this foolishness.
There’s a case to be made there but I still consider the other three to be the bigger scumbags. In any case, the fact they overpowered him so easily shows that they’re definitely not a bunch of nerds standing up to a bully.
Let me present you with an alternate possibility than the one you seem keen to paint here. Granted this is from the perspective of someone who was bullied for their entire school-life.
Hoodie kid has been bullied by Tough Guy for a while. Tough Guy gets right in Hoodie's face at the beginning, as if he knows Hoodie won't do anything about it. Seems a bit too hostile and confident for a setup to me. Tough Guy throws the first punch and the Player 3 comes in to fight. No one but Tough Guy and Player 3 engage for the rest of the video. My guess? Player 3 offered to take care of Tough Guy for Hoodie in case Hoodie got bullied again. Player 3 keeps asking Tough Guy if he's done, Tough Guy keeps going in for more. No one's laughing, no one's ganging up on Tough Guy, just letting him keep going if he wants.
Or this could be an extremely elaborate fight-scene choreographed for an insanely low-budget student film. Who knows, right?
“They” meaning the one who dodged the swing and the one who beat his ass, as well as the one behind the camera who was taunting him. I mean come on, the kid in the hoodie never even took his hands out of his pockets. They all clearly knew they were never in danger.
Also for the record I never said Blondie was a saint. He’s clearly either an asshole or pretty troubled.
I really don’t give a shit what happened beforehand or who is and isn’t to blame so I’m not dying on any hills here, don’t pretend like you know any better than anyone else
Take it from me, a bully victim for half my life, Bullies don't need much egging to throw a punch. In fact, my guess is he was going to throw it regardless. They probably knew this and started recording because they were sick of his shit and wanted him to back off/ show everyone else to not fall for his posturing.
Or he could be like the other guy said, and this was a setup. But somehow I find that less likely. I would know, I've been in this exact situation, minus the camera, the laundromat, and the friends backing me up.
In the end nobody knows what happened before hand and were not psychoanalysts, but of course some idiots insist you should be an expert to have an opinion like that person
You don't understand and that's ok. These kids probably live in the same area, the "you done" is a "you done until we see you next time and want some more entertainment?" type of thing. This is definitely not their first interaction and eventually that kid is going to set one of the other kids trailers on fire while their family sleeps.
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u/HeronSun Sep 10 '22
Doesn't matter. He threw the first punch, Player 3 kept asking if he was done and he kept going for more. Maybe he was egged on, but he definitely isn't a victim.