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Thoughts on Hadir Karim:
It's easy to write the soldier that uses any excuse to justify the violence they've always wanted to commit. That's not Hadir. Atomgrad Ep 4 spoilers below
Kudos for making Hadir feel a lot more nuanced. It's easy to write "the person that just needed the excuse to be evil."
Hadir hates doing what he's doing. He knows his sister hates his guts and prepared for her to shoot his brains out the moment she saw him. (He was right too. She did some swinging)
In MWI he was very "I am going to hurt the people that hurt me." in Atomgrad, he seems at peace with his decisions.
Farah slings insults whenever she sees him. He just takes them in stride.
His life is already forfeit. He is already a dead man. All he cares about now is giving his sister the tools (he thinks) she needs to end the fighting.
He reminds her what she's lost: their mother and father. Keep them in her heart, but keep her head clear. He wants to make sure her decisions aren't impulsive.
I think he knew Farah was going to escape. He believed she was going to stop him from leaving with the warhead. He knows his sister can't be stopped.
His mission was to get that warhead in her hands. He trusts her to use it the "right way."
He wants the violence to end just as much as her.